Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... Verse and Prose 808 Criticism , Curiosities of , Dedications 197 Numbers , Curiosities of . 824 220 Oaths and Curses . 831 Dictionary . · 231 Palindrome .. 851 Echo Verses 261 Paradoxes and Puzzles 855 Emblematic , Figurate or Shaped ...
... Verse and Prose 808 Criticism , Curiosities of , Dedications 197 Numbers , Curiosities of . 824 220 Oaths and Curses . 831 Dictionary . · 231 Palindrome .. 851 Echo Verses 261 Paradoxes and Puzzles 855 Emblematic , Figurate or Shaped ...
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... verse of curious ingenuity . Not only do the first and the final letters , but the middle initials also , form the word Iesus . In technical words , the lines are at once acrostic , mesostic , and telestic . Nor is that all . The ...
... verse of curious ingenuity . Not only do the first and the final letters , but the middle initials also , form the word Iesus . In technical words , the lines are at once acrostic , mesostic , and telestic . Nor is that all . The ...
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... verse in order words are formed which express some particular meaning ; as is the case with some of Ennius's verses . " In the year 326 , Publius Porphyrius composed a poem , still extant , in praise of Constantine , the lines of which ...
... verse in order words are formed which express some particular meaning ; as is the case with some of Ennius's verses . " In the year 326 , Publius Porphyrius composed a poem , still extant , in praise of Constantine , the lines of which ...
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... verse indicated by a dominant letter which ruled like the key - note of a chant . With the modern as with the classical poets , alliteration is only brought in as an occasional ornament , —not as a structural part of the verse . Spenser ...
... verse indicated by a dominant letter which ruled like the key - note of a chant . With the modern as with the classical poets , alliteration is only brought in as an occasional ornament , —not as a structural part of the verse . Spenser ...
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... verse , in burlesque , and even in humorous prose , it frequently points a jest and sharpens an epigram . In Pope's line , — Puffs , powders , patches , Bibles , billet - doux , at once the resemblance and the contrasts are accentuated ...
... verse , in burlesque , and even in humorous prose , it frequently points a jest and sharpens an epigram . In Pope's line , — Puffs , powders , patches , Bibles , billet - doux , at once the resemblance and the contrasts are accentuated ...
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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