The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 2 |
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... have Jesuits enough of all ages , who sigh for the suppressed Inquisition , when- ever a political or religious Galileo promulgates any truth that threatens to interfere with established falsehoods . These THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... have Jesuits enough of all ages , who sigh for the suppressed Inquisition , when- ever a political or religious Galileo promulgates any truth that threatens to interfere with established falsehoods . These THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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... truth , and murderers of fact . They will sometimes attempt to conceal their failing by affecting a scrupulous ad- herence to veracity . B- , who rarely shamed the Devil , once said of his friend , " Jack is a good fellow , but , it ...
... truth , and murderers of fact . They will sometimes attempt to conceal their failing by affecting a scrupulous ad- herence to veracity . B- , who rarely shamed the Devil , once said of his friend , " Jack is a good fellow , but , it ...
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... truth , as well as to an enlightened spirit of humanism , had he reversed the proposition , and exclaimed , in the words of Shakspeare— " There is some soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out ! " Law's ...
... truth , as well as to an enlightened spirit of humanism , had he reversed the proposition , and exclaimed , in the words of Shakspeare— " There is some soul of goodness in things evil , Would men observingly distil it out ! " Law's ...
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... truth , sometimes brings out this universal failing in a manner equally signal and ludicrous . An infant being brought to christen to a country curate , at a time when he was somewhat overcome by early potations , he was unable to find ...
... truth , sometimes brings out this universal failing in a manner equally signal and ludicrous . An infant being brought to christen to a country curate , at a time when he was somewhat overcome by early potations , he was unable to find ...
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... Truth has produced hatred ; Success , pride ; Security , danger ; and Fami- liarity , contempt . And , on the contrary , four bad mothers have produced as many good daughters , for Astronomy is the offspring of astrology ; Chymistry of ...
... Truth has produced hatred ; Success , pride ; Security , danger ; and Fami- liarity , contempt . And , on the contrary , four bad mothers have produced as many good daughters , for Astronomy is the offspring of astrology ; Chymistry of ...
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