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commentaries and some tracts on religious subjects
It may be sufficient to say that among them (twenty-five or so) were the appeal To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation , the tract On the Liberty of a Christian Man , The Babylonian Captivity of the Church of Christ , Against the Execrable Bull of Antichrist , some commentaries, and some tracts on religious subjects “not contentious,” says the official record.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 1 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

Callista as saying The only real solution
As such, I ask you to consider the thing you've quoted Callista as saying: 'The only real solution is one I'm not ready to face.'
— from The Trial of Callista Blake by Edgar Pangborn

careful about small things or remarkably sober
He could not picture them punctual, careful about small things, or remarkably sober.
— from Kit Musgrave's Luck by Harold Bindloss

case argued several times over restricting such
He almost abolished the tedious and costly practice of having the same case argued several times over, restricting such rehearings to questions of real difficulty and adequate importance."
— from International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various


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