The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... become singu- lar . The verb " to love " is declined , not conjugated . Stan- dard words , to which the utmost importance was attached by VOL . I. 2 the wisdom of our ancestors , such , for instance THE TIN TRUMPET; ...
... become singu- lar . The verb " to love " is declined , not conjugated . Stan- dard words , to which the utmost importance was attached by VOL . I. 2 the wisdom of our ancestors , such , for instance THE TIN TRUMPET; ...
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... become ! Exteriorly , we are not a filthy people . We throw so much dirt at our neighbours , that we have none left for ourselves . We are only unclean in our hearts and lives . As occasional squalor , is the worst evil of poverty and ...
... become ! Exteriorly , we are not a filthy people . We throw so much dirt at our neighbours , that we have none left for ourselves . We are only unclean in our hearts and lives . As occasional squalor , is the worst evil of poverty and ...
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... become great by gormandising , to masticate his way to the Mansion - house , and thus , like a mouse in a cheese , to provide for himself a large dwelling , by continually eating . His talent is in his jaws ; and like a miller , the ...
... become great by gormandising , to masticate his way to the Mansion - house , and thus , like a mouse in a cheese , to provide for himself a large dwelling , by continually eating . His talent is in his jaws ; and like a miller , the ...
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... becomes narrower and more insignifi- cant , as we ascend to its source . The stream of ancestry , on the contrary , often vigorous , pure , and powerful at its fountain head , usually becomes more feeble , shallow , and corrupt as it ...
... becomes narrower and more insignifi- cant , as we ascend to its source . The stream of ancestry , on the contrary , often vigorous , pure , and powerful at its fountain head , usually becomes more feeble , shallow , and corrupt as it ...
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... become the worst , we might wonder that the Chris- tian religion should have ever generated a sect , whose doc- trines are professedly anti - moral . Many , however , are still to be found , who , maintaining that the moral law is ...
... become the worst , we might wonder that the Chris- tian religion should have ever generated a sect , whose doc- trines are professedly anti - moral . Many , however , are still to be found , who , maintaining that the moral law is ...
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