1776 "difference without a distinction"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've generally heard "a distinction without a difference."

JL

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:29 PM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

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> . the northern and southern borders of the Tweed created in their
> inhabitants but a mere difference, without a distinction, and that virtue
> and good sense were equally common to both.
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> Thomas Pennant.  A Tour in Scotland.  Vol. 2.  London: Benj. White, 1776,
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