The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 |
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... England , as well as such an expanded field for the exercise of his philanthropy , the ruling passion of his soul , that he formed the Quixotic resolution of abandoning his regular professional pursuits , then highly profitable , and of ...
... England , as well as such an expanded field for the exercise of his philanthropy , the ruling passion of his soul , that he formed the Quixotic resolution of abandoning his regular professional pursuits , then highly profitable , and of ...
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... England . A Gre- cian temple , many of whose ornaments are heathen symbols , is not the best model for a Christian church , which is but a solecism in stone when thus paganized ; nor can I 4 * HEADS AND TALES . 41 ARCHITECTURE-Nothing ...
... England . A Gre- cian temple , many of whose ornaments are heathen symbols , is not the best model for a Christian church , which is but a solecism in stone when thus paganized ; nor can I 4 * HEADS AND TALES . 41 ARCHITECTURE-Nothing ...
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... England , if we are to judge by the present majority of the House of Lords , the term seems to have fairly " turned its back upon itself , " and to have become the antithesis to its original import ; even as beldam ( or belle dame ...
... England , if we are to judge by the present majority of the House of Lords , the term seems to have fairly " turned its back upon itself , " and to have become the antithesis to its original import ; even as beldam ( or belle dame ...
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... England , first , by withdrawing encouragement from our countrymen and contemporaries , and , secondly , by injuring their taste in holding up as models for imitation , not the paintings of nature , but old Continental pictures , which ...
... England , first , by withdrawing encouragement from our countrymen and contemporaries , and , secondly , by injuring their taste in holding up as models for imitation , not the paintings of nature , but old Continental pictures , which ...
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... England , in which happy and discerning country may be found ten times more pictures of each of the old masters , than could have been painted in a long life . Neither the most experienced artist , nor knowing virtuoso , can guard ...
... England , in which happy and discerning country may be found ten times more pictures of each of the old masters , than could have been painted in a long life . Neither the most experienced artist , nor knowing virtuoso , can guard ...
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