Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... once him , who , not being an elderly gentleman of means , neither could suit you if he would , nor would if he could . A tired Athenian seeking something new , Epicurean in the true , not base sense , far travelled , much but ill read ...
... once him , who , not being an elderly gentleman of means , neither could suit you if he would , nor would if he could . A tired Athenian seeking something new , Epicurean in the true , not base sense , far travelled , much but ill read ...
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... once a great man , one of the self - constituted sacred race , known by that cognomen , whom I - for which , of course , I shall never be forgiven - transformed - as I intend to serve many more - into a city spectre . Honest , honest ...
... once a great man , one of the self - constituted sacred race , known by that cognomen , whom I - for which , of course , I shall never be forgiven - transformed - as I intend to serve many more - into a city spectre . Honest , honest ...
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... once more to be heard from : " G- Arthur and E. J. W. are inex- cusable in absenting themselves from the two indescribables . Do not leave under a wilful delusion . . . . All communication is intercepted in England and abroad , and our ...
... once more to be heard from : " G- Arthur and E. J. W. are inex- cusable in absenting themselves from the two indescribables . Do not leave under a wilful delusion . . . . All communication is intercepted in England and abroad , and our ...
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... once raising the unmeaning taboo . Others have made inordinate use of some letter and insisted that it should form the initial of every word . The first called their Procrustean method lipogrammatizing ; the latter , alliteration . Each ...
... once raising the unmeaning taboo . Others have made inordinate use of some letter and insisted that it should form the initial of every word . The first called their Procrustean method lipogrammatizing ; the latter , alliteration . Each ...
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... once brilliant and solid , would be dug up again out of the ruins in time to come , as we dig up coins and medals in Greek or Roman soil . It is curious to note how closely this corresponds with Karr's own estimate of himself : " There ...
... once brilliant and solid , would be dug up again out of the ruins in time to come , as we dig up coins and medals in Greek or Roman soil . It is curious to note how closely this corresponds with Karr's own estimate of himself : " There ...
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