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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... happy Mustapha " exclaimed the Sul- taness " you were born to be lucky , for you have not only de- rived life from your mother's stomach , but from your bro- ther's ! " ABSOLUTION , SELF - generously pronouncing our own pardon . Such is ...
... happy Mustapha " exclaimed the Sul- taness " you were born to be lucky , for you have not only de- rived life from your mother's stomach , but from your bro- ther's ! " ABSOLUTION , SELF - generously pronouncing our own pardon . Such is ...
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... happy in themselves . ADMITTING yourself out of court , a legal phrase , signi- fying a liberality of concession to your opponent by which you destroy your own cause . This excess of candour was well illustrated by the Irishman , who ...
... happy in themselves . ADMITTING yourself out of court , a legal phrase , signi- fying a liberality of concession to your opponent by which you destroy your own cause . This excess of candour was well illustrated by the Irishman , who ...
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... happy to see him to dinner , he must first torture his postman , the bait , and make him carry the letters of Bellerophon . Hark how tenderly the gentle ruffian gives directions for baiting with a frog : " Put your hook through the ...
... happy to see him to dinner , he must first torture his postman , the bait , and make him carry the letters of Bellerophon . Hark how tenderly the gentle ruffian gives directions for baiting with a frog : " Put your hook through the ...
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... Happy he , who deriving his patent from nature , as well as from his sovereign , may be dubbed , " inter doctos nobilissimus , -inter nobiles doctissimus , —inter utrosque optimus . ” ARITHMETIC . - The science of figures cuts but a ...
... Happy he , who deriving his patent from nature , as well as from his sovereign , may be dubbed , " inter doctos nobilissimus , -inter nobiles doctissimus , —inter utrosque optimus . ” ARITHMETIC . - The science of figures cuts but a ...
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... happy and discerning country may be found ten times more pictures of each of the old masters , than could have been painted in a long life . Neither the most experienced artist , nor knowing virtuoso , can guard against this species of ...
... happy and discerning country may be found ten times more pictures of each of the old masters , than could have been painted in a long life . Neither the most experienced artist , nor knowing virtuoso , can guard against this species of ...
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