Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... English non- conformists ; one of the most noticeable a fondness for names expressive of favorite qualities or principles . - Similes used in their daily prayers and exhortations . - Forms of punishment inflicted in Massachu- setts for ...
... English non- conformists ; one of the most noticeable a fondness for names expressive of favorite qualities or principles . - Similes used in their daily prayers and exhortations . - Forms of punishment inflicted in Massachu- setts for ...
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... English , they make good sense . - Classical puns and mottoes - Punning mottoes of the English peerage . - Jeux - de - mots , exhibiting ingenious iteratives , and other playful liberties with words . • • 155 English Words and Forms of ...
... English , they make good sense . - Classical puns and mottoes - Punning mottoes of the English peerage . - Jeux - de - mots , exhibiting ingenious iteratives , and other playful liberties with words . • • 155 English Words and Forms of ...
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... English garrison was asphyxiated . - Finland barometer . - Bitterness of strychnia . Blunders and anachronisms of painters . — Achievements in minute mechanism.— 12 Ratio of the diameter to the circumference . -. CONTENTS . XV.
... English garrison was asphyxiated . - Finland barometer . - Bitterness of strychnia . Blunders and anachronisms of painters . — Achievements in minute mechanism.— 12 Ratio of the diameter to the circumference . -. CONTENTS . XV.
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... by a lady , a SITUATION to superintend the household and preside at table . She is Agreeable , Becoming , Careful , Desirable , English , Facetious , Generous , Honest , In- dustrious , Judicious , Keen , Lively , Merry ,. 3 29.
... by a lady , a SITUATION to superintend the household and preside at table . She is Agreeable , Becoming , Careful , Desirable , English , Facetious , Generous , Honest , In- dustrious , Judicious , Keen , Lively , Merry ,. 3 29.
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... English , twenty- six each ; the Spanish and Sclavonic , twenty - seven each ; the Arabic , twenty - eight ; the Persian and Coptic , thirty - two ; the Georgian , thirty - five ; the Armenian , thirty - eight ; the Russian , forty ...
... English , twenty- six each ; the Spanish and Sclavonic , twenty - seven each ; the Arabic , twenty - eight ; the Persian and Coptic , thirty - two ; the Georgian , thirty - five ; the Armenian , thirty - eight ; the Russian , forty ...
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