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... of lasting joys , an abundant recompense for the loss of transient ones . “
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth . ” Many a man in losing his fortune has
found himself , and been ruined into salvation ; for though God demands the
whole heart ...
... of lasting joys , an abundant recompense for the loss of transient ones . “
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth . ” Many a man in losing his fortune has
found himself , and been ruined into salvation ; for though God demands the
whole heart ...
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As if sensible of this defect , the Egyptians made the outline of some of their
temples conform to the diminution of the columns , rendering the whole structure
slightly pyramidical , and thus preserving the consistency of its lines . Observing
some ...
As if sensible of this defect , the Egyptians made the outline of some of their
temples conform to the diminution of the columns , rendering the whole structure
slightly pyramidical , and thus preserving the consistency of its lines . Observing
some ...
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Collectors of ana and facetiæ , ” says Champfort , “ are like children with a large
cake before them ; they begin by picking out the plums and titbits , and finish by
devouring the whole . ” He might also have compared their works to a snow - ball
...
Collectors of ana and facetiæ , ” says Champfort , “ are like children with a large
cake before them ; they begin by picking out the plums and titbits , and finish by
devouring the whole . ” He might also have compared their works to a snow - ball
...
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... in return , generously allows the scribbler to come in for the whole of the critical
abuse . It has been invidiously said , that as a bibliopolist lives upon the brains of
others , he need not possess any himself . This is a mistake . He has the wit to ...
... in return , generously allows the scribbler to come in for the whole of the critical
abuse . It has been invidiously said , that as a bibliopolist lives upon the brains of
others , he need not possess any himself . This is a mistake . He has the wit to ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish |
| Author | Horace Smith |
| Publisher | D. Appleton, 1869 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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