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Detti dei lacedemoni
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Moralia. 20
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Der Grosse Schau-Platz Lust- und Lehrreicher Geschichte : das erste [-zweyte] Hundert, mit vielen merckwürdigen Erzehlungen, klugen Sprüchen ... durch ein Mitglied der hochlöblichen Fruchtbringenden Gesellschafft
Grosse Schau-Platz jämmerlicher Mord-Geschichte.
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The Pythagorean golden verses : with introduction and commentary
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1995
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 123
Etudes préliminaires aux religions orientales dans l'Empire romain
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Cartas de Antonio Perez, Secretario de Estado, que fue del Rey Catholico Don Phelippe II. de este nombre : para diuersas personas despues de su salida de España
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Herbert's Remains., or, Sundry pieces of that sweet singer of The temple, Mr. George Herbert, sometime orator of the University of Cambridg. [sic] ; now exposed to publick light.
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Livre en quatre langues. Avec permission de police. The book of four languages
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Publii Terentii Afri : Comoediae ; Phaedri Fabula Aesopiae ; Publii Syri et aliorum veterum Sententiae ; ex recensione et cum notis Richardi Bentleii
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1. Catonis disticha de moribus; 2. Dicta insignia septem sapientum Græciæ. 3. Mimi publiani, sive senecæ proverbia anglo Latina. Cato item grammatice interpretatus latinis & vernaculis vocibus pari ordine, sed diversis lineis alternatis. Quo sc. t̆atula puerilis præcepta vitæ communis ita legant ut intelligant. A Corolo Hoolo. A.M. private scholæ grammaticæ institutore in purificum viciculo apud Londinates. 1. Cato's distichs concerning manners; 2. Excellant sayings of the seven wise men of Greece. 3. Publius's stage verses or seneca's proverbs in Latin and English. Likewise cato construed grammatically. With one row Latin, and another English. Whereby little children may understandingly learn the rules of common behaviour. By Charles Hoole, Mr. of arts, and teacher of a Private Grammar School in Goldsmith's-Alley, London
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Der Teutsche Secretarius, das ist, Allen Canzleyen, Studir- und Schreibstuben nützliches fast nohtwendiges und zum vierdten mal vermehrtes Titular- und Formularbuch : enthaltend ... mehr ist neurlich beygedruckt ... mit Anfügung Formularien allerhand Vorträge ...
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Der Grosse Schau-Platz Jämērlicher Mord-Geschichte : besttehend in CC. traurigen Begebenheiten mit vielen merckwürdigen Erzehlungen, neu-üblichen Gedichten, lehrreichen Sprüchen ...
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