Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... thing with other things together . " The present volume is an expedient for grouping together a variety which will be found in no other compilation . From the nonsense of literary trifling to the highest expression of intellectual force ...
... thing with other things together . " The present volume is an expedient for grouping together a variety which will be found in no other compilation . From the nonsense of literary trifling to the highest expression of intellectual force ...
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... thing yet ; take away all the letters from every word you have written . ” This alphabetical whim has assumed other shapes , sometimes . taking the form of a fondness for a particular letter . In the Ecloga de Calvis of Hugbald the Monk ...
... thing yet ; take away all the letters from every word you have written . ” This alphabetical whim has assumed other shapes , sometimes . taking the form of a fondness for a particular letter . In the Ecloga de Calvis of Hugbald the Monk ...
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... things , teaches how to attain their just Magnitude . To inordinate affections the art of It inspires the soul with true It also teaches us To love each other with true - And to pay to things sacred a just It instructs us how to keep To ...
... things , teaches how to attain their just Magnitude . To inordinate affections the art of It inspires the soul with true It also teaches us To love each other with true - And to pay to things sacred a just It instructs us how to keep To ...
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... thing before him , that may either offend or displease him in any sort ; for I may truly say , there is no man I love so much as M. Compigne , none whom I should more regret to see neglected , as no one can be more worthy to be received ...
... thing before him , that may either offend or displease him in any sort ; for I may truly say , there is no man I love so much as M. Compigne , none whom I should more regret to see neglected , as no one can be more worthy to be received ...
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... thing ; Some have at first for wits , then poets passed- See from each clime the learned their incense bring , For rising merit will buoy up at last . Tell ( for you can ) what is it to be wise.- Virtue alone happiness below ; Honor and ...
... thing ; Some have at first for wits , then poets passed- See from each clime the learned their incense bring , For rising merit will buoy up at last . Tell ( for you can ) what is it to be wise.- Virtue alone happiness below ; Honor and ...
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