Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... heart -No Comfort in being Beheaded — A Man who Spoke after his Head was cut off —A Man who Lived after Sensation was Destroyed - Comical Antipathies - Afraid of Boiled Lobsters - A Fish and a Fever - Why Joseph Scaliger couldn't Drink ...
... heart -No Comfort in being Beheaded — A Man who Spoke after his Head was cut off —A Man who Lived after Sensation was Destroyed - Comical Antipathies - Afraid of Boiled Lobsters - A Fish and a Fever - Why Joseph Scaliger couldn't Drink ...
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... Hearts - To a Generous Man - Beauty's Prerogative- Proud Humility - Folly for Oneself - An Impossibility - Sober Drunken- ness - A Wine Drinker's Metaphors - The Verses of Mirtsa Schaffy - The ... Heart - A Golden Webb - The xviii CONTENTS .
... Hearts - To a Generous Man - Beauty's Prerogative- Proud Humility - Folly for Oneself - An Impossibility - Sober Drunken- ness - A Wine Drinker's Metaphors - The Verses of Mirtsa Schaffy - The ... Heart - A Golden Webb - The xviii CONTENTS .
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A Melange of Excerpta Charles Carroll Bombaugh. Learning Speeches by Heart - A Golden Webb - The Jawbone of an Ass- Walking on her Head - Marriage à la mode - Quid Pro Quo - Woman , pro and con - Abundance of Fools - The World ...
A Melange of Excerpta Charles Carroll Bombaugh. Learning Speeches by Heart - A Golden Webb - The Jawbone of an Ass- Walking on her Head - Marriage à la mode - Quid Pro Quo - Woman , pro and con - Abundance of Fools - The World ...
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... heart he heaves ; In impious ire incessant ills invests , Judging Jove's jealous judgments , jaundiced jests ! Kneel , kirtled knight ! keep keener kingcraft known , Let larger lore life's levelling lessons loan : Marauders must meet ...
... heart he heaves ; In impious ire incessant ills invests , Judging Jove's jealous judgments , jaundiced jests ! Kneel , kirtled knight ! keep keener kingcraft known , Let larger lore life's levelling lessons loan : Marauders must meet ...
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... heart must warm . Now o'er Slavery's guilt and woes , Grief and shame's deep hues it throws ; Far up Alpine heights is heard " Excelsior , " now the stirring word ; " Life's Psalm , " now , onward is inviting , Longings for nobler deeds ...
... heart must warm . Now o'er Slavery's guilt and woes , Grief and shame's deep hues it throws ; Far up Alpine heights is heard " Excelsior , " now the stirring word ; " Life's Psalm , " now , onward is inviting , Longings for nobler deeds ...
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