“The fact that this book has passed through seven editions, is sufficient evidence of its interest for the many”
WorkIsaac D'Israeli
Curiosities of Literature
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Documented 1846
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D’Israeli’s Curiosities of Literature . . .
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“Camoens, when some hidalgo complained that he had not performed his promise in writing verses for him, replied, ‘When I wrote verses I was young, had sufficient food”
“The wife of Rohault, when her husband gave lectures on the Philosophy of Descartes, used to seat herself, on those days, at the door, and refused admittance to every one shabbily dressed”
Fuller, Margaret. "D’Israeli’s Curiosities of Literature . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 25 February 1846.