The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... sound sense and reflection , may well be thrown overboard , when many a member of our Mechanics ' Institutes , possesses useful knowledge that might puzzle a whole convent of college monks . No man Of all learning the most difficult ...
... sound sense and reflection , may well be thrown overboard , when many a member of our Mechanics ' Institutes , possesses useful knowledge that might puzzle a whole convent of college monks . No man Of all learning the most difficult ...
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... sound than to a thought , to supersede sentiment by skill , to become , in short , man's play - fellow , rather than his assistant teacher , a sensual instead of an intel- lectual gratification , its corruption , or at least its ...
... sound than to a thought , to supersede sentiment by skill , to become , in short , man's play - fellow , rather than his assistant teacher , a sensual instead of an intel- lectual gratification , its corruption , or at least its ...
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... sound and sense , which imparted to it its chief interest and influence . " So entirely do I agree with the writer from whom the above extract is taken , that I have often rode . back after a morning concert , to my residence in the ...
... sound and sense , which imparted to it its chief interest and influence . " So entirely do I agree with the writer from whom the above extract is taken , that I have often rode . back after a morning concert , to my residence in the ...
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... , Waft the rapturous soul to the regions above . MUSICIANS - Machines for producing sounds ; human instruments , generally so completely absorbed by their own art , that they are either ignorant 40 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... , Waft the rapturous soul to the regions above . MUSICIANS - Machines for producing sounds ; human instruments , generally so completely absorbed by their own art , that they are either ignorant 40 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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... sound , which , after a few faint echoes , dies , and is buried in oblivious silence . That fleeting noise is our posthumous renown . Living glory is the advantage of being known to those whom you don't know ; -posthumous glory is ...
... sound , which , after a few faint echoes , dies , and is buried in oblivious silence . That fleeting noise is our posthumous renown . Living glory is the advantage of being known to those whom you don't know ; -posthumous glory is ...
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