Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 páginas |
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... word , caustic , or complimentary , or purely whimsical . — Chronogram , by means of which a date or epoch is ... words in any language spelled backwards the same as for- or verses . Specimens of the palindromic writing of literary ...
... word , caustic , or complimentary , or purely whimsical . — Chronogram , by means of which a date or epoch is ... words in any language spelled backwards the same as for- or verses . Specimens of the palindromic writing of literary ...
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... word of the following line . Claimed as a French singularity , but never favorite with the poets .. R Bouts Rimés ... words . - viii CONTENTS .
... word of the following line . Claimed as a French singularity , but never favorite with the poets .. R Bouts Rimés ... words . - viii CONTENTS .
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... words , instead of producing dullness , may be used to impart " strength , and life , and fire to the verse of those who ... word " Selah " in the Psalms.- Hexametric rhythm in the sacred writings . The parallelism of the Hebrew poetry ...
... words , instead of producing dullness , may be used to impart " strength , and life , and fire to the verse of those who ... word " Selah " in the Psalms.- Hexametric rhythm in the sacred writings . The parallelism of the Hebrew poetry ...
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... words excise ; pontiff ; rough . - Words mistakenly accounted as Ameri- canisms . The misunderstood phrases , " no love lost between them , " and " the forlorn hope . " -- The word " quiz . " - Tennyson's English.— Misapplication of the ...
... words excise ; pontiff ; rough . - Words mistakenly accounted as Ameri- canisms . The misunderstood phrases , " no love lost between them , " and " the forlorn hope . " -- The word " quiz . " - Tennyson's English.— Misapplication of the ...
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... word . - The young lover's difficulties in completing his stanzas . - Hood's Nocturnal Sketch , each line ending with three rhyming words . A Valentines . 534 STRATEGIC love - letter , providing for retreat in good order , if needful ...
... word . - The young lover's difficulties in completing his stanzas . - Hood's Nocturnal Sketch , each line ending with three rhyming words . A Valentines . 534 STRATEGIC love - letter , providing for retreat in good order , if needful ...
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