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Page 359
... particular , that those may not make the most noise who have the least to sell , which is very observable in the venders of card - matches , to whom I cannot but apply the old proverb of " Much cry but little wool . " " Some of these ...
... particular , that those may not make the most noise who have the least to sell , which is very observable in the venders of card - matches , to whom I cannot but apply the old proverb of " Much cry but little wool . " " Some of these ...
Page 442
... particular boy , and to allot him the part that is most suitable to his natural talents . C Plato in one of his dialogues tells us that Socrates , who was the son of a midwife , used to say , that as his mother , though she was very ...
... particular boy , and to allot him the part that is most suitable to his natural talents . C Plato in one of his dialogues tells us that Socrates , who was the son of a midwife , used to say , that as his mother , though she was very ...
Page 780
... particular view : which , in my opinion , shows the hand of a thinking and all - wise Being in their formation , with the evidence of a thousand demonstra- tions . I think we may lay this down as an in- contested principle , that chance ...
... particular view : which , in my opinion , shows the hand of a thinking and all - wise Being in their formation , with the evidence of a thousand demonstra- tions . I think we may lay this down as an in- contested principle , that chance ...
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