Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... English , they make good sense . - Classical puns and mottoes -Punning mottoes of the English peerage . Jeux - de - mots , exhibiting ingenious iteratives , and other playful liberties with words . . 155 English Words and Forms of ...
... English , they make good sense . - Classical puns and mottoes -Punning mottoes of the English peerage . Jeux - de - mots , exhibiting ingenious iteratives , and other playful liberties with words . . 155 English Words and Forms of ...
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... English tavern sign - boards . - Their corruptions and meanings . - Tap room and beer jug mottoes . - In- scriptions graved on inn window - panes . - Inscriptions and mottoes on bells - church , alarm , and clock bells - drawn from a ...
... English tavern sign - boards . - Their corruptions and meanings . - Tap room and beer jug mottoes . - In- scriptions graved on inn window - panes . - Inscriptions and mottoes on bells - church , alarm , and clock bells - drawn from a ...
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... English language which can be thus arranged , and the different transpositions thereof are all at the same time Latin words . These words , in English as well as in Latin , may be read either upward or downward . Their signification as ...
... English language which can be thus arranged , and the different transpositions thereof are all at the same time Latin words . These words , in English as well as in Latin , may be read either upward or downward . Their signification as ...
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... English , — Madam , I'm Adam . ( Adam to Eve . ) Name no one man . - Able was I ere I saw Elba . ( Napoleon loq . ) Snug & raw was I ere I saw war & guns . Red rum did emit revel ere Lever time did murder . Red root put up to order ...
... English , — Madam , I'm Adam . ( Adam to Eve . ) Name no one man . - Able was I ere I saw Elba . ( Napoleon loq . ) Snug & raw was I ere I saw war & guns . Red rum did emit revel ere Lever time did murder . Red root put up to order ...
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Charles Carroll Bombaugh. read backwards , makes passable English . Take for example the following short sentences : - Mi sana . Odioso ni mus rem . Moto ima os illud dama nam ? ( I'm an ass . O so I do in summer . O Tom , am I so dull ...
Charles Carroll Bombaugh. read backwards , makes passable English . Take for example the following short sentences : - Mi sana . Odioso ni mus rem . Moto ima os illud dama nam ? ( I'm an ass . O so I do in summer . O Tom , am I so dull ...
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