The French Librarian: Or Literary Guide, Pointing Out the Best Works of the Principal Writers of France, in Every Branch of Literature; with Criticisms, Personal Anecdotes, and Bibliographical Notices; Preceded by a Sketch of the Progress of French Literature |
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... pre- judices exist ( how far they may be just becomes not me to say ) , than perhaps against any other , and in favour of which I was as likely to be bi- ässed , as most of my readers were likely to PREFACE . PREFACE.
... pre- judices exist ( how far they may be just becomes not me to say ) , than perhaps against any other , and in favour of which I was as likely to be bi- ässed , as most of my readers were likely to PREFACE . PREFACE.
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... say that although these writings did not cause , they at least quali- fied the French Revolution . A long series of years of oppression , the ambition of some of the French monarchs , the vices of others , in which the nobility , and ...
... say that although these writings did not cause , they at least quali- fied the French Revolution . A long series of years of oppression , the ambition of some of the French monarchs , the vices of others , in which the nobility , and ...
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... ( says Brunet ) for a long time , has been considered the first edition of the French Bible , but it is the second edition of the version of Le Fèvre , for ( according to Prosper Marchand , Dictionnaire Historique , 1st part , page 252 ) ...
... ( says Brunet ) for a long time , has been considered the first edition of the French Bible , but it is the second edition of the version of Le Fèvre , for ( according to Prosper Marchand , Dictionnaire Historique , 1st part , page 252 ) ...
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... says Barbier , in his Bibl . d'un Homme de Goût , vol . 5 , p . 379 , was printed under the immediate inspection of M. Ostervald , who compared the common version with the original text , the vulgate , & c . and the greater part of ...
... says Barbier , in his Bibl . d'un Homme de Goût , vol . 5 , p . 379 , was printed under the immediate inspection of M. Ostervald , who compared the common version with the original text , the vulgate , & c . and the greater part of ...
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... says , and not by the manner of his saying it . * * " Few sermons of Bossuet were published before the bene- dictine edition of his works made its appearance . They fill three volumes of that edition . " - Works of C. Butler , vol . 3 ...
... says , and not by the manner of his saying it . * * " Few sermons of Bossuet were published before the bene- dictine edition of his works made its appearance . They fill three volumes of that edition . " - Works of C. Butler , vol . 3 ...
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