Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... Verses on the Vowels - Alliterative Verses- " A Bery of Belles " -Antithetical Sermon - Acrostics - Double , Triple , and Re- versed Acrostics - Beautiful and Singular Instances - The Poets in Verse- On Benedict Arnold - Curious ...
... Verses on the Vowels - Alliterative Verses- " A Bery of Belles " -Antithetical Sermon - Acrostics - Double , Triple , and Re- versed Acrostics - Beautiful and Singular Instances - The Poets in Verse- On Benedict Arnold - Curious ...
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... verses ! -What they are ... .. 88 Emblematic Poetry . Poetry in Visible Shape - The Bow and Arrow of Love - The Deceitful Glass- Prudent Advice - A Very Singular Dirge - Poetry among the Monks - Sacred Symbols - A Hymn in Cruciform ...
... verses ! -What they are ... .. 88 Emblematic Poetry . Poetry in Visible Shape - The Bow and Arrow of Love - The Deceitful Glass- Prudent Advice - A Very Singular Dirge - Poetry among the Monks - Sacred Symbols - A Hymn in Cruciform ...
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... Verses , Words , and Letters in the Old and New Testaments - The Bible Dissected - An Extra- ordinary Calculation - Distinctions between the Gospels - The Lost Books- What the word " Selah means - The Poetry of the Bible - Shakespeare's ...
... Verses , Words , and Letters in the Old and New Testaments - The Bible Dissected - An Extra- ordinary Calculation - Distinctions between the Gospels - The Lost Books- What the word " Selah means - The Poetry of the Bible - Shakespeare's ...
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... “ Little Hel " — Going to War - The Poet Assisted ; the Sun and the Fishes — Giring him the “ lie ” — De Quincey and the Fiend - Wit in the House of Commons 277 . ........ Echo Verse . Ancient Echo Verses - Address to Queen xii CONTENTS .
... “ Little Hel " — Going to War - The Poet Assisted ; the Sun and the Fishes — Giring him the “ lie ” — De Quincey and the Fiend - Wit in the House of Commons 277 . ........ Echo Verse . Ancient Echo Verses - Address to Queen xii CONTENTS .
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A Melange of Excerpta Charles Carroll Bombaugh. Echo Verse . Ancient Echo Verses - Address to Queen Elizabeth - London before the Restora- tion - Echo Song by Addison - A Dutch Pasquinade - The Gospel Echo- Echo and the Lover - Dean ...
A Melange of Excerpta Charles Carroll Bombaugh. Echo Verse . Ancient Echo Verses - Address to Queen Elizabeth - London before the Restora- tion - Echo Song by Addison - A Dutch Pasquinade - The Gospel Echo- Echo and the Lover - Dean ...
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