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Page 45
The following is the character which the writer of Aulicus Coquinariæ gives us of
this nobleman , from which we may ... to be , the most complete , and certainly
does give a very perfect idea of his personal appearance and peculiar habits .
The following is the character which the writer of Aulicus Coquinariæ gives us of
this nobleman , from which we may ... to be , the most complete , and certainly
does give a very perfect idea of his personal appearance and peculiar habits .
Page 75
I visit their new works ; I revisit their former ones ; and I always learn something
which gives me satisfaction . ... Nor does the change of beds give me any
uneasiness , so that I sleep every where soundly and quietly , without
experiencing the ...
I visit their new works ; I revisit their former ones ; and I always learn something
which gives me satisfaction . ... Nor does the change of beds give me any
uneasiness , so that I sleep every where soundly and quietly , without
experiencing the ...
Page 120
There is not a circumstance with which we are acquainted , connected with our
literature , that is more strange in itself , or more melancholy in the thoughts it
gives rise to . When we consider the high value deservedly attached to works of ...
There is not a circumstance with which we are acquainted , connected with our
literature , that is more strange in itself , or more melancholy in the thoughts it
gives rise to . When we consider the high value deservedly attached to works of ...
Page 291
... portion ( frequently a sweet portion ) of one sense of existence , for which the
cold realities they leave , afford no succedaneum . In the spring - time of life it is ,
at least , pleasant , and not unbecoming , to give way to enthusiastic conceptions
...
... portion ( frequently a sweet portion ) of one sense of existence , for which the
cold realities they leave , afford no succedaneum . In the spring - time of life it is ,
at least , pleasant , and not unbecoming , to give way to enthusiastic conceptions
...
Page 326
... not to give an account of the reason which induced him hereunto , and for me it
was enough to obey him ; howbeit , if he did ask me in more gentle terms , I
should do the best I could to give him satisfaction ; to which , though he answered
no ...
... not to give an account of the reason which induced him hereunto , and for me it
was enough to obey him ; howbeit , if he did ask me in more gentle terms , I
should do the best I could to give him satisfaction ; to which , though he answered
no ...
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