Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... human soul could live ? We trifle all , and he who best deserves Is but a trifler . What art thou whose eye Follows my pen , or what am I that write ? Both triflers . " HURDIS . LONDON : HENRY COLBURN , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . LONDON ...
... human soul could live ? We trifle all , and he who best deserves Is but a trifler . What art thou whose eye Follows my pen , or what am I that write ? Both triflers . " HURDIS . LONDON : HENRY COLBURN , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . LONDON ...
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... humanity have been un- fulfilled , because he was found wanting towards so- ciety in the more important considerations of certain pounds , shillings , and pence ! not act . In one respect , at all events , we have higher re- ligious ...
... humanity have been un- fulfilled , because he was found wanting towards so- ciety in the more important considerations of certain pounds , shillings , and pence ! not act . In one respect , at all events , we have higher re- ligious ...
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... human bones are left scat- tered upon the surface , as if in an unhallowed desert , while the desecrated enclosure perpetually rings with the yell of carmen , the rattling of wheels , the cries of hucksters , and all the profane hubbub ...
... human bones are left scat- tered upon the surface , as if in an unhallowed desert , while the desecrated enclosure perpetually rings with the yell of carmen , the rattling of wheels , the cries of hucksters , and all the profane hubbub ...
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... upon one which infinitely transcends all the fantoccini , panto- mimes , or dramas , I ever beheld ; the figures appear- ing to be actuated by human passions , and exhibiting 14 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES . The Wisdom of Laughter.
... upon one which infinitely transcends all the fantoccini , panto- mimes , or dramas , I ever beheld ; the figures appear- ing to be actuated by human passions , and exhibiting 14 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES . The Wisdom of Laughter.
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... human passions , and exhibiting in their looks , gestures , activity , and earnestness , such manifold tokens of mutual comprehension and intelli- gence , that were it not for the ridiculous actions they are made to perform , one might ...
... human passions , and exhibiting in their looks , gestures , activity , and earnestness , such manifold tokens of mutual comprehension and intelli- gence , that were it not for the ridiculous actions they are made to perform , one might ...
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