Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... given by a Smart Young Man- " The Handwriting on the Wall " - French Actresses - How Malle . Mars told her Age - A Lenient Judge - What Malle . Cico whispered to " the Bench . ” . 64 vii The Cento . " A Cloak of Patches " -How.
... given by a Smart Young Man- " The Handwriting on the Wall " - French Actresses - How Malle . Mars told her Age - A Lenient Judge - What Malle . Cico whispered to " the Bench . ” . 64 vii The Cento . " A Cloak of Patches " -How.
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... French Newspaper - The Pig - killing Machine and the Doctor- Slips of the Telegraph - Simmons and the Cranberries - Finishing his Education - The Poets in a Quandary - Blunders of Translators - Rather Gigantic Grasshoppers- " Love's ...
... French Newspaper - The Pig - killing Machine and the Doctor- Slips of the Telegraph - Simmons and the Cranberries - Finishing his Education - The Poets in a Quandary - Blunders of Translators - Rather Gigantic Grasshoppers- " Love's ...
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... French rebus - Napoleon Buonaparte's Cypher - A Queer - looking Proclamation - A curious Puzzle for the Lawyers - Sir Isaac Newton's Riddle - Couper's Riddle - Canning's Riddle - A Prize Enigma - Quincy's Comparison - Perplexing ...
... French rebus - Napoleon Buonaparte's Cypher - A Queer - looking Proclamation - A curious Puzzle for the Lawyers - Sir Isaac Newton's Riddle - Couper's Riddle - Canning's Riddle - A Prize Enigma - Quincy's Comparison - Perplexing ...
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... French Revolution - The Origin of Yankee Doodle " -Story of Lucy Lockett and Kitty Fisher - How Dutchmen sing " Yankee Doodle " - How the American Flag was chosen - Who was Brother Jonathan ? What is known of " Uncle Sam ! " — The ...
... French Revolution - The Origin of Yankee Doodle " -Story of Lucy Lockett and Kitty Fisher - How Dutchmen sing " Yankee Doodle " - How the American Flag was chosen - Who was Brother Jonathan ? What is known of " Uncle Sam ! " — The ...
Page xvii
... French Millionaire- Voltaire and Haller - Why Paddy " Loved her Still " -Bacon and Hogg- " A Most Excellent Judge ” —Thackeray Snubbed - Christian Cannibalism— How a Barrister's Eloquence was Silenced .. 39 The Sexes . 495 Masculine and ...
... French Millionaire- Voltaire and Haller - Why Paddy " Loved her Still " -Bacon and Hogg- " A Most Excellent Judge ” —Thackeray Snubbed - Christian Cannibalism— How a Barrister's Eloquence was Silenced .. 39 The Sexes . 495 Masculine and ...
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