Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... Latin Aff Irmo , I affirm , and nEgO , Í deny . In the Greek form , a , alpha , this use of the letter as the first of a series is even more common . Thus , " I am Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the ending , saith the Lord " ( Rev ...
... Latin Aff Irmo , I affirm , and nEgO , Í deny . In the Greek form , a , alpha , this use of the letter as the first of a series is even more common . Thus , " I am Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the ending , saith the Lord " ( Rev ...
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... Latin of the second . The initial ingenuity of both is retained in the English equivalent : Austria's Empire Is Over all Universal . Affinity . A term made famous by American Free - Lovers , meaning a per- son of the opposite sex who is ...
... Latin of the second . The initial ingenuity of both is retained in the English equivalent : Austria's Empire Is Over all Universal . Affinity . A term made famous by American Free - Lovers , meaning a per- son of the opposite sex who is ...
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... Latin literature probably affords the very earliest instance in this line of Ennius : O Tite , tute Tati tibi tanta tiranne tulisti . In more modern times we are told of a monk named Hugbald who wrote an " Ecloga de Calvis , " every ...
... Latin literature probably affords the very earliest instance in this line of Ennius : O Tite , tute Tati tibi tanta tiranne tulisti . In more modern times we are told of a monk named Hugbald who wrote an " Ecloga de Calvis , " every ...
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... Latin alter , " another , " formed on the same basis as ego- tism from ego , to indicate unselfishness , benevolence , -in short , the very oppo- site of egotism . The altruist rejoices in his neighbor's welfare , and finds his highest ...
... Latin alter , " another , " formed on the same basis as ego- tism from ego , to indicate unselfishness , benevolence , -in short , the very oppo- site of egotism . The altruist rejoices in his neighbor's welfare , and finds his highest ...
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... Latin anagrams are generally of modern origin . Yet among these are some of the best anagrams ever made , notably that admirable one which discovers in Pilate's question , QUID EST VERITAS ? ( What is truth ? ) its own answer , Est vir ...
... Latin anagrams are generally of modern origin . Yet among these are some of the best anagrams ever made , notably that admirable one which discovers in Pilate's question , QUID EST VERITAS ? ( What is truth ? ) its own answer , Est vir ...
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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