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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... better even than my late friend , I am bound to confess that apophthegms , epigrammatical turns , terse sayings , antithetical phrases , and even puerile conceits , were his hobby- horse , and one which he occasionally rode even to a ...
... better even than my late friend , I am bound to confess that apophthegms , epigrammatical turns , terse sayings , antithetical phrases , and even puerile conceits , were his hobby- horse , and one which he occasionally rode even to a ...
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... better designate himself by the two last letters of the alphabet . ABLATIVE CASE - one that now is , or very soon will be , applicable to usurped power , to unjust privileges , and to abuses of all sorts . Though the schoolmaster is ...
... better designate himself by the two last letters of the alphabet . ABLATIVE CASE - one that now is , or very soon will be , applicable to usurped power , to unjust privileges , and to abuses of all sorts . Though the schoolmaster is ...
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... better than the interest of his neighbours . This may help to explain Rochefoucauld's dictum , that there is something , even in the misfortunes of our best friends , which is not altogether displeasing to us . To decline all advice ...
... better than the interest of his neighbours . This may help to explain Rochefoucauld's dictum , that there is something , even in the misfortunes of our best friends , which is not altogether displeasing to us . To decline all advice ...
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... that to break all ties , May be a wholesome sacrifice ; — That saints , like bowls , may go astray , 4 Better to win the proper way ; Indulge in every HEADS AND TALES . 37 ture, the patrons of which carefully look over the ...
... that to break all ties , May be a wholesome sacrifice ; — That saints , like bowls , may go astray , 4 Better to win the proper way ; Indulge in every HEADS AND TALES . 37 ture, the patrons of which carefully look over the ...
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... Better to win the proper way ; Indulge in every sin at times , To prove that grace is never lacking ; And purify themselves by crimes , As dirty shoes are cleaned by blacking . " ANTIPATHY . - As most men imagine themselves to have an ...
... Better to win the proper way ; Indulge in every sin at times , To prove that grace is never lacking ; And purify themselves by crimes , As dirty shoes are cleaned by blacking . " ANTIPATHY . - As most men imagine themselves to have an ...
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