Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... remark that , in the last year or so , some of these articles have been pretty freely levied upon by makers of literary manuals , whose apparent priority of publication might confuse the unwary as to which was the follower and which the ...
... remark that , in the last year or so , some of these articles have been pretty freely levied upon by makers of literary manuals , whose apparent priority of publication might confuse the unwary as to which was the follower and which the ...
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... remark when he says , " He who gives advice to a self - conceited man stands himself in need of counsel from another . " ( ch . viii . , Rules for Conduct in Life . ) But he fails to recognize that all men in this sense are self ...
... remark when he says , " He who gives advice to a self - conceited man stands himself in need of counsel from another . " ( ch . viii . , Rules for Conduct in Life . ) But he fails to recognize that all men in this sense are self ...
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... remark- ably elegant walnut case on carved supports . The tone is superb and eminently adapted for any one requiring a first - class instrument . " The Saturday Review pounced upon this gem of English and commented upon it as follows ...
... remark- ably elegant walnut case on carved supports . The tone is superb and eminently adapted for any one requiring a first - class instrument . " The Saturday Review pounced upon this gem of English and commented upon it as follows ...
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... remark made by Tiberius of Curtius Rufus : 66 ' He seems to me to be descended from himself . " ( Taci- tus , xi . 21 , 16. ) Napoleon's reply to the Emperor of Austria was in a kindred vein . The Austrian , when Napoleon became his ...
... remark made by Tiberius of Curtius Rufus : 66 ' He seems to me to be descended from himself . " ( Taci- tus , xi . 21 , 16. ) Napoleon's reply to the Emperor of Austria was in a kindred vein . The Austrian , when Napoleon became his ...
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... remark that a man may be a bad egg , and yet not be a nuisance until he is broke . - Sporting Times . Bag . Both as a verb and as a noun this word is put to many strange uses in current slang . As a verb it may mean to secure , to ...
... remark that a man may be a bad egg , and yet not be a nuisance until he is broke . - Sporting Times . Bag . Both as a verb and as a noun this word is put to many strange uses in current slang . As a verb it may mean to secure , to ...
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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