The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... death of his wife , and , subsequently , of his only child , to both of whom he had been most tenderly attached , Dr. Chatfield sought relief from sorrow by frequent changes of scene , and found such alleviation of mind in wandering ...
... death of his wife , and , subsequently , of his only child , to both of whom he had been most tenderly attached , Dr. Chatfield sought relief from sorrow by frequent changes of scene , and found such alleviation of mind in wandering ...
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... death of the incumbent , be- cause he sighs for his living ? If not , religion , reason , and justice , seem equally to require that the temptation of sale- able advowsons should be removed from his path , and that these spiritual ...
... death of the incumbent , be- cause he sighs for his living ? If not , religion , reason , and justice , seem equally to require that the temptation of sale- able advowsons should be removed from his path , and that these spiritual ...
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... death give his body to earth , whence it rose , And his spirit to Jove , who bestowed it . " AGE - old - an infirmity which nobody knows . Nothing can exceed our early impatience to escape from youth to manhood , and appear older than ...
... death give his body to earth , whence it rose , And his spirit to Jove , who bestowed it . " AGE - old - an infirmity which nobody knows . Nothing can exceed our early impatience to escape from youth to manhood , and appear older than ...
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... death , embittering the reflection , that the more we have gained , the more we have to relinquish . Aspiring to nothing but humi- lity , the wise man will make it the height of his ambition to be unambitious . As he cannot effect all ...
... death , embittering the reflection , that the more we have gained , the more we have to relinquish . Aspiring to nothing but humi- lity , the wise man will make it the height of his ambition to be unambitious . As he cannot effect all ...
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... death , than borrow of his friends in his lifetime . There are more excuses for this " old gentlemanly vice , " than the world is willing to admit . Its professors have the honour of agreeing with Vespasian , that— " Auri bonus est odor ...
... death , than borrow of his friends in his lifetime . There are more excuses for this " old gentlemanly vice , " than the world is willing to admit . Its professors have the honour of agreeing with Vespasian , that— " Auri bonus est odor ...
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