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A man of little education; bred in camps; yet of a proud natural eminency, and rugged nobleness of genius and mind.

Is it your grace and goodness, or eminency in religion, that you are proud of?

He that hath not eminency of parentage and birth, if he have pride will make himself a gentleman by a lie.

His eminency above others hath made him a man of worship, for he had never been preferred, but that he was worth thousands.

He has in his hedge quarters somewhat the same pre-eminency as the man who takes a private parlour in an hotel.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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