The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... happiness of man- kind , they would rather cry out , with Macbeth , - " Come , thick night , And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell , That my keen knife see not the wound it makes , Nor Heaven peep through the blanket of the dark ...
... happiness of man- kind , they would rather cry out , with Macbeth , - " Come , thick night , And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell , That my keen knife see not the wound it makes , Nor Heaven peep through the blanket of the dark ...
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... happiness of those days you might think what you wished , and speak as you thought . " LIBELLERS - Literary bravos , supported by illiterate cowards . If the receiver of stolen goods be worse than the thief , so must the purchaser of ...
... happiness of those days you might think what you wished , and speak as you thought . " LIBELLERS - Literary bravos , supported by illiterate cowards . If the receiver of stolen goods be worse than the thief , so must the purchaser of ...
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... happiness , for two reasons ; — first , because it would be superfluous to those who are in the enjoyment of its blessings ; and secondly , because it would be impossible to those who are not . Habituated as we are to the association of ...
... happiness , for two reasons ; — first , because it would be superfluous to those who are in the enjoyment of its blessings ; and secondly , because it would be impossible to those who are not . Habituated as we are to the association of ...
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... that the last day of my marriage was as happy as the first . " — " There I surpass you , " said his friend , " for the last day of mine was happier ! " MARTYR - That which all religions have fur- nished in 20 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... that the last day of my marriage was as happy as the first . " — " There I surpass you , " said his friend , " for the last day of mine was happier ! " MARTYR - That which all religions have fur- nished in 20 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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... happiness , Nor judge that mortals best fulfil A bountiful Creator's will , When , with a cheerful gratitude , They taste the pleasures He has strew'd , What can avail the wit , the sage , The love of man , the sacred page , When , by ...
... happiness , Nor judge that mortals best fulfil A bountiful Creator's will , When , with a cheerful gratitude , They taste the pleasures He has strew'd , What can avail the wit , the sage , The love of man , the sacred page , When , by ...
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abuse asked atheism attri authority beauty better biped Bishop Burnet bless cholera Christians Church clergy cried dear death Deity delight divine earth England equally evanescent evil exclaimed eyes fear feel give glories happiness hate head HEADS AND TALES heart heaven Herbert honour hope human Jack-o'-lantern Jean Paul Richter labours lative less light live look Lord Lord G luxury marriage merit mind misanthropical Momus moral mother nature Nebuchadnezzar neighbours never o'er object once opinion ourselves Pat Sullivan perpetual pious pleasure poor pride Primogeniture rare reason reform religion replied rich Robert Boyle says seldom sense silence smile soul spirit Susan sweet Tacitus talents Talleyrand Tantara-ra Tertullian thee thing thou thought tion tithes truth virtues Voltaire whole words writing wrong