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Since therefore , dear James , I find that you are a man not only most wonderfully gifted in literary matters , but also a most sincere patron of letters , it seemed that I ought to ask you , first , that we should entertain for each ...
Since therefore , dear James , I find that you are a man not only most wonderfully gifted in literary matters , but also a most sincere patron of letters , it seemed that I ought to ask you , first , that we should entertain for each ...
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All literary men have had such dreams ; some few have attained to this blissful existence , but the most of them see their airy visions blown away like gossamer threads in the summer breeze . So it had come to pass with the plans of ...
All literary men have had such dreams ; some few have attained to this blissful existence , but the most of them see their airy visions blown away like gossamer threads in the summer breeze . So it had come to pass with the plans of ...
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She displayed above all a liberality to the poor , and to literary people , which is often one and the same thing . Though she is not closely connected with our subject , we have mentioned Lucrezia Borgia here for the reason that ...
She displayed above all a liberality to the poor , and to literary people , which is often one and the same thing . Though she is not closely connected with our subject , we have mentioned Lucrezia Borgia here for the reason that ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
MONASTIC LIFE AT STEYN | 39 |
SECRETARY TO THE BISHOP OF CAMBRAI MATRICULATION | 49 |
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| Title | Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Volume 1 Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, John Joseph Mangan Volume 1 of Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: Derived from a Study of His Works and Correspondence, John Joseph Mangan |
| Author | John Joseph Mangan |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1928 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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