Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 páginas |
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... called Sotatic verse , from Sotades , the inventor . - The com- plete reversal of meaning which frequently occurs on the backward read- ing , also called Sidonian verse , such having been first constructed by Sidonius . . CROC Equivoque ...
... called Sotatic verse , from Sotades , the inventor . - The com- plete reversal of meaning which frequently occurs on the backward read- ing , also called Sidonian verse , such having been first constructed by Sidonius . . CROC Equivoque ...
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... called Bibliomancy , which was abolished centuries ago .. 103 The Name of God . name Deity in the Old Testament , THE name of God spelled with four letters in almost every language . their distinctive points . — Frequent use of the name ...
... called Bibliomancy , which was abolished centuries ago .. 103 The Name of God . name Deity in the Old Testament , THE name of God spelled with four letters in almost every language . their distinctive points . — Frequent use of the name ...
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... called . - Why Boston so named . - Sym- bolism of weathercocks . - Reason for disinheritance with a shilling.- The red hat . - How Queen Bess " banged " the Armada . - Why the quack succeeds . - Genealogical distinctions -Solution of a ...
... called . - Why Boston so named . - Sym- bolism of weathercocks . - Reason for disinheritance with a shilling.- The red hat . - How Queen Bess " banged " the Armada . - Why the quack succeeds . - Genealogical distinctions -Solution of a ...
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... called Alpha , ( as lucus a non lucendo , ) because there was not an alpha in it . His second book was inscribed Beta , for the same reason . In short , the poet excluded the whole four - and - twenty letters in their turns , and showed ...
... called Alpha , ( as lucus a non lucendo , ) because there was not an alpha in it . His second book was inscribed Beta , for the same reason . In short , the poet excluded the whole four - and - twenty letters in their turns , and showed ...
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... called the British Martial , lived in the golden age of anagrammatism . following are fair specimens of his ingenuity : - GALENUS - ANGELUS . : - Angelus es bonus anne malus ; Galene ! salutis Humana custos , angelus ergo bonus , DE ...
... called the British Martial , lived in the golden age of anagrammatism . following are fair specimens of his ingenuity : - GALENUS - ANGELUS . : - Angelus es bonus anne malus ; Galene ! salutis Humana custos , angelus ergo bonus , DE ...
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