The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... bond and the very medium of communion between men , is at the same time by the great variety of tongues , the means of severing and estranging nations more than any thing MMA OL CYTILOKMM else . In this respect it may be compared to 2 ...
... bond and the very medium of communion between men , is at the same time by the great variety of tongues , the means of severing and estranging nations more than any thing MMA OL CYTILOKMM else . In this respect it may be compared to 2 ...
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... compared to the Ourang - outang , which according to the travelling show- man , " forms the connecting link which separates mankind from the human race . " LAUGH a horse . - The sorry hack upon which buffoons and jesters are fain to ...
... compared to the Ourang - outang , which according to the travelling show- man , " forms the connecting link which separates mankind from the human race . " LAUGH a horse . - The sorry hack upon which buffoons and jesters are fain to ...
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... A libeller's mouth has been compared to that of a volcano - the lighter portions of what it vomits forth are dissipated by the winds ; the heavier ones fall back into the throat whence they were disgorged . The 10 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... A libeller's mouth has been compared to that of a volcano - the lighter portions of what it vomits forth are dissipated by the winds ; the heavier ones fall back into the throat whence they were disgorged . The 10 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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... compared to fullers ' earth , which , though it may seem to dirt you at first , only leaves you more pure and spotless , when it is rubbed off . LIBRARY - A precious catacomb , wherein are embalmed and preserved imperishably , the great ...
... compared to fullers ' earth , which , though it may seem to dirt you at first , only leaves you more pure and spotless , when it is rubbed off . LIBRARY - A precious catacomb , wherein are embalmed and preserved imperishably , the great ...
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... compared to his re- mote ancestors . Look how we have conquered space and time , and all the elements that surround us , making an impalpable vapour , in England alone , per- form the work of many millions of men , and thus leading us ...
... compared to his re- mote ancestors . Look how we have conquered space and time , and all the elements that surround us , making an impalpable vapour , in England alone , per- form the work of many millions of men , and thus leading us ...
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