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Page 137
... reading it , he remarked that he thought he could puzzle you , and the next day he handed me the cryptograph which I ... readers some clue to the cipher . ) • As ever , yours , & c . , F. W. THOMAS . CHAS . S. FRAILEY . SECRET WRITING ...
... reading it , he remarked that he thought he could puzzle you , and the next day he handed me the cryptograph which I ... readers some clue to the cipher . ) • As ever , yours , & c . , F. W. THOMAS . CHAS . S. FRAILEY . SECRET WRITING ...
Page 149
... readers will , no doubt , take up the gauntlet thrown down ; and our pages shall be open for any communication on the subject , which shall not tax our own abilities or time . - In speaking of our hundred thousand readers ( and we can ...
... readers will , no doubt , take up the gauntlet thrown down ; and our pages shall be open for any communication on the subject , which shall not tax our own abilities or time . - In speaking of our hundred thousand readers ( and we can ...
Page 238
... readers of " Christabel , " fifty will be able to make nothing of its rhythm , while forty - nine of the remaining fifty will , with some ado , fancy they comprehend it , after the fourth or fifth perusal . The one out of the whole ...
... readers of " Christabel , " fifty will be able to make nothing of its rhythm , while forty - nine of the remaining fifty will , with some ado , fancy they comprehend it , after the fourth or fifth perusal . The one out of the whole ...
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Maelzels ChessPlayer | 6 |
Preface and Introduction to the Conchologists | 95 |
The Philosophy of Furniture | 101 |
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