Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... example of this occurred in London some thirty years ago . One morning the good people woke up to find the interrogation " Who's Blank ? " staring them everywhere in the face , -in the newspapers , on the walls and hoardings of the town ...
... example of this occurred in London some thirty years ago . One morning the good people woke up to find the interrogation " Who's Blank ? " staring them everywhere in the face , -in the newspapers , on the walls and hoardings of the town ...
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... example from Piers a line by Churchill , which illustrates while it characterizes . a master , alliteration becomes a legitimate of a bungler , it is a vexation to the spirit . it a medium for more or less astonishing yet Alliteration ...
... example from Piers a line by Churchill , which illustrates while it characterizes . a master , alliteration becomes a legitimate of a bungler , it is a vexation to the spirit . it a medium for more or less astonishing yet Alliteration ...
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... example may be found in a certain poetical skit , anonymous and unacknowledged , yet none the less the undoubted handiwork of Swinburne , and therefore all the more notable , because the author parodied is Swinburne himself ! NEPHELIDIA ...
... example may be found in a certain poetical skit , anonymous and unacknowledged , yet none the less the undoubted handiwork of Swinburne , and therefore all the more notable , because the author parodied is Swinburne himself ! NEPHELIDIA ...
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... example . Speaking of periodical literature , he declares that the Golden Age of Maga- zires has passed away : " In those days A was an Antiquary , and wrote articles upon Altars and Abbeys and Architecture . B made a blunder , which C ...
... example . Speaking of periodical literature , he declares that the Golden Age of Maga- zires has passed away : " In those days A was an Antiquary , and wrote articles upon Altars and Abbeys and Architecture . B made a blunder , which C ...
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... example , where the castaways - Virginia , the curate , and the agnostic pro- fessor - are sitting at lunch on the island : " Yes , my dear curate , " said the professor , " what I am enjoying is the champagne that you drink , and what ...
... example , where the castaways - Virginia , the curate , and the agnostic pro- fessor - are sitting at lunch on the island : " Yes , my dear curate , " said the professor , " what I am enjoying is the champagne that you drink , and what ...
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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