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To make every event depend upon the twinkling of a star, is an absurdity equal to that of the Lapland witches, who pretend to regulate the course of the winds by tying knots in a string.
John Bonnycastle
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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
George Borrow
John Bonnycastle
Born:
1751
Died:
May 15, 1821
(aged 70)
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John Bonnycastle was an English teacher of mathematics and author.
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