Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... sent his mistress , whose name was Magdelaine , three dozen of ana- grams on her single name . The father Pierre de St. Louis became a Carmelite monk on discovering that his lay name- yielded the anagram— Ludovicus Bartelemi- Carmelo se ...
... sent his mistress , whose name was Magdelaine , three dozen of ana- grams on her single name . The father Pierre de St. Louis became a Carmelite monk on discovering that his lay name- yielded the anagram— Ludovicus Bartelemi- Carmelo se ...
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... sent to Thomas Dudley , a governor and major - general of the colony of Massachusetts , in 1645 . He died in 1653 , aged 77 . THOMAS DUDLEY . Ah ! old must dye . A death's head on your hand you neede not weare , A dying head you on your ...
... sent to Thomas Dudley , a governor and major - general of the colony of Massachusetts , in 1645 . He died in 1653 , aged 77 . THOMAS DUDLEY . Ah ! old must dye . A death's head on your hand you neede not weare , A dying head you on your ...
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... sent the following to an inti- mate friend . The key is , to read The key is , to read the first and then every alternate line only . -I cannot be satisfied , my dearest friend ! blest as I am in the matrimonial state , -unless I pour ...
... sent the following to an inti- mate friend . The key is , to read The key is , to read the first and then every alternate line only . -I cannot be satisfied , my dearest friend ! blest as I am in the matrimonial state , -unless I pour ...
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... sent by L N Moore . My M T head will scarce contain A calm I D A bright But A T miles from UI must M- this chance 2 write . And 1st , should N E N V U , BE Z , mind it not , Should N E friendship show , B true ; They should not B forgot ...
... sent by L N Moore . My M T head will scarce contain A calm I D A bright But A T miles from UI must M- this chance 2 write . And 1st , should N E N V U , BE Z , mind it not , Should N E friendship show , B true ; They should not B forgot ...
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... sent his disciples forward to prepare supper , while he himself , intent on doing good , walked through the streets into the mar- ket - place . And he saw at the corner of the market some people gathered together , looking at an object ...
... sent his disciples forward to prepare supper , while he himself , intent on doing good , walked through the streets into the mar- ket - place . And he saw at the corner of the market some people gathered together , looking at an object ...
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