The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, 2 tomasWhittaker & Company, 1836 - 279 psl. |
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... in taking advantage of their contem- poraries ; but if we may credit the authority of Foote , they sometimes outwit the undertaker even after their death . That facetious person being once summoned into the 6 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... in taking advantage of their contem- poraries ; but if we may credit the authority of Foote , they sometimes outwit the undertaker even after their death . That facetious person being once summoned into the 6 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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... sometimes attempt to conceal their failing by affecting a scrupulous ad- herence to veracity . B- , who rarely shamed the Devil , once said of his friend , " Jack is a good fellow , but , it must be confessed , he has his failings . I ...
... sometimes attempt to conceal their failing by affecting a scrupulous ad- herence to veracity . B- , who rarely shamed the Devil , once said of his friend , " Jack is a good fellow , but , it must be confessed , he has his failings . I ...
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... sometimes lures its , followers into quagmires and pit - falls ; or it may be the glitter of gold , and the dazzling lustre of worldly greatness , by which they are lighted to dignities and high places . Of this latter we will cite an ...
... sometimes lures its , followers into quagmires and pit - falls ; or it may be the glitter of gold , and the dazzling lustre of worldly greatness , by which they are lighted to dignities and high places . Of this latter we will cite an ...
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... Misfortune , are all the daughters of Misconduct , and sometimes the mothers of Goodluck , Prosperity , and Advancement . To be thrown upon one's own re- sources , is to be cast into the very lap 26 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
... Misfortune , are all the daughters of Misconduct , and sometimes the mothers of Goodluck , Prosperity , and Advancement . To be thrown upon one's own re- sources , is to be cast into the very lap 26 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR ,
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... sometimes brings out this universal failing in a manner equally signal and ludicrous . An infant being brought to christen to a country curate , at a time when he was somewhat overcome by early potations , he was unable to find the ...
... sometimes brings out this universal failing in a manner equally signal and ludicrous . An infant being brought to christen to a country curate , at a time when he was somewhat overcome by early potations , he was unable to find the ...
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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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