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We feel, therefore, with no fmall fatisfa&ion, the va - riety, which is occafioned by this fenfible and well-written dif - fertation.
The Monthly Review 1791
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Having lived above ground for all of his life, Flint never knew just how much va - riety there could be in subterranean dining.
Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003
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In the years since, the man out of time had traveled far and wide and performed a va-riety of tasks; most recently, however, he'd been as-signed to serve as the liaison between the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and the admiralty.
Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001
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Having lived above ground for all of his life, Flint never knew just how much va - riety there could be in subterranean dining.
Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990
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The change is there expressed by a va - riety of names borrowed from the most stupendous operations of supernatural power.
A series of lectures, delivered in Park street church, Boston, on Sabbath evening Congregational Board of Publication 1813
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If complained of for the unreasonable length, to which this topic has led me, I say, in my jus* tification, that whyn-dykes are an Antrim produc - tion, which nature has been pleased to scatter over our county, with greater profusion, and greater va - riety, than is to be met with in any othift part of the world.
Statistical Survey of the County of Antrim: With Observations on the Means of Improvement; Drawn ... John Dubourdieu , Royal Dublin Society 1812
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The State undoubtedly abounds in a great va - riety of fossils, such as clayes, ochres, pigments, and the most useful ores, but it has been very lit - tle explored.
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All this personal va - riety is owing to the design of our Creator.
Sermons on various important subjects of doctrine and practice 1812
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I found I was speaking to a candid, sensible man, who, xqualIy surprised and satisfied with what he heard, proceeded to ask a va - riety of pertinent questions, to which, as he assured me, I was en - abled to give satisfactory answers.
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The quantity of ma - terials which the fame number of people can work up, increafes in a great proportion as - la - bour comes to be more and more fubdivided; and as the operations of each workman are gradually reduced to a greater degree of fimplicity, a va - riety of nev machines come to be invented for facilitating and abridging thdfe operations.
The Works of Adam Smith ...: With an Account of His Life and Writings 1812
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