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as Demetrius of Phalerum thought it vulgar
His manner in speaking marvellously pleased the common people, though men of taste, such as Demetrius of Phalerum, thought it vulgar and affected.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 4 (of 4) by Plutarch

any degree of preciseness the innumerable variations
It would be impossible to describe with any degree of preciseness the innumerable variations in size, shape, ground-color, or shades of markings, these eggs present.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

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