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 xvi
... live long ? —A man who lived more than 200 years— “ Quack - quack " and Bow - wow " -A Marriage Vow of the Olden Time- " Buxum in Bedde and at the Borde " - What came in a dream to Ilerschel - Singular Facts about Sleep - Curious ...
... live long ? —A man who lived more than 200 years— “ Quack - quack " and Bow - wow " -A Marriage Vow of the Olden Time- " Buxum in Bedde and at the Borde " - What came in a dream to Ilerschel - Singular Facts about Sleep - Curious ...
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... Live Cow - Compliments Paid to a Bear - How Noses are Made - How Lions are Caught by the Tail - A Picture of High Life Four Centuries Ago — Why Hairs were put in Ancient Seals - Fining People for not Getting Married - A Curious ...
... Live Cow - Compliments Paid to a Bear - How Noses are Made - How Lions are Caught by the Tail - A Picture of High Life Four Centuries Ago — Why Hairs were put in Ancient Seals - Fining People for not Getting Married - A Curious ...
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... live In all the glare that infamy can give . Curses of ages will attend your name , Traitors alone will glory in your shame . A lmighty vengeance sternly waits to roll Rivers of sulphur on your treacherous soul : Nature looks shuddering ...
... live In all the glare that infamy can give . Curses of ages will attend your name , Traitors alone will glory in your shame . A lmighty vengeance sternly waits to roll Rivers of sulphur on your treacherous soul : Nature looks shuddering ...
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... live . WE SPEND A ten years ' breath Before we apprehend What ' tis to live in fear of death ; Our childish dreams are filled with painted joys Which please our sense , and waking prove but toys . HOW VAIN , How wretched is Poor man ...
... live . WE SPEND A ten years ' breath Before we apprehend What ' tis to live in fear of death ; Our childish dreams are filled with painted joys Which please our sense , and waking prove but toys . HOW VAIN , How wretched is Poor man ...
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... live , our life is done . Man , count thy days ; and if they fly too fast For thy dull thoughts to count , count every day the last . A VALENTINE . THE reader , by taking the first letter of the first of the follow- ing lines , the ...
... live , our life is done . Man , count thy days ; and if they fly too fast For thy dull thoughts to count , count every day the last . A VALENTINE . THE reader , by taking the first letter of the first of the follow- ing lines , the ...
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