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" There are some persons," writes Mr. LOWER, in his " Curiosities of Heraldry " (p. 292), " who cannot discriminate between the taste for pedigree" (or genealogy) "and the pride of ancestry. Now these two feelings, though they often combine in one individual,... "
Some Old Families: A Contribution to the Genealogical History of Scotland ... - Page xiv
by Hardy Bertram McCall - 2020 - 512 pages
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English Heraldry

Charles Boutell - Heraldry - 1867 - 378 pages
...signification. feelings, though they often combine in one individual, have no necessary connection with each other. Man is said to be a hunting animal. Some hunt foxes ; others for fame or fortune. Others hunt in the intellectual field ; some for the arcana of...
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Transactions, Issues 8-10

Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - Canada - 1871 - 524 pages
...Prt»nt," &c(Riad before Ou Society, April 9»4. 1S73.) MAN is said to be a bunting animal. Some hunt (or foxes; others for fame or fortune; others hunt in...intellectual field ; some for the arcana of nature and of mind ; some for the roots of words, or the origin of things. " I am fond of hunting out a pedigree...
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Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Volume 16

Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - Cheshire (England) - 1899 - 360 pages
...ancestry. Now these two feelings, though they often combine in one individual, have no necessary connection with each other. Man is said to be a hunting animal. Some hunt foxes; others for fame and fortune. Others hunt in the intellectual field ; some for the arcana of...
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Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Volume 16

Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - Cheshire (England) - 1899 - 352 pages
...ancestry. Now these two feelings, though they often combine in one individual, have no necessary connection with each other. Man is said to be a hunting animal. Some hunt foxes; others for fame and fortune. Others hunt in the intellectual field ; some for the arcana of...
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The Handbook to English Heraldry

Charles Boutell - Heraldry - 1914 - 384 pages
...ancestry. Now these two feelings, though they often combine in one individual, have no necessary connection with each other. Man is said to be a hunting animal. Some hunt foxes ; others for fame or fortune. Others hunt in the intellectual field; some for the arcana of Nature...
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The Handbook to English Heraldry

Charles Boutell - Heraldry - 1914 - 410 pages
...ancestry. Now these two feelings, though they often combine in one individual, have no necessary connection with each other. Man is said to be a hunting animal. Some hunt foxes ; others for fame or fortune. Others hunt in the intellectual field; some for the arcana of Nature...
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