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... observed , may be true ; but is nothing against the system . The members of an university may , for a season , be unmindful of their duty . I am arguing for the excellency of the institution . " Of Guthrie , he said , " Sir , he is a ...
... observed , may be true ; but is nothing against the system . The members of an university may , for a season , be unmindful of their duty . I am arguing for the excellency of the institution . " Of Guthrie , he said , " Sir , he is a ...
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... observed at sea . Swallows certainly sleep all the winter . A number of them conglobulate together , by flying round and round , and then all in a heap throw themselves under water , and lie in the bed of a river . " He told us , one of ...
... observed at sea . Swallows certainly sleep all the winter . A number of them conglobulate together , by flying round and round , and then all in a heap throw themselves under water , and lie in the bed of a river . " He told us , one of ...
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... observed upon the dial - plate of his watch a short Greek inscription , taken from the New Testament , Νὺξ γὰρ ἔρχεται , being the first words of our Saviour's so- lemn admonition to the improvement of that time which is allowed us to ...
... observed upon the dial - plate of his watch a short Greek inscription , taken from the New Testament , Νὺξ γὰρ ἔρχεται , being the first words of our Saviour's so- lemn admonition to the improvement of that time which is allowed us to ...
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... observed that he pro- bably must have said not simply " strong facts , " but " strong facts well ar- ranged . " His lordship , however , knows too well the value of written docu- ments to insist on setting his recollection against my ...
... observed that he pro- bably must have said not simply " strong facts , " but " strong facts well ar- ranged . " His lordship , however , knows too well the value of written docu- ments to insist on setting his recollection against my ...
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... observed , that it brought to mind , " Wicked Will Whiston and good Mr. Ditton . " - I am now also of that ad- mirable institution , as secretary for foreign correspondence , by the favour of the academicians , and the approbation of ...
... observed , that it brought to mind , " Wicked Will Whiston and good Mr. Ditton . " - I am now also of that ad- mirable institution , as secretary for foreign correspondence , by the favour of the academicians , and the approbation of ...
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