The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish |
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... mind , so may he have clean hands in a literal , and not in a metaphorical sense . All washes and cosmetics without , he may yet labor under a moral hydrophobia within . Pleasant to see an im - puritan of this stamp holding his nose ...
... mind , so may he have clean hands in a literal , and not in a metaphorical sense . All washes and cosmetics without , he may yet labor under a moral hydrophobia within . Pleasant to see an im - puritan of this stamp holding his nose ...
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... mind . ACTION - is Life . It is not work that kills men : but worry . Work is healthy and invigorating ; you can scarce put more upon a man than he can bear . Worry is rust upon the blade . It is not the revolution , but the friction ...
... mind . ACTION - is Life . It is not work that kills men : but worry . Work is healthy and invigorating ; you can scarce put more upon a man than he can bear . Worry is rust upon the blade . It is not the revolution , but the friction ...
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... mind , after it has been cloyed and sickened by the sweets of prosperity . The spoilt children of the world , like their juvenile namesakes , are generally a source of unhap- piness to others , without being happy in themselves ...
... mind , after it has been cloyed and sickened by the sweets of prosperity . The spoilt children of the world , like their juvenile namesakes , are generally a source of unhap- piness to others , without being happy in themselves ...
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... mind and in frame , So stamp'd with each parent's impression , Among them a point of contention became , Each claiming the right of possession . " He is mine , " said Affliction ; " 1 * THE TIN TRUMPET . 9 frail rib of his groom ...
... mind and in frame , So stamp'd with each parent's impression , Among them a point of contention became , Each claiming the right of possession . " He is mine , " said Affliction ; " 1 * THE TIN TRUMPET . 9 frail rib of his groom ...
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... mind , as to a preserving green - house , should we transfer , in the winter of life , the attractions of our spring and summer . As variety is universally allowed to be pleasing , the diver- sity occasioned by the progress of age ...
... mind , as to a preserving green - house , should we transfer , in the winter of life , the attractions of our spring and summer . As variety is universally allowed to be pleasing , the diver- sity occasioned by the progress of age ...
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