The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... talent as to write an original work ; a fact of which the reader will find abundant proof as he proceeds ! When Queen Anne told Dr. South that his sermon had only one fault - that of being too short , -- he replied , that he should have ...
... talent as to write an original work ; a fact of which the reader will find abundant proof as he proceeds ! When Queen Anne told Dr. South that his sermon had only one fault - that of being too short , -- he replied , that he should have ...
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... talents with a clement and benevolent heart . But the chances against such a fortunate conjunction are almost incal- culable ; and even where it occurs , its effects may be sud- denly defeated , and the best sovereign be converted into ...
... talents with a clement and benevolent heart . But the chances against such a fortunate conjunction are almost incal- culable ; and even where it occurs , its effects may be sud- denly defeated , and the best sovereign be converted into ...
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... talent is in his jaws ; and like a miller , the more he grinds the more he gets . From the quantity he devours , it might be supposed that he had two stomachs , like a cow , were it not manifest that he is no ruminating animal . ALMS ...
... talent is in his jaws ; and like a miller , the more he grinds the more he gets . From the quantity he devours , it might be supposed that he had two stomachs , like a cow , were it not manifest that he is no ruminating animal . ALMS ...
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... talents that he may screen the guilty , overreach the innocent , de- fraud the orphan , or impoverish the widow , will scrupulously decline a brief , unless the cause of his client wear at least a semblance of honesty and justice ; -who ...
... talents that he may screen the guilty , overreach the innocent , de- fraud the orphan , or impoverish the widow , will scrupulously decline a brief , unless the cause of his client wear at least a semblance of honesty and justice ; -who ...
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... talent and amiabi- lity can bestow it , no statue or picture can rival , time itself cannot destroy it . + Wants are seldom blessings , and yet the want of a common standard of beauty has incalculably widened the sphere of our enjoyment ...
... talent and amiabi- lity can bestow it , no statue or picture can rival , time itself cannot destroy it . + Wants are seldom blessings , and yet the want of a common standard of beauty has incalculably widened the sphere of our enjoyment ...
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