Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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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 of ...
... 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 of ...
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... quoted is directly traversed by the French , " The absent are always in the wrong , " and " Absent , none without fault ; present , none without excuse . " And every language furnishes examples to support this : e.g. , the Greek ...
... quoted is directly traversed by the French , " The absent are always in the wrong , " and " Absent , none without fault ; present , none without excuse . " And every language furnishes examples to support this : e.g. , the Greek ...
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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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... quoted and requoted only to be furiously combated in every Yankee - doodle article that attempted to blazon forth the literary glories of the New World . Of recent years , since our literary men have really begun to be a glory to the ...
... quoted and requoted only to be furiously combated in every Yankee - doodle article that attempted to blazon forth the literary glories of the New World . Of recent years , since our literary men have really begun to be a glory to the ...
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