The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, 2 tomasWhittaker & Company, 1836 - 295 psl. |
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... former , tending to elevate literature , and the lat- ter , to degrade it . The first generally survive their own death ; the last often die and are forgotten in their lifetime , for that which is written for the day must expire with it ...
... former , tending to elevate literature , and the lat- ter , to degrade it . The first generally survive their own death ; the last often die and are forgotten in their lifetime , for that which is written for the day must expire with it ...
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... former period , in France . Maitre Jean Picard tells us that , when he was returning from the funeral of his wife , doing his best to look dis- consolate , such of the neighbours as had grown up daughters and cousins came to him , and ...
... former period , in France . Maitre Jean Picard tells us that , when he was returning from the funeral of his wife , doing his best to look dis- consolate , such of the neighbours as had grown up daughters and cousins came to him , and ...
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... former as de- pending upon nature ; and the latter upon ourselves . Alleged want of memory is a most convenient refuge for our self - love , since we can always throw it as a cloak over our ignorance . It is astonishing how much people ...
... former as de- pending upon nature ; and the latter upon ourselves . Alleged want of memory is a most convenient refuge for our self - love , since we can always throw it as a cloak over our ignorance . It is astonishing how much people ...
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... former , is , in some sort , to injure the latter , and to destroy the effect of the great moral lesson afforded by both . Let us keep our sympathies for the sufferings of the good . All men might be better reconciled to their fate , if ...
... former , is , in some sort , to injure the latter , and to destroy the effect of the great moral lesson afforded by both . Let us keep our sympathies for the sufferings of the good . All men might be better reconciled to their fate , if ...
31 psl.
... former case , unnecessary , in the latter , unavailing . The same vanity which leads us to assign our mis- fortunes or misconduct to others , prompts us to attri- bute all our lucky chances to our own talent , prudence , and forethought ...
... former case , unnecessary , in the latter , unavailing . The same vanity which leads us to assign our mis- fortunes or misconduct to others , prompts us to attri- bute all our lucky chances to our own talent , prudence , and forethought ...
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The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish– To ..., 2 tomas Horace Smith Visos knygos peržiūra - 1836 |
The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish– To ..., 2 tomas Horace Smith Visos knygos peržiūra - 1836 |
The Tin Trumpet– Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish Horace Smith Visos knygos peržiūra - 1869 |
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abuse asked atheism attri authority beauty better biped Bishop Burnet bless cholera Christians Church clergy creature cried dear death Deity delight divine earth England equally evanescent evil exclaimed eyes fate fear feel give glories happiness hate head HEADS AND TALES heart heaven Herbert honour human Jack-o'-lantern Jean Paul Richter labours lative less light live look Lord Lord G marriage merit mind misanthropical Momus moral mother nature Nebuchadnezzar the Great!-Huzza neighbours never o'er object once opinion ourselves Pat Sullivan perpetual pious pleasure poor pride Primogeniture rare reason reform religion replied rich Robert Boyle says seldom sense silence soul spirit Susan Tacitus talents Talleyrand Tantara-ra Tertullian thee thing thou thought tion tithes truth virtues Voltaire whole words writing wrong
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