10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPTIOUSLY»
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A New History of Ecclesiastical Writers:: Containing an ...
The First Part of this Proposition, Wt borrow, &c- is censured as false, and
injurious to Christians : The Second, as captiously insinuating, that we ought not
to keep Images of Saints, as scandalous : And the Third, as captiously also
insinuating, ...
Louis Ellies Du Pin, William Wotton, 1706
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Writings and Disputations of Thomas Cranmer Relative to the ...
But howsoever I report Origen, you captiously and very untruly do report me. For
whereas I say, that in God's word, and in the sacraments of baptism and of the
Lord's supper, Christ is manifested and exhibited unto us, as it were face to face ...
Thomas Cranmer, John Edmund Cox, 1844
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The Works of Thomas Cranmer ...
You observe my words here concerning Origen so captiously, as though I had
gone about ... only to rehearse the effect of his mind briefly and plainly, which I
have done faithfully and truly, although you captiously carp and reprehend the
same.
Thomas Cranmer, John Edmund Cox, 1844
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Writings and Disputations of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of ...
But howsoever I report Origen, you captiously and very untruly do report me. For
whereas I say, that in God's word, and in the sacraments of baptism and of the
Lord's supper, Christ is manifested and exhibited unto us, as it were face to face ...
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The Works of Thomas Cranmer
You observe my words here concerning Origen so captiously, as though I had
gone ... about only to rehearse the effect of his mind briefly and plainly, which I
have done faithfully and truly, although you captiously carp and reprehend the
same.
Thomas Cranmer, John Edmund Cox, 1968
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Cooper's Novels: Precaution: a novel
is unprofitable to be captiously scrutinizing every syllable he may happen to
advance ; and Sir Edward was, if any thing, a little inclined to the dangerous
propensity. Unpleasant Sir Edward Moseley never was. Lady Moseley very
seldom took a ...
James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant, 1861
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American States, Churches, and Slavery
The editor of the Baptist Freemam, April 16, 1862, says, “ We will not captiously
scan and criticise motives of Politicians and Statesmen, as such are bound to
shew a political cause for what they do. We rejoice that we can at last give the ...
Joshua Rhodes BALME, 1862
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A New Universal, Technological, Etymological, and ...
CAPTIOUSLY— CAPYB ABA. CAPTIOUSLY, kap'sbus-le, ad. In a captions
manner ; with an inclination to cavil or find fault. CAPTIOUSNKSS, kap'shus- nes,
i. Inclination to find fault or censure; disposition to object; peevishness.
CAPTIVATE ...
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Comprehensive Fictinary of the World
p. Raising frivolous objections; disputing. CAVILLXNGLY, /mu'-il-ling-la, ad. In a
cavilling manner; captiously. CAVILLINGNESB, 7rav'-il-ling-nes, s The
disposition to cavil. CAVILLOUS, kav'-ll-lacs, a. Captious; unfair in argument; apt
to object ...
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Reflections concerning the expediency of a council of the ...
A reasonable hope might then be indulged, that both parties would be disposed
to listen, with charitable respect, to the honest persuasions of each other ; and
that error, far from being captiously preferred or captiously pursued, might be ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPTIOUSLY»
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That Guy with a Thousand Inconsequential Objections
Some students of mine went a step further and actually had hats made with “captious” printed on them so that if anyone did behave captiously, ... «blogs.hbr.org, Nov 13»
Listening and Longing: Music Lovers in the Age of Barnum
... rather captiously about the class prejudices of both the swells and the clerks who cheered a directness as vulgar as Jenny Lind's was pure. «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 12»
In Darkness: How a Swindler Became a Schindler
The number six million has a sick grandeur; but one man captiously humiliating another makes the evil personal, turns the macrocosm to ... «TIME, Feb 12»
Head of First 5 LA resigns following critical audit
... faulty assumptions and misleading information to paint a captiously inaccurate picture of First 5 LA's internal financial accounting – which has ... «California Watch, Nov 11»
Modernist master
His most direly celebrated epithet, that a house is a habitable machine, has been captiously held in evidence against him because it lends itself ... «New Statesman, Aug 08»
Modern Knights
This moment undoubtedly destroyed all his hopes to win. But Armour is not the only important thing – clothes and shoes are checked captiously ... «Russia-InfoCenter, Nov 06»
Why does it take Wes Anderson so long to make a movie?
Captiously dubbed the American Eccentrics, these filmmakers speak to the contemporary audience with whom they share a sensibility about ... «Slate, May 06»
