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... fact and fiction is indeed less appreciable than is universally admitted ; but those who court a hearing are wise in selecting an appeal , not from the un- arbitrary order , but from the " scrupulous array of facts arranged in an open ...
... fact and fiction is indeed less appreciable than is universally admitted ; but those who court a hearing are wise in selecting an appeal , not from the un- arbitrary order , but from the " scrupulous array of facts arranged in an open ...
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... facts in this anonymous Life ; he may or he may not have issued instructions which may or may not have been carried out . But all these possibilities are no help to the estab- lishment of a fact . In the absence of the smallest fragment ...
... facts in this anonymous Life ; he may or he may not have issued instructions which may or may not have been carried out . But all these possibilities are no help to the estab- lishment of a fact . In the absence of the smallest fragment ...
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... fact , as far as London topography was concerned , there was little opportunity until the issue in 1790 of Pennant's and the subsequent publication in 1805 of large - paper editions up to that unwieldy tome the atlas folio . Then their ...
... fact , as far as London topography was concerned , there was little opportunity until the issue in 1790 of Pennant's and the subsequent publication in 1805 of large - paper editions up to that unwieldy tome the atlas folio . Then their ...
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... fact that the Cannon Ball House , Castlehill , was to be put up for sale at an upset price of 2,500l . With a view to working up public interest , the history of the house was mysteriously garbled . It has no authenticated history . 66 ...
... fact that the Cannon Ball House , Castlehill , was to be put up for sale at an upset price of 2,500l . With a view to working up public interest , the history of the house was mysteriously garbled . It has no authenticated history . 66 ...
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... facts are taken from a manuscript volume in the possession of George Heriot's Trust , as fol- lows : -writ , date ... fact is chronicled in philological treatises , but I do not see that they give any reason for the change . I presume ...
... facts are taken from a manuscript volume in the possession of George Heriot's Trust , as fol- lows : -writ , date ... fact is chronicled in philological treatises , but I do not see that they give any reason for the change . I presume ...
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