Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... letter of the alphabet in all languages which , like English , derive their alphabets directly or indirectly from the Phoenician . It corre- sponds to the aleph of the Phoenician and old Hebrew and the alpha of the Greek . Aleph means ...
... letter of the alphabet in all languages which , like English , derive their alphabets directly or indirectly from the Phoenician . It corre- sponds to the aleph of the Phoenician and old Hebrew and the alpha of the Greek . Aleph means ...
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... letter of the second line , the third letter of the third line , the fourth of the fourth , and so on to the last line . The name Frances Sargent Osgood will then be formed . Although acrostics are now relegated to the nursery , they ...
... letter of the second line , the third letter of the third line , the fourth of the fourth , and so on to the last line . The name Frances Sargent Osgood will then be formed . Although acrostics are now relegated to the nursery , they ...
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... letter for letter , stood for Vittorio Emanuele Ré d'Italia . Now , this at least was an acrostic with a soul in it . Similarly the word Nihil was by the Anti - Bonapartists made to typify the Napoleon dynasty of kings in the following ...
... letter for letter , stood for Vittorio Emanuele Ré d'Italia . Now , this at least was an acrostic with a soul in it . Similarly the word Nihil was by the Anti - Bonapartists made to typify the Napoleon dynasty of kings in the following ...
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... letter from R. H. Hutton , quoted in the New English Dictionary , sub voce , the word was " suggested by Prof. Huxley at a party held previous to the formation of the now defunct Metaphysical Society , at Mr. James Knowles's house on ...
... letter from R. H. Hutton , quoted in the New English Dictionary , sub voce , the word was " suggested by Prof. Huxley at a party held previous to the formation of the now defunct Metaphysical Society , at Mr. James Knowles's house on ...
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... letters were allowed in every couplet , -two in the first member of the distich , the other in a prominent part of the second . Thus the attention was arrested and the structure of the verse indicated by a dominant letter which ruled ...
... letters were allowed in every couplet , -two in the first member of the distich , the other in a prominent part of the second . Thus the attention was arrested and the structure of the verse indicated by a dominant letter which ruled ...
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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