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" I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong. "
Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the ... - Page 304
by Samuel Miller - 1852 - 376 pages
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All the Year Round, Volume 8; Volume 71

Charles Dickens - 1892 - 812 pages
...conceding that all "penny dreadfuls " are sensational, the concession has nothing to do with the fact that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to write a good sensational story; or, if anything, the concession goes to prove my point. It is, probably,...
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An Artist in Crime

Rodrigues Ottolengui - Legal stories - 1892 - 306 pages
...was delighted to have the chance of confiding his views to the detective. " You see," he continued, "it is one of the most difficult things in the world to say who is, and who is not perfectly sane. Some experts contend that nine tenths of the people in the...
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Journal, Volume 21

Institution of Electrical Engineers - Electrical engineering - 1893 - 840 pages
...possible that what Mr. Robertson put on the board may exist. These are matters of speculation, and it is one of the most difficult things in the world to tell what any intermediate stage in a chemical reaction is. We know where we begin, and we know where...
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Major Joshua: A Novel

Francis Forster - English fiction - 1894 - 354 pages
...entirely failed to smile and give a civil answer, because he was trying to guess who the man might be. It is one of the most difficult things in the world to try to talk to one person, and smile and answer in the right place, when nearly all your faculties...
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting, Volumes 17-20

Engineering - 1896 - 742 pages
...you see in the newspapers is absolutely correct. (Laughter.) Mr. Judson: I know by experience that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to get a stone mason or contractor to make good concrete. It can be made very easily, but requires thorough...
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The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine, Volume 1

London (England) - 1899 - 790 pages
...girl. The tree was so constructed that Hampton could more easily see her than she him ; and moreover it is one of the most difficult things in the world to locate an unexpected sound. " I'm tree'd," laughed the voice, "straight above your head." "That sounds...
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Report from the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords and the House ...

Great Britain. Parliament. Joint select committee on London underground railways - Subways - 1901 - 470 pages
...claim any compensation in respect of it, because it is not given under the existing law." And, my Lord, it is one of the most difficult things in the world to tell when the damage has arisen, exactly how far it is due to the one and how far it is due to the...
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The Novels, Volume 15

Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 396 pages
...? I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong. If it be generally so with us, I am sure we ought to be...
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The Cambrian, Volume 22

Welsh - 1902 - 596 pages
...farmers have experienced much trouble in protecting the nests of hens against the pilfering animals. It is one of the most difficult things in the world to break a dog of the egg-sucking habit.—Exchange. Fainting is due to an insufficient amount of blood...
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The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Bart, Volume 2

Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 396 pages
...? I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong. If it be generally so with us, I am sure we ought to be...
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