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reading every possible kind of
He had a natural taste for reading every possible kind of book which did not fall into his school-course.
— from The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray

reading every possible kind of
He had a natural taste for reading every possible kind of book which did not fall into his school course.
— from Boys and Girls from Thackeray by Kate Dickinson Sweetser

requiring extensive philosophical knowledge or
Not a way requiring extensive philosophical knowledge or deep metaphysical research to comprehend it.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

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