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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... truth 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 ...
... truth 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 ...
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... truth , conscientiously pursued , could possibly lead to any other results than an additional confirmation of the greatness , good- ness , and glory of God , Dr. Chatfield was a fearless and zealous explorer of many questions which ...
... truth , conscientiously pursued , could possibly lead to any other results than an additional confirmation of the greatness , good- ness , and glory of God , Dr. Chatfield was a fearless and zealous explorer of many questions which ...
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... Truth of M. de Genlis , that we might see what capital actors we have all been when out of it ; especially those who had been play- ing the parts of Maw - worm and Cantwell ! Diderot has endeavoured to prove that in the delineation of ...
... Truth of M. de Genlis , that we might see what capital actors we have all been when out of it ; especially those who had been play- ing the parts of Maw - worm and Cantwell ! Diderot has endeavoured to prove that in the delineation of ...
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... truth ; but for the benefit of those who hold a contrary opinion , he ventures to plagiarize a few stanzas versified from a prose apologue of Dr. Sheri- dan- Affliction one day , as she hark'd to the roar Of the stormy and struggling ...
... truth ; but for the benefit of those who hold a contrary opinion , he ventures to plagiarize a few stanzas versified from a prose apologue of Dr. Sheri- dan- Affliction one day , as she hark'd to the roar Of the stormy and struggling ...
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... truth , is to consult God himself , wait His inspirations , live just and honest lives , be kind and beneficent to all our fellow - creatures , and pity such as differ from us in their opinions about the autho- rity , integrity , and ...
... truth , is to consult God himself , wait His inspirations , live just and honest lives , be kind and beneficent to all our fellow - creatures , and pity such as differ from us in their opinions about the autho- rity , integrity , and ...
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