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" Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading... "
The American Journal of Education and College Review - Page 32
1857
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General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1799 - 790 pages
...household were hunting in the park, reading in her chamber Plato's Phaedo in Greek, " and that (says he) with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace." (Schoolmaster, p. 34. ed. Upton, 1711). During his foreign expedition, -which lasted three...
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The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 1

William Oldys, Thomas Park - Great Britain - 1808 - 586 pages
...and gentlewomen, were hunting in the Park ; I found her in her chamber, reading Pfttedun Platoiiis in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace. After salutation, and duty done, • with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1808 - 588 pages
...gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the Park ; I found her in her chamber, reading Phtrdtm Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boceare. Afier salutation, and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose...
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The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ...

William Oldys, John Malham - Europe - 1808 - 594 pages
...gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the Park ; I found her in her chamber, reading P/uedon Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace. After salutation, and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, Why she would lose...
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The gamester, by E. Moore. The tragedy of Jane Shore, by N. Rowe. The London ...

James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 480 pages
...and " gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her " in her chamber, reading Phoedo Platonis, in Greek, " and that with as much delight, as some gentlemen " would read a merry tale in Boccace. After salutation, " and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, " why she should...
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The Enquirer: Or, Literary, Mathematical, and Philosophical ..., Volume 2

William Marrat, Pishey Thompson - 1812 - 488 pages
...Lady Jane at Broadgate, in Leicestershire, to take his leave, whom he found reading Plato in Greek, with as much delight as Some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccacc, whilst the whole of the family were hunting in the Park. Being asked by him; why she would...
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The English Works of Roger Ascham: Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth

Roger Ascham - Archery - 1815 - 428 pages
...gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Pluedo Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace. After salutation, and duty done, * This is the passage, I suppose : "ETrerfou ?> 8oxt~...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 1

Trials - 1816 - 790 pages
...gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park ; ' I found her in her chamber, reading Phxdon Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight, as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace. After salutation, and duty done, with sume other talk, I asked her, Why VOL. I. taunted,...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...

Trials - 1816 - 788 pages
...gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park; I Ij'inil her in her chamber, reading I'hardon IVuonis in Greek, and that with as much delight, as some gentlemen would read a mt rry tale in Boccace. After salutation, and duty •lone, with some other talk, I asked her, Why...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 1

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 606 pages
...Broadgate in Leicestershire. He found her studying the Phaedo of Plato in Greek, and " that (he adds) with as much delight, as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace;" and he discovered such learning and good sense in her conversation, that he pronounces...
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