Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... Curious Books . DDITY of the titles of books in the time of Cromwell ; a fashion- able eccentricity of that period . — A bibliographic curiosity , the letters of the text being cut out of the vellum pages and interleaved with blue paper ...
... Curious Books . DDITY of the titles of books in the time of Cromwell ; a fashion- able eccentricity of that period . — A bibliographic curiosity , the letters of the text being cut out of the vellum pages and interleaved with blue paper ...
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... curiosity , ( for so he considered this idle performance , ) Letti , to show it was not so difficult a matter , replied by a copious ... curious sonnet , for the letter Aliff was not to be found in any of the words ! 26 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
... curiosity , ( for so he considered this idle performance , ) Letti , to show it was not so difficult a matter , replied by a copious ... curious sonnet , for the letter Aliff was not to be found in any of the words ! 26 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
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