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Date: 1785
"To this it is owing, that, in ancient languages, the word which denotes the soul, is that which properly signifies breath or air."
preview | full record— Reid, Thomas (1710-1796)
Date: 1785
"I saw in this nobleman the best dispositions and best principles; and I saw him, in my mind's eye, to be the representative of the ancient Boyds of Kilmarnock."
preview | full record— Boswell, James (1740-1795)