Driven into the churchyard, and the wind blowing strong, he could not kindle his candles, and the new prophet was awkwardly compelled to conclude his five denouncements, abolishing the Sabbath, tithes, ministers, magistrates, and, at last, the Bible itself, without putting out each candle, as he could not kindle them; observing, however, each time-"And here I should put out the first light, but the wind is so high that I cannot kindle it."
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli
We are never going to eliminate the abortion curse of present-day civilization by merely preaching against it-warnings and denouncements alone will not suffice to remove the stain.
"The Mother and Her Child"
William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler
Moreover, the applied reduction of duty, for which the treaty denouncements were necessary, encouraged only the carrying of dutiable imports to our shores, while the tonnage which unfurls the flag on the seas is both free and dutiable, and the cargoes which make it nation eminent in trade are outgoing, rather than incoming.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
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