The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... asked by the coun- sel , " How old are you ? " . I am dirty . " - " " And what is your wife ? " - " Mine wife is dirty - two . " — " Then , Sir , you are a very nasty couple , and I wish to have nothing further to say to either of you ...
... asked by the coun- sel , " How old are you ? " . I am dirty . " - " " And what is your wife ? " - " Mine wife is dirty - two . " — " Then , Sir , you are a very nasty couple , and I wish to have nothing further to say to either of you ...
Page 37
... asked a counsel of a witness . " No , Sir , in Devon- shire , " was the reply . " Young woman , " said a magistrate to a girl who was about to be sworn , why do you hold the book upside down ? " — " I am obliged , Sir , because I am ...
... asked a counsel of a witness . " No , Sir , in Devon- shire , " was the reply . " Young woman , " said a magistrate to a girl who was about to be sworn , why do you hold the book upside down ? " — " I am obliged , Sir , because I am ...
Page 60
... asked Boswell of Dr. Johnson . " Is there not some danger that he may put on the same mask in common life , in the intercourse with his friends ? " — Why no , Sir , " replied the Doctor . " A man will no more carry the artifice of the ...
... asked Boswell of Dr. Johnson . " Is there not some danger that he may put on the same mask in common life , in the intercourse with his friends ? " — Why no , Sir , " replied the Doctor . " A man will no more carry the artifice of the ...
Page 63
... asked , " do you ap- préhend rivers to have been intended ? ” . — " To feed navigable canals , " was the reply . Dr. Johnson maintained , that there was no beauty without utility , but he was not provided with a rejoinder , when the ...
... asked , " do you ap- préhend rivers to have been intended ? ” . — " To feed navigable canals , " was the reply . Dr. Johnson maintained , that there was no beauty without utility , but he was not provided with a rejoinder , when the ...
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... asked why he had commanded offerings of such little value to be made to the Gods , replied " In order that we may not cease to honour them . " We have pursued a contrary course with our Episcopal Gods , and the honour they receive is ...
... asked why he had commanded offerings of such little value to be made to the Gods , replied " In order that we may not cease to honour them . " We have pursued a contrary course with our Episcopal Gods , and the honour they receive is ...
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