Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... according to the book of Nehemiah , to Ezra . - Ridicu- lous blunders of ignorant clergymen . - Stealing a sermon and its detec- tion . - Whitefield's dramatic power in the pulpit -John Knox's formula for Protestant excommunication ...
... according to the book of Nehemiah , to Ezra . - Ridicu- lous blunders of ignorant clergymen . - Stealing a sermon and its detec- tion . - Whitefield's dramatic power in the pulpit -John Knox's formula for Protestant excommunication ...
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... according to the puzzling direction of the testator . Excerpta from Persian Poetry . . . 508 ARTH an illusion . - Heaven an echo of earth . - A moral atmos- Ephere . Fortune and worth -Broken hearts . - The generous man . -Beauty's ...
... according to the puzzling direction of the testator . Excerpta from Persian Poetry . . . 508 ARTH an illusion . - Heaven an echo of earth . - A moral atmos- Ephere . Fortune and worth -Broken hearts . - The generous man . -Beauty's ...
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... according to Athenæus , wrote an ode from which the letter sigma was carefully excluded . tators . This caprice of Tryphiodorus has not been without its imi- Peter de Riga , a canon of Rheims , wrote a summary of the Bible in twenty ...
... according to Athenæus , wrote an ode from which the letter sigma was carefully excluded . tators . This caprice of Tryphiodorus has not been without its imi- Peter de Riga , a canon of Rheims , wrote a summary of the Bible in twenty ...
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... according to an old book , cost the author a world of foolish labor : - Odo tenet mulum , madidam mulum tenet Odo . Anna tenet mappam , madidam mappam tenet Anna . The following admired reciprocal lines , addressed to St. Mar- tin by ...
... according to an old book , cost the author a world of foolish labor : - Odo tenet mulum , madidam mulum tenet Odo . Anna tenet mappam , madidam mappam tenet Anna . The following admired reciprocal lines , addressed to St. Mar- tin by ...
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... according to the numerals prefixed : - 1. I love my country - but the king , 3. Above all men his praise I sing , 2. Destruction to his odious reign , 4. That plague of princes , Thomas Paine ; 5. The royal banners are displayed , 7 ...
... according to the numerals prefixed : - 1. I love my country - but the king , 3. Above all men his praise I sing , 2. Destruction to his odious reign , 4. That plague of princes , Thomas Paine ; 5. The royal banners are displayed , 7 ...
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