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" But how shall we prove anything? " " We never shall. We never can expect to prove anything upon such a point. It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin, probably, with a little bias towards our own sex; and upon that bias... "
Il Conte di Carmagnola: tragedia di Alessandro Manzoni, Milano, 1820 ... - Page 373
1821 - 31 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 24

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 602 pages
...which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it...precisely such as cannot be brought forward without betra3'ing a confidence, or in some respect saying what should not be said." ' " Ah !" cried Captain...
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Northanger Abbey [and] Persuasion

Jane Austen - 1833 - 460 pages
...•does not admit of proof. We each begin, probably, with a. little bias towards our own sex ; and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it...such as cannot be brought forward without betraying a conBE 4 Science, or, in some respect, saying what should not be said." " Ah ! " cried Captain Harville,...
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Northanger abbey [followed by] Persuasion

Jane Austen - 1833 - 464 pages
...does not admit of proof. We each begin, probably, with a little bias towards our own sex ; and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it...such as cannot be brought forward without betraying a conEE 4 fldence, or, in some respect, saying what should not be said." " Ah !" cried Captain Harville,...
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Periodical Criticism, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1835 - 420 pages
...does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias to* wards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it...which has occurred within our own circle ; many of t\ Inch circumstances (perhaps those very cases which strike us the most) may be precisely such as...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott: Biographical memoirs of ...

Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it...in some respect, saying what should not be said.' u ' Ah I1 cried Captain Harville. in a tone of strong feeling, * if 1 could birt make yon comprehend...
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On Ellis's Specimens of the early English poets. Ellis' and Ritson's ...

Walter Scott - 1841 - 464 pages
...which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it...precisely such as cannot be brought forward without bretaying a confidence, or, in some respect, saying what should not be said.' "' But how shall we prove...
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Miscellaneous Prose Works, Volume 18

Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 pages
...which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it...circumstances (perhaps those very cases which strike ui the most) may be precisely such as cannot be brought forward without betraying a confidence, or,...
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Miscellaneous Lectures and Reviews

Richard Whately - 1861 - 372 pages
...which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it...those very cases which strike us the most) may be precisely"such as cannot be brought forward without betraying a confidence, or in some respects saying...
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Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion ...

Jane Austen - 1864 - 530 pages
...towards our own sex ; and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occured within our own circle > many of which circumstances...(perhaps those very cases which strike us the most) many be precisely such as cannot be brought forward without betraying a confidence, or, in some respect,...
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The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ed ..., Volumes 3-4

Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...does not admit of proof. We each begin, probably, with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon - (perhaps those very cases which strike us the most) may be precisely such as cannot lie brought forward...
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