Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ.B. Lippincott, 1925 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... quoted above . So through Bailey , Ash , and Todd it has been handed down to our time , —a standing exemplar of the solidarity of dictionaries , and of the ponderous indolence with which philologers repeat without examining the errors ...
... quoted above . So through Bailey , Ash , and Todd it has been handed down to our time , —a standing exemplar of the solidarity of dictionaries , and of the ponderous indolence with which philologers repeat without examining the errors ...
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... quoted And every is directly traversed by the French , " The absent are always in the wrong , " and " Absent , none without fault ; present , none without excuse . " language furnishes examples to support this : e.g. , the Greek ...
... quoted And every is directly traversed by the French , " The absent are always in the wrong , " and " Absent , none without fault ; present , none without excuse . " language furnishes examples to support this : e.g. , the Greek ...
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... quoted , is the puff of a new publication . As newspapers grew apace , the art of advertising developed with them . In May , 1657 , one Newcombe issued a weekly newspaper , The Public Adver- tiser , which consisted almost wholly of ...
... quoted , is the puff of a new publication . As newspapers grew apace , the art of advertising developed with them . In May , 1657 , one Newcombe issued a weekly newspaper , The Public Adver- tiser , which consisted almost wholly of ...
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... quoted a flattering German version , Aller Ehren Ist Oesterreich Voll , ( " Austria is crowned with all honor , " ) but it is recorded that he had to remove an equally unflattering inscription in the Burg , Aller Erst Ist Oesterreich ...
... quoted a flattering German version , Aller Ehren Ist Oesterreich Voll , ( " Austria is crowned with all honor , " ) but it is recorded that he had to remove an equally unflattering inscription in the Burg , Aller Erst Ist Oesterreich ...
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... quoted in the New English Dictionary , sub voce , the word was " suggested by Prof. Huxley at a party held previous to the formation of the now defunct Metaphysical Society , at Mr. James Knowles's house on Clapham Common , one evening ...
... quoted in the New English Dictionary , sub voce , the word was " suggested by Prof. Huxley at a party held previous to the formation of the now defunct Metaphysical Society , at Mr. James Knowles's house on Clapham Common , one evening ...
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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.