The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... once : keep it there ! -it may be some time before you get another . " ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT - There is a simplicity and unity in despotism , which is not without its advantages , if every despot were to be a Titus or a Vespasian - to ...
... once : keep it there ! -it may be some time before you get another . " ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT - There is a simplicity and unity in despotism , which is not without its advantages , if every despot were to be a Titus or a Vespasian - to ...
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... once well re- proved by Voltaire , who happened to be in company with a fanatical old lady during a violent thunder storm , when she screamed out , that the house would be dashed to pieces upon their heads on account of his impiety ...
... once well re- proved by Voltaire , who happened to be in company with a fanatical old lady during a violent thunder storm , when she screamed out , that the house would be dashed to pieces upon their heads on account of his impiety ...
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... once appear if we compare the best amateur , with a second or even a third rate professional actor . What miserable mummery are pri- vate theatricals ! At those given last year at Hatfield House , old General G- was pressed by a lady to ...
... once appear if we compare the best amateur , with a second or even a third rate professional actor . What miserable mummery are pri- vate theatricals ! At those given last year at Hatfield House , old General G- was pressed by a lady to ...
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... in exact proportion to their former insignificance . A worthy of this unworthy class was once edifying the French Academy with a most unmer- ciful detail of the comparative prices of commodities at various 38 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
... in exact proportion to their former insignificance . A worthy of this unworthy class was once edifying the French Academy with a most unmer- ciful detail of the comparative prices of commodities at various 38 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
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