Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Buffon” in chapter 5 of George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor:

...our North American Indians, which by a dexterous turn he contrives to make those present think is equally true of the citizens of the United States, and ends by citing some of the strange opinions of Buffon or Raynal to support himself, and put me out of countenance. Of course we come at once into a regular discussion, in which he goes on to allege more perverse authorities against me, calls us a youn...
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Buffon 35 4 1 0 0 user votes

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