Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... called Sotatic verse , from Sotades , the inventor . - The com- plete reversal of meaning which frequently occurs on the backward read- ing , also called Sidonian verse , such having been first constructed by Sidonius .. Equivoque . 59 ...
... called Sotatic verse , from Sotades , the inventor . - The com- plete reversal of meaning which frequently occurs on the backward read- ing , also called Sidonian verse , such having been first constructed by Sidonius .. Equivoque . 59 ...
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... called Bibliomancy , which was abolished centuries ago .. 103 THE The Name of God . HE name of God spelled with four letters in almost every language . -The Hebrew appellations of Deity in the Old Testament , and their distinctive ...
... called Bibliomancy , which was abolished centuries ago .. 103 THE The Name of God . HE name of God spelled with four letters in almost every language . -The Hebrew appellations of Deity in the Old Testament , and their distinctive ...
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... called them . Tall Writing . · 182 HE tencbrosity versus the illuminosity of pomposity in verbosity , as T shown in the Domicile erected by John . In advertising and episto- lary exuberance of language . - In the flashes of a mad poet ...
... called them . Tall Writing . · 182 HE tencbrosity versus the illuminosity of pomposity in verbosity , as T shown in the Domicile erected by John . In advertising and episto- lary exuberance of language . - In the flashes of a mad poet ...
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... Generally the acrostic has been formed of the first letters of each line ; sometimes of the last ; sometimes of both ; sometimes it is to be read down- ward , sometimes upward . An ingenious variety called the ALPHABETICAL WHIMS . 39.
... Generally the acrostic has been formed of the first letters of each line ; sometimes of the last ; sometimes of both ; sometimes it is to be read down- ward , sometimes upward . An ingenious variety called the ALPHABETICAL WHIMS . 39.
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Charles Carroll Bombaugh. ward , sometimes upward . An ingenious variety called the Telestich , is that in which the letters beginning the lines spell a word , while the letters ending the lines , when taken together , form a word of an ...
Charles Carroll Bombaugh. ward , sometimes upward . An ingenious variety called the Telestich , is that in which the letters beginning the lines spell a word , while the letters ending the lines , when taken together , form a word of an ...
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acrostic anagram appear asked beautiful Ben Jonson Bible Bishop blank verse body Cæsar called century child church curious dead Dean Swift dear death died divine Doneraile doth earth England English English language epitaph eyes fair father fell flower French gentleman give grace grave Greek hand hath head hear heart heaven Hebrew hexameters holy honor hundred inscription Jesus John Julius Cæsar King lady language Latin learned letter light lines live look Lord Lord's Prayer marabout marriage Miss never night o'er original person poem poet porringer pray prayer Psalm Queen remarkable replied rhyme says seven Shakspeare Sir Walter Scott sleep soul sweet tell thee Theodore Hook thine thing thou thought tion translation unto verse wife woman word write written wrote young