Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... written a book . ” — Odd changes of signification in various other words . — The in- fluence of names upon human ... Writing . 182 HE tenebrosity versus the illuminosity of pomposity in verbosity , as Tshown in the Domicile erected by ...
... written a book . ” — Odd changes of signification in various other words . — The in- fluence of names upon human ... Writing . 182 HE tenebrosity versus the illuminosity of pomposity in verbosity , as Tshown in the Domicile erected by ...
Page xix
... written in sympathetic ink . — An invi- tation cryptographically concealed . - Macaulay's beautiful verses to the daughter of Lord and Lady Mahon . - Burns's endearments . - Teutonic alliteration . - A lover to his sweetheart in short ...
... written in sympathetic ink . — An invi- tation cryptographically concealed . - Macaulay's beautiful verses to the daughter of Lord and Lady Mahon . - Burns's endearments . - Teutonic alliteration . - A lover to his sweetheart in short ...
Page xx
... written inscriptions - Moralizing and admonitory verses.— -Advertising notices . - Unique and ludicrous epitaphs ... writing , cento , and acrostic . - Ethnologic differences , Indian , African , Hiber- nian , Greek . - Antithesis ...
... written inscriptions - Moralizing and admonitory verses.— -Advertising notices . - Unique and ludicrous epitaphs ... writing , cento , and acrostic . - Ethnologic differences , Indian , African , Hiber- nian , Greek . - Antithesis ...
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... written . " This alphabetical whim has assumed other shapes , sometimes taking the form of a fondness for a particular letter . In the Ecloga de Calvis of Hugbald the Monk , all the words begin with a C. In the Nuga Venales there is a ...
... written . " This alphabetical whim has assumed other shapes , sometimes taking the form of a fondness for a particular letter . In the Ecloga de Calvis of Hugbald the Monk , all the words begin with a C. In the Nuga Venales there is a ...
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... written by Miss Catherine Fanshawe . † The Sandwich Island alphabet has twelve letters ; the Burmese , nineteen ; the Italian , twenty ; the Bengalese , twenty - one ; the Hebrew , Syriac , Chaldee , and Samaritan , twenty - two each ...
... written by Miss Catherine Fanshawe . † The Sandwich Island alphabet has twelve letters ; the Burmese , nineteen ; the Italian , twenty ; the Bengalese , twenty - one ; the Hebrew , Syriac , Chaldee , and Samaritan , twenty - two each ...
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