Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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Page iii
... write or indite any matter , whatsoever it be , that should be able to sustaine and abide the variable judgement , and to obtaine or winne the constant love and allowance of every man , especially if it containe in it any novelty or ...
... write or indite any matter , whatsoever it be , that should be able to sustaine and abide the variable judgement , and to obtaine or winne the constant love and allowance of every man , especially if it containe in it any novelty or ...
Page viii
... writing of macaronic poetry , " says Hallam , ( Middle Ages , ) " is a folly with which every nation has been inoculated in its turn . " - The sandwiching or intermingling of one language with an- other said to bear the same relation to ...
... writing of macaronic poetry , " says Hallam , ( Middle Ages , ) " is a folly with which every nation has been inoculated in its turn . " - The sandwiching or intermingling of one language with an- other said to bear the same relation to ...
Page xii
... writing , but in the works of the best authors . - Irish bulls and bulls that are not Irish . Blunders . 252 LIPS of the press ; illustrations of typographic error . — Mistakes of rupt fully make statements in one chapter irreconcilable ...
... writing , but in the works of the best authors . - Irish bulls and bulls that are not Irish . Blunders . 252 LIPS of the press ; illustrations of typographic error . — Mistakes of rupt fully make statements in one chapter irreconcilable ...
Page xviii
... writer of tedious epitaphs . Fool and poet . -Dum vivimus . - To Molly Aston . - To our bed . - Ignorance and ... Writing verses -Prudent simplicity . To a friend in distress . - Hog vs. bacon . - A warm recep- tion . Medical advice ...
... writer of tedious epitaphs . Fool and poet . -Dum vivimus . - To Molly Aston . - To our bed . - Ignorance and ... Writing verses -Prudent simplicity . To a friend in distress . - Hog vs. bacon . - A warm recep- tion . Medical advice ...
Page xx
... writing , cento , and acrostic . - Ethnologic differences , Indian , African , Hiber- nian , Greek . - Antithesis extraordinary . - The printer's epitaph . - Speci- mens of brevity . - Laudatory verses . - Miscellaneous epitaphs - Earth ...
... writing , cento , and acrostic . - Ethnologic differences , Indian , African , Hiber- nian , Greek . - Antithesis extraordinary . - The printer's epitaph . - Speci- mens of brevity . - Laudatory verses . - Miscellaneous epitaphs - Earth ...
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