Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... present , none without excuse . " And every 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 ...
... present , none without excuse . " And every 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 ...
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... present the name - initials of her most famous characters : Ruby , Amethyst , Carnelian , Hematite , Emerald , Lapis - Lazuli , Roxana . Amenaide . Camille . Hermione . Emilie . Laodice . One development of the acrostic that is ...
... present the name - initials of her most famous characters : Ruby , Amethyst , Carnelian , Hematite , Emerald , Lapis - Lazuli , Roxana . Amenaide . Camille . Hermione . Emilie . Laodice . One development of the acrostic that is ...
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... present republic and its predecessor by the follow- ing paraphrase : " Work , more work , and always work ! " ( " Du travail , encore du travail , et toujours du travail ! " ) — Speech at banquet to General Hoche , June 24 , 1872. See ...
... present republic and its predecessor by the follow- ing paraphrase : " Work , more work , and always work ! " ( " Du travail , encore du travail , et toujours du travail ! " ) — Speech at banquet to General Hoche , June 24 , 1872. See ...
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... Present Week , issued in London in 1642 , contained nothing but news . Not until ten years later , in the Mercurius Politicus for January , 1652 , do we meet with a well - authenticated advertisement . This relates to a panegyrical poem ...
... Present Week , issued in London in 1642 , contained nothing but news . Not until ten years later , in the Mercurius Politicus for January , 1652 , do we meet with a well - authenticated advertisement . This relates to a panegyrical poem ...
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... present century matters were very nearly as we find them now . The Lon- don Times and the Morning Post , started modestly enough in the last quarter of the eighteenth century , were beginning to make themselves felt as powers in the ...
... present century matters were very nearly as we find them now . The Lon- don Times and the Morning Post , started modestly enough in the last quarter of the eighteenth century , were beginning to make themselves felt as powers in the ...
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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