Literature in Letters; Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and Morals, Illustrated in the Correspondence of Eminent PersonsD. Appleton, 1866 - 520 pages |
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... short , which constitutes the Court of France , is as- sembled in that beautiful apartment of the King's , which you remember . All is furnished divinely , all is magnificent . Such a thing as heat is unknown ; you pass from one place ...
... short , which constitutes the Court of France , is as- sembled in that beautiful apartment of the King's , which you remember . All is furnished divinely , all is magnificent . Such a thing as heat is unknown ; you pass from one place ...
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... short , his science bids defiance to chance . Two hundred thousand francs in ten days , a hundred thousand crowns in a month ; these are the pretty memorandums he puts down in his pocket book . He was kind enough to say that I was part ...
... short , his science bids defiance to chance . Two hundred thousand francs in ten days , a hundred thousand crowns in a month ; these are the pretty memorandums he puts down in his pocket book . He was kind enough to say that I was part ...
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... short , they leave play at six . There is no trouble in count- ing , for there is no sort of counters ; the pools consist of at least five , perhaps six or seven hundred louis ; the bigger ones of a thousand or twelve hundred . At first ...
... short , they leave play at six . There is no trouble in count- ing , for there is no sort of counters ; the pools consist of at least five , perhaps six or seven hundred louis ; the bigger ones of a thousand or twelve hundred . At first ...
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... short , both sexes have found the in- convenience of it , and the appellation of rake is as genteel in a woman as a man of quality ; it is no scandal to say Miss the maid of honor , looks very well now she is up again , and 9 * Houghton ...
... short , both sexes have found the in- convenience of it , and the appellation of rake is as genteel in a woman as a man of quality ; it is no scandal to say Miss the maid of honor , looks very well now she is up again , and 9 * Houghton ...
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... short , a thing of which there is but one example in past ages , and that not an exact one either ; a thing that we cannot believe at Paris - how then will it gain credit at Lyons ? a thing which makes everybody cry , " Lord have mercy ...
... short , a thing of which there is but one example in past ages , and that not an exact one either ; a thing that we cannot believe at Paris - how then will it gain credit at Lyons ? a thing which makes everybody cry , " Lord have mercy ...
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Page 398 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 398 - Dictionary is recommended to the public were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le...
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