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... used for the essen- tials of grammar is bold and plain , while that employed for subordinate and exceptional matter is smaller , but very distinct , and the typographi- cal expedients for gaining attention to the more important details ...
... used for the essen- tials of grammar is bold and plain , while that employed for subordinate and exceptional matter is smaller , but very distinct , and the typographi- cal expedients for gaining attention to the more important details ...
Page vi
... used to declaim his verses aloud when alone . This led to a study of Voiture , and to some attempts of his own in imi- tation of this poet . Fortunately one of his relatives , by name Pintrel , induced him to study better models ...
... used to declaim his verses aloud when alone . This led to a study of Voiture , and to some attempts of his own in imi- tation of this poet . Fortunately one of his relatives , by name Pintrel , induced him to study better models ...
Page viii
... used to meet two or three times a week to sup together at Boileau's lodging in the Rue du Vieux Colombier , where La Fontaine's " absent " fits were among the chief sources of amusement to the company , and where Molière seems first to ...
... used to meet two or three times a week to sup together at Boileau's lodging in the Rue du Vieux Colombier , where La Fontaine's " absent " fits were among the chief sources of amusement to the company , and where Molière seems first to ...
Page 308
... used figuratively , as les aigles impériales of Rome ( or France ) . 12 - La corneille , & c . Sæpe sinistra cavâ prædixit ab ilice cornix . 13 - Ramage . See Book i . , Fable 2 , page 2 , line 26 . FABLE XVIII . 18 - Mignonne : A ...
... used figuratively , as les aigles impériales of Rome ( or France ) . 12 - La corneille , & c . Sæpe sinistra cavâ prædixit ab ilice cornix . 13 - Ramage . See Book i . , Fable 2 , page 2 , line 26 . FABLE XVIII . 18 - Mignonne : A ...
Page 317
... used substantively . Cf. Book viii . , Fable 2 , page 149 , lines 13 , 14 . FABLE XIII . IO - Avecque : Another form of avec , for convenience in poetry . Cf. encor , encore . II - Apparemment : Evidently ( not apparently ) , the ...
... used substantively . Cf. Book viii . , Fable 2 , page 149 , lines 13 , 14 . FABLE XIII . IO - Avecque : Another form of avec , for convenience in poetry . Cf. encor , encore . II - Apparemment : Evidently ( not apparently ) , the ...
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