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But let the blame of this lie where it is, both upon our nets and the unskilfulness of our men to lay them.

From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James

There is, perhaps, not one of Shakespeare's plays more darkened than this, by the peculiarities of its author, and the unskilfulness of its editors, by distortions of phrase, or negligence of transcription.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel

For he says, 'in regard of the rawness and unskilfulness of the hands through which they pass, the greatest matters, are sometimes carried in the weakest ciphers.'

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

The indifferent operator, in both cases, suffers more or less from the injury and annoyance his unskilfulness has occasioned.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

Nothing could be prepared to my taste, and I constantly blamed the unskilfulness of the cooks.

From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)