The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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Page 15
... short , -- he replied , that he should have made it shorter if he had had more time . How comes it that no enterprising bookseller has ever thought of publish- ing an Abridgment of the Lives of the Fathers ? " I know not whether the ...
... short , -- he replied , that he should have made it shorter if he had had more time . How comes it that no enterprising bookseller has ever thought of publish- ing an Abridgment of the Lives of the Fathers ? " I know not whether the ...
Page 17
... short of the ne plus ultra of turpitude . An amusing instance of these extenuating processes was lately afforded by a poor woman , who was brought before a magistrate for applying a name , that shall be nameless , to a female neighbour ...
... short of the ne plus ultra of turpitude . An amusing instance of these extenuating processes was lately afforded by a poor woman , who was brought before a magistrate for applying a name , that shall be nameless , to a female neighbour ...
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... short , is a moral power , which tends to repair the inequalities of physical power , and to approximate the strong and the weak towards the same level . So carefully , however , are our constitutional instincts guarded against abuse ...
... short , is a moral power , which tends to repair the inequalities of physical power , and to approximate the strong and the weak towards the same level . So carefully , however , are our constitutional instincts guarded against abuse ...
Page 59
... short memories , they cannot be called great wits . BANDIT- An unlegalized soldier , who is hanged for doing that which would get him a commission and a medal , had he taken the king's money , instead of that of travellers . “ Ille ...
... short memories , they cannot be called great wits . BANDIT- An unlegalized soldier , who is hanged for doing that which would get him a commission and a medal , had he taken the king's money , instead of that of travellers . “ Ille ...
Page 79
... short speech : " It appears to me , gentlemen , that M. de Mirabeau has omitted to state the most important of all the legislative qualifications , and I will supply his defi- ciency by impressing upon your attention , that a perfectly ...
... short speech : " It appears to me , gentlemen , that M. de Mirabeau has omitted to state the most important of all the legislative qualifications , and I will supply his defi- ciency by impressing upon your attention , that a perfectly ...
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