The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... England . Adverting to the reigns of Trajan and Aurelius , Tacitus says- " Rara temporum felicitate , ubi sentire quæ velis , et quæ sentias dicere licet . " - " By the rare happiness of those days you might think what you wished , and ...
... England . Adverting to the reigns of Trajan and Aurelius , Tacitus says- " Rara temporum felicitate , ubi sentire quæ velis , et quæ sentias dicere licet . " - " By the rare happiness of those days you might think what you wished , and ...
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... England alone , per- form the work of many millions of men , and thus leading us to the cheering hope that iron and steam may eventually supersede , to a considerable degree , the employment of human and animal bones and muscles , so ...
... England alone , per- form the work of many millions of men , and thus leading us to the cheering hope that iron and steam may eventually supersede , to a considerable degree , the employment of human and animal bones and muscles , so ...
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... England , the Muses should not attain their due honours . " Impossible ! " cried a whist - playing old lady " They are nine , and of course cannot reckon honours . " - A gentleman MUSIC.- " Music , like man himself , derives all its ...
... England , the Muses should not attain their due honours . " Impossible ! " cried a whist - playing old lady " They are nine , and of course cannot reckon honours . " - A gentleman MUSIC.- " Music , like man himself , derives all its ...
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... and luxurious lives , at places of fashionable resort , either in England or upon the Continent , without ever dreaming of their flock , except as to the best mode of fleecing them , boast , nevertheless HEADS AND TALES . 45.
... and luxurious lives , at places of fashionable resort , either in England or upon the Continent , without ever dreaming of their flock , except as to the best mode of fleecing them , boast , nevertheless HEADS AND TALES . 45.
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... ENGLAND , of H , as one of his parishioners very logically remarked , is the only divine who has a valid excuse for non - residence , and always employing curates , since we have the authority of Lord Nelson for asserting , that " ENGLAND ...
... ENGLAND , of H , as one of his parishioners very logically remarked , is the only divine who has a valid excuse for non - residence , and always employing curates , since we have the authority of Lord Nelson for asserting , that " ENGLAND ...
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