Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... prove but toys . HOW VAIN , How wretched is Poor man , that doth remain A slave to such a state as this ! His days are short at longest ; few at most ; They are but bad at best , yet lavished out , or lost . THEY BE The secret springs ...
... prove but toys . HOW VAIN , How wretched is Poor man , that doth remain A slave to such a state as this ! His days are short at longest ; few at most ; They are but bad at best , yet lavished out , or lost . THEY BE The secret springs ...
Page 54
... word " STRIPES , " stating at the time that the letters making up the word stripes could be changed so as to make an answer to his question . proved satisfactory . The result When I cry that I sin is transposed , it 54 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
... word " STRIPES , " stating at the time that the letters making up the word stripes could be changed so as to make an answer to his question . proved satisfactory . The result When I cry that I sin is transposed , it 54 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
Page 68
... prove good , I maintain the old code May God give you peace , Forsaken Noblesse , May He ever confound The Assembly all round Je veux être fidèle Au régime ancien , Je crois la loi nouvelle Opposée à tout bien ; Messieurs les démocrats ...
... prove good , I maintain the old code May God give you peace , Forsaken Noblesse , May He ever confound The Assembly all round Je veux être fidèle Au régime ancien , Je crois la loi nouvelle Opposée à tout bien ; Messieurs les démocrats ...
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... prove with yonder spheres , Spheres that trace athrough all space , Space and years - unspoken years . A RINGING SONG . The following gem is from an old play of Shakspeare's time , called The True Trojans : - The sky is glad that stars ...
... prove with yonder spheres , Spheres that trace athrough all space , Space and years - unspoken years . A RINGING SONG . The following gem is from an old play of Shakspeare's time , called The True Trojans : - The sky is glad that stars ...
Page 98
... prove that short words , in spite of the sneer in the text , need not creep , nor be dull , but that they give strength , and life , and fire to the verse of those who know how to use them . " Pope himself , however , has confuted his ...
... prove that short words , in spite of the sneer in the text , need not creep , nor be dull , but that they give strength , and life , and fire to the verse of those who know how to use them . " Pope himself , however , has confuted his ...
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