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... Young woman , " said a magistrate to a girl who was about to be sworn , " why do you hold the book upside down ? ” — “ I am obliged , Sir , because I am left- handed . " - See Josephus Molitor . A written non sequitur , not less amusing ...
... Young woman , " said a magistrate to a girl who was about to be sworn , " why do you hold the book upside down ? ” — “ I am obliged , Sir , because I am left- handed . " - See Josephus Molitor . A written non sequitur , not less amusing ...
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... young miscreant , the type of commingled ignorance and tyranny , who massacred prisoners taken in war , sacrificed human beings to idols , burnt them in Smith- field as heretics or witches , believed in astrology , demonology , sorcery ...
... young miscreant , the type of commingled ignorance and tyranny , who massacred prisoners taken in war , sacrificed human beings to idols , burnt them in Smith- field as heretics or witches , believed in astrology , demonology , sorcery ...
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... young artist what were his terms for a half length . " I charge twenty - five guineas for a head , " was the reply . The protrait was painted and approved , when the knight of the thimble , taking out his purse , demanded how much he ...
... young artist what were his terms for a half length . " I charge twenty - five guineas for a head , " was the reply . The protrait was painted and approved , when the knight of the thimble , taking out his purse , demanded how much he ...
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... young ladies , and the natural butt and target of wit . It is easy to talk of carnivorous animals and beasts of prey ; but does such a man who lays waste a whole party of civilized beings by prosing , reflect upon the joy he spoils ...
... young ladies , and the natural butt and target of wit . It is easy to talk of carnivorous animals and beasts of prey ; but does such a man who lays waste a whole party of civilized beings by prosing , reflect upon the joy he spoils ...
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... young men of fashion for the important purposes of smoking a cigar and whistling a tune . BREVITY - the soul of wit , which accounts for the tenuity of the present work ! Into how narrow a compass has Seneca compressed his account of ...
... young men of fashion for the important purposes of smoking a cigar and whistling a tune . BREVITY - the soul of wit , which accounts for the tenuity of the present work ! Into how narrow a compass has Seneca compressed his account of ...
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Page 32 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 247 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to...
Page 79 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 131 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 131 - Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself.
Page 102 - The world that I regard is myself ; it is the microcosm of my own frame that I cast mine eye on : for the other, I use it but like my globe, and turn it round sometimes for my recreation.
Page 34 - Why no, Sir. Every body knows you are paid for affecting warmth for your client; and it is, therefore, properly no dissimulation: the moment you come from the bar you resume your usual behaviour. Sir, a man will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society, than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to tumble upon his hands when he should walk on his feet.
Page 247 - ... pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
Page 160 - Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, 50 Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!
Page 259 - Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor ? This he said, not that he cared for the poor ; but because he was a thief, aud had the bag, and bare what was put therein.