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" One would think that compositors would be as sick of reading as a grocer's boy is of treacle ; but that this is not the case is proved by the fact, that they... "
The Journal of the British Archaeological Association - Page 61
by British Archaeological Association - 1904
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

1850 - 542 pages
...has calculated how long it will be before the thievish sparrows are cleared off by this dread means. That this is not the case, is proved by the fact that many scores of martins may be seen sitting together on the wires close to their nests, apparently not...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 65

1840 - 700 pages
...One would think that compositors would be as sick of reading as a grocer's boy is of treacle ; but that this is not the case is proved by the fact, that they not only willingly pay for these newspapers, but often indemnify one of their own community for...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 38

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 514 pages
...One would think that compositors would be as sick of reading as a grocer's boy is of treacle ; but that this is not the case is proved by the fact, that they not only willingly pay for these newspapers, but often indemnify one of their own community for...
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The Rail, and the Electric Telegraph, Comprising a Brief History of Former ...

Peter Progress (pseud.) - 1847 - 192 pages
...has calculated how long it will be before the thievish sparrows are cleared off by this dread means. That this is not the case, is proved by the fact that many scores of martins may be seen sitting together on the wires close to their nests, apparently not...
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A ramble in spring

Charles Alexander Johns - 1849 - 124 pages
...as brilliant as phosphorus. Hence it was formerly thought to possess phosphorescent properties ; but that this is not the case is proved by the fact that its brilliancy is apparent only when the spectator's back is turned to the daylight ; besides which,...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 89

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1850 - 526 pages
...has calculated how long it will be before the thievish sparrows are cleared off by this dread means. That this is not the case, is proved by the fact that many scores of martins may be seen sitting together on the wires close to their nests, apparently not...
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Railway Appliances in the Nineteenth Century: With Illustrative Anecdotes ...

R. Yorke Clarke - 1850 - 256 pages
...has calculated how long it will be before the thievish sparrows are cleared off by this dread means. That this is not the case, is proved by the fact that many scores of martins may be seen sitting together on the wires close to their nests, apparently not...
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Papers from the Quarterly Review

1852 - 324 pages
...One would think that compositors would be as sick of reading as a grocer's boy is of treacle ; but that this is not the case is proved by the fact, that they not only willingly pay for these newspapers, but often indemnify one of their own community for...
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Descriptive Essays, Volume 1

Sir Francis Bond Head - 1857 - 384 pages
...One would think that compositors would be as sick of reading as a grocer's boy is of treacle ; but that this is not the case is proved by the fact that they not only willingly pay for these newspapers, but often indemnify one of their own community for...
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Descriptive Essays Contributed to the Quarterly Review: Cornish miners in ...

Sir Francis Bond Head - 1857 - 388 pages
...One would think that compositors would be as sick of reading as a grocer's boy is of treacle ; but that this is not the case is proved by the fact that they not only willingly pay for these newspapers, but often indemnify one of their own community for...
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