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... instance . However unfavourable to Scotland , he uniformly gave liberal praise to George Buchanan , as a writer . In a conversation concerning the literary merits of the two countries , in which Buch- anan was introduced , a Scotchman ...
... instance . However unfavourable to Scotland , he uniformly gave liberal praise to George Buchanan , as a writer . In a conversation concerning the literary merits of the two countries , in which Buch- anan was introduced , a Scotchman ...
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... instance , it has been a fashion to wear scarlet breeches ; these men would tell you , that according to causes and effects , no other wear could at that time have been chosen . " He , however , said of him at another time to the same ...
... instance , it has been a fashion to wear scarlet breeches ; these men would tell you , that according to causes and effects , no other wear could at that time have been chosen . " He , however , said of him at another time to the same ...
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... instance of it , he one day said to me , " Sir , when you get silver in change for a guinea , look carefully at it ; you may find some curious piece of coin . " Though a stern true - born Englishman , and fully prejudiced against all ...
... instance of it , he one day said to me , " Sir , when you get silver in change for a guinea , look carefully at it ; you may find some curious piece of coin . " Though a stern true - born Englishman , and fully prejudiced against all ...
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... instances are very rare . When I maintain that language must have come by inspiration , I do not mean that inspiration is required for rhetorick , and all the beauties of language ; for when once man has language , we can conceive that ...
... instances are very rare . When I maintain that language must have come by inspiration , I do not mean that inspiration is required for rhetorick , and all the beauties of language ; for when once man has language , we can conceive that ...
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... instance , From him that would borrow of thee , turn thou not away . ' Let a man whose credit is bad , come to a Quaker , and say , Well , Sir , lend me a hun- dred pounds ; he'll find him as unwilling as any 9 99 9 6 I T other man . No ...
... instance , From him that would borrow of thee , turn thou not away . ' Let a man whose credit is bad , come to a Quaker , and say , Well , Sir , lend me a hun- dred pounds ; he'll find him as unwilling as any 9 99 9 6 I T other man . No ...
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