Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... church discipline . - Extracts from the Blue Laws of Connecticut showing the nature of their injunctions and prohibitions . . . T Paronomasia . 150 HE philosophy of punning . - The place of the pun in the realm of wit . - Common among ...
... church discipline . - Extracts from the Blue Laws of Connecticut showing the nature of their injunctions and prohibitions . . . T Paronomasia . 150 HE philosophy of punning . - The place of the pun in the realm of wit . - Common among ...
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... church - Old time matrimonial advertisements . Ho Facetiæ . 477 FOOD'S amusing titles for a sham library door . - Some of the jests commonly attributed to Hierocles , the Alexandrian humor- ist . - Illustrations of brevity in ...
... church - Old time matrimonial advertisements . Ho Facetiæ . 477 FOOD'S amusing titles for a sham library door . - Some of the jests commonly attributed to Hierocles , the Alexandrian humor- ist . - Illustrations of brevity in ...
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... church . - The proxy at St. Peter's gate . - About a nose . - The mischiefs of dyspepsia . The grace of humility . — Ave Maria . Conformity of Sense to Sound . 551 RTICULATE imitation of inarticulate sounds , with examples of difficulty ...
... church . - The proxy at St. Peter's gate . - About a nose . - The mischiefs of dyspepsia . The grace of humility . — Ave Maria . Conformity of Sense to Sound . 551 RTICULATE imitation of inarticulate sounds , with examples of difficulty ...
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... church , alarm , and clock bells - drawn from a variety of sources . -Old - fashioned fly - leaf inscriptions in books , chiefly school - books.— Clock , watch - paper , and sun - dial epigraphs . - Forms of inscription for a spring , a ...
... church , alarm , and clock bells - drawn from a variety of sources . -Old - fashioned fly - leaf inscriptions in books , chiefly school - books.— Clock , watch - paper , and sun - dial epigraphs . - Forms of inscription for a spring , a ...
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... Church of St. Alex- ander Nevskoi , at St. Petersburg , his guide , pointing to a cor- ner of the building , said , " There lies a Cannibal . " Attracted to the tomb by this strange announcement , Kohl found from the inscription that it ...
... Church of St. Alex- ander Nevskoi , at St. Petersburg , his guide , pointing to a cor- ner of the building , said , " There lies a Cannibal . " Attracted to the tomb by this strange announcement , Kohl found from the inscription that it ...
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