Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1892 - 1104 psl. |
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... answer to the first,— i.e. Upstart [upstarted] a churl and gathered good, And thence did spring our gentle blood. This seems to be an after -thought of comparatively recent birth. Adam, the old. The unregenerate part of man's nature, in ...
... answer to the first,— i.e. Upstart [upstarted] a churl and gathered good, And thence did spring our gentle blood. This seems to be an after -thought of comparatively recent birth. Adam, the old. The unregenerate part of man's nature, in ...
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... answer : Whereas I, Ann Field, of Stoke- Newington, ass-driver, well known for my abilities in box- wig in my own defence wherever it happened in my way, having been affronted by Mrs. Mokes, styled the European Championess, do fairly ...
... answer : Whereas I, Ann Field, of Stoke- Newington, ass-driver, well known for my abilities in box- wig in my own defence wherever it happened in my way, having been affronted by Mrs. Mokes, styled the European Championess, do fairly ...
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... answer to the first : July 15, 18, 22, and 25, 1850. The One-Winged Dove must die unless the Crane returns to be a shield against her enemies. November 23, 1850. Somerset, S. B. The Mate of the Dove must take wing forever unless a ...
... answer to the first : July 15, 18, 22, and 25, 1850. The One-Winged Dove must die unless the Crane returns to be a shield against her enemies. November 23, 1850. Somerset, S. B. The Mate of the Dove must take wing forever unless a ...
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... answer to some communication by letter, inserts the word " Incorruptible" with his initials. And on the 25th he celebrates his own incorruptibility in song : Diogenes his Lantern needs no moke, An honest man is found, the search is o'er ...
... answer to some communication by letter, inserts the word " Incorruptible" with his initials. And on the 25th he celebrates his own incorruptibility in song : Diogenes his Lantern needs no moke, An honest man is found, the search is o'er ...
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... answer, Est vir qui adest (It is the man before you). A famous cento of Latin anagrams was made in honor of young Stanislaus Leczinski, afterwards King of Poland. On his return from his travels, all the family of Leczinski assembled at ...
... answer, Est vir qui adest (It is the man before you). A famous cento of Latin anagrams was made in honor of young Stanislaus Leczinski, afterwards King of Poland. On his return from his travels, all the family of Leczinski assembled at ...
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