The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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Ah ! it is to be feared that we shall none of us have the consolation of Danjeau , the French grammarian , who , when told that a revolution was approaching , exclaimed , rubbing his hands , “ Well , come what may , I have two hundred ...
Ah ! it is to be feared that we shall none of us have the consolation of Danjeau , the French grammarian , who , when told that a revolution was approaching , exclaimed , rubbing his hands , “ Well , come what may , I have two hundred ...
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From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favour of self , for self - love is the source of selfadmiration ; and this is the safest of all loves , for most people may indulge it without the fear of a rival .
From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favour of self , for self - love is the source of selfadmiration ; and this is the safest of all loves , for most people may indulge it without the fear of a rival .
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It has thus a preventive operation , by making us cautious of calling it forth , and restrains more effectually by the fear of its ebullitions , than it could by their actual outbreakings ; while it still retains a positive influence ...
It has thus a preventive operation , by making us cautious of calling it forth , and restrains more effectually by the fear of its ebullitions , than it could by their actual outbreakings ; while it still retains a positive influence ...
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... Him in their very fear of giving offence , since they find sweetness even in their sourness , and a joy in the very want of it . Well for them , too , if they go not astray , in their over anxiety to walk straight .
... Him in their very fear of giving offence , since they find sweetness even in their sourness , and a joy in the very want of it . Well for them , too , if they go not astray , in their over anxiety to walk straight .
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... who , endowing the phantom of his own folly and fear , with the worst passions of the worst men , dethrones the deity to set up a demon , and curses all those who will not curse themselves by joining in his idolatry .
... who , endowing the phantom of his own folly and fear , with the worst passions of the worst men , dethrones the deity to set up a demon , and curses all those who will not curse themselves by joining in his idolatry .
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| Title | The Tin Trumpet: Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish. To which are Added Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
| Author | Horace Smith |
| Publisher | E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 May 2007 |
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