Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 páginas |
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... Acrostic ; artificial arrange- ment of this old - fashioned , yet still popular form of verse ; sometimes doubled in the middle or reversed in the end , as in the telistich ; some- times used to point alliteration or pasquinade ...
... Acrostic ; artificial arrange- ment of this old - fashioned , yet still popular form of verse ; sometimes doubled in the middle or reversed in the end , as in the telistich ; some- times used to point alliteration or pasquinade ...
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... acrostic . - Ethnologic differences , Indian , African , Hiber- nian , Greek . — Antithesis extraordinary . — The printer's epitaph . - Speci- mens of brevity . - Laudatory verses . - Miscellaneous epitaphs - Earth to earth . - Byron's ...
... acrostic . - Ethnologic differences , Indian , African , Hiber- nian , Greek . — Antithesis extraordinary . — The printer's epitaph . - Speci- mens of brevity . - Laudatory verses . - Miscellaneous epitaphs - Earth to earth . - Byron's ...
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... ACROSTICS . THE acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost wholly an exercise of inge- nuity , and has been considered fit only for trivial subjects , to be classed among nugæ literaria ...
... ACROSTICS . THE acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost wholly an exercise of inge- nuity , and has been considered fit only for trivial subjects , to be classed among nugæ literaria ...
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... acrostics have come in for their share of satire , the origin of such artificial poetry was of a higher dignity . When written documents , were yet rare , every artifice was employed to enforce on the attention or fix on the memory the ...
... acrostics have come in for their share of satire , the origin of such artificial poetry was of a higher dignity . When written documents , were yet rare , every artifice was employed to enforce on the attention or fix on the memory the ...
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... Acrostic ; where , from the first letters of each verse in order , words are formed which express some particular meaning ; as is the case with some of Ennius's verses , the initial letters of which make ' which Ennius wrote ! ' Among ...
... Acrostic ; where , from the first letters of each verse in order , words are formed which express some particular meaning ; as is the case with some of Ennius's verses , the initial letters of which make ' which Ennius wrote ! ' Among ...
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acrostic Amy Robsart anagram appear asked beautiful Ben Jonson Bible Bishop blank verse body Cæsar called century child church curious dead Dean Swift dear death died Doneraile doth earth Echo England English English language epigram epitaph eyes fair father flower France French gentleman give grave Greek hand hath head hear heart heaven holy honor hundred inscription John Julius Cæsar King lady language Latin learned letter lines live look Lord marabout marriage meaning Miss never night o'er original Palindromes PASQUINADE person poem poet porringer pray prayer Queen remarkable replied rhyme Rome says seven Shakspeare Sir Tray Sir Walter Scott sleep soul sweet tell thee Theodore Hook thing thou thought tion translation unto verse wife woman word write written wrote young Есно