The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 156Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868], 1834 - English essays |
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... taken without wine , for which reason Varro calls it , Prandium Caninum ; ' the expression " Cœnæ Tempestivæ , " appears to apply to the stated hours of the meal , and not to the duration of it , or the manner in which it was performed ...
... taken without wine , for which reason Varro calls it , Prandium Caninum ; ' the expression " Cœnæ Tempestivæ , " appears to apply to the stated hours of the meal , and not to the duration of it , or the manner in which it was performed ...
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... taken down ; the workmen are obliged to enter the cellars with wire - masks ; the breakage ceases in September . Of Burgundy , the wine district is situated under the 45th or 46th degrees of latitude , and is about 60 leagues long by 30 ...
... taken down ; the workmen are obliged to enter the cellars with wire - masks ; the breakage ceases in September . Of Burgundy , the wine district is situated under the 45th or 46th degrees of latitude , and is about 60 leagues long by 30 ...
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... taken about the matter ; and Holmes's text was reprinted without collation , or inquiry as to whether the documents in the printed collection were all that ought to have been inserted . The consequences of this non - collation , which ...
... taken about the matter ; and Holmes's text was reprinted without collation , or inquiry as to whether the documents in the printed collection were all that ought to have been inserted . The consequences of this non - collation , which ...
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... taken up , and the tiles in possession of different people at Exeter ) are pro- bably of Flemish origin , and imported perhaps about the year 1250 , when the bath was repaired afresh by the monks , as it adjoins the ancient build- ings ...
... taken up , and the tiles in possession of different people at Exeter ) are pro- bably of Flemish origin , and imported perhaps about the year 1250 , when the bath was repaired afresh by the monks , as it adjoins the ancient build- ings ...
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... taken from a Greek drama called Kapɣedovios , the same appellation . The plot , that a Carthaginian youth was stolen by pirates , and carried into Eto- lia , and that the two daughters of Hanno , a noble Carthaginian , had also been taken ...
... taken from a Greek drama called Kapɣedovios , the same appellation . The plot , that a Carthaginian youth was stolen by pirates , and carried into Eto- lia , and that the two daughters of Hanno , a noble Carthaginian , had also been taken ...
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