Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... young lady newly married , being obliged to show to her husband all the letters she wrote , 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 ...
... young lady newly married , being obliged to show to her husband all the letters she wrote , 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 ...
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... young and old ; she is ci- -vil to all the neighborhood round , generous and charitable to the poor . -I am convinced my husband loves nothing more than he does me ; he flatters me more -than a glass ; and his intoxication ( for so I ...
... young and old ; she is ci- -vil to all the neighborhood round , generous and charitable to the poor . -I am convinced my husband loves nothing more than he does me ; he flatters me more -than a glass ; and his intoxication ( for so I ...
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... young ladies who attend a Western Female College . It seems that one of them dis- covered that some person had written on the outer wall of the college , " Young women should set good examples ; for young men will follow them . " The ...
... young ladies who attend a Western Female College . It seems that one of them dis- covered that some person had written on the outer wall of the college , " Young women should set good examples ; for young men will follow them . " The ...
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... Young . 2. Dr. Johnson . 3. Pope . 4. Prior . 5. Sewell . 6. Spenser . 7. Daniel , 8. Sir Walter Raleigh . 9. Longfellow . 10. Southwell . 11. Congreve . 12. Churchill . 13. Rochester . 14. Armstrong . 15. Milton . 16. Baily . 17 ...
... Young . 2. Dr. Johnson . 3. Pope . 4. Prior . 5. Sewell . 6. Spenser . 7. Daniel , 8. Sir Walter Raleigh . 9. Longfellow . 10. Southwell . 11. Congreve . 12. Churchill . 13. Rochester . 14. Armstrong . 15. Milton . 16. Baily . 17 ...
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... young lass Is sure an arrant stultus , And he that will not take a glass Deserves to be sepultus . Pleasure , music , love and wine Res valde sunt jucundæ , And pretty maidens look divine , Provided ut sunt mundæ . I hate a snarling ...
... young lass Is sure an arrant stultus , And he that will not take a glass Deserves to be sepultus . Pleasure , music , love and wine Res valde sunt jucundæ , And pretty maidens look divine , Provided ut sunt mundæ . I hate a snarling ...
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