Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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... English in derision of the Normans , who , after their conversion to the true faith , distinguished themselves , like most new con- verts , by enthusiasm and extravagance . Their cri de guerre was Dex aïe ; and God's name was so often ...
... English in derision of the Normans , who , after their conversion to the true faith , distinguished themselves , like most new con- verts , by enthusiasm and extravagance . Their cri de guerre was Dex aïe ; and God's name was so often ...
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... English homilies , but above all I owe all I have to the most Reverend Mr Cartwright . I could have studied Mr Calvin's Institutions , but I found them somewhat harsh and obscure to be understood [ that is , he did not understand Latin ...
... English homilies , but above all I owe all I have to the most Reverend Mr Cartwright . I could have studied Mr Calvin's Institutions , but I found them somewhat harsh and obscure to be understood [ that is , he did not understand Latin ...
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... English throne , Cant was wholly hostile ; in 1650 he waited on General David Leslie to tell him " that he thought one crown was enough for any one man , and that one kingdom might serve him very well . " Though entertaining such ...
... English throne , Cant was wholly hostile ; in 1650 he waited on General David Leslie to tell him " that he thought one crown was enough for any one man , and that one kingdom might serve him very well . " Though entertaining such ...
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... English dramatist alludes to a third in- stance : " I am come to tell you Your brother hath intended you some sport : A great physitian , when the pope was sicke Of a deepe melancholly , presented him With severall sorts of mad - men ...
... English dramatist alludes to a third in- stance : " I am come to tell you Your brother hath intended you some sport : A great physitian , when the pope was sicke Of a deepe melancholly , presented him With severall sorts of mad - men ...
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... English branch of the Bruces has been illustrated by Dugdale . Robert de Bruis , who accompanied William the Conqueror , obtained from him many lands , of which the barony of Skel- ton in Yorkshire was the chief . His son Robert in ...
... English branch of the Bruces has been illustrated by Dugdale . Robert de Bruis , who accompanied William the Conqueror , obtained from him many lands , of which the barony of Skel- ton in Yorkshire was the chief . His son Robert in ...
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