Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... expression , meaning much the same as the English phrase " to the bitter end , " originally applied to a contest between two antagonists who were each determined to conquer or to die , but now more often used in the sense of " to excess ...
... expression , meaning much the same as the English phrase " to the bitter end , " originally applied to a contest between two antagonists who were each determined to conquer or to die , but now more often used in the sense of " to excess ...
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... expression , - When Adam delved and Eve span , Who was then the gentleman ? The couplet is memorable in English history . In Wat Tyler's insurrection during the reign of Richard II . , John Ball addressed the mob on Blackheath from this ...
... expression , - When Adam delved and Eve span , Who was then the gentleman ? The couplet is memorable in English history . In Wat Tyler's insurrection during the reign of Richard II . , John Ball addressed the mob on Blackheath from this ...
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... expression in Blair's " Grave : " Its visits , Like those of angels , short and far between . " Mr. Campbell , " adds Hazlitt , " in altering the expression has spoilt it . ' Few ' and ' far between ' are the same thing . " Elsewhere he ...
... expression in Blair's " Grave : " Its visits , Like those of angels , short and far between . " Mr. Campbell , " adds Hazlitt , " in altering the expression has spoilt it . ' Few ' and ' far between ' are the same thing . " Elsewhere he ...
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... expression is supposed to describe the fate of women who die old maids , or who have otherwise avoided the responsibility of bearing children . In this sense it occurs fre- quently in Shakespeare and his contemporaries . Thus , in the ...
... expression is supposed to describe the fate of women who die old maids , or who have otherwise avoided the responsibility of bearing children . In this sense it occurs fre- quently in Shakespeare and his contemporaries . Thus , in the ...
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... expression among the Rabbins for that which can never , or will never , take place , ―e.g . , “ Si ascen- derit asinus per scalas , invenietur scientia in mulieribus , " a proposition so uncomplimentary to the better sex that we leave ...
... expression among the Rabbins for that which can never , or will never , take place , ―e.g . , “ Si ascen- derit asinus per scalas , invenietur scientia in mulieribus , " a proposition so uncomplimentary to the better sex that we leave ...
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acrostic admiration advertisements Æsop American anagram ancient answer 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 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