Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... Lord's Prayer . HE two divisions of the prayer , -one relating to the glory of God , Tthe other to the wants of man , especially man's need of spfftod blessings in preference to temporal good . - The admirable and compre- hensive spirit ...
... Lord's Prayer . HE two divisions of the prayer , -one relating to the glory of God , Tthe other to the wants of man , especially man's need of spfftod blessings in preference to temporal good . - The admirable and compre- hensive spirit ...
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... Lord North , one of the finest gentlemen in the Court of James I. , has written a set of sonnets , each of which begins with a successive letter of the alphabet . The Earl of Rivers , in the reign of Edward IV . , translated the Moral ...
... Lord North , one of the finest gentlemen in the Court of James I. , has written a set of sonnets , each of which begins with a successive letter of the alphabet . The Earl of Rivers , in the reign of Edward IV . , translated the Moral ...
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... LORD HOLLAND , after reading the five Spanish novels already alluded to , in 1824 , composed the following curious example , in which all the vowels except E are omitted : - EVE'S LEGEND . Men were never perfect ; yet the three brethren ...
... LORD HOLLAND , after reading the five Spanish novels already alluded to , in 1824 , composed the following curious example , in which all the vowels except E are omitted : - EVE'S LEGEND . Men were never perfect ; yet the three brethren ...
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... Lord Duff , and was presented on some public occasion in the year 1745 . A. B. C. . D. E. F. G. H. J. K. L. M. • N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. . · X. Y. Z. · A Blessed Change . Down Every Foreigner . God Help James . Keep Lord Marr ...
... Lord Duff , and was presented on some public occasion in the year 1745 . A. B. C. . D. E. F. G. H. J. K. L. M. • N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. . · X. Y. Z. · A Blessed Change . Down Every Foreigner . God Help James . Keep Lord Marr ...
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... Lord's " dark misery , Or " Ugolino's " ghastly visage , wild , Looking stern horror on each starving child ; Delights not less of social sort were thine , Such as with Burke , or e'en with Johnson shine . BURKE . Brilliant thy genius ...
... Lord's " dark misery , Or " Ugolino's " ghastly visage , wild , Looking stern horror on each starving child ; Delights not less of social sort were thine , Such as with Burke , or e'en with Johnson shine . BURKE . Brilliant thy genius ...
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