 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 that somebody...  The European Magazine, and London Review - Page 851795Full view - About this book
 | 1799 - 484 pages
...that fomebody inuft have contrived1 matters fo as to pn.duce it —I pretend not to give his wcrds, or my own, for I have forgotten both ; but I give the fubftance of what pafTed between us in fuch language as we both underftood.— *So you think, I faid,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1800 - 612 pages
...taking hold of my coat, faid with fome earneftnefs, it could not be mere chance ; for that fome body muft have contrived matters fo as to produce it. —...my own, for I have forgotten both ; but I give the fubftance of what patted between us in fuch language as we both underftood. — So you think, I faid,... | |
 | English literature - 1800 - 614 pages
...taking hold of my coat, faid with fome earneflnefs, it could not be mine chance ; for that fome body muft have contrived matters fo as to produce it. —...my own, for I have forgotten both ; but I give the fubftance of what pafled between us in fuch language as we both underftood. — So you think, I faid,... | |
 | 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,...my own, for I have forgotten both ; but I give the substance of what passed between us in such language as we both understood. — So you think, I said,... | |
 | Miscellanea Perthensis - 1801 - 242 pages
...taking hold of my coat, faid with fome earneftnefs, it could not be by mere chance ; for that fomebody muft have contrived matters fo as to produce it. —...pretend not to give his words, or 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.... | |
 | Education - 1803 - 456 pages
...some earnestness, ' it could not be " mere chance, for that somebody must have contrived " matters so as to produce it.' I pretend not to give " his words...own, for I have forgotten both ; " but I give the substance of what passed between us " in such language as we both understood. ' So you " think,' I... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Medicine - 1806 - 578 pages
...some earnestness, it "could not be mere chance; for that somebody must have contrived matters " so as to produce it. — I pretend not to give his words,...my own, for I have "forgotten both; but I give the substance of what passed between us in " such language as we both understood. — So you think, I said,... | |
 | John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...with some earnestness, it could not be mere chance, for that somebody must have contrived matters so as to produce' it. I pretend not to give his words...my own, for I have forgotten both, but I give the substance of what passed between us in such language as we both understood. So you think, l said, that... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 356 pages
...some earnestness, " It " could not be mere chance ; for that somebody must have con" trived matters so as to produce it." — I pretend not to give his words,...my own, for I have forgotten both ; but I give the. substance of what passed between us in such language as we both understood. — '* So you think;" I... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Authors, Scottish - 1807 - 362 pages
...some earnestness, " It " could not be mere chance ; for that somebody must have con" trived matters so as to produce it." — I pretend not to give his words,...my own, for I have forgotten both; but I give the substance of what passed between us in such language as we both understood. — " So you think," I... | |
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