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general attack upon religion as such
Elizabeth feared that a general attack upon religion as such would be the best means of inducing all the Catholic noblemen to forget their personal rivalries and unite in one great national confederation.
— from History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 by James MacCaffrey

gave an unexpected roll and she
Once the ship, gave an unexpected roll, and she was thrown rudely against the side, but she only clasped her infant the tighter, and heeded not the cruel blows she was receiving.
— from Antony Waymouth; Or, The Gentlemen Adventurers by William Henry Giles Kingston

grouped as usual round a small
The Indians were camped on the summit of the mound, grouped as usual round a small fire, the materials for which they had collected during the day’s march, and were conversing in low tones, while they, too, smoked.
— from In Search of El Dorado by Harry Collingwood

great and universally recognized as such
[256] It seems almost needless to remark that there is no necessary connection between the doctrine of Papal infallibility and that of the essential organization of the church; that the jurisdiction of the Pope was as great, and universally recognized as such by Catholics, before the Vatican Council as since; and consequently that it is not even possible that the definition of 1870 should make any change in his authoritative relation to, or power over, the church.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 22, October, 1875, to March, 1876 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various


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