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I should just as soon think of professing myself an adherent of any of the million dead-and-gone heresies by which people travestied Christianity, and disturbed the peace of the Church, and roused the 'Anathemas' of the Popes
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892
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[2] Emil Cioran's sketch of Beckett in the book Anathemas and Admirations remains the most illuminating short memoir of the author.
Beckett: Still Stirring Parks, Tim 2006
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Blasphemy with superior Anathemas; knocked Drunkenness down, and trampled on the prostrate brute wallowing in the gutter; dragged out conjugal Infidelity, and pounded her with endless stones of rhetoric — and, after service, came to dinner at the Star and
The Virginians 2006
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Executioners of Vengeance -- Curses and Anathemas not confined to the Vulgar -- Excommunication generally accompanied by Anathema -- Excommunicated Persons lost their Civil Rights -- Heretics forfeited their
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Curses, Excommunication, and Anathemas -- Diræ, the Executioners of
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Anathemas long and deep were sounded at the mention of Dr. Jorissen, who was looked upon as the fuse which set alight the rebellious temper of the
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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Anathemas are pronounced against the Iconoclast leaders; Germanus, John Damascene, and George of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Anathemas, were however, like the severity of the government, without effect against these deserters from the official Church.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Anathemas have been hurled against this pest in nearly every European language, old and new, and classical scholars of bye-gone centuries have thrown their spondees and dactyls at him.
The Enemies of Books 1888
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Anathemas and recriminations were flying from pope to pope, and torrents of blood were poured out to support their conflicting claims.
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Ellen Gould Harmon White 1871
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