The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... present work , my friend recoiled with an insurmount- able aversion , only consenting to be named President of the Tea Party , on condition that it should consist of both sexes , and be governed by the rules that he had drawn up for its ...
... present work , my friend recoiled with an insurmount- able aversion , only consenting to be named President of the Tea Party , on condition that it should consist of both sexes , and be governed by the rules that he had drawn up for its ...
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... present sense of profound gratitude to the Creator , and an all embracing love of his creatures . His strange , and sometimes startling notions exposed him to occasional attacks of considerable sharpness , which he inva- riably bore ...
... present sense of profound gratitude to the Creator , and an all embracing love of his creatures . His strange , and sometimes startling notions exposed him to occasional attacks of considerable sharpness , which he inva- riably bore ...
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... present opportunity , to request that his Yorkshire and other correspondents will add to my large stock of his amusing letters , by forwarding any that they may possess , to the Pub- lisher of this work , under whose inspection they ...
... present opportunity , to request that his Yorkshire and other correspondents will add to my large stock of his amusing letters , by forwarding any that they may possess , to the Pub- lisher of this work , under whose inspection they ...
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... present tense has no longer the smallest reference to the past , provided it can improve the future . But we have still more startling changes ; -Lady A. is a mascu- line , and Lord B. is a feminine person . What can be expected but ...
... present tense has no longer the smallest reference to the past , provided it can improve the future . But we have still more startling changes ; -Lady A. is a mascu- line , and Lord B. is a feminine person . What can be expected but ...
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... present rulers of Sweden , France , and Belgium , are not the regular inheritors of the crowns they wear , but sovereigns elected by the most powerful of all sovereigns - the people ; while the pseudo - legitimate kings of Portugal and ...
... present rulers of Sweden , France , and Belgium , are not the regular inheritors of the crowns they wear , but sovereigns elected by the most powerful of all sovereigns - the people ; while the pseudo - legitimate kings of Portugal and ...
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