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• Students of the history of our science will find them to be so But all these early chemists--ancient, if you please--are gone. —  James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823
• Wherever material suitable for his purposes could be caught at--ancient or modern, French, Italian, or Spanish--Hardy made it his own. —  A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
• Story, anecdote--ancient or legendary--beautiful cities, old churches, countless architectural and other ancient treasures, etc., etc., pervade its pages in entertaining variety The book is timely for its descriptions of places already in the wake of war; among these is Cattaro, the recently bombarded fortification on the Adriatic. —  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)
• Against this theory, however, it might be urged that the muniment room at the angle of the south-east transept is identified as the ancient treasury This porch, sometimes called the Galilee, was possibly a place where penitents met, and from which they were expelled from the church on Ash-Wednesday until Maundy Thursday. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum
• How difficult it is for man--ancient or modern--to learn when to hold his tongue! —  The Norsemen in the West

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