Literary Frivolities, Fancies, Follies and FrolicsChatto and Windus, 1880 - 288 strán (strany) |
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... writers , more particularly in former times , various curious styles of composi- tion were much in favour - one , for instance , would have a predilection for composing verses with the omission in each stanza of a particular letter ...
... writers , more particularly in former times , various curious styles of composi- tion were much in favour - one , for instance , would have a predilection for composing verses with the omission in each stanza of a particular letter ...
Strana 11
... writing so small that their work appeared to the naked eye only as a mere wavy line . Laborious ingenuity of these various kinds , so far from being discouraged , was rather pleasur- ably indulged in by some of our ancient writers , of ...
... writing so small that their work appeared to the naked eye only as a mere wavy line . Laborious ingenuity of these various kinds , so far from being discouraged , was rather pleasur- ably indulged in by some of our ancient writers , of ...
Strana 12
... writers , Peter Bales , an eminent writing - master of his day , who kept a school near the Old Bailey during the time of Elizabeth , may be said to have been facile princeps . We are told in the Harleian MS . 530 , of " a rare piece of ...
... writers , Peter Bales , an eminent writing - master of his day , who kept a school near the Old Bailey during the time of Elizabeth , may be said to have been facile princeps . We are told in the Harleian MS . 530 , of " a rare piece of ...
Strana 13
... writing of almost if not quite as minute character as this , seeing that the Ten Commandments have been written in a compass small enough to be covered by a fourpenny piece ! An account is preserved in an old " Monthly Magazine " of a ...
... writing of almost if not quite as minute character as this , seeing that the Ten Commandments have been written in a compass small enough to be covered by a fourpenny piece ! An account is preserved in an old " Monthly Magazine " of a ...
Strana 15
... writing , the almost in- credible feat is recorded of placing the Lord's Prayer , the Creed , seven of the Commandments , the 103d , 133d , and 144th Psalms , with name and date , within the circumference of a sixpence ! while another ...
... writing , the almost in- credible feat is recorded of placing the Lord's Prayer , the Creed , seven of the Commandments , the 103d , 133d , and 144th Psalms , with name and date , within the circumference of a sixpence ! while another ...
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