Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... John ? And pray what are you ? Let me see : CAL- VIN : Jan Cul ; yes , that's about it ! " And over Europe rushed the jest , as it had been a scavenger in the sky ; and Calvin , we fancy , did not come out for a week . Perhaps , even in ...
... John ? And pray what are you ? Let me see : CAL- VIN : Jan Cul ; yes , that's about it ! " And over Europe rushed the jest , as it had been a scavenger in the sky ; and Calvin , we fancy , did not come out for a week . Perhaps , even in ...
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... JOHN BUNYAN : Nu hony in a B. Execrable ! one would naturally exclaim , but , as it is John's own work , we must be reverently dumb . GENERAL BUTLER : Genl . real brute . THOMAS CARLYLE : Cry shame to all ; or , Mercy , lash a lot ; or ...
... JOHN BUNYAN : Nu hony in a B. Execrable ! one would naturally exclaim , but , as it is John's own work , we must be reverently dumb . GENERAL BUTLER : Genl . real brute . THOMAS CARLYLE : Cry shame to all ; or , Mercy , lash a lot ; or ...
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... JOHN DRYDEN : Rhino deny'd , -which was Glorious John's life - long com- plaint , in his own spelling , too . PHINEAS FLETCHER : Hath Spencer life ? A very good anagram , for in the age after Spenser's death , Phineas Fletcher had more ...
... JOHN DRYDEN : Rhino deny'd , -which was Glorious John's life - long com- plaint , in his own spelling , too . PHINEAS FLETCHER : Hath Spencer life ? A very good anagram , for in the age after Spenser's death , Phineas Fletcher had more ...
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... John , you were drunk on Sunday ? " " Yes , massa . ' Monday , too ? " " Yes , massa . ' And so on up to Friday , eliciting the same response . " But , John , " remonstrated the manager quietly , " you know you can't be an angel ...
... John , you were drunk on Sunday ? " " Yes , massa . ' Monday , too ? " " Yes , massa . ' And so on up to Friday , eliciting the same response . " But , John , " remonstrated the manager quietly , " you know you can't be an angel ...
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... John Norris of Bemerton ( 1656-1711 ) , who has the following lines in his poem " The Parting : " How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite ...
... John Norris of Bemerton ( 1656-1711 ) , who has the following lines in his poem " The Parting : " How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite ...
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acrostic admiration advertisements Æsop American anagram ancient appeared asked Ben Jonson bouts-rimés Cæsar called century Charles common cried curious dead death Diogenes Laertius doth Duke Echo England English epigram epitaph essay expression eyes famous father fool France French gentleman give Goethe Greek hand hath head heart heaven Henry honor Horace Walpole horse Hudibras humor John Julius Cæsar king known lady language Latin letter lines literary literature live London Lord Lord Byron meaning mind modern Molière never Notes and Queries once origin person phrase play Plutarch poem poet political Pope popular proverb Publius Syrus quoted replied says sense Shakespeare slang soul speech stanza story tell term thee things thou thought tion told turn verse Voltaire wife word write wrote young