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- noun The state or quality of being
advisable .
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Those of the latter class, who have so earnestly impressed upon Us the propriety and advisableness of placing our Advertisements on the outside leaves of each Number, will see that their wishes have at length been complied with.
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While the "Rural Muse" was in the press, Mr. How, one of the very few of Clare's earlier friends who are still living, suggested to him the advisableness of his applying to the committee of the Literary Fund for a grant, and promising to exert himself to the utmost to secure the success of the application.
Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" J. L. Cherry
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Latin, and of the consequent advisableness of keeping to a sober beaten path, to a kind of style which is not much more English (except for being composed of good English words in straightforward order) than it is any literary language framed to a great extent on the classics, shows itself in him.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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From this it follows that where such a “present distress” does not exist, or where there is full moral power and readiness to endure the worldly trials, there the advisableness of celibacy no longer applies.
Christian Ethics. Volume II.���Pure Ethics. 1819-1870 1873
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While the “Rural Muse” was in the press, Mr. How, one of the very few of Clare's earlier friends who are still living, suggested to him the advisableness of his applying to the committee of the Literary Fund for a grant, and promising to exert himself to the utmost to secure the success of the application.
Life and Remains of John Clare Cherry, J L 1872
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The close parallelism between the office of president and that of king in the minds of the framers of the Constitution was instructively shown in the debates on the advisableness of restraining the president's action by a privy council.
The Critical Period of American History John Fiske 1871
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This has suggested more or less vague speculation as to the advisableness of changing the method of electing the president.
Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins John Fiske 1871
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A.A. Kirkpatrick suggested the advisableness of preparing a Bill at this stage.
An Autobiography Catherine Helen Spence 1867
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An imputation of evil motives may embitter an opponent and add gall to controversy, but can never dispense with the necessity for replying to his arguments, nor with the advisableness of neutralizing his objections.
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A few days ago he sent me his correspondence with Señor Posada, who observes that the vice-queens alone had the privilege of the entrée, and seems to hesitate a good deal as to the advisableness of granting a permission which might be considered a precedent for others.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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