Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... language furnishes examples to support this : e.g. , the Greek , " Friends living far away are no friends ; " the Latin , " He that is absent will not be the heir ; " the Spanish , " Absence is love's foe : far from the eyes , far from ...
... language furnishes examples to support this : e.g. , the Greek , " Friends living far away are no friends ; " the Latin , " He that is absent will not be the heir ; " the Spanish , " Absence is love's foe : far from the eyes , far from ...
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... language which seems impressive to people of de- ranged minds . Moreover , he has an insane belief in his own virtues , impor- tance , and abilities . " I claim to rank with Cobden , Bright , and Rowland Hill , " he says in one place ...
... language which seems impressive to people of de- ranged minds . Moreover , he has an insane belief in his own virtues , impor- tance , and abilities . " I claim to rank with Cobden , Bright , and Rowland Hill , " he says in one place ...
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... language endures it will always be possible for the man of genius to say an original thing . Yet it is strange to ... languages . Utterly diverse as all these alphabets are in their latest form , scientific paleography has succeeded in ...
... language endures it will always be possible for the man of genius to say an original thing . Yet it is strange to ... languages . Utterly diverse as all these alphabets are in their latest form , scientific paleography has succeeded in ...
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... language . " The comparison , " he says , " of a student's progress in the sciences with the journey of a traveller in the Alps is perhaps the best that English poetry can show . It has no useless parts , yet affords a striking picture ...
... language . " The comparison , " he says , " of a student's progress in the sciences with the journey of a traveller in the Alps is perhaps the best that English poetry can show . It has no useless parts , yet affords a striking picture ...
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... language and literature , why should we wonder that the smaller men , who have command of a smaller vocabulary , and only an imperfect appreciation of the laws of rhetoric or even of grammar , should often find difficulty in rendering ...
... language and literature , why should we wonder that the smaller men , who have command of a smaller vocabulary , and only an imperfect appreciation of the laws of rhetoric or even of grammar , should often find difficulty in rendering ...
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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