Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... Young's felicitous improvisé on reluctantly leaving attractive companionship . - Ben Johnson smartly wiping out his score at the Falcon - Melville's ingenious reply to Elizabeth . - Burns's droll spon- taneous hits . - Warren IIastings ...
... Young's felicitous improvisé on reluctantly leaving attractive companionship . - Ben Johnson smartly wiping out his score at the Falcon - Melville's ingenious reply to Elizabeth . - Burns's droll spon- taneous hits . - Warren IIastings ...
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... young lover's difficulties in completing his stanzas . - Hood's Nocturnal Sketch , each line ending with three 534 rhyming words . A • Valentines . STRATEGIC love - letter , providing for retreat in good order , if needful . - A ...
... young lover's difficulties in completing his stanzas . - Hood's Nocturnal Sketch , each line ending with three 534 rhyming words . A • Valentines . STRATEGIC love - letter , providing for retreat in good order , if needful . - A ...
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... young English lady , on observing a gentleman's lane newly planted with lilacs , made this neat impromptu : - Let lovely lilacs line Lee's lonely lane . C • # ALPHABETICAL ALLITERATION . THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE . An Austrian. ALPHABETICAL ...
... young English lady , on observing a gentleman's lane newly planted with lilacs , made this neat impromptu : - Let lovely lilacs line Lee's lonely lane . C • # ALPHABETICAL ALLITERATION . THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE . An Austrian. ALPHABETICAL ...
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... young years yield Zuinglius ' zealot zest - Zinzendorf zion - zealed . CACOPHONOUS COUPLET ON CARDINAL WOLSEY . Begot by butchers , but by bishops bred , How high his honor holds his haughty head ! ADDRESS TO THE AURORA , WRITTEN IN MID ...
... young years yield Zuinglius ' zealot zest - Zinzendorf zion - zealed . CACOPHONOUS COUPLET ON CARDINAL WOLSEY . Begot by butchers , but by bishops bred , How high his honor holds his haughty head ! ADDRESS TO THE AURORA , WRITTEN IN MID ...
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... young man de- tained at Rome by a love affair : - Roma ibi tibi sedes - ibi tibi Amor ; Româ etsi te terret et iste Amor , Ibi etsi vis te non esse - sed es ibi , Roma te tenet et Amor . At Rome you live - at Rome you love ; From Rome ...
... young man de- tained at Rome by a love affair : - Roma ibi tibi sedes - ibi tibi Amor ; Româ etsi te terret et iste Amor , Ibi etsi vis te non esse - sed es ibi , Roma te tenet et Amor . At Rome you live - at Rome you love ; From Rome ...
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