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Issue Details: First known date: 1923... July 1923 of Platypus est. 1914-1952 Platypus
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* Contents derived from the 1923 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Nam ... Scientia Potestas Esti"Knowledge is power; thus spake of old the sage,", Graeculus , single work poetry (p. 10)
Adventurei"Along the path you came unheedingly,", Richard Meredith , single work poetry (p. 16)
An Old Dictionary, Rogo , single work essay
The writer compares an eighteenth-century edition of the Webster Dictionary with the Oxford Concise Dictionary and enjoys the former's style, providing examples of amusing definitions and proverbs.
(p. 17-19)
Ghostsi"Mine are horrible, chemical ghosts,", Ionone , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Epitaph upon a Virgini"She had so many lovers, young and old,", Richard Meredith , single work poetry (p. 23)
Epitaph upon a Virgin, Buried near a Flowering Cherry Treei"Let none come nigh but virgins; such was she,", Richard Meredith , single work poetry (p. 37)

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