Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... Verse . — Alliteration . — Acrostic ; artificial arrange- ment of this old - fashioned , yet still popular form of verse ; sometimes doubled in the middle or reversed in the end , as in the telistich ; some- times used to point ...
... Verse . — Alliteration . — Acrostic ; artificial arrange- ment of this old - fashioned , yet still popular form of verse ; sometimes doubled in the middle or reversed in the end , as in the telistich ; some- times used to point ...
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... Verse . 78 NEW good specimens extant of this conceit , in which the last word of every line or verse is used as the first word of the following line . Claimed as a French singularity , but never favorite with the poets . R Bouts Rimés ...
... Verse . 78 NEW good specimens extant of this conceit , in which the last word of every line or verse is used as the first word of the following line . Claimed as a French singularity , but never favorite with the poets . R Bouts Rimés ...
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... verse of those who know how to use them . " - Lines on the " power of short words . " . 98 A The Bible . CCURACY of ... verses in homely phrase that were popular three and a half centuries ago . - Legend of the fair - haired ፡ boy of ...
... verse of those who know how to use them . " - Lines on the " power of short words . " . 98 A The Bible . CCURACY of ... verses in homely phrase that were popular three and a half centuries ago . - Legend of the fair - haired ፡ boy of ...
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... verse ; especially noticeable is the Plaint of the Old Pauper , Book - Larceny , the Vegetable Girl , Epitaph on an Old Horse , and a Grand Scheme of Emigration . - In Theodore Hook's Perilous Practice of Punning , " the humorist is ...
... verse ; especially noticeable is the Plaint of the Old Pauper , Book - Larceny , the Vegetable Girl , Epitaph on an Old Horse , and a Grand Scheme of Emigration . - In Theodore Hook's Perilous Practice of Punning , " the humorist is ...
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... verse of irregular metre , as shown in his descriptions of Nelly's funeral , and Niagara . - Involuntary versification in our transla- tion of the Bible . - Amusing instances of unintentional rhyming . . 223 The Humors of Versification ...
... verse of irregular metre , as shown in his descriptions of Nelly's funeral , and Niagara . - Involuntary versification in our transla- tion of the Bible . - Amusing instances of unintentional rhyming . . 223 The Humors of Versification ...
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acrostic Amy Robsart anagram appear asked beautiful Ben Jonson Bible Bishop blank verse body Cæsar called century child church curious dead Dean Swift dear death died Doneraile doth earth Echo England English English language epigram epitaph eyes fair father flower France French gentleman give grave Greek hand hath head hear heart heaven holy honor hundred inscription John Julius Cæsar King lady language Latin learned letter lines live look Lord marabout marriage meaning Miss never night o'er original Palindromes PASQUINADE person poem poet porringer pray prayer Queen remarkable replied rhyme Rome says seven Shakspeare Sir Tray Sir Walter Scott sleep soul sweet tell thee Theodore Hook thing thou thought tion translation unto verse wife woman word write written wrote young Есно