The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... fears are vain , And if they do - fear but augments the pain . " MEMORY . - Rochefoucauld says , 66 Every one complains of his memory , no one of his judgment . " And why ? Because we consider the former as de- pending upon nature ; and ...
... fears are vain , And if they do - fear but augments the pain . " MEMORY . - Rochefoucauld says , 66 Every one complains of his memory , no one of his judgment . " And why ? Because we consider the former as de- pending upon nature ; and ...
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... fear of being immoral , as for a man to cut off his hands for fear he should steal . When that is done , he has no longer any merit , for though it is out of his power to steal , he may all his life be a thief in his heart . All ...
... fear of being immoral , as for a man to cut off his hands for fear he should steal . When that is done , he has no longer any merit , for though it is out of his power to steal , he may all his life be a thief in his heart . All ...
Page 72
... fear , " said a country curate to his flock— " when I explained to you in my last charity sermon , that Philanthropy was the love of our species , you must have understood me to say specie , which may account for the smallness of the ...
... fear , " said a country curate to his flock— " when I explained to you in my last charity sermon , that Philanthropy was the love of our species , you must have understood me to say specie , which may account for the smallness of the ...
Page 77
... fear of giving offence is the greatest of all offences . Of this , a ludicrous instance was afforded at the time of the riots , in 1780 , when every one was obliged to chalk " No Popery " upon the wall of his house , in order to protect ...
... fear of giving offence is the greatest of all offences . Of this , a ludicrous instance was afforded at the time of the riots , in 1780 , when every one was obliged to chalk " No Popery " upon the wall of his house , in order to protect ...
Page 90
... fear it should be abused , and engender maladies ; a shrewd and notable reason , well worthy of a modern Attorney- general . PRIDE . " My brethren , " said Swift in a sermon , " there are three sorts of pride - of birth , of riches ...
... fear it should be abused , and engender maladies ; a shrewd and notable reason , well worthy of a modern Attorney- general . PRIDE . " My brethren , " said Swift in a sermon , " there are three sorts of pride - of birth , of riches ...
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