Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... thousand in number . The Latin and Anglo - Saxon elements of the language com- pared . Sources of the language . - Curiosities of nouns of multitude.— Disraeli's inexcusably rude handling of the mother tongue . - The words ye for the ...
... thousand in number . The Latin and Anglo - Saxon elements of the language com- pared . Sources of the language . - Curiosities of nouns of multitude.— Disraeli's inexcusably rude handling of the mother tongue . - The words ye for the ...
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... thousands truly told , Usurpers ' unjust usages unfold . Victorious vassals , vauntings vainly veiled , Where , whilesince , Webster , warlike Warren wailed . ' Xcuse ' xpletives ' xtra - queer ' xpressed , Yielding Yankee yeomen zest ...
... thousands truly told , Usurpers ' unjust usages unfold . Victorious vassals , vauntings vainly veiled , Where , whilesince , Webster , warlike Warren wailed . ' Xcuse ' xpletives ' xtra - queer ' xpressed , Yielding Yankee yeomen zest ...
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... thousands oft thou gav'st , and now Years of calm lettered ease ' tis thine to know . LONGFELLOW . Lays like thine have many a charm ; Oft thy themes the heart must warm . Now o'er Slavery's guilt and woes , Grief and shame's deep hues ...
... thousands oft thou gav'st , and now Years of calm lettered ease ' tis thine to know . LONGFELLOW . Lays like thine have many a charm ; Oft thy themes the heart must warm . Now o'er Slavery's guilt and woes , Grief and shame's deep hues ...
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... thousand thoughts there thrill ; Elysian cestasies enchant each car- Pleasure's pure pinions poise - prince , peasant , peer , II ushing high hymns , Heaven hears her barmony , - Earth's envy ends ; enthralled each ear , each eye ...
... thousand thoughts there thrill ; Elysian cestasies enchant each car- Pleasure's pure pinions poise - prince , peasant , peer , II ushing high hymns , Heaven hears her barmony , - Earth's envy ends ; enthralled each ear , each eye ...
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... thousand , Such as " Corpo di Bacco ! Mehercle ! Sacre ! Mille Tonnerres ! Potz- tausend ! " But the skipper , who thought it was time to this terrible fight dare finem , With a scalping - knife jumps on the neck of the snake secat et ...
... thousand , Such as " Corpo di Bacco ! Mehercle ! Sacre ! Mille Tonnerres ! Potz- tausend ! " But the skipper , who thought it was time to this terrible fight dare finem , With a scalping - knife jumps on the neck of the snake secat et ...
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