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... kind of writing its charm . We have generally been content to date the beginning of the essay in English from Florio's translation of Montaigne . That work appeared towards the end of Queen Elizabeth's time , in 1603 , and no doubt it ...
... kind of writing its charm . We have generally been content to date the beginning of the essay in English from Florio's translation of Montaigne . That work appeared towards the end of Queen Elizabeth's time , in 1603 , and no doubt it ...
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... kind , and has hung several Parts of his House with the Trophies of his former Labours . The Walls of his great Hall are covered with the Horns of several kinds of Deer that he has killed in the Chace , which he thinks the most valuable ...
... kind , and has hung several Parts of his House with the Trophies of his former Labours . The Walls of his great Hall are covered with the Horns of several kinds of Deer that he has killed in the Chace , which he thinks the most valuable ...
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... Kind of Palmistry at which this Race of Vermin are very dexterous . I might here entertain my Reader with Historical Remarks on this idle profligate People , who infest all the Countries of Europe , and live in the Midst of Governments ...
... Kind of Palmistry at which this Race of Vermin are very dexterous . I might here entertain my Reader with Historical Remarks on this idle profligate People , who infest all the Countries of Europe , and live in the Midst of Governments ...
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