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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... sure of his own good word , and if it be the only one he has to expect , he draws upon it the more liberally . Another is worse than himself , or he fancies him to be so , and he forthwith imagines that he is a moral charac- ter ...
... sure of his own good word , and if it be the only one he has to expect , he draws upon it the more liberally . Another is worse than himself , or he fancies him to be so , and he forthwith imagines that he is a moral charac- ter ...
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... sure to agitate the souls of his hearers , as when his own is per- fectly at ease . We believe that he may excite without being excited , for the same reason that the most sensitive young lady will remain unmoved at the hundredth ...
... sure to agitate the souls of his hearers , as when his own is per- fectly at ease . We believe that he may excite without being excited , for the same reason that the most sensitive young lady will remain unmoved at the hundredth ...
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... the days were longest . " - " To be sure it was ; I admit that , " cried the ingenious Hibernian . ADVICE - Almost the only commodity which the world is HEADS AND TALES . 23 expressed a wish that he might reign over them as ...
... the days were longest . " - " To be sure it was ; I admit that , " cried the ingenious Hibernian . ADVICE - Almost the only commodity which the world is HEADS AND TALES . 23 expressed a wish that he might reign over them as ...
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... sure that you have not given pain in giving advice . We have our revenge for this injustice . If an ac- quaintance pursue some unfortunate course , in spite of our dissuasions , we feel more gratified by the confirmation of our evil ...
... sure that you have not given pain in giving advice . We have our revenge for this injustice . If an ac- quaintance pursue some unfortunate course , in spite of our dissuasions , we feel more gratified by the confirmation of our evil ...
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... sure that he will not sigh for the death of the incumbent , be- cause he sighs for his living ? If not , religion , reason , and justice , seem equally to require that the temptation of sale- able advowsons should be removed from his ...
... sure that he will not sigh for the death of the incumbent , be- cause he sighs for his living ? If not , religion , reason , and justice , seem equally to require that the temptation of sale- able advowsons should be removed from his ...
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