Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... Proving an Alibi- Whitefield and the Sailors - Protestant Excommunication - The Tender Mercies of John Knox .... 143 Puritan Peculiarities . The Puritan Maiden " Tribby " -A Jury - List of 1658 - An Extraordinary List of Names ...
... Proving an Alibi- Whitefield and the Sailors - Protestant Excommunication - The Tender Mercies of John Knox .... 143 Puritan Peculiarities . The Puritan Maiden " Tribby " -A Jury - List of 1658 - An Extraordinary List of Names ...
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... prove but toys . HOW VAIN , How wretched is Poor man , that doth remain A slave to such a state as this ! His days are short at longest ; few at most ; They are but bad at best , yet lavished out , or lost . THEY BE The secret springs ...
... prove but toys . HOW VAIN , How wretched is Poor man , that doth remain A slave to such a state as this ! His days are short at longest ; few at most ; They are but bad at best , yet lavished out , or lost . THEY BE The secret springs ...
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... STRIPES , " 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 .
... STRIPES , " 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 .
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... prove good , I maintain the old code May God give you peace , Forsaken Noblesse , May He ever confound The Assembly all round Je veux être fidèle Au régime ancien , Je crois la loi nouvelle Opposée à tout bien ; Messieurs les démocrats ...
... prove good , I maintain the old code May God give you peace , Forsaken Noblesse , May He ever confound The Assembly all round Je veux être fidèle Au régime ancien , Je crois la loi nouvelle Opposée à tout bien ; Messieurs les démocrats ...
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... prove with yonder spheres , Spheres that trace athrough all space , Space and years - unspoken years . A RINGING SONG . The following gem is from an old play of Shakspeare's time , called The True Trojans : - -- The sky is glad that ...
... prove with yonder spheres , Spheres that trace athrough all space , Space and years - unspoken years . A RINGING SONG . The following gem is from an old play of Shakspeare's time , called The True Trojans : - -- The sky is glad that ...
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