The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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Wherever he made verbal quotations of any extent , it will be seen that he refers to the original ; and he often regretted that the omission of noting down his authorities , prevented him from acknowledging them upon other and all ...
Wherever he made verbal quotations of any extent , it will be seen that he refers to the original ; and he often regretted that the omission of noting down his authorities , prevented him from acknowledging them upon other and all ...
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To make a good abridgment , requires as much time and 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 ...
To make a good abridgment , requires as much time and 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 ...
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Although the word be derived from the two first letters of the Greek , every ALPHABET now in use may be traced with historical certainty to one original — the Phenician or Syriac . " Phenicia and Palestine , ” says Gibbon , “ will for ...
Although the word be derived from the two first letters of the Greek , every ALPHABET now in use may be traced with historical certainty to one original — the Phenician or Syriac . " Phenicia and Palestine , ” says Gibbon , “ will for ...
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If architects attempt anything original , they are ridiculed for their pains , and desired to stick to the five orders . This is the sixth order of the public . If artists follow the bent of their own genius , they are tauntingly ...
If architects attempt anything original , they are ridiculed for their pains , and desired to stick to the five orders . This is the sixth order of the public . If artists follow the bent of their own genius , they are tauntingly ...
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... 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 , ) formerly expressive of female beauty , is now defined by Dr. Johnson as ...
... 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 , ) formerly expressive of female beauty , is now defined by Dr. Johnson as ...
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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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