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Premising his remarks with a classification of diseases as follows:
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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Premising that the reasons advanced for the belief in deity are more in the nature of excuses than aught else, we may take first of all the argument derived from the mere existence of the universe, with the alleged impossibility of conceiving it as self-existent.
Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative Chapman Cohen
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Premising that my references are to _The Taming of a Shrew_ in "Six Old Plays,"
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Premising that I should approach the text of our great poet with an almost equal degree of awful reverence with that which characterises his two latest editors, I must confess that I should not have the same respect for evident errors of the printers of the early editions, which they have occasionally shown.
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Premising all this, we may suppose that a peculiar psychic concordance, which failing a better term might be called mediumistic, exists between
Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals Henny Kindermann
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Premising that I entirely agree with you as to the transcendant importance of the vote and the duty of every citizen to use it -- to let no slight obstacle prevent his voting.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 Various
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Premising that the purchasing power of a penny in the fifteenth century was about twelve times as much as it is now, we are able to form some idea of the economic position of the different classes which were the subjects of this legislation.
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Let us take one or two representative birds -- first, an eagle, to work upon, Premising that your bird is finished and dry, and that you have previously accurately copied into your note-book the colours of the soft parts, you will begin by brushing over the parts to be coloured with a very little turpentine.
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Premising that he was going to show us something very curious, Mr. Porter went into the next room and returned with a counterpane of fine linen, elaborately embroidered with silk, which so profusely covered the linen that the general effect was as if the main texture were silken.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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Premising that much exercise is needed for growing youth, it was contended that gymnasium exercises, prescribed for all but Seniors, were irksome and often avoided.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume II: From 1868 to 1912 Kemp Plummer 1912
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