Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 - 1104 páginas Contains definitions and explanations of many literary terms. |
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... HORACE WALPOLE , Onuphris Muralto , the very imperfect anagram under which he published his " Castle of Otranto , " and the equally imperfect BRYAN WALLER PROCTER , Barry Cornwall , Poet . But the most famous case , and one in which the ...
... HORACE WALPOLE , Onuphris Muralto , the very imperfect anagram under which he published his " Castle of Otranto , " and the equally imperfect BRYAN WALLER PROCTER , Barry Cornwall , Poet . But the most famous case , and one in which the ...
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... Horace Walpole almost used it , for he speaks of a " plate to put in Lady Orford's books " being engraved by George Virtue . Book - plates of an artistic or non - heraldic character are comparatively modern , not to be found , perhaps ...
... Horace Walpole almost used it , for he speaks of a " plate to put in Lady Orford's books " being engraved by George Virtue . Book - plates of an artistic or non - heraldic character are comparatively modern , not to be found , perhaps ...
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... Horace Walpole on the words brook , why , crook , I : I sit with my toes in a brook ; If any one asks me for why , I hits them a rap with my crook ; " ' Tis sentiment kills me , " says I. So prevalent had the amusement become that , in ...
... Horace Walpole on the words brook , why , crook , I : I sit with my toes in a brook ; If any one asks me for why , I hits them a rap with my crook ; " ' Tis sentiment kills me , " says I. So prevalent had the amusement become that , in ...
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... Horace Walpole , an acute man and fond of books , was as bitter and preju- diced as Johnson himself . Perhaps that was one reason why he hated John- son and found nothing better to say of him than that he was a babbling old woman ...
... Horace Walpole , an acute man and fond of books , was as bitter and preju- diced as Johnson himself . Perhaps that was one reason why he hated John- son and found nothing better to say of him than that he was a babbling old woman ...
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... Horace Walpole thought that Mason was a poet " if ever there was one , " and expressed a desire for his acquaintance and that of Christopher Anstey , author of " The New Bath Guide . " He had no thirst , he added , to know the rest of ...
... Horace Walpole thought that Mason was a poet " if ever there was one , " and expressed a desire for his acquaintance and that of Christopher Anstey , author of " The New Bath Guide . " He had no thirst , he added , to know the rest of ...
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