The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... blind in ourselves , not only individually , but nationally . " Comment ! " exclaims the French sailor in Josephus Molitor , when he saw Ironmonger Lane written on the corner of a street in London , which he read " Irons manger l'ane ...
... blind in ourselves , not only individually , but nationally . " Comment ! " exclaims the French sailor in Josephus Molitor , when he saw Ironmonger Lane written on the corner of a street in London , which he read " Irons manger l'ane ...
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... Blind and ungovernable rage , approaching to the nature of madness , not only obscures the reason , but often paralyses , for the moment , the bodily energies ; a paroxysm which fortunately serves as a protection both to ourselves and ...
... Blind and ungovernable rage , approaching to the nature of madness , not only obscures the reason , but often paralyses , for the moment , the bodily energies ; a paroxysm which fortunately serves as a protection both to ourselves and ...
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... blind antipathy against a politi- cal opponent , that they will disclaim any opinion which he adopts , and adopt those that he disclaims , which , as Bacon pithily observes , " is to make another man's folly the master of your wisdom ...
... blind antipathy against a politi- cal opponent , that they will disclaim any opinion which he adopts , and adopt those that he disclaims , which , as Bacon pithily observes , " is to make another man's folly the master of your wisdom ...
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... , is the real Methuselah and Mentor . To this obvious distinction , nothing can blind us but gross stupidity , or the most miserable cant . To plead the au- thority of the ancients , is to appeal from civilized HEADS AND TALES . 39.
... , is the real Methuselah and Mentor . To this obvious distinction , nothing can blind us but gross stupidity , or the most miserable cant . To plead the au- thority of the ancients , is to appeal from civilized HEADS AND TALES . 39.
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... blind and indiscriminate reve- rence of the painter , provided he be dead , for a judicious ad- miration of his paintings . Our connoisseurs reverse the old adage , and prefer a dead dog to a living lion . They are Antinomian in their ...
... blind and indiscriminate reve- rence of the painter , provided he be dead , for a judicious ad- miration of his paintings . Our connoisseurs reverse the old adage , and prefer a dead dog to a living lion . They are Antinomian in their ...
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