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Had I my will, there should be in every realm not a salique, but an anti-salique law: whereby no kings, but only queens should rule mankind.
Westward Ho! 2007
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On this point he remarked five years later: “Nature's old salique law will never be repealed, and no change of dynasty will be effected, though whatever argument justifies a given education for boys justifies its application to girls as well.”
Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard, 1860-1933 1920
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On this point he remarked five years later: "Nature's old salique law will never be repealed, and no change of dynasty will be effected, though whatever argument justifies a given education for boys justifies its application to girls as well."
Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch Leonard Huxley 1896
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No, no! Obedience to a boy is the recognition of the heir-apparent, and I respect the salique law as much as I love my love.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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No, no! Obedience to a boy is the recognition of the heir-apparent, and I respect the salique law as much as I love my love.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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No, no! Obedience to a boy is the recognition of the heir-apparent, and I respect the salique law as much as I love my love.
The Tragic Comedians — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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Nature's old salique law will not be repealed, and no change of dynasty will be effected.
Science & Education Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Nature's old salique law will not be repealed, and no change of dynasty will be effected.
Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Had I my will, there should be in every realm not a salique, but an anti-salique law: whereby no kings, but only queens should rule mankind.
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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Though the man be the head, it does not therefore follow that he has the monopoly of the brains, and therefore he ought not, by any salique law, to have the monopoly of the crown.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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