The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... least , been doubled within the term men- tioned . The existence of a rational and improvable creature , is not to be measured by years and months , but by ideas and sensations - by what we can see , enjoy , learn , and accomplish ...
... least , been doubled within the term men- tioned . The existence of a rational and improvable creature , is not to be measured by years and months , but by ideas and sensations - by what we can see , enjoy , learn , and accomplish ...
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... least , pay the 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 ...
... least , pay the 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 ...
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... least to the greatest . " Heb . viii . 10 , 11 . It is to be feared , that the conduct of the Europeans among savage nations , especially if we recollect the horrors of the slave trade , will plead much more pow- erfully than the Gospel ...
... least to the greatest . " Heb . viii . 10 , 11 . It is to be feared , that the conduct of the Europeans among savage nations , especially if we recollect the horrors of the slave trade , will plead much more pow- erfully than the Gospel ...
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... teacher , a sensual instead of an intel- lectual gratification , its corruption , or at least its application to less ennobling purposes , had already commenced . As the art of music , strictly so 38 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... teacher , a sensual instead of an intel- lectual gratification , its corruption , or at least its application to less ennobling purposes , had already commenced . As the art of music , strictly so 38 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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... least , a delightful one ; and , for my own part- " malim cum Platone errare , quam cum aliis rectè sentire ” —where the error is of so consolatory and elevating a description . An optimist may be wrong , but presumption and religion ...
... least , a delightful one ; and , for my own part- " malim cum Platone errare , quam cum aliis rectè sentire ” —where the error is of so consolatory and elevating a description . An optimist may be wrong , but presumption and religion ...
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