 Yes, said I carelessly, on coming to the place, I see it is so ; but there is nothing in this worth notice ; it is mere chance : and I went away. He followed me, and, taking hold of my coat, said, with some earnestness, It could not be mere chance; for...  Essays on Professional Education - Page 79by Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1809 - 496 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1795 - 486 pages
...with fome eirr.tftnefs.it could not be mere chance, tor that fcmebody muft have contrived matters fo as to produce it. I pretend not to give his words or my own, for I. have forgotten both, but I give the fubfiance of what paffed between us, in fuch language as we both underllood.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1800 - 612 pages
...with fome earneftnefs, it could not be mere chance ; for that fome body muft have contrived matters fo as to produce it. — I pretend not to give his words, or my own, for I have forgotten both ; but I give the fubftance of what patted between us in fuch language as we both underftood.... | |
 | English literature - 1800 - 614 pages
...with fome earneflnefs, it could not be mine chance ; for that fome body muft have contrived matters fo as to produce it. — I pretend not to give his words, or my own, for I have forgotten both ; but I give the fubftance of what pafled between us in fuch language as we both underftood.... | |
 | Books - 1800 - 574 pages
...earnest" ness, it could not be mere chance ; lor :;._; tea»e body nuist h*v« contrived matters 90 as- to produce it. — I pretend not to give his words, or my own, for I have forgotten both ; but I give the substance of what passed between us in such language as we both understood.... | |
 | 1800 - 572 pages
...I see it is so ; but there is nothing in -this worth notice ; it is mere chance : and I went away. He followed me, and, .taking hold of my coat, said, with some earnest. •ess, it could not be mere chi-nce ; for that some body rtust have ' The doctrines of religion... | |
 | Miscellanea Perthensis - 1801 - 242 pages
...fome earneftnefs, it could not be by mere chance ; for that fomebody muft have contrived matters fo as to produce it. — I pretend not to give his words,...my own, for I have for gotten both ; but I give the fubftance of what paffed be tween us in fuch language as we both underftood. So you think, I faid,... | |
 | Education - 1803 - 456 pages
...see it is so; but there is nothing in " this worth notice ; it is mere chance ;' and I went " away. He followed me, and, taking hold of my " coat, said...pretend not to give " his words or my own, for I have forgotten both ; " but I give the substance of what passed between us " in such language as we both... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1805 - 536 pages
...so; but there is nothing in this worthy of notice; it is mere chance," and I went away. He fdllowed me, and taking hold of my coat, said, with some earnestness,...produce it." I pretend not to give his words or my own, but I give the substance in such language as we both understood. " So you think," said I, u that what... | |
 | 1805 - 506 pages
..." I see it is so : but what is there in this worth notice, is it not mere chance?" and I went away. He followed me, and taking hold of my coat, said with...must have contrived matters so as to produce it." " So you think," I said, "that what appears so regular as the letters of your name, cannot be by chance... | |
 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Scotland - 1805 - 452 pages
...went aWay. He followed me, and, taking hold of my coat, said, v»ith some earnestness, it could rot be mere chance ; for that somebody must have contrived matters so as to produce it.— • So you think, I said, that what appears so regular as the letters of your name cannot be by chance.... | |
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