| Jean Palairet - French language - 1792 - 262 pages
...with any (to prevent all accufation) he firft hid the letter under a great ftone, afTuring himlelf, that if it did not fee him eat the figs, it could...confeiTed the fault, admiring the divinity of the paper. Q¿ How many ways are there to form the letters of the ai» phabet ? A. Three chiefly, viz. ift, with... | |
| Richard Turner - Children's questions and answers - 1792 - 296 pages
...he might not be again accufed, he firft hid the letter under a large ftone ; moft firmly believing, that if it did not fee him eat the figs, it could not poffibly be a witnefs againft him. But the poor miferable wretch, aecufed more than ever, confeffed... | |
| John Wilkins - Cryptography - 1802 - 292 pages
...1. 4. c. 3. f Hermannus Hugo de Orig. Scribendi Praef. B 2 assuring himself, that if it did not see him eat the figs, It could never tell of him ; but being now more strongly accused than before, he confesses the fault, admiring the divinity of the paper, and for the... | |
| Umberto Eco - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 316 pages
...took the Letter, and hid that under a great Stone, assuring himself, that if it did not see him eating the Figs, it could never tell of him; but being now more strongly accused than before, he confesses the Fault, admiring the Divinity of the Paper, and for the... | |
| Roy Harris - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 226 pages
...he first took the Letter, and hid that under a great Stone, assuring himself, that if it did not see him eat the Figs, it could never tell of him; but being now more strongly accused than before, he confesses the Fault, admiring the Divinity of the Paper, and for the... | |
| John Creighton - Social Science - 2000 - 249 pages
...he first took the letter, and hid that under a great stone, assuring himself, that if it did not see him eat the Figs, it could never tell of him; but being now more strongly accused than before, he confessed the Fault, admiring the Divinity of the Paper, and for the... | |
| Cristina Farronato - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 268 pages
...took the Letter, and hid that under a great Stone, assuring himself, that if it did not see him eating the Figs, it could never tell of him; but being now more strongly accused than before, he confesses the fault, admiring the Divinity of the Paper, and for the... | |
| John R. Shook, Paulo Ghiraldelli - Philosophy - 2005 - 218 pages
...took the Letter, and hid that under a great Stone, assuring himself, that if it did not see him eating the Figs, it could never tell of him; but being now more strongly accused than before, he confesses the Fault, admiring the Divinity of the Paper, and for the... | |
| Haig A. Bosmajian - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 241 pages
...took the Letter, and hid that under a great stone, assuring himself that if it did not see him eating the Figs, it could never tell of him; but being now more strongly accused than before, he confesses the Fault, admiring the Divinity of the Paper, and for the... | |
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