Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... Hundred ; La Marseillaise ; Yankee Doodle ; the American Flag ; Brother Jonathan ; Uncle Sam ; the dollar mark ; origin of various inventions and cus- toms ; cock - fighting ; turncoat ; India - rubber ; friction matches ; the flag of ...
... Hundred ; La Marseillaise ; Yankee Doodle ; the American Flag ; Brother Jonathan ; Uncle Sam ; the dollar mark ; origin of various inventions and cus- toms ; cock - fighting ; turncoat ; India - rubber ; friction matches ; the flag of ...
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... hundred lines , almost all the words of which he contrived to conclude with the letter E. The Pangrammatists contrive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet into every single verse . The prophet Ezra may be regarded as the father of ...
... hundred lines , almost all the words of which he contrived to conclude with the letter E. The Pangrammatists contrive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet into every single verse . The prophet Ezra may be regarded as the father of ...
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... hundred new . The following anagram , preserved in the files of the First Church in Roxbury , was sent to Thomas Dudley , a governor and major - general of the colony of Massachusetts , in 1645 . He died in 1653 , aged 77 . THOMAS ...
... hundred new . The following anagram , preserved in the files of the First Church in Roxbury , was sent to Thomas Dudley , a governor and major - general of the colony of Massachusetts , in 1645 . He died in 1653 , aged 77 . THOMAS ...
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... hundred medals coined in honor of Martin Luther . An inscription on one of them ex- presses the date of his death , 1546 , as follows : - ECCe nVnc MorItVs IVstVs In paCe ChrIstI exItV tVto et beato . The most extraordinary attempt of ...
... hundred medals coined in honor of Martin Luther . An inscription on one of them ex- presses the date of his death , 1546 , as follows : - ECCe nVnc MorItVs IVstVs In paCe ChrIstI exItV tVto et beato . The most extraordinary attempt of ...
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... " My eyes are dim with tears- How shall I live through all the days , All through a hundred years ? " Coleridge . Alice Cary . Campbell . Bayard Taylor Mrs. Osgood . T. S. Perry ' Twas in the prime of summer time , She 7 THE CENTO . 73.
... " My eyes are dim with tears- How shall I live through all the days , All through a hundred years ? " Coleridge . Alice Cary . Campbell . Bayard Taylor Mrs. Osgood . T. S. Perry ' Twas in the prime of summer time , She 7 THE CENTO . 73.
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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