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While unable to say that I like them, for, speaking collectively, they are an untaking, unlikeable people, still they possess many qualities and traits of character which _per se_ must recommend them to all unprejudiced observers.
Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready
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Make an end, then, and call him, for methinks that all the time which I spend untaking due revenge for my wrong, turns to the prejudice of the loyalty which I owe unto my spouse.
The Fourth Book. VII. Wherein Is Prosecuted the History of the Curious-Impertinent 1909
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Neither yet need we here to be moved with Dr Burges’s (766) adventurous untaking to prove that, in the most ancient times, before corruption of the sacrament began, the sacrament was received with an adoring gesture.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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