The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and WaggishD. Appleton, 1869 - 262 psl. |
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... look of great surprise ; " then you shall have my opinion at once : keep it there ! —it may be some time before you get another . " ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT - There is a simplicity and unity in despotism , which is not without its advantages ...
... look of great surprise ; " then you shall have my opinion at once : keep it there ! —it may be some time before you get another . " ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT - There is a simplicity and unity in despotism , which is not without its advantages ...
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... looks behind . Deeming naught done while aught remains to do , " it is necessarily restless ; unable to bear any thing above it , discontent must be its inevitable portion , for even if the pinnacle of worldly power be gained , its ...
... looks behind . Deeming naught done while aught remains to do , " it is necessarily restless ; unable to bear any thing above it , discontent must be its inevitable portion , for even if the pinnacle of worldly power be gained , its ...
17 psl.
... looks through nature up to Nature's God . " But how can an angler be pious ! How can a tor- mentor of the creature be a lover of the Creator ? Away with such cant ! Old Izaak must either have been a demure hypocrite , or a blockhead ...
... looks through nature up to Nature's God . " But how can an angler be pious ! How can a tor- mentor of the creature be a lover of the Creator ? Away with such cant ! Old Izaak must either have been a demure hypocrite , or a blockhead ...
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... look at it presently . " ANNUALS - illustrated . - The second childhood of litera- ture , the patrons of which carefully look over the plates , and studiously overlook the letter - press . Its object is to substitute the visible for the ...
... look at it presently . " ANNUALS - illustrated . - The second childhood of litera- ture , the patrons of which carefully look over the plates , and studiously overlook the letter - press . Its object is to substitute the visible for the ...
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... looks upon the latter as a right and the former as a wrong . And this opens a wider question as to the constitution of our nature , both moral and physical , which is susceptible of pain in a much greater and more intense de- gree than ...
... looks upon the latter as a right and the former as a wrong . And this opens a wider question as to the constitution of our nature , both moral and physical , which is susceptible of pain in a much greater and more intense de- gree than ...
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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 Tales, for the Wise and Waggish– To ..., 2 tomas Horace Smith Visos knygos peržiūra - 1836 |
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