The tin trumpet; or, Heads and tales, for the wise and waggish; to which are added, poetical selections. By the late Paul Chatfield. Ed. by Jefferson Saunders. By H. Smith1871 |
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Horace Smith. mind is so subtle a casuist . A man is sure of his own good word , and if it be the only one he has to expect , he draws upon it the more liberally . Another is worse than himself , or he fancies him to be so , and he ...
Horace Smith. mind is so subtle a casuist . A man is sure of his own good word , and if it be the only one he has to expect , he draws upon it the more liberally . Another is worse than himself , or he fancies him to be so , and he ...
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... sure to agitate the souls of his hearers , as when his own is perfectly at ease . We believe that he may excite without being excited , for the same reason that the most sensitive young lady will remain unmoved at the hundredth re ...
... sure to agitate the souls of his hearers , as when his own is perfectly at ease . We believe that he may excite without being excited , for the same reason that the most sensitive young lady will remain unmoved at the hundredth re ...
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Horace Smith. - accomplished when the days were longest . " " To be sure it was ; I admit that , " cried the ingenious Hibernian . ADULTERER - one who has been guilty of perjury , commonly accompanied with ingratitude and hypocrisy , an ...
Horace Smith. - accomplished when the days were longest . " " To be sure it was ; I admit that , " cried the ingenious Hibernian . ADULTERER - one who has been guilty of perjury , commonly accompanied with ingratitude and hypocrisy , an ...
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... sure that you have not given pain in giving advice . We have our revenge for this injustice . If an acquaintance pursue some unfortunate course , in spite of our dissuasions , we feel more gratified by the confirmation of our evil ...
... sure that you have not given pain in giving advice . We have our revenge for this injustice . If an acquaintance pursue some unfortunate course , in spite of our dissuasions , we feel more gratified by the confirmation of our evil ...
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... sure that he will not sigh for the death of the incumbent , because he sighs for his living ? If not , religion , reason , and justice , seem equally to require that the temptation of saleable advowsons should be removed from his path ...
... sure that he will not sigh for the death of the incumbent , because he sighs for his living ? If not , religion , reason , and justice , seem equally to require that the temptation of saleable advowsons should be removed from his path ...
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