Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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... never read three lines either on Jesuit or any other popish writer ; yea , ' saith he , I abhor reading these men whom they call the Fathers , for one told me , who heard it of Mr Charles Ferme , that they smelled too much of popery ...
... never read three lines either on Jesuit or any other popish writer ; yea , ' saith he , I abhor reading these men whom they call the Fathers , for one told me , who heard it of Mr Charles Ferme , that they smelled too much of popery ...
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... never gave a wrong touch to the Ark of God in all my days . " He was interred in St Nicholas ' church- yard , at Aberdeen ; and a Latin epitaph on his tomb- stone records how , by his conversation and walk , he upheld declining religion ...
... never gave a wrong touch to the Ark of God in all my days . " He was interred in St Nicholas ' church- yard , at Aberdeen ; and a Latin epitaph on his tomb- stone records how , by his conversation and walk , he upheld declining religion ...
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... never deceived by Mallet's talk , but saw and always said that he had not written any part of the life of the Duke of Marlborough.2 Pierre Pascal , a Gascon , who died in 1565 , was guilty of a like unworthy artifice . He had a pen- 1 ...
... never deceived by Mallet's talk , but saw and always said that he had not written any part of the life of the Duke of Marlborough.2 Pierre Pascal , a Gascon , who died in 1565 , was guilty of a like unworthy artifice . He had a pen- 1 ...
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... never begun the work.1 VII . LIFE SAVED BY LAUGHTER . " THE health of Erasmus , " says Mr Charles Butler , " was always very delicate , and he now began to feel the infirmities of old age . He was afflicted by an imposthume , and the ...
... never begun the work.1 VII . LIFE SAVED BY LAUGHTER . " THE health of Erasmus , " says Mr Charles Butler , " was always very delicate , and he now began to feel the infirmities of old age . He was afflicted by an imposthume , and the ...
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... never danc'd on any heath As when the time hath bin . By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession : Their songs were Ave Maries , Their dances were procession . But now , alas ! they all are dead , Or gone beyond the seas ...
... never danc'd on any heath As when the time hath bin . By which wee note the fairies Were of the old profession : Their songs were Ave Maries , Their dances were procession . But now , alas ! they all are dead , Or gone beyond the seas ...
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