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But I think he may do well hereafter (as Mr.S. [247] warily suggests) not to engage himself, nor be hooked by others, out of his own infallible way, but leave it wholly to the [248] "birdwitted heretics (as Mr.S. calls them) to perch upon the specifical natures" of words, as he does of things.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820
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