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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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27.1.03

"Cat" in the England of old was another name for violin. Or any stringed instrument of that ilk. Am now advised "catgut" is so called not because it ever came from cats -- it didn't -- but because it was used on cats, i.e., stringed instruments.

L.M.Boyd

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