The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page iv
... Italian Cul- lenization . For though he patronized the effort of Lord Kingston to naturalize in Munster the silkworm from that peninsula ( see his version of good Bishop Vida's Bombices , page 523 ) , mere caterpillars , snails , and ...
... Italian Cul- lenization . For though he patronized the effort of Lord Kingston to naturalize in Munster the silkworm from that peninsula ( see his version of good Bishop Vida's Bombices , page 523 ) , mere caterpillars , snails , and ...
Page xiii
... ITALY : CHAPTER I. 29 II . THE SONGS OF HORACE : DECADE THE FIRST SECOND 29 THIRD FOURTH FIFTH Illustration 62 Illustration 102 Two Illustrations 131 Illustration 162 164 Illustration 188 Two Illustrations 201 Illustration 231 ...
... ITALY : CHAPTER I. 29 II . THE SONGS OF HORACE : DECADE THE FIRST SECOND 29 THIRD FOURTH FIFTH Illustration 62 Illustration 102 Two Illustrations 131 Illustration 162 164 Illustration 188 Two Illustrations 201 Illustration 231 ...
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... Italy , that from a temporary establishment it became a permanent colony in the lagunes . Working like the coral insect under the seas , with the same unconsciousness of the mighty result of their labours , these industrious men for a ...
... Italy , that from a temporary establishment it became a permanent colony in the lagunes . Working like the coral insect under the seas , with the same unconsciousness of the mighty result of their labours , these industrious men for a ...
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... Italian , and High Dutch ; of which accomplishments I happen to possess some fine spe- cimens from his pen ; and before I terminate this paper , I mean to introduce them to the benevolent notice of the candid reader . By these you will ...
... Italian , and High Dutch ; of which accomplishments I happen to possess some fine spe- cimens from his pen ; and before I terminate this paper , I mean to introduce them to the benevolent notice of the candid reader . By these you will ...
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... Italy was constant and intimate , Dante took the first hint of his Divina Commedia , Il Purgatorio . Such was the cele- brity this cave had obtained in Spain , that the great dramatist Calderon made it the subject of one of his best ...
... Italy was constant and intimate , Dante took the first hint of his Divina Commedia , Il Purgatorio . Such was the cele- brity this cave had obtained in Spain , that the great dramatist Calderon made it the subject of one of his best ...
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