The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... prolongation of their quarrel . " Strange , ” says Old Fuller in his " Worthies , " " that reason continuing always the same , law , grounded thereon , should B 3 HEADS AND TALES . 5 replies, "The substantive part of it, whether ...
... prolongation of their quarrel . " Strange , ” says Old Fuller in his " Worthies , " " that reason continuing always the same , law , grounded thereon , should B 3 HEADS AND TALES . 5 replies, "The substantive part of it, whether ...
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... reason , but upon the artifices of pettifoggers , and therefore its perversions and metamorphoses are infinite . In Republicâ corruptissimâ plurimæ leges . When Justinian compiled his Institutes , the writings on the civil law alone ...
... reason , but upon the artifices of pettifoggers , and therefore its perversions and metamorphoses are infinite . In Republicâ corruptissimâ plurimæ leges . When Justinian compiled his Institutes , the writings on the civil law alone ...
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... to die , and too often dies as if it were never to live - the sole being gifted with reason , the only one that acts irrationally : -the nothing of yesterday - the dust of to - morrow . Man is a fleeting 18 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... to die , and too often dies as if it were never to live - the sole being gifted with reason , the only one that acts irrationally : -the nothing of yesterday - the dust of to - morrow . Man is a fleeting 18 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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... reasons ; — first , because it would be superfluous to those who are in the enjoyment of its blessings ; and secondly , because it would be impossible to those who are not . Habituated as we are to the association of doves with loves ...
... reasons ; — first , because it would be superfluous to those who are in the enjoyment of its blessings ; and secondly , because it would be impossible to those who are not . Habituated as we are to the association of doves with loves ...
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... reason , they increase the outward and visible sign , in proportion as they feel them- selves deficient in the inward and spiritual grace . Can we wonder at their sanctimonious looks , and puritanical severity ? Even when they flounder ...
... reason , they increase the outward and visible sign , in proportion as they feel them- selves deficient in the inward and spiritual grace . Can we wonder at their sanctimonious looks , and puritanical severity ? Even when they flounder ...
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