The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... but sovereigns elected by the most powerful of all sovereigns — the people ; while the pseudo - legitimate kings of Portugal and Spain have been formally repudiated , and are wanderers on the face of the earth !
... but sovereigns elected by the most powerful of all sovereigns — the people ; while the pseudo - legitimate kings of Portugal and Spain have been formally repudiated , and are wanderers on the face of the earth !
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Dirt wantonly cast , only acts like fuller's earth , defiling for the moment , but purifying in the end ; so that those who are the most bespattered , come out the most immaculate . Pleasant was the well - known revenge of the ...
Dirt wantonly cast , only acts like fuller's earth , defiling for the moment , but purifying in the end ; so that those who are the most bespattered , come out the most immaculate . Pleasant was the well - known revenge of the ...
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ADVERSITY - is very often a blessing in disguise , which by detaching us from earth and drawing us towards heaven , gives us , in the assurance of lasting joys , an abundant recompence for the loss of transient ones .
ADVERSITY - is very often a blessing in disguise , which by detaching us from earth and drawing us towards heaven , gives us , in the assurance of lasting joys , an abundant recompence for the loss of transient ones .
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“ He is mine , ” said Affliction ; “ I gave him his birth , I alone am his cause of creation " “ The materials were furnished by me , ” answered Earth" I gave him , ” said Jove , " animation . ” The gods all assembled in solemn divan ...
“ He is mine , ” said Affliction ; “ I gave him his birth , I alone am his cause of creation " “ The materials were furnished by me , ” answered Earth" I gave him , ” said Jove , " animation . ” The gods all assembled in solemn divan ...
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... thus settled his fate's disposition . a “ Let Affliction possess her own child , till the woes Of life cease to harass and goad it ; After death give his body to earth , whence it rose , And his spirit to Jove , who bestowed it .
... thus settled his fate's disposition . a “ Let Affliction possess her own child , till the woes Of life cease to harass and goad it ; After death give his body to earth , whence it rose , And his spirit to Jove , who bestowed it .
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| Title | The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
| Author | Horace Smith |
| Publisher | E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 May 2007 |
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