Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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Page 26
... answer of seven pages , in which he observed the same severe ostracism against the letter R. Du Chat , in the " Ducatiana , " says " there are five novels in prose , of Lope de Vega , similarly avoiding the vowels ; the first without A ...
... answer of seven pages , in which he observed the same severe ostracism against the letter R. Du Chat , in the " Ducatiana , " says " there are five novels in prose , of Lope de Vega , similarly avoiding the vowels ; the first without A ...
Page 54
... stating at the time that the letters making up the word stripes could be changed so as to make an answer to his question . The result proved satisfactory . When I cry that I sin is transposed , it 54 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
... stating at the time that the letters making up the word stripes could be changed so as to make an answer to his question . The result proved satisfactory . When I cry that I sin is transposed , it 54 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
Page 63
... answer with elan , ' Name tarts ? no , medieval slave , I demonstrate man ! ' " He who in Nature's bitters findeth sweet food every day , ' Eureka ! till I pull up ill I take rue , ' well might say . " Equivoque . 00 COPY OF A LETTER ...
... answer with elan , ' Name tarts ? no , medieval slave , I demonstrate man ! ' " He who in Nature's bitters findeth sweet food every day , ' Eureka ! till I pull up ill I take rue , ' well might say . " Equivoque . 00 COPY OF A LETTER ...
Page 65
... answer this . Your letters are always full of impertinence , and you have not a shadow of -wit and good sense . Adieu ! adieu ! believe me so averse to you , that it is impossible for me even -to be your most affectionate friend and ...
... answer this . Your letters are always full of impertinence , and you have not a shadow of -wit and good sense . Adieu ! adieu ! believe me so averse to you , that it is impossible for me even -to be your most affectionate friend and ...
Page 68
... answered " Va - la - voir , " which literally signifies " Go and see . " The soldier , who took the words in this sense , indig- nantly repeated the challenge , and was answered in the same manner , when he fired ; and the unfortunate ...
... answered " Va - la - voir , " which literally signifies " Go and see . " The soldier , who took the words in this sense , indig- nantly repeated the challenge , and was answered in the same manner , when he fired ; and the unfortunate ...
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