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 38
... fair flower ; when a foul , frightful , fiendish figure flashed forth : ' Felonious fellow , fingering my flowers , I'll finish you ! Fly ; say farewell to your fine felicitous family , and face me in a fortnight ! The faint - hearted ...
... fair flower ; when a foul , frightful , fiendish figure flashed forth : ' Felonious fellow , fingering my flowers , I'll finish you ! Fly ; say farewell to your fine felicitous family , and face me in a fortnight ! The faint - hearted ...
Page 39
... fair - favored , fine , frank , freeman of the forest . Behold the fruits of filial affection . A BEVY OF BELLES . The following lines are said to have been admirably de- scriptive of the five daughters of an English gentleman ...
... fair - favored , fine , frank , freeman of the forest . Behold the fruits of filial affection . A BEVY OF BELLES . The following lines are said to have been admirably de- scriptive of the five daughters of an English gentleman ...
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... fair specimens of his ingenuity : GALENUS - Angelus , Angelus es bonus anne malus ; Galene ! salutis Humana custos , angelus ergo bonus , DE FIDE - ANAGRAMMA QUINCUPLEX . Recta fides , certa est , arcet mala schismata , non est , Sicut ...
... fair specimens of his ingenuity : GALENUS - Angelus , Angelus es bonus anne malus ; Galene ! salutis Humana custos , angelus ergo bonus , DE FIDE - ANAGRAMMA QUINCUPLEX . Recta fides , certa est , arcet mala schismata , non est , Sicut ...
Page 56
... fair bride he had married , When a merle gat at large from a cage that she carried ; She gave a loud screech ! and I could not well blame her , But lame as I was , I'd no wish to get lamer ; So I made my escape - ne'er an antelope ...
... fair bride he had married , When a merle gat at large from a cage that she carried ; She gave a loud screech ! and I could not well blame her , But lame as I was , I'd no wish to get lamer ; So I made my escape - ne'er an antelope ...
Page 59
... fair specimen we can find of reciprocal words , or those which , read backwards or forwards , are the same , is the following couplet , which , according to an old book , cost the author a world of foolish labor : - Odo tenet mulum ...
... fair specimen we can find of reciprocal words , or those which , read backwards or forwards , are the same , is the following couplet , which , according to an old book , cost the author a world of foolish labor : - Odo tenet mulum ...
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