The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... FRANCE : CHAPTER I. - WINE AND WAR 99 • II . WOMEN AND WOODEN SHOES III - PHILOSOPHY • " " 99 IV . FROGS AND FREE TRADE THE SONGS OF ITALY : CHAPTER I. 29 II . THE SONGS OF HORACE : DECADE THE FIRST SECOND 29 THIRD FOURTH FIFTH ...
... FRANCE : CHAPTER I. - WINE AND WAR 99 • II . WOMEN AND WOODEN SHOES III - PHILOSOPHY • " " 99 IV . FROGS AND FREE TRADE THE SONGS OF ITALY : CHAPTER I. 29 II . THE SONGS OF HORACE : DECADE THE FIRST SECOND 29 THIRD FOURTH FIFTH ...
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... France , have no fancy to a rehearsal of the same in Ireland . Of this class was Prout , P.P. of Watergrasshill ; but his real value was very faintly appreciated by his rude flock : he was not understood by his contemporaries ; his ...
... France , have no fancy to a rehearsal of the same in Ireland . Of this class was Prout , P.P. of Watergrasshill ; but his real value was very faintly appreciated by his rude flock : he was not understood by his contemporaries ; his ...
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... France before them , and roll on the tide of war till the towers of Paris yielded to the mighty torrent . After a hasty repast on such simple diet , might the Black Prince appropriately address his girded knights in Shakespearian phrase ...
... France before them , and roll on the tide of war till the towers of Paris yielded to the mighty torrent . After a hasty repast on such simple diet , might the Black Prince appropriately address his girded knights in Shakespearian phrase ...
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... France dined publicly in Passion week on fasting fare , in order to recommend by their example the use of fish - when the heir - apparent to the crown delighted to be called a dolphin -and when one of your own kings , being on a visit ...
... France dined publicly in Passion week on fasting fare , in order to recommend by their example the use of fish - when the heir - apparent to the crown delighted to be called a dolphin -and when one of your own kings , being on a visit ...
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... France , too soon eclipsed in blood at its sanguinary close . I have conversed with Buffon and with Fontenelle , and held intercourse with Nature's simplest child , Bernardin de St. Pierre , author of ' Paul and Virginia ; ' Gresset and ...
... France , too soon eclipsed in blood at its sanguinary close . I have conversed with Buffon and with Fontenelle , and held intercourse with Nature's simplest child , Bernardin de St. Pierre , author of ' Paul and Virginia ; ' Gresset and ...
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