Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... learned collaborators . " Into a hotch - potch , " says Sir Edward Coke , " is commonly put not one thing alone , but one thing with other things together . " The present volume is an expedient for grouping together a variety which will ...
... learned collaborators . " Into a hotch - potch , " says Sir Edward Coke , " is commonly put not one thing alone , but one thing with other things together . " The present volume is an expedient for grouping together a variety which will ...
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... Learned Men have written of the Bible - Testimony of Rousseau , Wil berforce , Bolingbroke , Sir Wm . Jones , Webster , John Quincy Adams , Addi- son , Byron , & c . - Who Translated the Bible - Wicklif's Version - Tyndale's Translation ...
... Learned Men have written of the Bible - Testimony of Rousseau , Wil berforce , Bolingbroke , Sir Wm . Jones , Webster , John Quincy Adams , Addi- son , Byron , & c . - Who Translated the Bible - Wicklif's Version - Tyndale's Translation ...
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... Learned Blacksmith - Literary Oddities - Curious Habits of Celebrated Authors - How they have Written their Books - Racine's Adventure with the Workmen --- Luther in his Study - Calvin Scribbling in Bed - Rousseau , Le Sage , and Byron ...
... Learned Blacksmith - Literary Oddities - Curious Habits of Celebrated Authors - How they have Written their Books - Racine's Adventure with the Workmen --- Luther in his Study - Calvin Scribbling in Bed - Rousseau , Le Sage , and Byron ...
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... learned society In Hexile , Hanguish , and Hanxiety ; Nay , charged without one just pretence , With Harrogance and Himpudence- I here demand full restitution , And beg you'll mend your Helocution . Rowland Hill , when at college , was ...
... learned society In Hexile , Hanguish , and Hanxiety ; Nay , charged without one just pretence , With Harrogance and Himpudence- I here demand full restitution , And beg you'll mend your Helocution . Rowland Hill , when at college , was ...
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... learned Lucy loves . Eliza's elegance each eye espies . Serenely silent Susan's smiles surprise . From fops , fools , flattery , fairest Fanny flies . MOTIVES TO GRATITUDE . A remarkable example of the old fondness for antithesis and ...
... learned Lucy loves . Eliza's elegance each eye espies . Serenely silent Susan's smiles surprise . From fops , fools , flattery , fairest Fanny flies . MOTIVES TO GRATITUDE . A remarkable example of the old fondness for antithesis and ...
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