The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... 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 to the cheering hope that iron and ...
... 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 to the cheering hope that iron and ...
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... look dis- consolate , such of the neighbours as had grown up daughters and cousins came to him , and kindly im- plored him not to be inconsolable , as they could give him a second wife . " Six weeks after , " says Maitre Jean , “ I lost ...
... look dis- consolate , such of the neighbours as had grown up daughters and cousins came to him , and kindly im- plored him not to be inconsolable , as they could give him a second wife . " Six weeks after , " says Maitre Jean , “ I lost ...
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... looks , and puritanical severity ? Even when they flounder and fail in their hypocrisy , they would persuade us that their very blunders proceed from a heavenly impulse . They remind one of the fat friar , who being about to mount his ...
... looks , and puritanical severity ? Even when they flounder and fail in their hypocrisy , they would persuade us that their very blunders proceed from a heavenly impulse . They remind one of the fat friar , who being about to mount his ...
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... look like an European , than we have for giving him an African complexion . NOBLEMAN - One who is indebted to his an- cestors for a name and an estate , and sometimes to himself , for being unworthy of both . It was said of an ...
... look like an European , than we have for giving him an African complexion . NOBLEMAN - One who is indebted to his an- cestors for a name and an estate , and sometimes to himself , for being unworthy of both . It was said of an ...
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... look black when it was read . - PIC - NIC — The most unpleasant of all parties of pleasure . If sick of home and luxuries , You want a new sensation , And sigh for the unwonted ease Of unaccommodation , - If you would taste , as amateur ...
... look black when it was read . - PIC - NIC — The most unpleasant of all parties of pleasure . If sick of home and luxuries , You want a new sensation , And sigh for the unwonted ease Of unaccommodation , - If you would taste , as amateur ...
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