The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... say that my deceased friend had always been an eccen- tric creature , a humorist , an oddity , will scarcely be re- ceived as a sufficient explanation of the quaint title which he has thought proper to affix to his work , and for which ...
... say that my deceased friend had always been an eccen- tric creature , a humorist , an oddity , will scarcely be re- ceived as a sufficient explanation of the quaint title which he has thought proper to affix to his work , and for which ...
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... say Radical notions , I was decidedly opposed to him ; while my reverence for the Established Church , of which I am proud to call myself a member , made the discus- sion of its discipline and tenets , in both of which he maintained the ...
... say Radical notions , I was decidedly opposed to him ; while my reverence for the Established Church , of which I am proud to call myself a member , made the discus- sion of its discipline and tenets , in both of which he maintained the ...
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... says- " When he landed in Cornwall , his distresses made him stoop so low , as to be an A.b.c.darian , ` and several were taught their horn books by him . " By assu ming this title , its wearer certainly proves himself to be a man of ...
... says- " When he landed in Cornwall , his distresses made him stoop so low , as to be an A.b.c.darian , ` and several were taught their horn books by him . " By assu ming this title , its wearer certainly proves himself to be a man of ...
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... say whom he liked best of all the actors . Notwithstanding his usual blunt- ness , he evaded the question for some time , but being impor- tuned for an answer , he at length growled , — " Well , madam , if you will have a reply , I ...
... say whom he liked best of all the actors . Notwithstanding his usual blunt- ness , he evaded the question for some time , but being impor- tuned for an answer , he at length growled , — " Well , madam , if you will have a reply , I ...
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... says Rochefoucauld , but we do not always love those whom we admire . From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favour of self , for self - love is the source of self- admiration ; and this is the safest of all loves ...
... says Rochefoucauld , but we do not always love those whom we admire . From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favour of self , for self - love is the source of self- admiration ; and this is the safest of all loves ...
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