Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... called Emperor's hand , from having been first invented by some imperial personage , but by whom deponent saith not . " - The Monthly Packet , vol . xxx . p . 448 . Anagram ( Gr . ůváypaμμa ; ává , up , or back , and ypáμμa , a letter ) ...
... called Emperor's hand , from having been first invented by some imperial personage , but by whom deponent saith not . " - The Monthly Packet , vol . xxx . p . 448 . Anagram ( Gr . ůváypaμμa ; ává , up , or back , and ypáμμa , a letter ) ...
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... called a species of paronomasia or pun . Patriot resolved into Pat - riot is an even poorer instance . The Romans seem to have despised this sort of literary trifling . Latin anagrams are generally of modern origin . Yet among these are ...
... called a species of paronomasia or pun . Patriot resolved into Pat - riot is an even poorer instance . The Romans seem to have despised this sort of literary trifling . Latin anagrams are generally of modern origin . Yet among these are ...
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... called " the sacred anchor , " and was made the emblem of hope . The early Christians adopted the anchor as an emblem of hope , and it is found engraved on rings and depicted on monuments and on the walls of cemeteries in the Catacombs ...
... called " the sacred anchor , " and was made the emblem of hope . The early Christians adopted the anchor as an emblem of hope , and it is found engraved on rings and depicted on monuments and on the walls of cemeteries in the Catacombs ...
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... called 1797 his annus mirabilis , as during that year the poet composed most of his finest works . And , again , 1871 has been called the annus mira- bilis of the Papacy , as the year in which Pius IX . , first among all the succes ...
... called 1797 his annus mirabilis , as during that year the poet composed most of his finest works . And , again , 1871 has been called the annus mira- bilis of the Papacy , as the year in which Pius IX . , first among all the succes ...
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... called " St. Stephen's stone . " Apostle Spoons . Old - fashioned silver or silver - gilt spoons , whose handle terminated in the figure of one of the apostles . The souvenir spoons of to - day are their legitimate descendants . Apostle ...
... called " St. Stephen's stone . " Apostle Spoons . Old - fashioned silver or silver - gilt spoons , whose handle terminated in the figure of one of the apostles . The souvenir spoons of to - day are their legitimate descendants . Apostle ...
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