Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... write or indite any matter , whatsoever it be , that should be able to sustaine and abide the variable judgement , and to obtaine or winne the constant lobe and allowance of every man , especially if it containe in it ang novelty or ...
... write or indite any matter , whatsoever it be , that should be able to sustaine and abide the variable judgement , and to obtaine or winne the constant lobe and allowance of every man , especially if it containe in it ang novelty or ...
Page viii
... writing of macaronic poetry , " says Hallam , ( Middle Ages , ) " is a folly with which every nation has been inoculated in its turn . ” — The sandwiching or intermingling of one language with an- other said to bear the same relation to ...
... writing of macaronic poetry , " says Hallam , ( Middle Ages , ) " is a folly with which every nation has been inoculated in its turn . ” — The sandwiching or intermingling of one language with an- other said to bear the same relation to ...
Page xi
... Writing . · 182 HE tencbrosity versus the illuminosity of pomposity in verbosity , as T shown in the Domicile erected by John . In advertising and episto- lary exuberance of language . - In the flashes of a mad poet . - In Foote's funny ...
... Writing . · 182 HE tencbrosity versus the illuminosity of pomposity in verbosity , as T shown in the Domicile erected by John . In advertising and episto- lary exuberance of language . - In the flashes of a mad poet . - In Foote's funny ...
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... writer of tedious epitaphs . - Fool and poet . - Dum vivimus . - To Molly Aston . - To our bed . - Ignorance and ... Writing verses . - Prudent simplicity . To a friend in distress . - Hog vs. bacon . - A warm recep- tion . — Medical ...
... writer of tedious epitaphs . - Fool and poet . - Dum vivimus . - To Molly Aston . - To our bed . - Ignorance and ... Writing verses . - Prudent simplicity . To a friend in distress . - Hog vs. bacon . - A warm recep- tion . — Medical ...
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... a ghazel of his own com- position , which Jami did not like ; but the writer replied it was , notwithstanding , a very curious sonnet , for the letter Aliff was not to be found in any of the words ! 26 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
... a ghazel of his own com- position , which Jami did not like ; but the writer replied it was , notwithstanding , a very curious sonnet , for the letter Aliff was not to be found in any of the words ! 26 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
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