Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 páginas |
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... present pub- lisher requested the preparation of an enlargement of the work . In the augmented form in which it is now offered to the public , the con- tents will be found so much more comprehensive and omnifarious that , while it has ...
... present pub- lisher requested the preparation of an enlargement of the work . In the augmented form in which it is now offered to the public , the con- tents will be found so much more comprehensive and omnifarious that , while it has ...
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... present time . . . 88 Emblematic Poetry . HE fashion of torturing verses into fantastic forms mostly in vogue Tw fashion of torturing v it was a common custom among the two centuries ago , when it was a common custom among the wits and ...
... present time . . . 88 Emblematic Poetry . HE fashion of torturing verses into fantastic forms mostly in vogue Tw fashion of torturing v it was a common custom among the two centuries ago , when it was a common custom among the wits and ...
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... present of a mirror . — To a capricious friend . - Mendax . - On Fell . - An ill - read lawyer . - Wo- man's will . - The duke's nose . - Reciprocity . - Bad songster . - A bad fiddle . - Foot - man vs. toe - man . - Lady Lovejoy ...
... present of a mirror . — To a capricious friend . - Mendax . - On Fell . - An ill - read lawyer . - Wo- man's will . - The duke's nose . - Reciprocity . - Bad songster . - A bad fiddle . - Foot - man vs. toe - man . - Lady Lovejoy ...
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... present hardships you bear with the happiness you expect hereafter , and try whether all these will not awaken thankfulness . ACROSTICS . THE acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost ...
... present hardships you bear with the happiness you expect hereafter , and try whether all these will not awaken thankfulness . ACROSTICS . THE acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost ...
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... presents examples of acrostics , and they were often used in the old Latin language . Cicero , in his treatise " De Divinatione , " has this remarkable passage : " The verses of the Sybils ( said he ) are distinguished by that ...
... presents examples of acrostics , and they were often used in the old Latin language . Cicero , in his treatise " De Divinatione , " has this remarkable passage : " The verses of the Sybils ( said he ) are distinguished by that ...
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