Plea

“I am afraid,” says Edwards, “that, if the Devil himself should make a book and give it the title A Plea for Liberty of Conscience, with certain Reasons against Persecution for Religion, and bring it to Mr. Bachiler, he would license it, and not only with a bare imprimatur, but set before it the commendations of 'a useful treatise 'or 'a sweet and excellent book.' “]

The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859

But the pamphlet of the Rev. Mann, entitled Plea for the Augsburg Confession, having called in question the accuracy of some of the interpretations of that Confession contained in the Definite

American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann 1836

Days after a horse she part-owns called Plea won at Nottingham, Liz Hurley is pictured celebrating with jockey Ryan Moore after Census, another horse she owns shares in, was first over the finishing line at Bath.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

Days after a horse she part-owns called Plea won at Nottingham, Liz Hurley is pictured celebrating with jockey Ryan Moore after Census, another horse she owns shares in, was first over the finishing line at Bath.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

Kurtz did not sign the document, and Schmucker reserved for himself the right of replying to Mann's "Plea," which he did in _American Lutheranism

American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) 1894

And while the motion of Schmucker that the Board (which had published Mann's "Plea") should not publish any writings on the existing controversies was adopted, the motion of Kurtz for a "liberal platform" found no support.

American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) 1894

The melody was that of four finely trained voices, and the "Plea" was one which will be long remembered by the auditors.

Africa for Christ. Twenty-Eight Years a Slave Thomas Lewis 1892

"Plea ..." began Dolokhov, but could not at first pronounce the word.

War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869

Mill told me their first converts were women; and I felt that the absolute disinterestedness of my "Plea," which was not for myself, but only that the men who were supposed to represent me at the polling booth should be equitably represented themselves, lent weight to my arguments.

An Autobiography Catherine Helen Spence 1867

Planters 'Plea' appears to have been unknown to our historians.

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842