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An Account of the Life, Writings, and Inventions of John Napier, of Merchiston - Page 15
by David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan, Walter Minto - 1787 - 134 pages
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The works of sir Thomas Urquhart [ed. by T. Mailtand].

sir Thomas Urquhart - 1834 - 472 pages
...after his decease nothing should be known thereof; his answer was, That for the mine and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which,...all his might endeavour to do ; and that therefore seeing the malice and rancor rooted in the heart of mankind will not suffer them to diminish, by any...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 52

1834 - 602 pages
...manner of the contrivance of so ingenious a mystery ; his answer was, That for the ruin and overthrow of man there were too many devices already framed, which...would with all his might endeavour to do ; and that by any new conceit of his the number of them should never be increased. Divinely spoken, truly.' This...
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Fortification for officers of the army and students of military history

sir Henry Yule - 1851 - 282 pages
...the contrivance of so ingenious a mystery, .... his answer was, ' That for the ruine and overthrow of man there were too many devices already framed, which if he could make the fewer, he would with all his might endeavour to do ; and that therefore, seeing the malice and...
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Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1858 - 574 pages
...friend in his last illness to reveal the contrivance, his answer was that, for the ruin and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which if he could make to be fewer, he would, with his might, endeavour to do; and that therefore, seeing the malice and rancour rooted in the heart of...
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Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1858 - 568 pages
...friend in his last illness to reveal the contrivance, his answer was that, for the ruin and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which if he could make to be fewer, he would, with his might, endeavour to do ; and that therefore, seeing the malice and rancour rooted in the heart...
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The Great Triumphs of Great Men

James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 674 pages
...after his decease nothing should be known thereof, his answer was, "That for the ruin and overthrow of man there were too many devices already framed, which...all his might endeavour to do; and that therefore, seeing the malice and rancour rooted in the heart of mankind will not suffer them to diminish the number...
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Some Old Families: A Contribution to the Genealogical History of Scotland ...

Hardy Bertram McCall - Reference - 2020 - 454 pages
...difcoveries that they might not be loft to mankind, his anfwer was: 'That for the ruin and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which, if he could make fewer, he would with all his might endeavour to do; and that therefore, feeing the malice and rancor...
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The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 22

Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - Scotland - 1917 - 322 pages
...ingenious a mystery" (the metal chariot), Napier replied :— "That for the ruin and overthrow of men there were too many devices already framed, which...all his might endeavour to do; and that, therefore, seeing the malice and rancour rooted in the heart of mankind will not suffer them to diminish by any...
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