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Page 83
... true beginning of our end . " 682. C'est le propre de l'érudition populaire de rattacher toutes ses connaissances à un nom vulgaire . ( Fr. ) Nodier ? — It is the characteristic of the learning of the people to couple each item of its ...
... true beginning of our end . " 682. C'est le propre de l'érudition populaire de rattacher toutes ses connaissances à un nom vulgaire . ( Fr. ) Nodier ? — It is the characteristic of the learning of the people to couple each item of its ...
Page 111
... true of the Society of Painters which bears the name in England . The amusing thing is , that it was the admission of La Bruyère into an academy of nonentities that prompted the lines , La Bruyère being the zero ! 961. Dans les conseils ...
... true of the Society of Painters which bears the name in England . The amusing thing is , that it was the admission of La Bruyère into an academy of nonentities that prompted the lines , La Bruyère being the zero ! 961. Dans les conseils ...
Page 121
... true that it has been largely in- creased ; but it is nothing in comparison with the number of fools , and unfortunately they say that God always favours the heaviest battalions . 1063. De par le roy , defense à Dieu De faire des ...
... true that it has been largely in- creased ; but it is nothing in comparison with the number of fools , and unfortunately they say that God always favours the heaviest battalions . 1063. De par le roy , defense à Dieu De faire des ...
Page 124
... true , Assent : if false , attack it hardily . - Ed . 1093. Désir de Dieu et désir de l'homme sont deux . ( Fr. ) Breton Prov . - God's will and man's will are two different things . 1094. Des Lebens Mühe Lehrt uns allein des Lebens ...
... true , Assent : if false , attack it hardily . - Ed . 1093. Désir de Dieu et désir de l'homme sont deux . ( Fr. ) Breton Prov . - God's will and man's will are two different things . 1094. Des Lebens Mühe Lehrt uns allein des Lebens ...
Page 141
... True to one , to others cold : They dare not sin , or , if they dare , they die . - Conington . Horace contrasts the strict conjugal fidelity of the wild races of the North with the licentious manners of Roman society . 1255. Δοσις δ ...
... True to one , to others cold : They dare not sin , or , if they dare , they die . - Conington . Horace contrasts the strict conjugal fidelity of the wild races of the North with the licentious manners of Roman society . 1255. Δοσις δ ...
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