Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... given ; but where ( as does happen occasionally ) a particular article is almost a cento made up from a dozen different authorities , it is well - nigh impos- sible properly to apportion the credit . This general confession , there ...
... given ; but where ( as does happen occasionally ) a particular article is almost a cento made up from a dozen different authorities , it is well - nigh impos- sible properly to apportion the credit . This general confession , there ...
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... given to Sir Matthew Wood , a stanch supporter of Queen Caroline in 1821 , who , having been reproached for giving foolish advice to that unhappy queen , diffidently admitted that his conduct might not be " absolute wisdom , " and was ...
... given to Sir Matthew Wood , a stanch supporter of Queen Caroline in 1821 , who , having been reproached for giving foolish advice to that unhappy queen , diffidently admitted that his conduct might not be " absolute wisdom , " and was ...
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... given honor to me . " Ray , in his collection of proverbs , adds a second couplet which contains an answer to the first , -i.e . Upstart [ upstarted ] a churl and gathered good , And thence did spring our gentle blood This seems to be ...
... given honor to me . " Ray , in his collection of proverbs , adds a second couplet which contains an answer to the first , -i.e . Upstart [ upstarted ] a churl and gathered good , And thence did spring our gentle blood This seems to be ...
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... given to the Irish people by the Marquis of Anglesea when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Duke of Wellington . O'Connell caught up the phrase and followed the advice it inculcated . Hence he was known as " the Irish Agitator ...
... given to the Irish people by the Marquis of Anglesea when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Duke of Wellington . O'Connell caught up the phrase and followed the advice it inculcated . Hence he was known as " the Irish Agitator ...
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... given to the books that issued from the press of Aldus Manutius ( Latinized form of Aldo Manuzio ) and his family in Venice . These , from their historic interest in the annals of printing and their intrinsic ex- cellence , have always ...
... given to the books that issued from the press of Aldus Manutius ( Latinized form of Aldo Manuzio ) and his family in Venice . These , from their historic interest in the annals of printing and their intrinsic ex- cellence , have always ...
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