Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta, Curious, Humorous, and InstructiveT.N. Kurtz, 1860 - 527 oldal |
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24. oldal
... acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost wholly an exercise of inge- nuity , and has been considered fit only for trivial subjects , to be classed among nugæ literariæ . The word in its ...
... acrostic , though an old and favorite form of verse , in our own language has been almost wholly an exercise of inge- nuity , and has been considered fit only for trivial subjects , to be classed among nugæ literariæ . The word in its ...
25. oldal
... Acrostic ; where , from the first letters of each verse in order , words are formed which express some particular meaning ; as is the case with some of Ennius's verses , the initial letters of which make ' which Ennius wrote ...
... Acrostic ; where , from the first letters of each verse in order , words are formed which express some particular meaning ; as is the case with some of Ennius's verses , the initial letters of which make ' which Ennius wrote ...
29. oldal
... ACROSTIC . THE following alliterative acrostic is a gem 3 * ALPHABETICAL WHIMS . 29 29.
... ACROSTIC . THE following alliterative acrostic is a gem 3 * ALPHABETICAL WHIMS . 29 29.
30. oldal
... ACROSTIC . THE following alliterative acrostic is a gem in its way . Miss Kitty Stephens was the celebrated London vocalist , and is now the Dowager Countess of Essex : — S he sings so soft , so sweet , so soothing still That to the ...
... ACROSTIC . THE following alliterative acrostic is a gem in its way . Miss Kitty Stephens was the celebrated London vocalist , and is now the Dowager Countess of Essex : — S he sings so soft , so sweet , so soothing still That to the ...
31. oldal
... acrostic , intended formerly to point out the burial - place of a Christian , without revealing the fact to the pagan persecutors . The Greek word for fish is 7005 , which the Christians understood to mean Jesus Christ , the Son of God ...
... acrostic , intended formerly to point out the burial - place of a Christian , without revealing the fact to the pagan persecutors . The Greek word for fish is 7005 , which the Christians understood to mean Jesus Christ , the Son of God ...
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acrostic ancient answer appeared asked Baillée Bayard Taylor beauty Bible body Cæsar called cauterized centenarians church court curious Dean Swift death died doth earth Echo England English English language eyes fair father feet fool four France French gentleman give hand hath head hear heart heaven holy honor Humphry Davy hundred invented Irenæus Jesus John Joseph Scaliger King lady Latin learned legs letter lines live London look Lord Lord's Prayer married miles Miss Moscow Muretus never night o'er origin pain Pasquin PASQUINADE person poet Prayer Psalm rain remarkable replied rhyme Riddle rise rix-dollars rocking stone seven days sleep soul stars stone street pops tell thee thing thou thought thousand tion took unto verses wife wine word write written wrote young Есно
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488. oldal - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
507. oldal - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over."* — Church History.
436. oldal - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
375. oldal - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
219. oldal - Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
487. oldal - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
365. oldal - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
336. oldal - More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness...
73. oldal - We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best...
337. oldal - But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...