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 ix
... True Gentleman " of the Bible - Misquota- tions from Scripture — A Scriptural “ Bull ” —Wit and Humor in the Bible— Sortes Sacra - Casting Lots with the Bible .. 103 The Name of God . How God is known - His Name in all the tongues of ...
... True Gentleman " of the Bible - Misquota- tions from Scripture — A Scriptural “ Bull ” —Wit and Humor in the Bible— Sortes Sacra - Casting Lots with the Bible .. 103 The Name of God . How God is known - His Name in all the tongues of ...
Page xv
... True Form of the Cross - How Poets and Painters have led us astray - Curious Coincidences - How a Bird was Shot with a Stick - How a Musket - shot in the Lungs saved a Man's life - Mysterious Tin Box found in a Shark's Stomach— A ...
... True Form of the Cross - How Poets and Painters have led us astray - Curious Coincidences - How a Bird was Shot with a Stick - How a Musket - shot in the Lungs saved a Man's life - Mysterious Tin Box found in a Shark's Stomach— A ...
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... True Character of Richard III - The Name 66 America a Fraud - Lexington and the " First Blood Shed " -Eye- Witnesses in Error - Curious Story of Sir Walter Raleigh - The Difference between Wit and Humor - A Rhyming Newspaper - Ruskin's ...
... True Character of Richard III - The Name 66 America a Fraud - Lexington and the " First Blood Shed " -Eye- Witnesses in Error - Curious Story of Sir Walter Raleigh - The Difference between Wit and Humor - A Rhyming Newspaper - Ruskin's ...
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... true , - Real the scenes that in thy page we view . " A mid the huts where poor men lie " unknown , B right humor or deep pathos thou hast thrown . Bard of the " Borough " and the " Village , " see- E ' en haughty Byron owns he's charm ...
... true , - Real the scenes that in thy page we view . " A mid the huts where poor men lie " unknown , B right humor or deep pathos thou hast thrown . Bard of the " Borough " and the " Village , " see- E ' en haughty Byron owns he's charm ...
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... 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 maintain And preserve Also , to whom it is due , To observe good And a commendable It likewise teaches us how to be ...
... 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 maintain And preserve Also , to whom it is due , To observe good And a commendable It likewise teaches us how to be ...
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