The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and Waggish |
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... observe what the common process is with every child : a child sees certain marks upon a plain piece of paper , which he is taught to call A , B , C ; but if you were to raise certain marks in relief upon pasteboard , as you may of ...
... observe what the common process is with every child : a child sees certain marks upon a plain piece of paper , which he is taught to call A , B , C ; but if you were to raise certain marks in relief upon pasteboard , as you may of ...
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... observed in Christian practice . As a man may have a dirty body , and an undefiled 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 ...
... observed in Christian practice . As a man may have a dirty body , and an undefiled 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 ...
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... observed the monarch , " they mean my successor to reign by candle- light . " ADMIRATION - We always love those who admire us , says Rochefoucauld , but we do not always love those whom we admire . From the latter clause an exception ...
... observed the monarch , " they mean my successor to reign by candle- light . " ADMIRATION - We always love those who admire us , says Rochefoucauld , but we do not always love those whom we admire . From the latter clause an exception ...
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... observed- " Then at the time you and I were at school to- gether , you were not born . ” ALCHEMIST - The true possessor of the philosopher's stone is the miner , whose iron , copper , and tin , are always convertible into the more ...
... observed- " Then at the time you and I were at school to- gether , you were not born . ” ALCHEMIST - The true possessor of the philosopher's stone is the miner , whose iron , copper , and tin , are always convertible into the more ...
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... observed , “ Our friend knows the value of every thing , -except time . " We recom- mend this anecdote to the special consideration of the ci - devant members of the Roxburgh Club , as well as to the resuscitators of the dead lumber of ...
... observed , “ Our friend knows the value of every thing , -except time . " We recom- mend this anecdote to the special consideration of the ci - devant members of the Roxburgh Club , as well as to the resuscitators of the dead lumber of ...
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