Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... Translated the Bible - Wicklif's Version - Tyndale's Translation - Matthew's Bible - Cranmer's Edition - The Geneva Bible- The Breeches Bible - The Bishop's Bible - Parker's Bible - The Douay Bible- King James's Bible - The Number of ...
... Translated the Bible - Wicklif's Version - Tyndale's Translation - Matthew's Bible - Cranmer's Edition - The Geneva Bible- The Breeches Bible - The Bishop's Bible - Parker's Bible - The Douay Bible- King James's Bible - The Number of ...
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... Translation of Hamlet - The Frenchman and the Welsh Rabbit .... 259 Misquotations . Curious Misquotations of Well - known Authors - Example of Collins - Sir Walter Scott in Error - Blunder of Sir Archibald Alison - Cruikshank as the ...
... Translation of Hamlet - The Frenchman and the Welsh Rabbit .... 259 Misquotations . Curious Misquotations of Well - known Authors - Example of Collins - Sir Walter Scott in Error - Blunder of Sir Archibald Alison - Cruikshank as the ...
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... Translation of Luther's Hymn - Curious Account of Queen Elizabeth - What She Said to the Troublesome Priest - What was the Real Color of Her Hair ? -Was Shakespeare a Christian ? -Personal De- scription of Oliver Cromwell - How Pope's ...
... Translation of Luther's Hymn - Curious Account of Queen Elizabeth - What She Said to the Troublesome Priest - What was the Real Color of Her Hair ? -Was Shakespeare a Christian ? -Personal De- scription of Oliver Cromwell - How Pope's ...
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... translated the Moral Proverbs of Christiana of Pisa , a poem of about two hundred lines , almost all the words of which he contrived to conclude with the letter E. The Pangrammatists contrive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet ...
... translated the Moral Proverbs of Christiana of Pisa , a poem of about two hundred lines , almost all the words of which he contrived to conclude with the letter E. The Pangrammatists contrive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet ...
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... David , and in other parts of Scripture , striking specimens occur . The peculiarity is not retained in the translations , but is indicated in the common version of the 119th Psalm by the initial letters prefixed 40 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
... David , and in other parts of Scripture , striking specimens occur . The peculiarity is not retained in the translations , but is indicated in the common version of the 119th Psalm by the initial letters prefixed 40 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
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