Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... Italian , twenty ; the Bengalese , twenty - one ; the Hebrew , Syriac , Chaldee , and Samaritan , twenty - two each ; the French , twenty - three ; the Greek , twenty - four ; the Latin , twenty - five ; the German , Dutch , and English ...
... Italian , twenty ; the Bengalese , twenty - one ; the Hebrew , Syriac , Chaldee , and Samaritan , twenty - two each ; the French , twenty - three ; the Greek , twenty - four ; the Latin , twenty - five ; the German , Dutch , and English ...
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... Italy . A successful attempt has recently been made to use this form of verse for conveying useful information and expressing agree- able reflections , in a volume containing a series of acrostics on eminent names , commencing with ...
... Italy . A successful attempt has recently been made to use this form of verse for conveying useful information and expressing agree- able reflections , in a volume containing a series of acrostics on eminent names , commencing with ...
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... Italy . Compare Isaiah xxvii . 8 . " In the midst of life we are in death . " From the Burial Service ; and this , originally , from a hymn of Luther . " Bread and wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received . " From the English ...
... Italy . Compare Isaiah xxvii . 8 . " In the midst of life we are in death . " From the Burial Service ; and this , originally , from a hymn of Luther . " Bread and wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received . " From the English ...
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... Italian professor in the University of Pisa , believing he was about to assail a favorite dogma of theirs . He commenced his lecture with the following words , - " Quanti Gesuiti sono all ' inferno ! " ( How many Jesuits there are in ...
... Italian professor in the University of Pisa , believing he was about to assail a favorite dogma of theirs . He commenced his lecture with the following words , - " Quanti Gesuiti sono all ' inferno ! " ( How many Jesuits there are in ...
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... ....... 13 Persian 1 Italian ............ 211 Irish .......... .6 Frisi 1 German ....... .116 Runic ......... Persic .......... 1 Welsh ...... .95 Flemish ..4 Uncertain Danish .. ..75 Erse . Spanish ............ 56 Syriac ..
... ....... 13 Persian 1 Italian ............ 211 Irish .......... .6 Frisi 1 German ....... .116 Runic ......... Persic .......... 1 Welsh ...... .95 Flemish ..4 Uncertain Danish .. ..75 Erse . Spanish ............ 56 Syriac ..
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