Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... expression of intellectual force ; from the anachronisms of art to the grandest revelations of science ; from selections for the child to extracts for the philosopher , it will accom- modate the widest diversity of taste , and furnish ...
... expression of intellectual force ; from the anachronisms of art to the grandest revelations of science ; from selections for the child to extracts for the philosopher , it will accom- modate the widest diversity of taste , and furnish ...
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... expressions . - Superiority of sacred composition shown in answer to the question , who is the true gentleman ? -Misquotations from the scriptures . - References to the humor which is to be found in the Bible - The form of divination ...
... expressions . - Superiority of sacred composition shown in answer to the question , who is the true gentleman ? -Misquotations from the scriptures . - References to the humor which is to be found in the Bible - The form of divination ...
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... Expression . D ' IFFERENCE between dictionary English and colloquial English ; the words used in common speaking less than five thousand in number . The Latin and Anglo - Saxon elements of the language com- pared . Sources of the ...
... Expression . D ' IFFERENCE between dictionary English and colloquial English ; the words used in common speaking less than five thousand in number . The Latin and Anglo - Saxon elements of the language com- pared . Sources of the ...
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... expression . - A literally broken heart . - Alleged instances of sensation and intelligence after be- heading . — Strange and unaccountable character of many special antip- athies . - A case of constitutional sympathy . - Walking while ...
... expression . - A literally broken heart . - Alleged instances of sensation and intelligence after be- heading . — Strange and unaccountable character of many special antip- athies . - A case of constitutional sympathy . - Walking while ...
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... expression . - Shaksperean resemblances . - The boldness of Charles Reade's plagiarisms -Histor- ical similitudes : -unwillingness of barbarians to separate from their kindred hereafter ; sacrificing a husband and son to save a brother ...
... expression . - Shaksperean resemblances . - The boldness of Charles Reade's plagiarisms -Histor- ical similitudes : -unwillingness of barbarians to separate from their kindred hereafter ; sacrificing a husband and son to save a brother ...
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