Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... present pub- lisher requested the preparation of an enlargement of the work . In the augmented form in which it is now offered to the public , the con- tents will be found so much more comprehensive and omnifarious that , while it has ...
... present pub- lisher requested the preparation of an enlargement of the work . In the augmented form in which it is now offered to the public , the con- tents will be found so much more comprehensive and omnifarious that , while it has ...
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... present time . . . 88 Emblematic Poetry . HE fashion of torturing verses into fantastic forms mostly in vogue THE two centuries ago , when it was a common custom among the wits and scribblers to shape their effusions in the form of ...
... present time . . . 88 Emblematic Poetry . HE fashion of torturing verses into fantastic forms mostly in vogue THE two centuries ago , when it was a common custom among the wits and scribblers to shape their effusions in the form of ...
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... present of a mirror . - To a capricious friend . - Mendax . - On Fell . - An ill - read lawyer . - Wo- man's will . - The duke's nose . - Reciprocity . - Bad songster . - A bad fiddle . - Foot - man vs. toe - man . - Lady Lovejoy ...
... present of a mirror . - To a capricious friend . - Mendax . - On Fell . - An ill - read lawyer . - Wo- man's will . - The duke's nose . - Reciprocity . - Bad songster . - A bad fiddle . - Foot - man vs. toe - man . - Lady Lovejoy ...
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... present hardships you bear with the happiness you expect hereafter , and try whether all these will not awaken thankfulness . ACROSTICS . THE acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost ...
... present hardships you bear with the happiness you expect hereafter , and try whether all these will not awaken thankfulness . ACROSTICS . THE acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost ...
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... presents examples of acrostics , and they were often used in the old Latin language . Cicero , in his treatise " De Divinatione , " has this remarkable passage : " The verses of the Sybils ( said he ) are distinguished by that ...
... presents examples of acrostics , and they were often used in the old Latin language . Cicero , in his treatise " De Divinatione , " has this remarkable passage : " The verses of the Sybils ( said he ) are distinguished by that ...
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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