Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 Seiten |
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... Verse . — Alliteration . — Acrostic ; artificial arrange- ment of this old - fashioned , yet still popular form of verse ; sometimes doubled in the middle or reversed in the end , as in the telistich ; some- times used to point ...
... Verse . — Alliteration . — Acrostic ; artificial arrange- ment of this old - fashioned , yet still popular form of verse ; sometimes doubled in the middle or reversed in the end , as in the telistich ; some- times used to point ...
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... Verse . 73 HE writing of macaronic poetry , " says Hallam , ( Middle Ages , ) " is a folly with which every nation has been inoculated in its turn . ” — The sandwiching or intermingling of one language with an- other said to bear the ...
... Verse . 73 HE writing of macaronic poetry , " says Hallam , ( Middle Ages , ) " is a folly with which every nation has been inoculated in its turn . ” — The sandwiching or intermingling of one language with an- other said to bear the ...
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... verse of those who know how to use them . " - Lines on the " power of short words . " . 98 A The Bible . CCURACY of ... verses in homely phrase that were popular three and a half centuries ago . - Legend of the fair - haired boy of ...
... verse of those who know how to use them . " - Lines on the " power of short words . " . 98 A The Bible . CCURACY of ... verses in homely phrase that were popular three and a half centuries ago . - Legend of the fair - haired boy of ...
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... verse ; especially noticeable is the Plaint of the Old Pauper , Book - Larceny , the Vegetable Girl , Epitaph on an Old Horse , and a Grand Scheme of Emigration . - In Theodore Hook's " Perilous Practice of Punning , " the humorist is ...
... verse ; especially noticeable is the Plaint of the Old Pauper , Book - Larceny , the Vegetable Girl , Epitaph on an Old Horse , and a Grand Scheme of Emigration . - In Theodore Hook's " Perilous Practice of Punning , " the humorist is ...
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... verse of irregular metre , as shown in his descriptions of Nelly's funeral , and Niagara . — Involuntary versification in our transla- tion of the Bible . - Amusing instances of unintentional rhyming .. 223 The Humors of Versification ...
... verse of irregular metre , as shown in his descriptions of Nelly's funeral , and Niagara . — Involuntary versification in our transla- tion of the Bible . - Amusing instances of unintentional rhyming .. 223 The Humors of Versification ...
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