Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... whole unuttered sen- tence . Thus , when the Italians outside of the Piedmontese states did not dare as yet openly to shout for Victor Emmanuel and Italian unity , they managed the thing neatly and thrillingly by the short cry of Viva ...
... whole unuttered sen- tence . Thus , when the Italians outside of the Piedmontese states did not dare as yet openly to shout for Victor Emmanuel and Italian unity , they managed the thing neatly and thrillingly by the short cry of Viva ...
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... whole family puzzling their brains over it for days . Finally , one morning , Young Hopeful bursts out breathlessly , " Pop ! I know what 724 More is ! " " What is it ? " cries every one , expectantly . " Pancakes ! " And then it comes ...
... whole family puzzling their brains over it for days . Finally , one morning , Young Hopeful bursts out breathlessly , " Pop ! I know what 724 More is ! " " What is it ? " cries every one , expectantly . " Pancakes ! " And then it comes ...
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... whole of W. H. Mallock's " New Paul and Virginia , or Positivism on an Island , " is an admirable bit of fooling , with this doctrine of altruism as one of its chief targets . Here is an illustrative example , where the castaways ...
... whole of W. H. Mallock's " New Paul and Virginia , or Positivism on an Island , " is an admirable bit of fooling , with this doctrine of altruism as one of its chief targets . Here is an illustrative example , where the castaways ...
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... whole man , that they heartily despise one who , to use their own ex- pression , is always hanging at their apron - strings . ADDISON : Spectator , No. 506 ( 1712 ) . Apropos de bottes ( " apropos of boots " ) , a French expression ...
... whole man , that they heartily despise one who , to use their own ex- pression , is always hanging at their apron - strings . ADDISON : Spectator , No. 506 ( 1712 ) . Apropos de bottes ( " apropos of boots " ) , a French expression ...
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... whole husband who has thus rendered himself guilty towards thee . " " Not thy whole husband ? " echoed the startled sheik . " Nay , " she continued , " it is but the half of him that has committed the insult ; for am I not the other ...
... whole husband who has thus rendered himself guilty towards thee . " " Not thy whole husband ? " echoed the startled sheik . " Nay , " she continued , " it is but the half of him that has committed the insult ; for am I not the other ...
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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