The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish |
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Page 15
... equally reprehensible and inconsistent , I shall endeavor to cure my readers of any such propensity , by habituating them to encounters with some of their old Joe Miller acquaintance . ANGER - Punishing ourselves for the faults of ...
... equally reprehensible and inconsistent , I shall endeavor to cure my readers of any such propensity , by habituating them to encounters with some of their old Joe Miller acquaintance . ANGER - Punishing ourselves for the faults of ...
Page 22
... equally , or , perhaps , more agreeable to an unprejudiced eye . The first columns were undoubtedly trees , which diminished as they ascended . The stems of the branches , where they were cut off , suggested the capital ; the iron or ...
... equally , or , perhaps , more agreeable to an unprejudiced eye . The first columns were undoubtedly trees , which diminished as they ascended . The stems of the branches , where they were cut off , suggested the capital ; the iron or ...
Page 33
... equally indifferent to him . Dealing in law , not justice , his brief is his bible , the ten guineas of his retaining fee are his decalogue ; his glory , like that of a cook - maid , consists in wearing a silk gown , and his heaven is ...
... equally indifferent to him . Dealing in law , not justice , his brief is his bible , the ten guineas of his retaining fee are his decalogue ; his glory , like that of a cook - maid , consists in wearing a silk gown , and his heaven is ...
Page 72
... equally they yield . As each desired , his brother each subdues ; Yet such their faith , that each his faith does lose . Both joyed in being conquered , strange to say , And yet both mourn'd , because both won the day . " As to ...
... equally they yield . As each desired , his brother each subdues ; Yet such their faith , that each his faith does lose . Both joyed in being conquered , strange to say , And yet both mourn'd , because both won the day . " As to ...
Page 74
... equally cold , shy , and cautious where there is any probability of their professions being accepted . People may run into excess with their vices , but their virtues , thanks to this whole- some principle of counteraction , are seldom ...
... equally cold , shy , and cautious where there is any probability of their professions being accepted . People may run into excess with their vices , but their virtues , thanks to this whole- some principle of counteraction , are seldom ...
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