Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 páginas |
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... Remarkable Echoes - A Fatal Confession - Extraordinary facts in Acoustics - Hearing Afar Off ... Puzzles . 281 Puzzles defended : their use and value - Exercise for the Mind - Ancient Per- plexities- " The Liar " - " Puzzled to Death ...
... Remarkable Echoes - A Fatal Confession - Extraordinary facts in Acoustics - Hearing Afar Off ... Puzzles . 281 Puzzles defended : their use and value - Exercise for the Mind - Ancient Per- plexities- " The Liar " - " Puzzled to Death ...
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... remarkable toast is ascribed to Lord Duff , and was presented on some public occasion in the year 1745 . A. B. C. D. E. F. · G. H. J .. K. L. M .. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. • · · · A Blessed Change . Down Every Foreigner . God Help ...
... remarkable toast is ascribed to Lord Duff , and was presented on some public occasion in the year 1745 . A. B. C. D. E. F. · G. H. J .. K. L. M .. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. • · · · A Blessed Change . Down Every Foreigner . God Help ...
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... remarkable for the fre- quent wittiness of his observations . In a conversation on the powers of the letter H , in which it was contended that it was no letter , but a simple aspiration or breathing , Rowland took the opposite side of ...
... remarkable for the fre- quent wittiness of his observations . In a conversation on the powers of the letter H , in which it was contended that it was no letter , but a simple aspiration or breathing , Rowland took the opposite side of ...
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... remarkable double alliterations , two of them in every line : — La casa cosa parea bretta e brutta , Vinta dal vento , e la natta e la notte , Stilla le stelle , ch'a tetto era tutta , Del pane appena no dette ta ' dotte ; Pere avea ...
... remarkable double alliterations , two of them in every line : — La casa cosa parea bretta e brutta , Vinta dal vento , e la natta e la notte , Stilla le stelle , ch'a tetto era tutta , Del pane appena no dette ta ' dotte ; Pere avea ...
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... remarkable example of the old fondness for antithesis and alliteration in composition , is presented in the following extract from one of Watts ' sermons : - The last great help to thankfulness is to compare various circumstances and ...
... remarkable example of the old fondness for antithesis and alliteration in composition , is presented in the following extract from one of Watts ' sermons : - The last great help to thankfulness is to compare various circumstances and ...
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