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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... replied , that he should have made it shorter if he had had more time . How comes it that no enterprising bookseller has ever thought of publish- ing an Abridgment of the Lives of the Fathers ? " I know not whether the religious public ...
... replied , that he should have made it shorter if he had had more time . How comes it that no enterprising bookseller has ever thought of publish- ing an Abridgment of the Lives of the Fathers ? " I know not whether the religious public ...
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... , Sir , " he replied , putting his hand to his head , " the horns are a little order of my own . " Knowing him to be a married man , I con- cluded that he had good reason for appropriating that peculiar 42 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
... , Sir , " he replied , putting his hand to his head , " the horns are a little order of my own . " Knowing him to be a married man , I con- cluded that he had good reason for appropriating that peculiar 42 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
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... replied the archdeacon.- " It may be so , " rejoined Mr. Patten ; " and he can well afford it . He believes at the rate of seven thousand a - year , and I , only at that of fifty . ATHEIST . - Supposing such an anomaly to exist , an ...
... replied the archdeacon.- " It may be so , " rejoined Mr. Patten ; " and he can well afford it . He believes at the rate of seven thousand a - year , and I , only at that of fifty . ATHEIST . - Supposing such an anomaly to exist , an ...
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... replied , " There I agree with you , for it is quite a luxury ! " BAIT - One animal impaled upon a hook , in order to torture a second , for the amusement of a third . Were the latter to change places , for a single day , with either of ...
... replied , " There I agree with you , for it is quite a luxury ! " BAIT - One animal impaled upon a hook , in order to torture a second , for the amusement of a third . Were the latter to change places , for a single day , with either of ...
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... replied the Doctor . " A man will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society , than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to do so when he should walk on his feet . " Perhaps not ...
... replied the Doctor . " A man will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society , than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to do so when he should walk on his feet . " Perhaps not ...
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