The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page 34
... straws in amber , without deteriorating the substance , these matters only made manifest its trans- parency . Whenever he undertook to illustrate any subject worthy of him , he was always felicitous . I 34 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
... straws in amber , without deteriorating the substance , these matters only made manifest its trans- parency . Whenever he undertook to illustrate any subject worthy of him , he was always felicitous . I 34 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
Page 162
... trans- actions in the matter of the " prize - essay ; " and though we do not ex- pect much from " Tom Brown the younger , " or " Tom Little , " the author of sundry Tomfudgeries and Tomfooleries , still it would not surprise us if he ...
... trans- actions in the matter of the " prize - essay ; " and though we do not ex- pect much from " Tom Brown the younger , " or " Tom Little , " the author of sundry Tomfudgeries and Tomfooleries , still it would not surprise us if he ...
Page 163
... trans- actions in the matter of the " prize - essay ; " and though we do not ex- pect much from " Tom Brown the younger , " or " Tom Little , " the author of sundry Tomfudgeries and Tomfooleries , still it would not surprise us if he ...
... trans- actions in the matter of the " prize - essay ; " and though we do not ex- pect much from " Tom Brown the younger , " or " Tom Little , " the author of sundry Tomfudgeries and Tomfooleries , still it would not surprise us if he ...
Page 174
... trans- lation can give but a feeble idea of the original . * Pervigilium Loyolae In Maria Sacello , 1522 . Cùm bellicosus Cantaber è tholo Suspendit ensem , " Non ego lu- gubri Defuncta bello , " dixit , arma Degener aut timidus perire ...
... trans- lation can give but a feeble idea of the original . * Pervigilium Loyolae In Maria Sacello , 1522 . Cùm bellicosus Cantaber è tholo Suspendit ensem , " Non ego lu- gubri Defuncta bello , " dixit , arma Degener aut timidus perire ...
Page 222
... trans- lation is not , in this case , a literal version , the less it is con- fronted with its prototype the better . The last stanza I do not pretend to understand rightly , so I put it at the bottom of the page in a note , * supposing ...
... trans- lation is not , in this case , a literal version , the less it is con- fronted with its prototype the better . The last stanza I do not pretend to understand rightly , so I put it at the bottom of the page in a note , * supposing ...
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