The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... nature , without discriminating cause from effect . They believed the elements themselves to be animated ; and why should they not be ? -All of them have motion and a voice - the great constitu- ents of vitality : and , if not ...
... nature , without discriminating cause from effect . They believed the elements themselves to be animated ; and why should they not be ? -All of them have motion and a voice - the great constitu- ents of vitality : and , if not ...
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... nature . Pleasant enough was the magnanimity of the person who , being reproached with not having re- venged himself of a caning he had received , ex- claimed , " Sir , I never meddle with what passes behind my back ! " MAN - An image ...
... nature . Pleasant enough was the magnanimity of the person who , being reproached with not having re- venged himself of a caning he had received , ex- claimed , " Sir , I never meddle with what passes behind my back ! " MAN - An image ...
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... Nature's intentions and wishes , and then endeavouring to sub- stitute man's . MELANCHOLY - Ingratitude to Heaven.- O impious ingrates ! cast your eyes On the fair earth - the seas - the skies , And if the vision fail to prove A Maker ...
... Nature's intentions and wishes , and then endeavouring to sub- stitute man's . MELANCHOLY - Ingratitude to Heaven.- O impious ingrates ! cast your eyes On the fair earth - the seas - the skies , And if the vision fail to prove A Maker ...
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... nature ; and the latter upon ourselves . Alleged want of memory is a most convenient refuge for our self - love , since we can always throw it as a cloak over our ignorance . It is astonishing how much people are in the habit of ...
... nature ; and the latter upon ourselves . Alleged want of memory is a most convenient refuge for our self - love , since we can always throw it as a cloak over our ignorance . It is astonishing how much people are in the habit of ...
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... nature , that in old age the memory enjoys a second spring - a second childhood , and that while we forget all passing occurrences , many of which are but painful conco- mitants of old age , we have a vivid and delightful recollection ...
... nature , that in old age the memory enjoys a second spring - a second childhood , and that while we forget all passing occurrences , many of which are but painful conco- mitants of old age , we have a vivid and delightful recollection ...
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