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maker and speculated on no improbable contingencies
He was no match-maker, and speculated on no improbable contingencies for his daughter, but he beheld good hopes for the Delavie property and tenants in an heir such as this, and made over his simple loyal heart to the young man.
— from Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

method and science of numbers it can
ever great it is, and however large a multitude it contains, by the very method and science of numbers it can not only be doubled but even multiplied.
— from An encyclopedist of the dark ages: Isidore of Seville by Ernest Brehaut

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