Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... John Knox's formula for Protestant excommunication . SING Puritan Peculiarities . 143 | INGULARITIES in the manners and habits of the English non- conformists ; one of the most noticeable a fondness for names expressive of favorite ...
... John Knox's formula for Protestant excommunication . SING Puritan Peculiarities . 143 | INGULARITIES in the manners and habits of the English non- conformists ; one of the most noticeable a fondness for names expressive of favorite ...
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... John . In advertising and episto- lary exuberance of language . - In the flashes of a mad poet . - In Foote's funny farrago . In burlesque of the style of Samuel Johnson . - In eulogy and correspondence . — In the brillant effusions of ...
... John . In advertising and episto- lary exuberance of language . - In the flashes of a mad poet . - In Foote's funny farrago . In burlesque of the style of Samuel Johnson . - In eulogy and correspondence . — In the brillant effusions of ...
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... John Gregorie's demonstration of the navigability of the air . — Lana's scheme of an air - ship . - The circulation of the blood pointed out by Longinus long before the Christian era . - The employment of anæsthe- tic agents referred to ...
... John Gregorie's demonstration of the navigability of the air . — Lana's scheme of an air - ship . - The circulation of the blood pointed out by Longinus long before the Christian era . - The employment of anæsthe- tic agents referred to ...
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... John Randolph's opinion of female society . - The terms wife - mistress - lady , and a German discrimination between them.-St. Leon's toast to his mother . - Touch- ing letter to a bride . Moslem Wisdom . 501 THE just judgment of Ali in ...
... John Randolph's opinion of female society . - The terms wife - mistress - lady , and a German discrimination between them.-St. Leon's toast to his mother . - Touch- ing letter to a bride . Moslem Wisdom . 501 THE just judgment of Ali in ...
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... John Hayward and Paul Heintzner . — Shakspeare's orthodoxy as shown in his writings . - Oliver Cromwell ; character sketched in a letter to Governor Winthrop ; embalmed head in possession of a lady.— Pope's skull in a private museum ...
... John Hayward and Paul Heintzner . — Shakspeare's orthodoxy as shown in his writings . - Oliver Cromwell ; character sketched in a letter to Governor Winthrop ; embalmed head in possession of a lady.— Pope's skull in a private museum ...
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