Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 páginas |
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... minds but might furnish some instruction and en- tertainment out of their scraps , their odds and ends of thought . They who cannot weave a uniform web may at least produce a piece of patchwork ; which may be useful and not without a ...
... minds but might furnish some instruction and en- tertainment out of their scraps , their odds and ends of thought . They who cannot weave a uniform web may at least produce a piece of patchwork ; which may be useful and not without a ...
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... mind jaded by business activities , it may be safely commended to acceptance . The aim of this collation is not to be exhaustive , but simply to be well compacted . The restrictive limits of an octavo require the winnowings of selection ...
... mind jaded by business activities , it may be safely commended to acceptance . The aim of this collation is not to be exhaustive , but simply to be well compacted . The restrictive limits of an octavo require the winnowings of selection ...
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... mind as gymnastics are for the body . - Fondness of the French for this species of amusement . - Key to the cipher used by Bonaparte in confidential correspondence . — A case for the lawyers . -Riddles of Newton , Cowper and Canning ...
... mind as gymnastics are for the body . - Fondness of the French for this species of amusement . - Key to the cipher used by Bonaparte in confidential correspondence . — A case for the lawyers . -Riddles of Newton , Cowper and Canning ...
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... Mind your P's and Q's ; All Fools ' Day ; cards ; sub rosa ; over the left ; kicking the bucket ; bumper ; dun ; humbug ; pasquinades ; bottled ale ; the potato ; tarring and feathering ; stockings ; the garter ; drinking healths ...
... Mind your P's and Q's ; All Fools ' Day ; cards ; sub rosa ; over the left ; kicking the bucket ; bumper ; dun ; humbug ; pasquinades ; bottled ale ; the potato ; tarring and feathering ; stockings ; the garter ; drinking healths ...
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... Minds . Numerous Nuggets from Notable Noodles . Oracular Opinions Officiously Offered . Prodigious Points from Powerful Pens . Quirks and Quibbles from Queer Quarters . Rare Remarks Ridiculously Repeated . Suggestive Squibs from Sundry ...
... Minds . Numerous Nuggets from Notable Noodles . Oracular Opinions Officiously Offered . Prodigious Points from Powerful Pens . Quirks and Quibbles from Queer Quarters . Rare Remarks Ridiculously Repeated . Suggestive Squibs from Sundry ...
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