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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... says— “ When he landed in Cornwall , his distresses made him stoop so low , as to be an A.b.c.darian , and several were taught their horn books by him . " By assu- ming this title , its wearer certainly proves himself to be a man of ...
... says— “ When he landed in Cornwall , his distresses made him stoop so low , as to be an A.b.c.darian , and several were taught their horn books by him . " By assu- ming this title , its wearer certainly proves himself to be a man of ...
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... says Rochefoucauld , —but we do not always love those whom we admire . From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favour of self , for self - love is the source of self- admiration ; and this is the safest of all loves ...
... says Rochefoucauld , —but we do not always love those whom we admire . From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favour of self , for self - love is the source of self- admiration ; and this is the safest of all loves ...
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... say of a woman thus cir- cumstanced , that she is femme d'un age raisonnable , as if she had gained , in her reasoning faculties , what she had lost in personal charms ; and this , doubtless , ought to be the process with us all . To ...
... say of a woman thus cir- cumstanced , that she is femme d'un age raisonnable , as if she had gained , in her reasoning faculties , what she had lost in personal charms ; and this , doubtless , ought to be the process with us all . To ...
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... says Gibbon , " will for ever live in the memory of mankind ; since America , as well as Eu- rope , has received letters from the one and religion from the other . " One of the earlier French princes being too indolent or 30 THE TIN ...
... says Gibbon , " will for ever live in the memory of mankind ; since America , as well as Eu- rope , has received letters from the one and religion from the other . " One of the earlier French princes being too indolent or 30 THE TIN ...
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... says Seneca , " that anger could always be exhausted , when its first weapon was broken , and that like the bees , who leave their stings in the wound they make , we could only inflict a single injury . " To a certain extent HEADS AND ...
... says Seneca , " that anger could always be exhausted , when its first weapon was broken , and that like the bees , who leave their stings in the wound they make , we could only inflict a single injury . " To a certain extent HEADS AND ...
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