The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... observed in Christian practice . As a man may have a dirty body , and an undefiled mind , so may he have clean hands in a literal , and not in a metaphorical sense . All washes and cosmetics with- out , he may yet labour under a moral ...
... observed in Christian practice . As a man may have a dirty body , and an undefiled mind , so may he have clean hands in a literal , and not in a metaphorical sense . All washes and cosmetics with- out , he may yet labour under a moral ...
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... the last person , " observed the magistrate , " who should have used this opprobrious word , for , if I have been rightly informed , you yourself had 2 * HEADS AND TALES . 17 calculate on being so fortunate as the Turk Mustapha, ...
... the last person , " observed the magistrate , " who should have used this opprobrious word , for , if I have been rightly informed , you yourself had 2 * HEADS AND TALES . 17 calculate on being so fortunate as the Turk Mustapha, ...
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... observe the maxim of Horace - Nec Deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus . The uncharitable forgetfulness of this rule was once well re- proved by Voltaire , who happened to be in company with a fanatical old lady during a violent ...
... observe the maxim of Horace - Nec Deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus . The uncharitable forgetfulness of this rule was once well re- proved by Voltaire , who happened to be in company with a fanatical old lady during a violent ...
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... observed " Then at the time you and I were at school to- gether , you were not born . " ALCHYMIST - The true possessor of the philosopher's stone is the miner , whose iron , copper , and tin are always con- vertible into the more ...
... observed " Then at the time you and I were at school to- gether , you were not born . " ALCHYMIST - The true possessor of the philosopher's stone is the miner , whose iron , copper , and tin are always con- vertible into the more ...
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... observed , " Our friend knows the value of everything , -except time . " We recom- mend this anecdote to the special consideration of the ci- devant members of the Roxburgh Club , as well as to the re- suscitators of the dead lumber of ...
... observed , " Our friend knows the value of everything , -except time . " We recom- mend this anecdote to the special consideration of the ci- devant members of the Roxburgh Club , as well as to the re- suscitators of the dead lumber of ...
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