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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... least frequented districts of the north 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 ...
... least frequented districts of the north 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 ...
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... least , partially , to our own crimes and infamy . The stings of conscience would be intolerable , could we not lay some flat- tering unction to our souls , and steal relief from self - delusion . It may be doubted , whether the ...
... least , partially , to our own crimes and infamy . The stings of conscience would be intolerable , could we not lay some flat- tering unction to our souls , and steal relief from self - delusion . It may be doubted , whether the ...
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... least , " and that an actor , injured rather than benefited by an intense feeling of the emotions he represents , is never so sure to agitate the souls of his hearers , as when his own is per- fectly at ease . We believe that he may ...
... least , " and that an actor , injured rather than benefited by an intense feeling of the emotions he represents , is never so sure to agitate the souls of his hearers , as when his own is per- fectly at ease . We believe that he may ...
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... least of him ! " ADDRESS - Generally a string of fulsome compliments and professions , indiscriminately lavished upon every king or individual in authority , in order to assure him of the particular , personal , and exclusive veneration ...
... least of him ! " ADDRESS - Generally a string of fulsome compliments and professions , indiscriminately lavished upon every king or individual in authority , in order to assure him of the particular , personal , and exclusive veneration ...
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... least as old as Cicero , who , hearing one of his contemporaries attempting to make himself ten years younger than he really was , drily observed- " Then at the time you and I were at school to- gether , you were not born . " ALCHYMIST ...
... least as old as Cicero , who , hearing one of his contemporaries attempting to make himself ten years younger than he really was , drily observed- " Then at the time you and I were at school to- gether , you were not born . " ALCHYMIST ...
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