Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 páginas |
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... present pub- lisher requested the preparation of an enlargement of the work . In the augmented form in which it is now offered to the public , the con- tents will be found so much more comprehensive and omnifarious that , while it has ...
... present pub- lisher requested the preparation of an enlargement of the work . In the augmented form in which it is now offered to the public , the con- tents will be found so much more comprehensive and omnifarious that , while it has ...
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... present hardships you bear with the happiness you expect hereafter , and try whether all these will not awaken thankfulness . ACROSTICS . THE acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost ...
... present hardships you bear with the happiness you expect hereafter , and try whether all these will not awaken thankfulness . ACROSTICS . THE acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost ...
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... presents examples of acrostics , and they were often used in the old Latin language . Cicero , in his treatise " De Divinatione , " has this remarkable passage : " The verses of the Sybils ( said he ) are distinguished by that ...
... presents examples of acrostics , and they were often used in the old Latin language . Cicero , in his treatise " De Divinatione , " has this remarkable passage : " The verses of the Sybils ( said he ) are distinguished by that ...
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... present . It was a diadem , in antique style , adorned with six jewels . The stones were so set as to spell , in acrostic style , the name of the great artiste , and also to signify six of her principal rôles , thus : Ruby , A methyst ...
... present . It was a diadem , in antique style , adorned with six jewels . The stones were so set as to spell , in acrostic style , the name of the great artiste , and also to signify six of her principal rôles , thus : Ruby , A methyst ...
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... presents the same words , whether read from left to right , or from right to left . So also the expressions in English , - Madam , I'm Adam . ( Adam to Eve . ) Name no one man . Able was I ere I saw Elba . ( Napoleon loq . ) Snug & raw ...
... presents the same words , whether read from left to right , or from right to left . So also the expressions in English , - Madam , I'm Adam . ( Adam to Eve . ) Name no one man . Able was I ere I saw Elba . ( Napoleon loq . ) Snug & raw ...
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