The trenches are obliterated by the floods, so as to render the place unobserved by the stranger: it is difficult to Chuse a worse, except he had put his house under the earth.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
A person cannot Chuse his capacity, but he may Chuse to be a rogue; one is an act of nature, the other of the will.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
The commissioners, therefore, wish rather to establish fact upon proof; but, if this is wanting, then upon circumstantial evidence; and if this support fails, they Chuse to finish a quarrel by a moderate, though a random judgment.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton