Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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Page 44
... asked by the latter to amuse a party of English officers with some extemporaneous effusion , whereupon he stood up and repeated the following Ernulphus curse , which would have satisfied Dr. Slop * himself : - Born for a curse to virtue ...
... asked by the latter to amuse a party of English officers with some extemporaneous effusion , whereupon he stood up and repeated the following Ernulphus curse , which would have satisfied Dr. Slop * himself : - Born for a curse to virtue ...
Page 54
... asked by a gentleman to join in the bonds of matrimony with him , wrote the word " STRIPES , " stating at the time that the letters making up the word stripes could be changed so as to make an answer to his question . The result proved ...
... asked by a gentleman to join in the bonds of matrimony with him , wrote the word " STRIPES , " stating at the time that the letters making up the word stripes could be changed so as to make an answer to his question . The result proved ...
Page 72
... asked , as he did immediately , " Where do you live ? " hearty applause long prevented Mlle . Mars from replying . 66 . Mlle . Cico was summoned before a court to bear witness in favor of some cosmetic assailed as a poison by victims ...
... asked , as he did immediately , " Where do you live ? " hearty applause long prevented Mlle . Mars from replying . 66 . Mlle . Cico was summoned before a court to bear witness in favor of some cosmetic assailed as a poison by victims ...
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... asked if he would submit to the application of a test of his poetic abilities . He promptly acceded , and a most difficult one was immediately proposed . Said Among his intimate friends were Col. J. B. Van Schaick and Charles Fenno ...
... asked if he would submit to the application of a test of his poetic abilities . He promptly acceded , and a most difficult one was immediately proposed . Said Among his intimate friends were Col. J. B. Van Schaick and Charles Fenno ...
Page 124
... asking them questions , is frequently called his disputing with the doctors . A SCRIPTURAL BULL . In the book of Isaiah . chapter xxxvii . verse 36 , is the follow- ing confusion of ideas : - Then the angel of the Lord went forth , and ...
... asking them questions , is frequently called his disputing with the doctors . A SCRIPTURAL BULL . In the book of Isaiah . chapter xxxvii . verse 36 , is the follow- ing confusion of ideas : - Then the angel of the Lord went forth , and ...
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