Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 páginas |
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... called Blue Stockings ? " - Origin of the word Skedaddle " -How Fools- cap Paper got its name - The First Forged Bank - Note - Who made the first Piano Forte ? " - The first Doctors - The first Thanksgiving Proclamation— First Prayer in ...
... called Blue Stockings ? " - Origin of the word Skedaddle " -How Fools- cap Paper got its name - The First Forged Bank - Note - Who made the first Piano Forte ? " - The first Doctors - The first Thanksgiving Proclamation— First Prayer in ...
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... called Alpha , ( as lucus a non lucendo , ) because there was not an alpha in it . His second book was inscribed Beta , for the same reason . In short , the poet excluded the whole four - and - twenty letters in their turns , and showed ...
... called Alpha , ( as lucus a non lucendo , ) because there was not an alpha in it . His second book was inscribed Beta , for the same reason . In short , the poet excluded the whole four - and - twenty letters in their turns , and showed ...
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... Generally the acrostic has been formed of the first letters of each line ; sometimes of the last ; sometimes of both ; sometimes it is to be read down- ward , sometimes upward . An ingenious variety called the ALPHABETICAL WHIMS . 39.
... Generally the acrostic has been formed of the first letters of each line ; sometimes of the last ; sometimes of both ; sometimes it is to be read down- ward , sometimes upward . An ingenious variety called the ALPHABETICAL WHIMS . 39.
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... called the British Martial , lived in the golden age of anagrammatism . The following are fair specimens of his ingenuity : GALENUS - Angelus , Angelus es bonus anne malus ; Galene ! salutis Humana custos , angelus ergo bonus , DE FIDE ...
... called the British Martial , lived in the golden age of anagrammatism . The following are fair specimens of his ingenuity : GALENUS - Angelus , Angelus es bonus anne malus ; Galene ! salutis Humana custos , angelus ergo bonus , DE FIDE ...
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... called the Witches ' Prayer , that " fell into verse when it was read either backward or for- ward , excepting only that it cursed one way , and blessed the other . " One of the most remarkable palindromes on record is the 6 PALINDROMES ...
... called the Witches ' Prayer , that " fell into verse when it was read either backward or for- ward , excepting only that it cursed one way , and blessed the other . " One of the most remarkable palindromes on record is the 6 PALINDROMES ...
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