Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-Fields of Literature

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BoD – Books on Demand, 28. 1. 2024 - 868 strán (strany)
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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T IIE literary follies known as Lipogrammata and Pangrammata In the first a particular letter is dropped in the second all
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Palindromes
59
Puritan Peculiarities
150
Tall Writing
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Blunders
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Sorts of the pres illiction How novelists sometimes forget LIPS of the press illustrations of typographic error Mistakes
263
Triumphs of Ingenuity
395
EVERRIERS discovery of the planet Neptune Lescarbeaults discovery of the intraMercurial planet Vulcan Columbus lucky
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Epigrams
515
Empromptus
528
Churchyard Literature
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THE THE strange inscriptions on old English tavern signboards Their corruptions and meanings Taproom and beerjug mottoes In
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Parallel Passages
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THE HE oldest proverb A Calvinistic ladys blunder anticipated by Shakspeares Aguecheek Cinderella in the person of Rhodopis
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Historical Memoranda
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Multum in Parvo
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