The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... interest of the judicial minister in opposition to his duty ; so places his interest in opposition to his duty , that in the very proportion in which it serves his ends , it defeats the ends of justice ; a system of self - authorized ...
... interest of the judicial minister in opposition to his duty ; so places his interest in opposition to his duty , that in the very proportion in which it serves his ends , it defeats the ends of justice ; a system of self - authorized ...
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... interest . " No , " said the wag ; " it is not my interest to pay the principal , nor my principle to pay the interest . " Though he had previously hated the man for his vulgar importunity , it is recorded that he took him into favour ...
... interest . " No , " said the wag ; " it is not my interest to pay the principal , nor my principle to pay the interest . " Though he had previously hated the man for his vulgar importunity , it is recorded that he took him into favour ...
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... interest and influence . " So entirely do I agree with the writer from whom the above extract is taken , that I have often rode . back after a morning concert , to my residence in the country , that I might enjoy the superior pleasures ...
... interest and influence . " So entirely do I agree with the writer from whom the above extract is taken , that I have often rode . back after a morning concert , to my residence in the country , that I might enjoy the superior pleasures ...
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... interest in his congregation , he made it a rule , in every sermon , to say something that was above their capacity . There is a glorious epoch of our existence , wherein the comprehensible appears common and insipid , and in abandoning ...
... interest in his congregation , he made it a rule , in every sermon , to say something that was above their capacity . There is a glorious epoch of our existence , wherein the comprehensible appears common and insipid , and in abandoning ...
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... interest in upholding abuses of every description , and in mono- polizing for their own order , and by an undue in- fluence , those employments which ought to be open to merit , and to candidates of every class . What can we then expect ...
... interest in upholding abuses of every description , and in mono- polizing for their own order , and by an undue in- fluence , those employments which ought to be open to merit , and to candidates of every class . What can we then expect ...
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