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"Young ebony's right, sir," chuckled Harvey; "'tis the devil and his following."
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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"Young ebony's right, sir," chuckled Harvey; "'tis the devil and his following."
Richard Carvel — Volume 02 Winston Churchill 1909
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"Young ebony's right, sir," chuckled Harvey; "'tis the devil and his following."
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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"Young ebony's right, sir," chuckled Harvey; "'tis the devil and his following."
Richard Carvel Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1899
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But if we find by experience that not only the thin board, but every other figure of the same walnut-tree, will return to float, as unquestionably we shall, then I must desire my opponents to forbear to attribute the floating of the ebony to the figure of the board, since the resistance of the water is the same in rising as in sinking, and the force of ascension of the walnut-tree is less than the ebony's force for going to the bottom.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science 1904
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