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| | #*: T<small>HE</small> favourable reception the Orrery has met with from '''Perſons''' of the firſt diſtinƈtion,<!-- Hyphenated as "diſtinc-tion" in the original source --> and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfeƈtion;<!-- Hyphenated as "Perfec-tion" in the original source --> and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public. | | #*: T<small>HE</small> favourable reception the Orrery has met with from '''Perſons''' of the firſt diſtinƈtion,<!-- Hyphenated as "diſtinc-tion" in the original source --> and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfeƈtion;<!-- Hyphenated as "Perfec-tion" in the original source --> and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public. |
| | # The physical human [[body]] seen as distinct from the mind, character etc. {{defdate|from 14th c.}} | | # The physical human [[body]] seen as distinct from the mind, character etc. {{defdate|from 14th c.}} |
| − | #* '''1897''', Henry James, ''What Maisie Knew'': | + | #* '''1897''', {{w|Henry James}}, ''What Maisie Knew'': |
| | #*: The Captain, inclining his military '''person''', sat sideways to be closer and kinder [...]. | | #*: The Captain, inclining his military '''person''', sat sideways to be closer and kinder [...]. |
| | + | #*'''1978''', {{w|Lawrence Durrell}}, ''Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet''), p. 418: |
| | + | #*:At first blush it seemed that what was striking about him rested on the fact that his dress was exotic, his '''person''' foreign. |
| | #* '''2004''', ''New York Times'': | | #* '''2004''', ''New York Times'': |
| | #*: Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his '''person''', is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang. | | #*: Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his '''person''', is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang. |
