The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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Page 26
... present of a mirror to his mistress , sent with it a poetical quatrain , which may be thus para- phrased : · - " This mirror my object of love will unfold , Whensoe'er your regard it allures : - Oh ! would , when I'm gazing , that I ...
... present of a mirror to his mistress , sent with it a poetical quatrain , which may be thus para- phrased : · - " This mirror my object of love will unfold , Whensoe'er your regard it allures : - Oh ! would , when I'm gazing , that I ...
Page 47
... present instance , such objec- tions must be deemed rather captious than analytical . On the whole it is presumed that the reader , who has carefully perused and reconsidered our arguments , will be at little loss to understand the ...
... present instance , such objec- tions must be deemed rather captious than analytical . On the whole it is presumed that the reader , who has carefully perused and reconsidered our arguments , will be at little loss to understand the ...
Page 48
... paniments remain pretty much the same . Trumpets and taxes are the characteristics of the present æra . No security without immense standing armies , no It is a armies without pay , no pay without 48 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... paniments remain pretty much the same . Trumpets and taxes are the characteristics of the present æra . No security without immense standing armies , no It is a armies without pay , no pay without 48 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
Page 60
... present , or what point the structure of our moral fabric has attained ? — Whilst we are all in a vessel that is sailing under sealed orders , we shall do well to confide implicitly in our government and Captain ' . " ORDINATION ...
... present , or what point the structure of our moral fabric has attained ? — Whilst we are all in a vessel that is sailing under sealed orders , we shall do well to confide implicitly in our government and Captain ' . " ORDINATION ...
Page 72
... present contributions , that you are no longer labouring under the same mistake . ” PHYSICIANS - Always cherish a sneaking kind- ness for cooks , as more certain and regular purveyors of patients than plague and pestilence ; and there ...
... present contributions , that you are no longer labouring under the same mistake . ” PHYSICIANS - Always cherish a sneaking kind- ness for cooks , as more certain and regular purveyors of patients than plague and pestilence ; and there ...
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