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  • Cicero remarks upon his fondness for archaisms (Brutus, 74.259).
  • All the early writers dwell with great fondness on the origin and adventures of this race.
  • It is said that during his residence in Sweden Panin, who certainly had a strong speculative bent, conceived a fondness for constitutional forms of government.
  • The notorious fondness of the Athenians for litigation increased his power; and the practice of "sycophancy" (raking up material for false charges; see Sycophant), enabled him to remove those who were likely to endanger his ascendancy.
  • On his recovery Peter's fondness for his friend overcame his sense of justice.
 
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