The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish |
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... heaven , gives us , in the assurance of lasting joys , an abundant recom- pense 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 ...
... heaven , gives us , in the assurance of lasting joys , an abundant recom- pense 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 ...
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... heaven , and does not put out the smallest mortifica- tion except upon the most enormous interest . His very self- denial is selfish , for the odds are incalculably in favor of the man who bets body against soul . They who imperiously ...
... heaven , and does not put out the smallest mortifica- tion except upon the most enormous interest . His very self- denial is selfish , for the odds are incalculably in favor of the man who bets body against soul . They who imperiously ...
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... heaven is in a judge's wig . Head , heart , conscience , body and soul , all are for sale ; the forensic bravo stands to be hired by the highest bidder , ready to attack those whom he had just defended , or defend those whom he had just ...
... heaven is in a judge's wig . Head , heart , conscience , body and soul , all are for sale ; the forensic bravo stands to be hired by the highest bidder , ready to attack those whom he had just defended , or defend those whom he had just ...
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... heaven . Narrow circum- stances are the most powerful stimulant to mental expansion , and the early frowns of fortune the best security for her final smiles . A nobleman who painted remarkably well for an am- ateur , showing one of his ...
... heaven . Narrow circum- stances are the most powerful stimulant to mental expansion , and the early frowns of fortune the best security for her final smiles . A nobleman who painted remarkably well for an am- ateur , showing one of his ...
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... heaven , because they have been unable to make their own way upon earth . Some of the clamorers against the abuses of the Church object that the greatest dunce in families of distinction is often selected for the ministry . How ...
... heaven , because they have been unable to make their own way upon earth . Some of the clamorers against the abuses of the Church object that the greatest dunce in families of distinction is often selected for the ministry . How ...
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