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D.S. _Shakspeare's Use of the Word "Captious" _ (Vol. ii., p. 354.).
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Shakspeare's Use of the W.rds "Captious" and "Intenible," by S.W. Singer 354
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The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Captious reasoning
The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Captious reasoning 2009
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Sorry Chris, I read it too quick and was overly Captious.
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“Captious Reader” thought it necessary to write to a
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Captious and cunning, Mithridates was a curious mixture of coward and hero, braggart and mouse; he commanded vast forces and had expanded his kingdom mightily at the expense of all his neighbors save Rome.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Captious in the extreme, the great winds blew to suit themselves.
The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977
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Mr. Wallis Mackay, the clever "Captious Critic" of later days, followed
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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It was in the latter year that Tom Taylor succeeded to the editorship, and having been mortally offended with a personal sketch which the "Captious Critic" had drawn some time before, he forthwith cancelled the connection.
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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Captious criticism never deterred him in his course.
The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status Charles Henry 1925
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