Blackwood's Magazine, Том 90W. Blackwood., 1861 |
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... doubt , is of anything but Celtic derivation ; but if we had his family tree drawn out from Woden down- wards , we have little doubt but that his excellent moral and intellectual qualities would be found to be the result of a continued ...
... doubt , is of anything but Celtic derivation ; but if we had his family tree drawn out from Woden down- wards , we have little doubt but that his excellent moral and intellectual qualities would be found to be the result of a continued ...
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... doubt , and comfort others , to find that Latin verse - making was a prominent feature in the school at Canterbury , and that no less than a hundred different kinds of metre were mas- tered by diligent scholars like Ad- helm ...
... doubt , and comfort others , to find that Latin verse - making was a prominent feature in the school at Canterbury , and that no less than a hundred different kinds of metre were mas- tered by diligent scholars like Ad- helm ...
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... doubt believed what they said , their evidence affording an example of how far a preconceived idea will affect belief ; they describe the body as lying on the right side , the head and right arm being driven between the stakes , which ...
... doubt believed what they said , their evidence affording an example of how far a preconceived idea will affect belief ; they describe the body as lying on the right side , the head and right arm being driven between the stakes , which ...
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... doubt , that it was so ; and when Garth swore that " it was impossible the body should have floated , " and boldly stated his be- lief that " all dead bodies fall to the bottom unless they be prevented by some extraordinary tumour ...
... doubt , that it was so ; and when Garth swore that " it was impossible the body should have floated , " and boldly stated his be- lief that " all dead bodies fall to the bottom unless they be prevented by some extraordinary tumour ...
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... doubt in this thing they are mistaken . The seamen are a superstitious people : they fancy that whistling at sea will occasion a tem- pest . I must confess I have never seen anybody thrown overboard , but I have tried some experiments ...
... doubt in this thing they are mistaken . The seamen are a superstitious people : they fancy that whistling at sea will occasion a tem- pest . I must confess I have never seen anybody thrown overboard , but I have tried some experiments ...
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