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 73
... compared their works to a snow - ball , which , in our endeavours to make it larger and larger , takes up the snow first , and then the dirt . Sheridan , when shown a single volume , entitled " The Beauties of Shakspeare , " read it for ...
... compared their works to a snow - ball , which , in our endeavours to make it larger and larger , takes up the snow first , and then the dirt . Sheridan , when shown a single volume , entitled " The Beauties of Shakspeare , " read it for ...
Page 74
... compared the books with the Index Expurgatorius , but as he did not find any imperial anathema against sour krout , they were forward- ed without further scrutiny , and safely reached their respec- tive destinations . Rabelais said ...
... compared the books with the Index Expurgatorius , but as he did not find any imperial anathema against sour krout , they were forward- ed without further scrutiny , and safely reached their respec- tive destinations . Rabelais said ...
Page 79
... compared to barley- sugar drops , in which the acid preponderates over the sweet- ness . CANT . - Originally the name of a Cameronian preacher in Scotland , who had attained the faculty of preaching in such a tone and dialect , as to be ...
... compared to barley- sugar drops , in which the acid preponderates over the sweet- ness . CANT . - Originally the name of a Cameronian preacher in Scotland , who had attained the faculty of preaching in such a tone and dialect , as to be ...
Page 95
... compared to a knife - grinder's wheel . When its rotations are duly regulated and adapted to the end pro- posed , it gives point to the wit , while it brightens , sharpens , and polishes the general surface of the mind and manners . But ...
... compared to a knife - grinder's wheel . When its rotations are duly regulated and adapted to the end pro- posed , it gives point to the wit , while it brightens , sharpens , and polishes the general surface of the mind and manners . But ...
Page 104
... compared to the dis- eased taste of certain epicures , who attach no value to a cheese while it is sound , but dote upon it when it becomes corrupt , rotten , and rank with all sorts of offensive abominations . COMMON - PLACE PEOPLE are ...
... compared to the dis- eased taste of certain epicures , who attach no value to a cheese while it is sound , but dote upon it when it becomes corrupt , rotten , and rank with all sorts of offensive abominations . COMMON - PLACE PEOPLE are ...
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