10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPERZAND»
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amperzand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
amperzand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Or all the types in a printer's hand, Commend me to the Amperzand, For he's the
gentleman, (seems to me) ( )f the typographical companie. 0 my nice little
Amperzand , My graceful, swanlike Amperzand. Nothing that Cadmus ever
planned ...
No, my nice little Amperzand, Your good for those who're jolly and bland, In days
when letters were dried with sand Old frumps wouldn't use my Amperzand! But
he is dear in old friendship's call, Or when love is laughing through lady-scrawl ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell,
1869
O my nice little Amperzand, My graceful, swanlike Amperzand. Nothing that
Camms ever planned Equals my elegant Amperzand! He's never bothered, like
A. B. C. In Index, Guide, and Directorie: Ho's never stuck on a Peoler's coat, Nor
hung ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell,
1869
Of all the types in a printer's hand, Commend me to the Amperzand, For he's the
gentleman, (seems to me) Of the typographical companie. 0 my nice little
Amperzand, My graceful, swanlike Amperzand. Nothing that Cadmus ever
planned ...
Op all the types in a printer's hand, Commend me to the Amperzand, For he 's the
gentleman, (seems to mc) Of the typographical companie. 0 my nice little
Amperzand, My graceful, swanlike Amperzand. Nothing that Cadmus ever
planned ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor,
1869
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The Ben Johnson papers: or, A rambling and unconnected set ...
Now, the lexicographers are agreed that "Amperzand" resolved into its
constituent parts is "and- per-se = and," the old way of spelling and naming the
character &, i.e. "& by itself = and," as we have seen in the case of A-per-se-A,
and the rest.
Bernard Paul Johnson, Ben Johnson & Company,
1974
7
City news notes and queries [afterw.] Manchester notes and ...
The form "Amperzand " was immortalized by Punch, April 17, 1869, in some^
humorous lines given below. Onez. & Of all the types in a printer's hand, . .
Commend me to the Amperzand, For he's the gentleman (seems to me) Of the ...
Manchester city news, John Howard Nodal,
1880
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The Gentleman's Magazine
Amperzand is also written " ampassy," " ampusand," "ampussy," and " ampus,"
and occurs every now and then in literature, though not an every-day word. Most
people have read Adam Bede as a pleasure or a duty, and it may be
remembered ...
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The Gentleman's Magazine
Amperzand is also written " ampassy," "ampusand," "ampussy," and " ampus,"
and occurs every now and then in literature, though not an every-day word. Most
people have read Adam Bede as a pleasure or a duty, and it may be
remembered ...
... on amperzand, 556 Beaver (Rev. James). 476 Funeral of Queen Caroline, 281,
463 Holland (Lord), sonnet, etc., 414 Provincial glossary, 441 " The Mistletoe
Bough," 554 Wigs and the Duke of Wellington, 432 Rankin (James) on the
doctrine ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMPERZAND»
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