Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1892 - 1104 psl. |
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... question, Quid est Veritas ? (What is truth ?) its own 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 ...
... question, Quid est Veritas ? (What is truth ?) its own 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 ...
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... question which is now placed before society, with the glib assurance which to me is most astounding ? That question is this : Is man an ape or an angel ? I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate, with indignation and abhorrence ...
... question which is now placed before society, with the glib assurance which to me is most astounding ? That question is this : Is man an ape or an angel ? I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate, with indignation and abhorrence ...
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... question Giraldus's truthfulness, especially as his testimony is confirmed by Holinshed and other witnesses of repute. The barnacle shell-fish do attach themselves in great numbers to any floating wreck or log, and their byssus or beard ...
... question Giraldus's truthfulness, especially as his testimony is confirmed by Holinshed and other witnesses of repute. The barnacle shell-fish do attach themselves in great numbers to any floating wreck or log, and their byssus or beard ...
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... question, or tell some damned lie in a serious manner, and then she will answer or speak as if you were in earnest, and then cry you, * Madam, there's a bite !' I would not have you undervalue this, for it is the constant amusement in ...
... question, or tell some damned lie in a serious manner, and then she will answer or speak as if you were in earnest, and then cry you, * Madam, there's a bite !' I would not have you undervalue this, for it is the constant amusement in ...
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... question whether it arose at Mrs. Montagu's or at Mrs. Vesey's receptions, or what was the exact reason of its adoption. One story states that a Mr. Stillingfleet was one of the males admitted to Mrs. Montagu's evening parties, that his ...
... question whether it arose at Mrs. Montagu's or at Mrs. Vesey's receptions, or what was the exact reason of its adoption. One story states that a Mr. Stillingfleet was one of the males admitted to Mrs. Montagu's evening parties, that his ...
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