Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life: Designed as a Manual of General Information, Volume 2The author, 1889 - 393 pages |
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... written while their authors were in captivity or exile ? Page 119 . 63. What work of art in Rome is an object of special hatred to the Jews ? Page 121 . 64. What is the origin of drinking healths ? Page 125 . 65. Who suppressed the ...
... written while their authors were in captivity or exile ? Page 119 . 63. What work of art in Rome is an object of special hatred to the Jews ? Page 121 . 64. What is the origin of drinking healths ? Page 125 . 65. Who suppressed the ...
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... from peon , an attendant or foot soldier ( Latin pes ) . The books written . upon the subject of chess alone would form a library of consider- able size . dif- 9 . " THE ROYAL MURDERESS . " [ Translated 16 CURIOUS QUESTIONS .
... from peon , an attendant or foot soldier ( Latin pes ) . The books written . upon the subject of chess alone would form a library of consider- able size . dif- 9 . " THE ROYAL MURDERESS . " [ Translated 16 CURIOUS QUESTIONS .
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... written nothing else , his name would still have been immortal . All lovers of good litera- ture are familiar with the sad yet beautiful life of the poet ; and there is scarcely any region of England so well CURIOUS QUESTIONS . 27.
... written nothing else , his name would still have been immortal . All lovers of good litera- ture are familiar with the sad yet beautiful life of the poet ; and there is scarcely any region of England so well CURIOUS QUESTIONS . 27.
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... written in 1785 . During one of his fits of depression , Lady Austen , to divert him , proposed that he should write something in blank verse . " Set me a task , then , " said he . “ O , you can write on anything ; take that sofa ...
... written in 1785 . During one of his fits of depression , Lady Austen , to divert him , proposed that he should write something in blank verse . " Set me a task , then , " said he . “ O , you can write on anything ; take that sofa ...
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... written , as well as spoken , in the plain of Latium , in the third century B. C. But the conquering armies of Rome soon carried a knowledge of the Roman or Latin tongue to the utmost boundaries of the known world , and the Latin ...
... written , as well as spoken , in the plain of Latium , in the third century B. C. But the conquering armies of Rome soon carried a knowledge of the Roman or Latin tongue to the utmost boundaries of the known world , and the Latin ...
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Page 27 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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