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Pagina 215
... were several satires and panegyrics hand- ed about in acrostic , by which means some of the most arrant undisputed blockheads about the town began to entertain ambitious thoughts , and to set up for polite NO . 58 . 215 THE SPECTATOR .
... were several satires and panegyrics hand- ed about in acrostic , by which means some of the most arrant undisputed blockheads about the town began to entertain ambitious thoughts , and to set up for polite NO . 58 . 215 THE SPECTATOR .
Pagina 217
... acrostic land ; There may'st thou wings display , and altars raise , And torture one poor word a thousand ways . This fashion of false wit was revived by several poets of the last age , and in particular may be met with among Mr ...
... acrostic land ; There may'st thou wings display , and altars raise , And torture one poor word a thousand ways . This fashion of false wit was revived by several poets of the last age , and in particular may be met with among Mr ...
Pagina 222
... gain those meagre looks , And sacrifice your dinner to your books ? ANAGRAMS , ACROSTICS , & c . C. SEVERAL kinds of false wit that vanished in the refined ages of the world , discovered themselves again in the 222 NO . SOL THE SPECTATOR :
... gain those meagre looks , And sacrifice your dinner to your books ? ANAGRAMS , ACROSTICS , & c . C. SEVERAL kinds of false wit that vanished in the refined ages of the world , discovered themselves again in the 222 NO . SOL THE SPECTATOR :
Pagina 224
... acrostics , when the principal letters stand two or three deep . I have seen some of them where the verses have not only been edged by a name at each extremity , but have had the same name running down like a seam through the middle of ...
... acrostics , when the principal letters stand two or three deep . I have seen some of them where the verses have not only been edged by a name at each extremity , but have had the same name running down like a seam through the middle of ...
Pagina 229
... acrostics handed about the town with great secrecy and applause ; to which I must also add a little epigram called the Witches Prayer , that fell into verse when it was read either backward or forward , excepting only that it cursed one ...
... acrostics handed about the town with great secrecy and applause ; to which I must also add a little epigram called the Witches Prayer , that fell into verse when it was read either backward or forward , excepting only that it cursed one ...
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