Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Volume 2C. Tilt, 1840 - Aphorisms and apothegms |
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... kings have pow'r to raise A levy , which the subject pays , And tho ' they call that tax a loan , Yet when ' t is gather'd ' t is their own ; So he that ' s able to impose A wit - excise on verse or prose , And still the abler authors ...
... kings have pow'r to raise A levy , which the subject pays , And tho ' they call that tax a loan , Yet when ' t is gather'd ' t is their own ; So he that ' s able to impose A wit - excise on verse or prose , And still the abler authors ...
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... kings and queens on twelfth night , hath reference to the * Those lines are what the geometricians call the asymptotes of the hyperbola . three kings . So likewise our eating of fritters , 18 LACONICS .
... kings and queens on twelfth night , hath reference to the * Those lines are what the geometricians call the asymptotes of the hyperbola . three kings . So likewise our eating of fritters , 18 LACONICS .
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Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. three kings . So likewise our eating of fritters , whipping of tops , roasting of herrings , jack of lents , & c . , they were all in imitation of church - works , emblems of martyrdom ...
Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors John Timbs. three kings . So likewise our eating of fritters , whipping of tops , roasting of herrings , jack of lents , & c . , they were all in imitation of church - works , emblems of martyrdom ...
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... king , emperor , or monarch , and pleases his mind with the vain hopes of even future preferment . The mind of a covetous man sees nothing but his re or spe , and looks at the most valuable objects with an eye of hope , or with A love ...
... king , emperor , or monarch , and pleases his mind with the vain hopes of even future preferment . The mind of a covetous man sees nothing but his re or spe , and looks at the most valuable objects with an eye of hope , or with A love ...
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... kings , queens , and knaves . The day lies heavy upon her till the play - season returns , when for half a dozen hours together all her faculties are employed in shuffling , cutting , dealing , and sorting out a pack of cards , and no ...
... kings , queens , and knaves . The day lies heavy upon her till the play - season returns , when for half a dozen hours together all her faculties are employed in shuffling , cutting , dealing , and sorting out a pack of cards , and no ...
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