Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ.B. Lippincott, 1925 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... called Emperor's hand , from having been first invented by some imperial personage , but by whom deponent saith not . " — The Monthly Packet , vol . xxx . p . 448 . Anagram ( Gr . άvúypaμμa ; ¿ vá , up , or back , and ypáμμa , a letter ) ...
... called Emperor's hand , from having been first invented by some imperial personage , but by whom deponent saith not . " — The Monthly Packet , vol . xxx . p . 448 . Anagram ( Gr . άvúypaμμa ; ¿ vá , up , or back , and ypáμμa , a letter ) ...
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... called a species of paronomasia or pun . Patriot resolved into Pat - riot is an even poorer The Romans seem to have despised this sort of literary trifling . Latin anagrams are generally of modern origin . Yet among these are some of ...
... called a species of paronomasia or pun . Patriot resolved into Pat - riot is an even poorer The Romans seem to have despised this sort of literary trifling . Latin anagrams are generally of modern origin . Yet among these are some of ...
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... called " the sacred anchor , " and was made the emblem of hope . The early Christians adopted the anchor as an emblem of hope , and it is found engraved on rings and depicted on monuments and on the walls of cemeteries in the Catacombs ...
... called " the sacred anchor , " and was made the emblem of hope . The early Christians adopted the anchor as an emblem of hope , and it is found engraved on rings and depicted on monuments and on the walls of cemeteries in the Catacombs ...
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... called 1797 his annus mirabilis , as during that year the poet composed most of his finest works . And , again , 1871 has been called the annus mira- bilis of the Papacy , as the year in which Pius IX . , first among all the succes ...
... called 1797 his annus mirabilis , as during that year the poet composed most of his finest works . And , again , 1871 has been called the annus mira- bilis of the Papacy , as the year in which Pius IX . , first among all the succes ...
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... called " St. Stephen's stone . " Apostle Spoons . Old - fashioned silver or silver - gilt spoons , whose handle terminated in the figure of one of the apostles . The souvenir spoons of to - day are their legitimate descendants . Apostle ...
... called " St. Stephen's stone . " Apostle Spoons . Old - fashioned silver or silver - gilt spoons , whose handle terminated in the figure of one of the apostles . The souvenir spoons of to - day are their legitimate descendants . Apostle ...
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Página 591 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Página 193 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Página 492 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Página 42 - This is life to come. Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony. Enkindle generous ardor , feed pure love. Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Página 297 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 204 - On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled ; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.
Página 246 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Página 164 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Página 47 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue?
Página 274 - He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out-flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.