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 85
... fortune , manners change with climes , Tenets with books , and principles with times . " CHARACTER - Individual . - A compound from the cha- racters of others . If it be true that one fool makes many , it is not less clear that many ...
... fortune , manners change with climes , Tenets with books , and principles with times . " CHARACTER - Individual . - A compound from the cha- racters of others . If it be true that one fool makes many , it is not less clear that many ...
Page 101
... fortune and his station - confirmed ab- senteeism and clubbism - hatred of the wife , who reproaches him for his selfish desertion - late hours - estrangement - pro- fligacy - misery ! " WIFE . Natural resentment of neglect - reproaches ...
... fortune and his station - confirmed ab- senteeism and clubbism - hatred of the wife , who reproaches him for his selfish desertion - late hours - estrangement - pro- fligacy - misery ! " WIFE . Natural resentment of neglect - reproaches ...
Page 109
... , some are more impatient of successes , than others are of reverses ; by basking in the sunshine of fortune , they become sour , and turn to vinegar . VOL . I. 10 " Let this plain truth those ingrates strike , Who HEADS AND TALES . 109.
... , some are more impatient of successes , than others are of reverses ; by basking in the sunshine of fortune , they become sour , and turn to vinegar . VOL . I. 10 " Let this plain truth those ingrates strike , Who HEADS AND TALES . 109.
Page 119
... fortunes , and build palaces , thus giving encouragement to other arts than the black one ; and it is even reported , that a London firm keeps a regular bard upon the establishment , to write poetical puffs . Nevertheless , we have ...
... fortunes , and build palaces , thus giving encouragement to other arts than the black one ; and it is even reported , that a London firm keeps a regular bard upon the establishment , to write poetical puffs . Nevertheless , we have ...
Page 139
... fortunes for their children , which , however , they never give to them , when acquired , until the hand of death wrenches the booty from their grasp . It is remarkable too , that many of the loving fathers who boast what great things ...
... fortunes for their children , which , however , they never give to them , when acquired , until the hand of death wrenches the booty from their grasp . It is remarkable too , that many of the loving fathers who boast what great things ...
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