Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 páginas |
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... lines of a favorite poem , as a sort of burlesque on its stately march . F Chain 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 ...
... lines of a favorite poem , as a sort of burlesque on its stately march . F Chain 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 ...
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... Lines on the " power of short words . " . 98 A The Bible . CCURACY of the historical books of the Old Testament.- Their confirmation by the progressive results of modern explora- tion and discovery . - Testimony as to the wisdom and ...
... Lines on the " power of short words . " . 98 A The Bible . CCURACY of the historical books of the Old Testament.- Their confirmation by the progressive results of modern explora- tion and discovery . - Testimony as to the wisdom and ...
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... line ending with three rhyming words . A Valentines . 534 STRATEGIC love - letter , providing for retreat in good order ... lines written with blood . - A macaronic valentine . - Digby's graceful wooing . -Practical joke on a colored man ...
... line ending with three rhyming words . A Valentines . 534 STRATEGIC love - letter , providing for retreat in good order ... lines written with blood . - A macaronic valentine . - Digby's graceful wooing . -Practical joke on a colored man ...
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... lines , almost all the words of which he contrived to conclude with the letter E. The Pangrammatists contrive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet into every single verse . The prophet Ezra may be regarded as the father of them , as ...
... lines , almost all the words of which he contrived to conclude with the letter E. The Pangrammatists contrive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet into every single verse . The prophet Ezra may be regarded as the father of them , as ...
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... lines- Men march ' mid mounds , ' mid moles , ' mid murderous mines : Now noisy , noxious , noticed nought Of outward obstacles opposing ought : Poor patriots , partly purchased , partly pressed : Quite quaking , quickly quarter ...
... lines- Men march ' mid mounds , ' mid moles , ' mid murderous mines : Now noisy , noxious , noticed nought Of outward obstacles opposing ought : Poor patriots , partly purchased , partly pressed : Quite quaking , quickly quarter ...
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