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THE HE literary follies known as Lipogrammata and Pangrammata ; — In the first , a particular letter is dropped ; in the second , all the letters of the alphabet are crowded into single verses or sentences ; or , one vowel may be ...
THE HE literary follies known as Lipogrammata and Pangrammata ; — In the first , a particular letter is dropped ; in the second , all the letters of the alphabet are crowded into single verses or sentences ; or , one vowel may be ...
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double entente , are Richelieu's letter of introduction . - Love - letter subterfuges . - The Jesuit's Creed , as it was formerly called . - Verses adapted to either side in the American Revolutionary war , the English contention ...
double entente , are Richelieu's letter of introduction . - Love - letter subterfuges . - The Jesuit's Creed , as it was formerly called . - Verses adapted to either side in the American Revolutionary war , the English contention ...
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... Variations of musical composition adapted by Punch to poetry . - Reiterations of vocal music , and their unexpected effects upon listeners . - The curse of the harper O'Kelly . 230 Hiberniana . A string of Hibernicisms in a letter ...
... Variations of musical composition adapted by Punch to poetry . - Reiterations of vocal music , and their unexpected effects upon listeners . - The curse of the harper O'Kelly . 230 Hiberniana . A string of Hibernicisms in a letter ...
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THE HE amusing effects sometimes resulting from momentarily inter rupted sentences in dialogue , or from concluding a sentence upon the following page of a letter . - The old illustration of the silly and trivial causes which sometimes ...
THE HE amusing effects sometimes resulting from momentarily inter rupted sentences in dialogue , or from concluding a sentence upon the following page of a letter . - The old illustration of the silly and trivial causes which sometimes ...
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Expressiveness of letters . - Keppel and the Dey of Algiers . -Thaceray and the beggar - woman . - Dr . Reid . ... Touching letter to a bride . • 501 Moslem Wisdom . THE HE just judgment of Ali in the settlement of a dispute .
Expressiveness of letters . - Keppel and the Dey of Algiers . -Thaceray and the beggar - woman . - Dr . Reid . ... Touching letter to a bride . • 501 Moslem Wisdom . THE HE just judgment of Ali in the settlement of a dispute .
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| Title | Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature |
| Author | Charles Carroll Bombaugh |
| Publisher | A. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 862 pages |
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