Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... TRUTH . -It is a regular omnibus ; there is something in it to every- body's taste . Those who like fat can have it ; so can they who like lean ; as well as those who prefer sugar , and those who choose pepper . MYSTERIES OF PARIS ...
... TRUTH . -It is a regular omnibus ; there is something in it to every- body's taste . Those who like fat can have it ; so can they who like lean ; as well as those who prefer sugar , and those who choose pepper . MYSTERIES OF PARIS ...
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... truth and discrimination of the descriptions as for the ingenuity of the diction : GEORGE HERBERT . Good Country Parson , cheerful , quaint , E ver in thy life a saint , O'er thy memory sweetly rise R are old Izaak's eulogies , Giving ...
... truth and discrimination of the descriptions as for the ingenuity of the diction : GEORGE HERBERT . Good Country Parson , cheerful , quaint , E ver in thy life a saint , O'er thy memory sweetly rise R are old Izaak's eulogies , Giving ...
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... Truth . Cease trying ! You will not read the riDdle , though you do the best you can do . ANAGRAMS . But with still more disordered march advance ( Nor march it seemed , but wild fantastic dance ) The uncouth Anagrams , distorted train ...
... Truth . Cease trying ! You will not read the riDdle , though you do the best you can do . ANAGRAMS . But with still more disordered march advance ( Nor march it seemed , but wild fantastic dance ) The uncouth Anagrams , distorted train ...
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... truth ? ” — St . John , xviii . 38 . Quid est veritas ? Est vir qui adest . ( It is the man who is before you . ) Live , vile , and evil , have the self - same letters ; He lives but vile , whom evil holds in fetters . If you transpose ...
... truth ? ” — St . John , xviii . 38 . Quid est veritas ? Est vir qui adest . ( It is the man who is before you . ) Live , vile , and evil , have the self - same letters ; He lives but vile , whom evil holds in fetters . If you transpose ...
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... truth is clear , whatever is , is right . Since men interpret texts , why should not we Read them by day and meditate by night ? BIBLICAL CENTO . Cling to the Mighty One , Cling in thy grief ; Cling to the Holy One , He gives relief ...
... truth is clear , whatever is , is right . Since men interpret texts , why should not we Read them by day and meditate by night ? BIBLICAL CENTO . Cling to the Mighty One , Cling in thy grief ; Cling to the Holy One , He gives relief ...
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