The Tin Trumpet: Or, Heads and Tails for the Wise and WaggishD. Appleton, 1859 - 262 strán (strany) |
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Strana 3
... opinion at once : keep it there ! -it may be some time before you get another . " ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT — There is a simplicity and unity in despotism , which is not without its advantages , if every despot were to be a Titus or a ...
... opinion at once : keep it there ! -it may be some time before you get another . " ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT — There is a simplicity and unity in despotism , which is not without its advantages , if every despot were to be a Titus or a ...
Strana 9
... opinion , he ventures to plagiarize a few stanzas versified from a prose apologue of Dr. Sheridan : Affliction one day , as she hark'd to the roar Of the stormy and struggling billow , Drew a beautiful form on the sands of the shore ...
... opinion , he ventures to plagiarize a few stanzas versified from a prose apologue of Dr. Sheridan : Affliction one day , as she hark'd to the roar Of the stormy and struggling billow , Drew a beautiful form on the sands of the shore ...
Strana 30
... opinion , the inquisition and its tortures are abolished ; but fanatics , whether Romish or Reformed , still reserve the right of punishing heretics , ( that is all those who differ from them- selves on religious points , ) with fire ...
... opinion , the inquisition and its tortures are abolished ; but fanatics , whether Romish or Reformed , still reserve the right of punishing heretics , ( that is all those who differ from them- selves on religious points , ) with fire ...
Strana 32
... opinion , that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads , he need not care who made the laws of a nation . They who deem this an exaggerated notion , will do well to recollect the silly ballad of Lilliburlero , the noble author ...
... opinion , that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads , he need not care who made the laws of a nation . They who deem this an exaggerated notion , will do well to recollect the silly ballad of Lilliburlero , the noble author ...
Strana 38
... opinion , they are unlike him in every other particular ; for they not only insist upon kissing the foot of some superior authority , the Pope of their own election , but they quarrel with all the 38 THE TIN TRUMPET . cence which has no ...
... opinion , they are unlike him in every other particular ; for they not only insist upon kissing the foot of some superior authority , the Pope of their own election , but they quarrel with all the 38 THE TIN TRUMPET . cence which has no ...
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The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To ..., Zväzok 2 Horace Smith Úplné zobrazenie - 1836 |
The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To ..., Zväzok 2 Horace Smith Úplné zobrazenie - 1836 |
The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To ..., Zväzok 2 Horace Smith Úplné zobrazenie - 1836 |
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Strana 32 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Strana 165 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue? What does the world yet owe to American physicians or surgeons? What new substances have their chemists discovered? or what old ones have they analyzed?
Strana 239 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Strana 129 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Strana 34 - Why no, Sir. Every body knows you are paid for affecting warmth for your client; and it is, therefore, properly no dissimulation: the moment you come from the bar you resume your usual behaviour. Sir, a man will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society, than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to tumble upon his hands when he should walk on his feet.
Strana 242 - If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes — some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square person has squeezed himself into the round hole.
Strana 245 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Strana 129 - There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out...
Strana 245 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Strana 112 - Go — you may call it madness, folly ; You shall not chase my gloom away. There's such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay. Oh, if you knew the pensive pleasure That fills my bosom when I sigh, You would not rob me of a treasure Monarchs are too poor to buy ! S.