Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... natural philosophy , etc. , " so that there be not a river in the world thou dost not know the name and nature of all its fishes ; all the fowls of the air ; all the several kinds of shrubs and herbs ; all the metals hid in the bowels ...
... natural philosophy , etc. , " so that there be not a river in the world thou dost not know the name and nature of all its fishes ; all the fowls of the air ; all the several kinds of shrubs and herbs ; all the metals hid in the bowels ...
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... nature of their injunctions and prohibitions . 150 TH Paronomasia . THE philosophy of punning . - The place of the pun in the realm of wit . - Common among the ancients , and still common among Oriental nations . - A pun - gent chapter ...
... nature of their injunctions and prohibitions . 150 TH Paronomasia . THE philosophy of punning . - The place of the pun in the realm of wit . - Common among the ancients , and still common among Oriental nations . - A pun - gent chapter ...
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... nature nobler numbers Neptune's night . Opal of Oxus or old Ophir's ores Pale pyrrhic pyres prismatic purple pours , -- Quiescent quivering , quickly , quaintly queer , Rich , rosy , regal rays resplendent rear ; Strange shooting ...
... nature nobler numbers Neptune's night . Opal of Oxus or old Ophir's ores Pale pyrrhic pyres prismatic purple pours , -- Quiescent quivering , quickly , quaintly queer , Rich , rosy , regal rays resplendent rear ; Strange shooting ...
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... Nature - simply , sternly true , - Real the scenes that in thy page we view . " A mid the huts where poor men lie " unknown , B right humor or deep pathos thou hast thrown . Bard of the " Borough " and the " Village , " see- E ' en ...
... Nature - simply , sternly true , - Real the scenes that in thy page we view . " A mid the huts where poor men lie " unknown , B right humor or deep pathos thou hast thrown . Bard of the " Borough " and the " Village , " see- E ' en ...
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... Nature ! every scene Of beauty stirred thy fancy's deeper mood , Reflection calmed the current of thy blood : Thus in the wide " Excursion " of thy mind , High thoughts in words of worth we still may find . IRVING . In easy , natural ...
... Nature ! every scene Of beauty stirred thy fancy's deeper mood , Reflection calmed the current of thy blood : Thus in the wide " Excursion " of thy mind , High thoughts in words of worth we still may find . IRVING . In easy , natural ...
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