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solemnly enacted that not even the

Have we not, in the Old Bay State, just solemnly enacted that not even the most hardened convicts in our State Prison shall be whipped?
— from Slavery and the Constitution by William I. (William Ingersoll) Bowditch

so exact that nearly every train

The first trains which passed up and down afforded a fine mark and were shelled vigorously, the enemy's aim becoming with daily practice so exact that nearly every train was hit somewhere.
— from The Recollections of a Drummer-Boy by Henry Martyn Kieffer

some extent though not entirely to

It is noteworthy that in most particulars, and especially in regard to head measurements, the variations were much greater among the prostitutes than among the other women examined; this is to some extent, though not entirely, to be accounted for by the slightly greater number of the former.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis

says explicitly that not even the

Yet since the Decretal quoted says explicitly that "not even the Sovereign Pontiff can dispense a monk from keeping chastity," it follows seemingly, that we must maintain that, as stated above (A. 10, ad 1; cf.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

some extent though never entirely those

By degrees, as he gained fame and ceased to be in the most pressing want of money, Balzac left off to some extent, though never entirely, those miscellaneous writings—reviews (including puffs), comic or general sketches, political diatribes, "physiologies" and the like—which, with his discarded prefaces and much more interesting matter, were at last, not many years ago, included in four stout volumes of the Edition Definitive .
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

strife endangering the national existence the

Repressed or moderated in the midst of war and strife endangering the national existence, the license revived with peace and prosperity, because the moral elements of society had not risen against it for its extirpation.
— from Ancient Society Or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, through Barbarism to Civilization by Lewis Henry Morgan

seemed even then no evidence that

At Island No. 10, and Fort Pillow especially, there seemed, even then, no evidence that fighting had gone on so lately.
— from Tenting on the Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

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