The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... opinion ( perhaps the only child of his mind , and cherished accordingly ) is an illegitimate one . Sluggish intellects are ever the most obstinate , for that which it has cost us much to acquire , it costs us much to give up ; and the ...
... opinion ( perhaps the only child of his mind , and cherished accordingly ) is an illegitimate one . Sluggish intellects are ever the most obstinate , for that which it has cost us much to acquire , it costs us much to give up ; and the ...
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... opinion of human nature . Like the workers of tapestry , who always behold the wrong side , they themselves may see nothing but unfinished outlines , coarse materials , crooked ends , and glaring defects , and yet produce a portrait ...
... opinion of human nature . Like the workers of tapestry , who always behold the wrong side , they themselves may see nothing but unfinished outlines , coarse materials , crooked ends , and glaring defects , and yet produce a portrait ...
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... opinion on subjects upon which the missionaries them- selves are at fierce and utter variance ; thus submitting an European controversy of 1800 years to the decision of a synod of savages . Where the missionary begins with civilising ...
... opinion on subjects upon which the missionaries them- selves are at fierce and utter variance ; thus submitting an European controversy of 1800 years to the decision of a synod of savages . Where the missionary begins with civilising ...
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... opinion , I gave you my orders , and I expect them to be obeyed . " It might have been difficult , however , to yield a literal obedience to the adjutant of a volunteer corps , who , being doubtful whether he had distributed muskets to ...
... opinion , I gave you my orders , and I expect them to be obeyed . " It might have been difficult , however , to yield a literal obedience to the adjutant of a volunteer corps , who , being doubtful whether he had distributed muskets to ...
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... tongues , but both have now become dumb . If we wish to know who believes in this Latin word , we must get our Latin answer by reading it back- wards . OPINION - A capricious tyrant , to which many a 56 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... tongues , but both have now become dumb . If we wish to know who believes in this Latin word , we must get our Latin answer by reading it back- wards . OPINION - A capricious tyrant , to which many a 56 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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