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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Page 52
... abuses in the church which need reform ; but this sort of dirt has been thrown until it will no longer stick , except to the fingers of those who handle it . The real atheist is the Mammonite , who , making " godliness a great gain ...
... abuses in the church which need reform ; but this sort of dirt has been thrown until it will no longer stick , except to the fingers of those who handle it . The real atheist is the Mammonite , who , making " godliness a great gain ...
Page 54
... abuse poured upon its successors ; for we all measure ourselves by our best production , and others by their worst . Writers are too often treated by the public as crimps serve recruits , —made drunk first , only that they may be safely ...
... abuse poured upon its successors ; for we all measure ourselves by our best production , and others by their worst . Writers are too often treated by the public as crimps serve recruits , —made drunk first , only that they may be safely ...
Page 71
... abused the world so long , under that name . When he steps up into a chair of pontifical pride , and changes a moderate and exemplary house for a mis- governed and haughty palace , spiritual dignity for carnal pre- cedence , and secular ...
... abused the world so long , under that name . When he steps up into a chair of pontifical pride , and changes a moderate and exemplary house for a mis- governed and haughty palace , spiritual dignity for carnal pre- cedence , and secular ...
Page 72
... abuses , rather than from any disaffection to themselves and still less to religion . The general learning and piety of their lord- ships , as well as their private characters , are perfectly unim- peachable , in spite of the candour of ...
... abuses , rather than from any disaffection to themselves and still less to religion . The general learning and piety of their lord- ships , as well as their private characters , are perfectly unim- peachable , in spite of the candour of ...
Page 75
... abuse . It has been invidiously said , that as a bibliopolist lives upon the brains of others , he need not possess any himself . This is a mistake . He has the wit to coin the wit that is supplied to him , and thus proves his ...
... abuse . It has been invidiously said , that as a bibliopolist lives upon the brains of others , he need not possess any himself . This is a mistake . He has the wit to coin the wit that is supplied to him , and thus proves his ...
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