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 109
... 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.
... 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 112
... turn'd about with every blast , Grown old , and destitute of oil , Rust to a point , and fix at last . " CORPORATION and TEST ACTS -- The obstinacy , the blindness , the fanatical fury with which the repeal of these obnoxious acts was ...
... turn'd about with every blast , Grown old , and destitute of oil , Rust to a point , and fix at last . " CORPORATION and TEST ACTS -- The obstinacy , the blindness , the fanatical fury with which the repeal of these obnoxious acts was ...
Page 126
... turn into blood and bone - the matter that we metamorphose into mind.- " Sir , " said Bentley to one of his pupils , who had a predilec- tion for malt liquor- " if you drink ale you will think ale ; " and there was more truth in the ...
... turn into blood and bone - the matter that we metamorphose into mind.- " Sir , " said Bentley to one of his pupils , who had a predilec- tion for malt liquor- " if you drink ale you will think ale ; " and there was more truth in the ...
Page 145
... turn it round sometimes for my recreation . Men that look upon my outside , perusing only my condition and fortunes , do err in my altitude , for I am above Atlas his shoulders . The earth is a point , not only in respect of the heavens ...
... turn it round sometimes for my recreation . Men that look upon my outside , perusing only my condition and fortunes , do err in my altitude , for I am above Atlas his shoulders . The earth is a point , not only in respect of the heavens ...
Page 157
... turn sour , for there's nothing I do abominate like waste . " Fuseli , when he failed in any of his serious caricatures , used to complain that nature put him out : and the sluttish house- maid , when scolded for the untidiness of the ...
... turn sour , for there's nothing I do abominate like waste . " Fuseli , when he failed in any of his serious caricatures , used to complain that nature put him out : and the sluttish house- maid , when scolded for the untidiness of the ...
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