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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... poor woman , who was brought before a magistrate for applying a name , that shall be nameless , to a female neighbour . " You are the last person , " observed the magistrate , " who should have used this opprobrious word , for , if I ...
... poor woman , who was brought before a magistrate for applying a name , that shall be nameless , to a female neighbour . " You are the last person , " observed the magistrate , " who should have used this opprobrious word , for , if I ...
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... poor ould father that dotes upon ye ? You , the best and the most dutiful of all my children , and the only one that never struck me when I was down ! " AFFLICTION - A French writer , arguing , perhaps , from the analogy of the English ...
... poor ould father that dotes upon ye ? You , the best and the most dutiful of all my children , and the only one that never struck me when I was down ! " AFFLICTION - A French writer , arguing , perhaps , from the analogy of the English ...
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... poor . " ANGLER -- A fish - butcher - a piscatory assassin - a Jack Ketch - catcher of jack , an impaler of live worms , frogs , and flies , a torturer of trout , a killer of carp , and a great gudgeon who sacrifices the best part of ...
... poor . " ANGLER -- A fish - butcher - a piscatory assassin - a Jack Ketch - catcher of jack , an impaler of live worms , frogs , and flies , a torturer of trout , a killer of carp , and a great gudgeon who sacrifices the best part of ...
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... poor figure in its origin , the term calculation being derived from the calculus or pebble used as a counter by the Romans , whose numerals , stolen from the ancient Etruscans , and still to be traced on the monuments of that people ...
... poor figure in its origin , the term calculation being derived from the calculus or pebble used as a counter by the Romans , whose numerals , stolen from the ancient Etruscans , and still to be traced on the monuments of that people ...
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... poor and dependent , without the pro- tection of secrecy , is only to throw the representation more completely into the hands of the rich and powerful . Sad rogues must be the lower classes , as we are 58 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
... poor and dependent , without the pro- tection of secrecy , is only to throw the representation more completely into the hands of the rich and powerful . Sad rogues must be the lower classes , as we are 58 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
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