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portaret uti pingunt pictores sed
“Nota,” says A Lapide, “non videri Simonem crucem gestasse cum Christo hac ratione, ut Christus priorem crucis partem, Simon posteriorem portaret, uti pingunt pictores; sed ipsum solum totam Christi praeeuntis crucem gestasse” (A Lap.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

proposed uniform Penny Postage Scheme
My pamphlet goes on to show (page 44) that on the appointment of the House of Commons Committee of 1837-38 on the proposed uniform Penny Postage Scheme, Mr. Chalmers sent in his plan of an adhesive stamp to Mr. Wallace, the Chairman, and to another Member of that Committee.
— from The Adhesive Postage Stamp by Patrick Chalmers

prostitution under police power Susan
Following with interest and admiration their courageous fight for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, which placed women suspected of prostitution under police power, Susan found encouragement in the support these reformers had received from such men as John Stuart Mill and Jacob Bright.
— from Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian by Alma Lutz

practically untrammelled private property such
So long as practically untrammelled private property, such as you conceive it to-day, endures, this must go on.
— from New Worlds For Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

placed under perpetual police surveillance
After a term of imprisonment the miserable man was allowed to return to his family, but was placed under perpetual police surveillance.
— from "Out of the East": Reveries and Studies in New Japan by Lafcadio Hearn


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