| 单词 | unwritten law |
| 例句 | There was an unwritten law that nothing was to be molested that stood outside the door where it belonged. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “The unwritten laws of heaven are not of today nor yesterday, but from all time.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z From that moment on, they adhered to the unwritten law of Christmas past. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was unwritten law in China, so my informant told me, that when one man saved another’s life he became responsible for that life to the end of its existence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Andre flaunted this unwritten law whenever I was with him, but on this occasion our presence in a parking lot teeming with white faces made me insist on sitting in the back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z By an unwritten law, it was a boys’ store. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the argument, he says, that Antigone makes in burying her brother Polynices: it may be against the arbitrary and temporary law of the tyrant Creon, but not against the unwritten law of justice. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z There was no law, not even an unwritten law, against frequenting the Chestnut Tree Cafe, yet the place was somehow ill-omened. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Ms. Cosindas, a painter by training, turned to photography early in her career and was immediately stymied by an unwritten law: For the medium to be true to itself, images must be black and white. Marie Cosindas, Whose Photographs Brought Color to the Fore, Dies at 93 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “One of the few unwritten laws in that society is that revealing these kinds of things about a family is deeply shameful.” A Debate Over Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle’ 2012-06-18T21:31:09Z “There’s an unwritten law with Bill, and everybody knows it,” he says. The greatest role of Bill Murray’s life has been playing Bill Murray 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z It is an unwritten law that every new production of “The Nutcracker” must tell a story that is somehow different from any other. Mark Morris’s Party With Robots, Barbie and a Nutcracker 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Though she spends her days arranging thoughtful bouquets and compositions for others, “it is an unwritten law of the universe that no one ever sends a florist flowers” she writes. Flower etiquette has changed dramatically over time. But the type you give still sends a message. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Perhaps he was simply obeying the unwritten law that every former NME editor has to carry on as if their time in charge coincided with an era of nonpareil musical brilliance. The Strokes: Angles ? review 2011-03-17T15:30:01Z "It's an unwritten law," Martin explains at one point. Your next box set: The Bridge 2012-11-22T15:30:02Z They feared that patrician judges were interpreting Rome’s unwritten laws to take advantage of ignorant plebeians, so they demanded the laws be written down. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But the facts of that night were swallowed up by a code of silence, the unwritten law that presumed police officers would shield one another from accountability. He Fought Boston’s Blue Wall of Silence. Now He’s the Commissioner. 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z For years, surfers, surf magazines and surf photographers mostly lived by that unwritten law in order to keep surfing’s secret spots secret. The (No Longer) Secret World of Surf Spots 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z The unwritten laws of baseball and common sense, which rarely coincide with each other on many situations, said it would happen eventually. M’s dominance over A’s ends at 13 straight as Seattle falls 7-5 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Even if there had been a good deli, unwritten laws said New York’s was best. What tops your own homemade bagels? Your own homemade cream cheese 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The laws of war — a collection of international treaties and unwritten laws, also known as international humanitarian law — govern the behavior of combatants. When Fighting Erupts Between Israel and Hamas, Charges of War Crimes Follow 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z Throughout the United States, there were unwritten laws, ghost rules that were understood and barely spoken, which Black people abided by to ensure their own survival. On Long Island, a Beachfront Haven for Black Families 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z "We never talked about it and it was sort of unwritten law that we didn't. He just told us that he wasn't up to doing tours, and that's as far as it went." 10 memorable Brit Awards moments 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z “All the Iranians were stunned. We had broken the unwritten law.” The Shadow Commander 2013-09-23T04:00:00Z Though she spends her days arranging thoughtful bouquets and compositions for others, “it is an unwritten law of the universe that no one ever sends a florist flowers,” she writes. Flowers are a great last-minute gift — but be sure to send the right message | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “There are unwritten laws in such cases: you expelled our diplomats, we expel yours.” Chechen killed in Berlin was cruel and bloodthirsty, claims Putin 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Lama Punji is home to 40 families from the Khasi indigenous ethnic group, whose use of the land and its resources is based on a traditional system of unwritten laws. The big picture: capturing the essence of India’s endangered Khasi people 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z The justices were now going well beyond the words in the law books and into the unwritten law of what used to be called “enlightened opinion.” Opinion | The Supreme Court should have never intervened on abortion 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z It’s almost as if there’s an unwritten law requiring that the big booms be succeeded by big busts. Opinion | Who brought us this long boom? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z If the unwritten laws are broken we need to replace them with written ones, constitutional amendments, and regulations to prevent lawmakers from this kind of behavior. Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Signs Bills Stripping Powers From Incoming Governor 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z She had married into the village at the age of sixteen and understood its unwritten laws: your reputation is your worth; debts were to be repaid promptly, because you never knew what fate held. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Mississippi State’s players and coaches wanted no more of the “unwritten law” and planned to prove themselves in the N.C.A.A. tournament. When Loyola-Chicago Broke a Racial Barrier 55 Years Ago 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z And so was Teriyaki Chicken With Bok Choy, a dish that embarrasses me a little because it breaks an unwritten law. Fabulous recipes with just 5 ingredients (or fewer!) 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z It usually worked and, after all, we were heirs of 18th-Century literary and artistic greats Marivaux and Fragonard - one had to abide by certain cultural, unwritten laws. French women say 'Non' to everyday sexism - BBC News 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z There was a time when many progressives observed an unwritten law against wading into primaries against friends, even for a candidate who was better on their issues, let alone for one who was palpably worse. Hillary’s inevitability lie: Why the media and party elites are rushing to nominate the weakest candidate 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z “There’s no unwritten law that says it can only be done on off years,” Obama said at news conference marking the end of a summit with Southeast Asian leaders. Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia’s successor 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Really in that desert region it’s lawless, and the peace is kept through the unwritten laws, the codes of Bedouin conduct — the tribal codes of nomadic existence. ‘Theeb’ director Naji Abu Nowar hopes film will change Western views of Middle East 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Under the unwritten laws of campaign discourse, any one of these comments alone should have doomed him. America shuns the establishment as outsiders eye the White House | Lucia Graves 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z But it also has to do with the difference between written and unwritten laws, and between promises and rights. The Myth of Magna Carta 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z It is an “unwritten law” that they must never fall, says Friederike Hauffe, who teaches a course in art marketing at Berlin’s Free University. Selling art online: Enter Amazon 2013-09-19T14:59:25Z The cult of management with its unwritten laws and petty titles was changing the way outsiders saw offices. Are there too many managers? 2013-07-29T08:01:31Z "There is an unwritten law among fast bowlers that you never bowl a bouncer first ball to another fast bowler," Malcolm later explained. The Joy of Six: revenge 2013-04-12T09:00:00Z “You know the answer,” he told them: an unwritten law that at sundown blacks had “best be on their way” out of town, or face the consequences. Lexington: The view from Vandalia 2012-12-19T16:07:14Z It's one of the unwritten laws and Davis Love's decision not to bench for Friday afternoon's fourballs will only be judged with the benefit of the 20/20 vision that we call hindsight. Ryder Cup 2012: Davis Love almost hits jackpot with wager on Tiger Woods 2012-09-29T00:38:44Z It’s due time he and the rest of Webville take note of the unwritten laws of web etiquette. 10 Unwritten Laws of Web Etiquette 2012-08-01T14:35:35Z The porter's "knock down" usually coming through the sympathy, good will and unwritten law of "knocking down"—that the conductor divide equally with the porter. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z If any man seeks to exceed his allotted space, or in any other way tries to transgress the unwritten law, pistols may flare and knives are apt to spring! The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The Negroes had already been divided from the whites by an unwritten law. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z Had he transgressed, he wondered ruefully, some unwritten law of the House! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z But old garden-craft is positive, where the other is negative; it has no niggling scruples, but clear aims, that admit of no impediment except the unwritten laws of good taste. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z It has its successes, as witnessed by notable phrases; there is the "unwritten law," and there are "extenuating circumstances." Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Etiquette, et-i-ket′, n. forms of ceremony or decorum: ceremony: the unwritten laws of courtesy observed between members of the same profession, as 'medical etiquette.' Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z There the motive was the fear that, should the slaves be converted, they would, according to the unwritten law of Christendom, become free. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z So it was ordained by the code of Bushido, which, very likely because it was an unwritten law, came to be all the more binding. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z "We none of us know who he is," I said; "in fact, he is not any one particular person; it is more like a sort of jinn who spreads about an unwritten law." By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z "Such a love as yours is against the great unwritten laws of society." What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z This is the custom of the country—one of the unwritten laws of the sea of ice. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The pariah, by the unwritten law, could not do otherwise than maintain the prescribed distance between her and himself. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z It became an unwritten law of the land that none but learned men should be allowed to play with pebbles. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z The defence maintained that the assassination had been for honour's sake, and the unwritten law, to which appeal is made in generation after generation, was urged at every point. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z You may call that tall talking—but it amounts simply to this, that I hold life cheaply; the only law I recognise is the unwritten law. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z They administer justice as magistrates, decide palavers according to the unwritten law of custom, summon offenders, and inflict the punishment due. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z These benefits are conceded by the unwritten law of caste custom. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Some of the modern ones come closer to her; but in my day there was an unwritten law against realism in emotion. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The immutability of the unwritten laws is a proof that they are superior to the written ones. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z The unwritten law of the Bush is that no matches must come into it, at these times, except the wooden ones guaranteed to strike on the box only. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z But Gano was, perhaps, only following the unwritten law that rules such haunts and their frequenters, for these gay Bohemians are all young—and very young indeed. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z According to the unwritten law of caste the widow and the outlaw should have been ruthlessly thrust from his life. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z You have, as you confess, merited a severe punishment, but we can only punish in accordance with an unwritten law, that instructs the person punished, and elevates the human race in consequence. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z In that particular part of the country, business men's tongues had been tied for years by the unwritten law that Jews must never by singled out as Jews. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z We are old enough now—we of the West—to have built up in ourselves a species of wisdom, founded upon experience, which is a part of the continuing unwritten law of democracy. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z If it lay long blocks or miles away and closer to some other tower, the unwritten law or etiquette of the craft demanded that he should touch the key of his telegraph. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z It is an unwritten law of great tragedy that the villain, though a villain, must be admirable. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The post-trader's copy of the Army and Navy Journal arrived soon after retreat, and it was one of the unwritten laws of the establishment that old Plod should have first glimpse. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z There was a demand for spies, and therefore, according to an unwritten law, there was an ample supply. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Although she had violated a custom of the tribe, these people, both stern-hearted and tender, recognized the greatness of a mother-love which had braved an unwritten law of ages, and they took her in. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z To be cheerful and uncomplaining was the unwritten law of our hospital. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z There is more unwritten law in connection with British field-sports than any other pastime; but obviously it might be added to with advantage. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The chief penalty was that no offenders against the unwritten law of the settlement were allowed to drink under the cool shade of M�re F�lix's vine trellises. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Mr. Bubb, a local solicitor, a particularly gross and furious man, then said—'I attend to prefer the charge of blasphemy, and I shall take my stand on the common unwritten law of the land. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z When Sverdrup's men visited the Peary ship, they were denied common brotherly courtesy and were refused the hospitality which is universally granted, by an unwritten law, to all field workers. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z There seems to be, unhappily, an unwritten law in English literature that cheapness must of necessity be allied to ugliness. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The unwritten laws of hospitality would have been broken if these guests had been allowed to return home without more than ample food and drink. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The unwritten law of the Ridge was that mates pooled all the opal they found and shared equally, so that all Jun held was Rouminof's, and all that he held was Jun's. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z There have been a variety of statutes passed for punishing blasphemy, but these statutes in no way interfere with the common unwritten law. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z It had become an unwritten law on board, therefore, that the jackies were to be allowed to settle their difficulties with the gloves, sparring under a referee and with no brutality. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z It is an understood thing, a tacit, unwritten law, that no one except the editor is to see it until the public does so. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z These unwritten laws were well-defined and worked in a positive and forceful way. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z But, as a matter of fact, they hardly ever chose to do so, feeling an unwritten law; and if they did bring it, the slightest tendency to excess was sternly repressed. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z If it should stay, how could she ever explain the accident to her aunt, since it was an unwritten law of the house that ink was to be used only in the library? Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z By all the unwritten laws which governed such affairs of honour, Mortémar could not interfere. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z To what can we ever look for any remedy of this except from the unwritten law of opinion? Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z It is one of the unwritten laws of the Yukon that these shall be turned over to the Government and disposed of according to statute laws. All about the Klondyke gold mines 2011-04-13T02:00:12.887Z The more daunting obstacle may be history, and an unwritten law of N.B.A. physics: that teams do not, in general, leap from mediocrity to title contention in a single year. On Basketball: Sixty Wins, a Top Seeding, and an Underdog Story 2011-04-12T00:54:09Z But she was far too correct not to make any sacrifice called for by the unwritten law of her kind. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z We of the desert have an unwritten law, by which no guest of the Aeniza can decline to accept a present from a sheik. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z I suppose because our masters, the librarians, will not have it so; or because some other unwritten law lies like lead on the souls of London publishers. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The supreme power in Camp Chocorua resided in the founder, although he could not, except in extreme cases, traverse one of the customs of the camp, for these were, in fact, unwritten laws. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Why these unwritten laws should exist in such an imaginary code it is hard to see. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z This virtue differs, then, from private revenge, vendetta, lynch law, exercise of the "unwritten law," etc., which are acts of sinful violence, though sometimes subjectively excusable on account of ignorance. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z The high office which he held—though it personified the law—would only make his breaking of this unwritten law all the more unpardonable. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Surely, also, some unwritten law should prescribe and limit the license of caricature. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z It is one of the unwritten laws of business, a matter of simple percentages. Unboxed: The Power of the Platform at Apple 2011-01-29T19:13:02Z But observe the unwritten laws and leave the family out of it. The Texas Tribune: The Governor?s Wife and the Line of Propriety 2011-01-28T03:20:23Z It was probably by virtue of those unwritten laws that the priests ordered the death of two young Arcananians who had penetrated, through ignorance, into the sacred precincts. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z In every nation there is an unwritten law, wrought out of a people's consciousness, which is more imperative and enduring than any parchment scroll or printed form. Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals 2011-01-25T03:00:24.873Z Some unwritten law should also render impossible those verbal libels which are continually published by persons cunning enough to keep to the windward side of law in the offensive matter which they write. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z “It’s an unwritten law, Wade,” protested his partner. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Nora, whose intentions were always good, was, of the four friends whom we have been observing, the most likely to break some of the unwritten laws of the school. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z By all those unwritten laws that obtain amongst the brethren of our profession, you are each honourably entitled to take a share with me. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z It has been well said that success is an unwritten law seldom reversed by the courts. The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics 2010-12-30T03:00:21Z I think there is an unwritten law that once you have referred it, that is it. The Ashes 2010: Ricky Ponting wrong to argue says Mike Gatting 2010-12-27T10:11:17Z If there is any unwritten law, he deserves to have the forfeit of the life that I’ve helped to save. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z “And if it rains, there is an unwritten law here that you totally ignore traffic laws,” he added. Vietnamese Try to Let Loose for Their Capital?s 1,000th Birthday 2010-10-09T20:52:00Z And if it rains, there is an unwritten law here that you totally ignore traffic laws. A Boisterous Birthday for Vietnam?s Capital 2010-10-08T19:04:00Z The side he chose for 's Carling Cup tie at White Hart Lane appeared a breach of the unwritten law that major clubs must send out makeshift line-ups in the early stages of the tournament. Arsenal look fine in theory but persistently fail the practical 2010-09-28T06:01:00Z Contador is held to have broken an unwritten law: you don't attack your rival when he has crashed or had a mechanical. Winning the Tour de France means learning its unwritten rules 2010-07-23T06:00:00Z With riders scattered all over the place, it took time to the peloton to regroup because of the unwritten law that the competitors do not attack after a crash. Big guns escape with minor injuries in Tour crash 2010-07-05T18:00:00Z Retaliation was the unwritten law of the country and what was this week a Hudson's Bay post was next week occupied by a party of Northwesters or vice versa. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. They judged according to unwritten laws, as Sparta knew no others. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 According to a rough, unwritten law, the punishment of thieves they took into their own hands, and enforced confession and restitution. The Unknown Sea The will of the majority becomes their refuge and unwritten law. How to Observe Morals and Manners I find that it is an unwritten law that the same person cannot be president during two years. Dolly's College Experiences The first idea of ownership is doubtless found in the possession of food; and this right of property is protected by the unwritten laws of incipient life. The Speech of Monkeys "But——" "That's the unwritten law of the house, and it makes for profound peace," Anthony concluded. In And Out And so there has been a tendency to glorify his very inadequacies, to hold him up as a poet who has defied successfully the unwritten laws of Art. The Vagabond in Literature But there were certain unwritten laws of "smart" propriety, which to break, he felt, was to risk being ridiculous. Shadows of Flames A Novel The unwritten law that shields the amateur Against professional resentment, saves thee. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded There is a sort of unwritten law that they shall choose one part, and you another, but it is not always observed. Confessions of an Opera Singer The plan of the lads of Benton was to draw lots for their respective portions, a strict though unwritten law being that no one should poach upon another's grounds. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 Both the rabbis and the Hellenistic writers consider the covenant of Noah with its so-called Noahitic commandments as unwritten laws of humanity. Jewish Theology By the unwritten law of public opinion, Dr. Gaston was obliged to employ only Protestant servants; by the unwritten law of her own conscience, Miss Lois was obliged to employ only Indians. Anne If you do that, if you co-operate with the authorities, you can probably get off with a fairly light sentence, maybe even an outright acquittal, on the old 'unwritten law' plea. Twelve Times Zero Now kingdoms might totter and reel, and convulsions play skittles with the map of Europe; but the iron unwritten law prevailed, that each boy severely fed his own rabbits. The Golden Age In the unwritten law of the north no one in peril shall ask for succor in vain. The Whelps of the Wolf The commissioners were directed to digest into one statute all enactments touching crimes and the punishment thereof, and into another statute the provisions of the common unwritten law touching the same. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" By unwritten law, no servile work was required of the Roman matron, unless she were so poor as not to own a slave. Roman Women There was an unwritten law in the lab for nobody ever to mention insects, or even elderly female relatives. The Kenzie Report The unwritten law of family life was based on the assumption that a daughter was part of the family until she married. Area Handbook for Albania For this reason I had taken up my abode as near to him as the unwritten law of the country, which forbade neighbors to live within less than a mile of each other, allowed. Eleven Possible Cases Not even the father wolf himself knew as yet where the new den was; for by the unwritten law of wolf-life he was banished from the home during the infancy of the cubs. Dusty Star One of the unwritten laws that has descended from father to son in California is that an earthquake, no matter how severe, is a mere joke, and should incite prompt and facetious comment. Ancestors A Novel It was an unwritten law of the community that whenever a farm was opened up, a house should be immediately built upon it. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge It was an unwritten law between these two that when one left Aim-sa’s presence they both left it. In the Brooding Wild Being the official holiday, it was recognised as the correct day for men to pay formal visits, and by an unwritten law, at the warmest hour in the twenty-four. Banked Fires They had, at the same time, a common life and an unwritten law, affecting their relations to each other, their employers, and the rest of the world. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years She really had forgotten Mrs. Burton’s suggestion that no one of the girls leave the farm alone and had no thought of deliberately breaking an unwritten law. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor Besides, the old customs remain, the unwritten laws of the people, which the judge does not understand so well as they. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence They had demanded a code, that the unwritten law might no longer be interpreted at will by Archons and Areopagites; and a well-defined and authoritative legislation was a triumph of the democracy. The History of Freedom The forenoon of our Sunday has this peculiarity: no moral obligation to work is imposed by our unwritten laws. Aliens By an unwritten law I was included among those who rallied around Phœbe, most of whom she had "learned" at some time or other, as she was now "learning" me. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Her constitution is to a large extent unwritten, using the word in much the same sense as when we speak of unwritten law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" According to the unwritten law of Northern hospitality, Bill Thompson, for so he gave his name, was taken in, and given what the camp afforded. The Wilderness Trail The Stoics could only advise the wise man to hold aloof from politics, keeping the unwritten law in his heart. The History of Freedom This was in no way a breach of good manners, for in Berwick the unwritten law of neighbours' rights freely permitted the inspection of the arriving household gods of a new family. Two Little Women The second branch of the unwritten laws of England are particular customs, or laws which affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First The British system could be carried on only by the observance of certain unwritten laws, and especially a strict good faith and adherence to principle. George Brown One of the unwritten laws of the world you now live in is to tell the least of all you know. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 Here or nowhere we have the broken chain, the rejected past, precedent and statute superseded by unwritten law, sons wiser than their fathers, ideas rooted in the future, reason cutting as clean as Atropos. The History of Freedom Popular prejudice had transformed the master of Storm into a hero, a martyr to the unwritten law, who had given his life to defend the sanctity of his home. Kildares of Storm He had broken the unwritten law of Rocky Springs, where it was understood that no man spoke of another man’s past, or questioned his present doings, or even admitted knowledge of them. The Law-Breakers But such is the basis of the unwritten law, in which civilized man vents his remaining savagery. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex When the road opened, there was a rush of hurdy-gurdy girls for dance-halls; but that did not modify the rough chivalry of an unwritten law. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia It is an unwritten law of the Hills that all cattle bought by the pound are to be weighed out of their beds, that is, in the early morning before they have begun to graze. Dwellers in the Hills He preferred to pursue his courting under the eyes of the village rather than 19 to obey the unwritten law of service. The Harbor of Doubt The law which bids an Emperor of Rhaetia match with Royalty is an unwritten law, a law solely of customs, handed down through the generations. The Princess Virginia What we call "good form," the unwritten law which governs certain classes of the Briton, savours of the dull and glacial; but there lurks within it a core of virtue. Another Sheaf An unwritten law of the West he broke by letting the snake go. Rim o' the World There have always been certain written and unwritten laws regulating the conduct and directing the activities of men. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Like so many of those unwritten laws on which the greatness of England is really based it has outgrown the memory of its origin. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 Even between my wife and myself there is an unwritten law which is never broken. The Film of Fear This, in fact, was the first lesson learned—that a certain sign from the vixen meant “No,” and that disobedience was afterwards punishable according to the unwritten laws of woodland life. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain It was an unwritten law of the winter highway that pedestrians must give the right of way to vehicles, particularly those that bore loads. Treasure Valley The unwritten law of India is mainly personal; and many difficulties have arisen from the mixture of English law with the Mohammedan and Hindoo laws and other native customs. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice It is the unwritten law of nature that one race must die that another may live, this other, in its turn, subserving the same end. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 It was against the unwritten laws of a vessel for pistols to be owned forward of the main cabin. A Man to His Mate A match revealed a lantern hanging on the wall, and a few cooking utensils, safe from all marauders under the unwritten law of the new land. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West It is one of the unwritten laws of Gipsy life that the wife works while the husband idles about the tent. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement And this "unwritten law" perdures in the minds of many of the people today. Introduction to the Science of Sociology They arose as results of human experience, as necessary principles of restraint in developing communities, and were nearly all extant in prehistoric times as the unwritten laws of social organization. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Billy Louise bit her lip; but hospitality is an unwritten law of the West—a law not to be lightly broken. The Ranch at the Wolverine The unwritten law that Christopher had learnt so well had been very heavily infringed, and Charles Aston had no liking for the man who had infringed it, though he was his first cousin. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker But these wise unwritten laws do not so well protect those negroes who reside in or near towns and villages, and are not under proper discipline. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject We still have our "unwritten laws" for certain offenses. Introduction to the Science of Sociology In the British army the tradition of the duties of officers and non-commissioned officers,—the interior economy of the regiment—descends from generation to generation as unwritten laws or rules. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders And—I have suffered, Miss Mildare, at the hands of men and women, and through the unwritten laws, as through the accepted institutions of what is called Society, most brutally. The Dop Doctor For Mother Haldane had not struggled nor even protested, but according to all the unwritten laws relating to witchcraft, had triumphantly exhibited her innocence by sinking to the bottom like a stone. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford I divided food with them, of course—it’s the unwritten law—and they camped for the night. The Dominant Dollar It would thus come to be regarded as an introduction to the tribal life—not as preparation, but as a custom established by unwritten law. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The unwritten law is clearly recognised and understood by all concerned, and thus the constant disputes which would otherwise inevitably arise are avoided. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula In thus acting, Yorimichi obeyed the policy from which his family had never swerved through many generations, and which had now become an unwritten law of the State. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era It was not his idea to shoot the rustlers, but rather to capture them alive, since the unwritten law of that lawless land decreed that shooting was too merciful a death for horse- or cattle-thieves. The Free Range They resolved to give up everything, not to escape from actual oppression, but to honour a precept of unwritten law. Lectures on the French Revolution The right thing to do, according to all unwritten laws of the conduct of a gentleman, would be to destroy such communications and at once forget them. Bird of Paradise Plato says it is one of the unwritten laws of nature that a man shall not go naked into the market-place or wear woman's clothes. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Thereafter it became the unwritten law of the empire that the holder of this high post must be either the head of the principal Minamoto family or an Imperial prince. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era By virtue of an unwritten law the men were allowed to smoke, and the odour of strong tobacco wafted across the broad quarterdeck. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War It is the touch of poesy which has glorified these works and those of their kind, the spring of the unwritten law yielding preeminence to the emotional arts. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures It was against the unwritten law to stone the school-house nests in vacation time!” Penguin Persons & Peppermints It is a sort of unwritten law that the supremely afflicted have the right, where possible, to the gratification of the least of their wishes. The Light of Scarthey But it’s an unwritten law that a fellow must have some fun; so I’ll take an afternoon off now and then, to come round and tease you girls.” Patty's Success It was an unwritten law that each kind of cake must be really a separate recipe. Patty's Summer Days Such had been the unwritten law at Miss Russell's, since time was. Peggy In the last forty years, in this country, they have entered a hundred avenues of activity from which they were previously debarred by an unwritten law. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 For, as it is, there is a recognised unwritten law among most men that honour must always be kept with “the other woman,” but that it is not necessary with a wife. Three Things It would be much nearer the truth to say that divorce here has always been regulated wholly by the common or unwritten law. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 For them are the unwritten laws, for them the mingling of justice with race hatreds or with gallantry. Psychology and Social Sanity And first of all, by the unwritten law of custom, the seniors were to spend an hour communing with nature. Molly Brown's Senior Days It was their unwritten law to form a fireside circle on Christmas Eve and tell each other what the year had brought them of good and ill, sorrow and joy. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 It was one of the unwritten laws of the little community that on some selected day in May everybody would repair to the graveyard to plant, trim and clip. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 For to beat another man's dogs, especially with the long and heavy lash of our Northern whips, is a breach of the unwritten law of the Labrador. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers Those built before 1800 have their birth-years painted carefully over their doorways, and it is an unwritten law that younger houses may not claim this privilege. Tutors' Lane There is a certain code among hunters in regard to shooting another's game: an unwritten law that, except in a case of life and death, one hunter does not interfere with another's shooting. The Snowshoe Trail Marian had transgressed the unwritten law which forbade the General's womankind to meddle in the slightest degree with his professional appointments, and had added to her misdeeds by weeping. The Path to Honour There were certain unwritten laws which you were supposed to obey; but if you were personally formidable and your "outfit" was impressive, there was nothing in heaven or earth to force you to obey them. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands It was with keen expectation and brisk step that he now strode along over the open; only the unwritten law of silence for a trapper on his path prevented his whistling as he went. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers The wise man works within the framework of the law—not only the written, but the unwritten law—of his society. The Highest Treason And, after all, she only voiced the general opinion of the school, which, by an unwritten law, had established a calm imperturbation as the height of good breeding. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life There was an unwritten law that membership in the club should not exceed fifteen. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion There is no law on the subject at all in Alabama—” “Except the broader, unwritten law,” she added. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Miss Trueman had learned by now the unwritten law that prevented the various objects in the once proudly segregated "drawing-room set" from association with each other, and made no attempt to correct their intentional isolation. Julia The Apostate It is an unwritten law that each worker shall be loyal to the head of his department. The Book of Business Etiquette The law, thus known exclusively to a privileged minority, whether a caste, an aristocracy, a priestly tribe, or a sacerdotal college is true unwritten law. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society As a breaker of unwritten law Sir George has extenuation of success. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 The relation between these unwritten laws of our social constitution and the impetuous ardour of the lover, has formed the main theme of our modern love stories in the novel and on the stage. John Lyly It is only fair to add that the most enlightened modern opinion would entirely support the Athenian view against the discussion of ‘unwritten laws’ in Parliament. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield You may almost say it’s the unwritten law. A Book of Burlesques Except this, there is no such thing as008 unwritten law in the world. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society By some unwritten law they divide the town into districts with sharply defined boundaries invisible to the human eye, yet plainly apparent to the animal. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel The control was held by the elderly men of experience, and exercised according to unwritten law. Society Its Origin and Development I am here today to defend the spirit of forefathers with words what I have defended with the weapon in my hand, that is the tradition of the four unwritten laws of this country. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt When I had finished, every eye turned towards the principal chief, as these Indians, like the other tribes, have their unwritten laws of precedence. By Canoe and Dog-Train There could be no hesitation in so doing, for in fruit-picking it is an unwritten law that the worker is free to take his toll. Big Game A Story for Girls By the unwritten laws of the school it would have been considered unfeeling to indulge in such luxuries while the reputation of a companion was at stake. Pixie O'Shaughnessy The Common Law grew up originally as unwritten law, and in a large measure it preserves still that character. The Governments of Europe In Union alone can we uphold the Monroe Doctrine our second unwritten law so much hated and dreaded by all the world. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt This was in violation of the ancient unwritten law that the children of a free woman, the father being a slave, follow the status of their mother and are free. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 "Help yourself first!" was the unwritten law, and it was universally obeyed. The Story of Russia The girl's face showed how she disliked the process; but it being an unwritten law that the hair of an Arab bride must be coloured with sabgha, she submitted. A Soldier of the Legion It was an unwritten law at The Woodlands never to disturb the birds. For the Sake of the School The prudence of our forefathers has delivered to us an equally sacred unwritten law which reads that no president should embrace another Creed than Protestant if possible a sect of the English church. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt With a smiling face Stuart shook hands with them all, leaving his best friend to the last, according to the unwritten law of farewells. Under the Country Sky It was one of the unwritten laws of the cuisine that Prudence was never to be disturbed when engaged in this delicate operation. The Romance of an Old Fool We have an unwritten law in Kentucky that hoss thieves should be put out of the world as soon as they are caught and proved guilty. The Kentucky Ranger The sins of the father would inevitably be visited upon the children by an unwritten law, and although she might love Alathea herself, she could not countenance her union with me. Man and Maid The fourth unwritten law which is practically supplementary to the second we find in George Washington's farewell address where he advises us to live in peace with your neighbor. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt It lacked the spectacular elements of a filmed drama; there was no woman in the case or unwritten law. The Shrieking Pit Custom is unwritten law, and a practice may be termed a custom when it can be proved to have lasted for a hundred years. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 You may almost say it's the unwritten law. Europe After 8:15 An alcalde and other city officers had been elected; and certain unwritten laws, for the protection of life and property, had been promulgated and were strictly enforced. The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 These "four unwritten laws" had assumed in his mind a character of sacredness. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt It was unwritten law which may never be broken, for the life of one who kills a monkey to be taken by the priests of Hanuman. Son of Power There are some unwritten laws even among the Cossacks. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward The next words that came to her told her that Shane and Kayak were discussing the unwritten law of the North—the law of the cache. Where the Sun Swings North Danilo's best work was the codification and reformation of the unwritten law of the land. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle The following are some quotations from this document: "Tradition is an unwritten law." The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt And by the way, you may not know, but it's unwritten law—past touching—the man in this country never uncovers his head excepting in the presence of his own women. Son of Power Now, in a democratic age, we don't talk about such things; but there are unwritten laws and invisible lines just the same. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward It responded to the unwritten law that a man must risk his own life to save others. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North It seems to me," drawled Roger lazily, "that the two great heroes in their mad rush for the Solar Medal have forgotten an unwritten law of space. Stand by for Mars! The prudence of our forefathers has delivered to us an equally sacred unwritten law which reads that no president should embrace another creed than Protestant, if possible, a sect of the English Church. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt But there was an unwritten law, that of the sword, and the incensed father demanded that the brutal youths should appear in the lists and prove their honor, if they could, against his champion. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII There exists, I believe, some sort of unwritten law that once a man proposes and a girl refuses, attentions should cease. The Fifth Wheel A Novel The unwritten law at that time was that if a miner ceased working his claim for a certain length of time it could be "jumped" by others. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World The unwritten law of the desert would condemn whoever did this to a lariat and a yucca palm. The She Boss A Western Story The Fourth unwritten law, which is practically supplementary to the second, we find in George Washington's Farewell Address, where he advises us to live in peace with your neighbor. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt Andy was perfectly willing to abide by this unwritten law also, and doffed his derby. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery This unwritten law regulates the succession to the throne; by it the deputies hold their privileges in the Estates General; by it the laws, binding even on the king, are made. The Age of the Reformation Morrow had been busily spreading the tidings that a would-be squatter was among them and they were curious to see the man who had deliberately defied the unwritten law of the Coldriver Range. The Settling of the Sage Had he violated some unwritten law of Fate, and was this the hand of Fate punishing him through the woman he cared for more deeply than he had yet confessed to himself? Swirling Waters This nation has four unwritten laws, the oldest and most sacred, because established by Geo. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt The unwritten laws reigns supreme over the municipal law. Lectures on Modern history The unwritten law of the woods is that personal property cached in trees, underbrush, beneath stones, or hidden underground must never be taken, borrowed, used, or molested. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls "Would you look as well upon a black fox?" asked Oo-koo-hoo in surprise, as it is an unwritten law of the country that missionaries are not to carry on trade with the Indians. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Being so serviceable to the aliis, kukinis always enjoyed a high degree of consideration, freedom, and immunity from the strict etiquette and unwritten laws of a Hawaiian court. Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends That the festival shall hereafter and forever be national is a part of our unwritten law. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z From the foundation of Charleston until the present moment it has been regarded as an unwritten law that the annual events of this ancient society shall not be touched upon. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' It is an unwritten law among the men that the only crime involved in stealing liquor is—using an Irishism—not to steal it. S.O.S. Stand to! The outcast was a cannibal, condemned by an unwritten law to wander alone through the wastes. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark It is an unwritten law in football that a fresh substitute is far superior to a crippled star. Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball It was the result of no special decree, but the unwritten law was not to be denied. South America An unwritten law decreed that Bluebottles only should enter the train: the R.A.M.C. limited themselves to carrying work outside, on the platform and stair. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital The unwritten law by which a man has to nurse his hat and stick throughout a call unless his hostess specially asks him to lay them aside! The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin He simply hastened their pace the more for their hunger, recognizing the unwritten law of the wilderness—that starving hunters who had rifled the cache had a right to food wherever they found it. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The unwritten law of the West had to be obeyed. Bert Wilson in the Rockies In some women's colleges there are what may be termed "unwritten laws"—school traditions—never set down in books but handed on from class to class. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada In Barscheit there were also many unwritten laws, and you were obliged to observe these with all the fidelity and attention that you gave to the enameled signs. The Princess Elopes A people's institutions are the soul of the written and unwritten law. The Young Man and the World The Northern wilderness has its grim unwritten law, inexorable and merciless as death. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark It seems one of the mysteries of judging and of justice, as though there were an unwritten law in the back of the human mind in favor of property rights. The Man in Court "The unwritten law works in Arizona as well as in other places." The Bad Man In following Washington's course and defending it on principle, he set an example to all his successors, making the "third term doctrine" a part of American unwritten law. History of the United States How many earth-side people know of the unwritten law about open war on plague ships? Plague Ship It was not his horse, of course, but an unwritten law of the range had been broken, and that was any honest rider's affair. Skyrider On the yacht "Hallena" early to bed and early to rise was an unwritten law. The Harris-Ingram Experiment In all these cases, the unwritten laws of necessity, of self-preservation, and of the public safety, control the written laws of meum and tuum. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The essence of tragedy is the collision between the individual will, impulse, or action, and society in some form of its organisation, or those unwritten laws of life which we call the laws of God. Books and Culture For his first weeks at school he kept very silent, absorbing its traditions and the unwritten laws made by the boys themselves, on the nice observance of which hung respect and popularity. Secret Bread It was an unwritten law of Nu Delta that all members live in the house their last two years, and Hugh hardly dared to contest the law. The Plastic Age And according to the unwritten law of ages she was now as much his property as his dogs. The Eternal Maiden Morality as, in Antigone's noble phrase, "the unwritten law of heaven" sinks down and disappears. Preaching and Paganism I am an officer in the king's army, and there is an unwritten law that all non-commissioned officers are my inferiors, here or elsewhere, and must obey me. The Grey Cloak There's an unwritten law in most of these matters. Nicky-Nan, Reservist That is what marriage is to most young women: the ultimate escape from the family, from the unwritten laws that govern children. The Ragged Edge You are to understand that it was the unwritten law of the Hyndses' that this house should come to the eldest son. A Woman Named Smith Is there anything absurd or unreasonable in the supposition that a Ministry of Land Leaguers chosen by a Parliament of Nationalists should attempt to enforce the unwritten law of the Land League? A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 The dust might accumulate upon his law books: he was learning unwritten law in the hearts of these countrymen. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The "human touch," though it became an office joke, also took its place as an unwritten law. Success A Novel The deliberate defiance of any written or unwritten law that forbade their laying hands on the treasure they sought so diligently, and went far and near to find, merely increased public admiration. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon There was an unwritten law that they should keep watch, one to the right hand, and the other to the left, and such treasures of blossoms or wild fruit seldom escaped Nan's vision. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Was she overstepping some unwritten law of which she had never heard, and did he know it, and yet encourage her in it? The Girl from Montana The unwritten laws of social usage would hardly permit him to carry the Pixley mansion by assault and insist on seeing Miss Brandt. Pearl of Pearl Island So this became the custom of the place, the unwritten law. Heart's Desire Washington set the example of voluntary retirement at the end of the second term, and it seems to be an unwritten law that no President shall serve more than eight years in succession. Elements of Civil Government By unwritten law she mustn't, yet there were the chairs as good as gold and fresh as paint. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl There was no law on the statute books which would execute an Afro-American for wounding a white man, but the "unwritten law" did. Southern Horrors Lynch Law in All Its Phases There is a local unwritten law down there—"No guns inside, after the 1st of June"—and it has been kept for twenty years. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 When it was finished he rose, more steadily, and said quietly: “I know it’s unwritten law, Ken, that we shouldn’t follow Betty up without an invitation; but I’ve got to go over there to-night.” The Man Thou Gavest It is the unwritten law which has been practiced for ages in England and the United States. Elements of Civil Government The second reason, subordinate to the first, is obvious: decent men, in these days, have tacitly agreed to suspend a violent appeal to the unwritten law as a concession to civilisation. The Younger Set Moses, therefore, the perfect legislator, according to Philo, has presented in the three founders of the Hebrew race embodiments of the unwritten law of good conduct for all mankind. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria It is never pleasant to trifle with an unwritten law like that. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories It alludes to tenants who had paid me their rent,—and broken the ‘unwritten law of the League.’ Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) Nor thought I thy commandment of such might That one who is mortal thus could overbear The infallible, unwritten laws of Heaven. The Seven Plays in English Verse He was accustomed to the unwritten laws of the prairie. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest The man does not become an individual merely by obeying the written and unwritten laws. The Promise of American Life These poor shirt-spinners have forgotten much, which by the virtual unwritten law of their position they should have remembered; but by any written recognized law of their position, what have they forgotten? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 In 1819 such a man appeared, with a picture which violated the unwritten law formulated by David: "Look in your Plutarch and paint!" McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 The marriage of young earls are, generally speaking, "arranged," and there are hovering relations, and unwritten laws in the background, which only the foolish forget. The Mating of Lydia It is an unwritten law amongst poker players, in a public place in the west of the American continent, that no onlooker should stand immediately behind any player. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest But the club had another unwritten law as to writing. The Divine Fire But it is not the British military way, and the unwritten laws of the Service stand firm. Fields of Victory It was breaking an unwritten law of the rangeland, and worse, it was doing something unbusiness-like and foolish. The Happy Family Besides that, the fact would always be brought up that his reward for well-doing had been enough, just as we have an unwritten law in America that there shall be no "third term." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Deference to a fetish, a shibboleth, to the ancient, unwritten law that one must not do that which hypocrites condemn and cowards fear to do, unless, indeed, one can "get away with it." Kindred of the Dust I know that among expert wing shots it is an unwritten law that quail and grouse must not be shot on the ground, nor ducks on the water. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The unwritten law in some districts is supreme. Is Ulster Right? Some point to the low rate of white illegitimacy as a justification of the deterring force of the "unwritten law," not realizing that such a defense it, really a reflection upon womanhood. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution Half of our law is based upon precedent, and we are protected at every turn by unwritten law, which is nothing else than precedent. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig The imaginings of man in respect of God may be puerile and mistaken, but his instincts, which are his unwritten law, must be sometimes right; if not, Nature would have lied in creating him. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty On the conclusion of Scales's experience, there was no lack of volunteers to take up the thread, though an unwritten law forbade interruptions. A Texas Matchmaker Delightful fall weather favored the cattle, and on the tenth day we reached the Medicine River, where, by the unwritten law of squatter's rights, we preëmpted ten miles of its virgin valley. Reed Anthony, Cowman Exigencies of life have caused the Mackenzie Eskimo to formulate on vital matters an unwritten law to which each gives assent. The New North For once the unwritten law was unobserved, and it was long past ten when the party broke up, Eve and the Doctor having captured the best of a series of rubbers. The Lilac Girl Thus it became unwritten law that slave States and free States must be equal in number, so that the South could not be outvoted in the 085 Senate. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I He went up and put out his hand, impelled by the hospitality which is an unwritten law of the old West, and is not to be broken save for good cause. The Phantom Herd It had become a custom--almost an unwritten law--to promenade San Francisco's lordly thoroughfare on the last afternoon of the week, especially the northern side. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts The unwritten law which prevails in that social realm is: "Each for all, and all for each other." Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography There was an unwritten law among us boys never to kill a cricket, and we kept it as sacredly as was kept the law of the Medes and Persians. Byways Around San Francisco Bay By the same unwritten law, stealing and robbery, as well as murder, were capital offences, and lawless characters were put down. Death Valley in '49 The barons claimed it as part of the unwritten law. Popular Law-making It seems to be an unwritten law of human life that every great joy shall be quickly followed by a great sorrow. The Gentleman from Everywhere The events were not tabulated, but evolved through the unwritten law of precedent. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life When, in the course of this work, I refer to these unwritten laws as authority upon any point, I shall do so under the appropriate designation of "ancient usage." The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry It is a sort of unwritten law that in parties such as ours, he who steals provisions forfeits his life. Death Valley in '49 But with legislation—statute law not being so strong as the unwritten law, contrary to the popular opinion—it is by no means certain that this result will happen. Popular Law-making It is often called the unwritten law, because unwritten in origin, though there are now many books describing it. Composition-Rhetoric This humility has established an unwritten law of limitation on vaulting presidential ambitions. George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway This regulation arises from the unwritten law of Masonry. The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry Doubtless you recall the famous saying of Diogenes Laertius: 'There is a written and an unwritten law. By Advice of Counsel There was an unwritten law and public sentiment in that little Academy world that enabled us to study and play together with the greatest freedom and harmony. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Nowadays clubs are successful exactly because it is an unwritten law in almost every one of them that no member must speak to any other who is not one of his own personal acquaintances. Human Nature in Politics Third Edition The necessity of some kind of equitable arrangement was so strongly felt by American publishers that a kind of unwritten law gradually established itself among them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 One of the most important landmarks, contained in our unwritten law, more definitely announces this provision, by the words, that the aid and assistance shall be without injury to oneself or his family. The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from custom is the unwritten law.' By Advice of Counsel An unwritten law in the office was that neither he nor his partners should ever accept a case if their client were in the wrong, or guilty. Russell H. Conwell If he did no more, he has violated the written and unwritten law of the Southern States. The Marrow of Tradition There is an unwritten law among ranchmen as old as the treaty between Abraham and Lot. Building a State in Apache Land He should know this not from a casual conversation, nor a loose and careless inquiry, but, as the unwritten law of the Order expresses it, from "strict trial, due examination, or lawful information." The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry "Every man's conscience is his own private unwritten law." By Advice of Counsel If we conform to the unwritten laws of the chase, and pay for the damage we do, there will be no fear of fox-hunting dying out. A Cotswold Village This article," said Carteret, "violates an unwritten law of the South. The Marrow of Tradition There is a sort of unwritten law concerning the salvage of flood articles, and I had to leave the coat, as I had my kitchen chair. The Case of Jennie Brice Money and birth in themselves have created some unwritten laws that are much stronger than those decreed and promulgated by governments. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest All the same it's obvious that the unwritten law might be stretched a long way. By Advice of Counsel But to prosecute this work extensively the English had to overcome the difficulty found in the observance of the unwritten law that no Christian could be held a slave. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War But there are also other divisions of law; for there is both the written and the unwritten law,—each of which is maintained by the rights of nations and the customs of our ancestors. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 It means unconditionally heeding the unwritten law, which I lay upon myself, and following this inner law even when I must stand alone against the whole world. The Education of the Child But he would find it in the unwritten law of the natural aversion of the races. Democracy in America — Volume 1 The so-called unwritten law is based on our inherited idea of chivalry. By Advice of Counsel In the days of the old army there existed certain unwritten laws of precedence as between various branches of the Service. The Mastery of the Air He admitted that murder, horse-stealing, and branding another man's calves were subjects for the unwritten law. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama His water right gives him undisputed control of the adjacent range, even though he does not own all the land, which is an unwritten law of the range and respected by all cattlemen. Arizona Sketches It almost seems as if there were certain unwritten laws in American society, assigning certain functions to certain days in the week. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat There's—" "There's a lot of flub-dub," says the colonel, "about higher laws and unwritten laws. Danny's Own Story It was then that man mistrusted the Light Within, and disregarded the unwritten laws graven in the soul by the Creator. The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation By unwritten law, each miner was entitled to a certain portion of the 'bar,' as it was called, in which the gold is found. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Thus it is that in the country districts of the South, by written or unwritten law, peonage, hindrances to the migration of labor, and a system of white patronage exists over large areas. The Souls of Black Folk It had long been an unwritten law before it became a written law in our National Association that we must not take partisan action or line up with any one political party. The Story of a Pioneer In our nomadic life there were a few unwritten laws by which our people were governed. Indian Boyhood Nor did I deem that thou, a mortal man, Could'st by a breath annul and override The immutable unwritten laws of Heaven. Oedipus Trilogy Now, kingdoms might totter and reel, and convulsions change the map of Europe; but the iron unwritten law prevailed, that each boy severely fed his own rabbits. The Golden Age The Socialists had many branches in America, and the deceased had, no doubt, infringed their unwritten laws, and been tracked down by them. A Study in Scarlet This, we think, should be according to the unwritten law of decorum, which is stamped upon every innocent heart. The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories According to an unwritten law, the buying a drink included the privilege of loafing for just so long; then one had to buy another drink or move on. The Jungle Now Tarzan felt no fear of Taug, nor did the unwritten law of the jungle demand that he should flee from battle with any male, unless he cared to from purely personal reasons. Jungle Tales of Tarzan It had its unwritten laws, and they were as clearly defined and as strict as any that could be found among the printed statutes of the land. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And if he fired one shot in reply, unwritten law and strong public opinion would be on the side of Bill Dozier in killing this criminal without quarter. Way of the Lawless Following the unwritten law in country places, which decrees that all persons engaged, married, or "keeping company," must have their "first dance" together, she gave that to Austin. The Old Gray Homestead Buttons were a regular perquisite of the rag-girls in the Cumquot Mill; indeed, any trifle, coin, or seal, or medal, was considered the property of the finder, this being an unwritten law of the rag-room. The Green Satin Gown The great unwritten law of the forest is that, save as provision during legitimate travel, one may not hunt in his neighbour's district. The Forest She obeyed the unwritten laws of society, and busied herself little in her neighbours' affairs. Roden's Corner Nature herself has laid them down in her unwritten law, and in the moral consciousness of mankind. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 It's a kind of unwritten law—new husband, new gowns. The Golden Calf Or it may only have been that Jocelyn was able to soothe him sooner, because there is an unwritten law that those who love us best are not always the best nurses for us. With Edged Tools It is mainly through them that with us unwritten law passes into written law. The American Judiciary By the unwritten law of this realm of Venus, she, as queen, had the right to interpose between justice and its victim, and such interposition was always expressed in the way which we had witnessed. A Columbus of Space The cave men were taking their first lesson in a slight, half unconfessed obedience, that first essential of community life where there is yet no law, not even the unwritten law of custom. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man Comrades come before a wife, of course—that's an unwritten law. Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter In all these things, which he had proclaimed far and wide, in divers tongues, all of them eloquent, he had violated the unwritten laws of our country as great and small know them to be. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Information as to the unwritten law applicable to any controversy between parties had therefore to be sought from others. The American Judiciary Now this was wrong of him; it was a distinct contravention of an unwritten law among "Commercials" that no person must be interrogated concerning the nature of his business. A Traveller in Little Things The unwritten laws of politeness obliged Regina to say something. The Fallen Leaves India's unwritten law for the truth seeker is patience; a master may purposely make a test of one's eagerness to meet him. Autobiography of a Yogi If the young men who are the natural social leaders make simplicity the unwritten law of college social life, young Sardanapalus will spend his money and heap up luxury in vain. Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair" The English common law was and is an unwritten law. The American Judiciary The school was always anxious for a row, but it was the unwritten law that only in special circumstances should they proceed to active measures. Mike This has been the unwritten law in many places for years. Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates It is an unwritten law that a woman must never be anything but gay in her lord's presence, must never for a moment claim the privilege of peevishness. Roving East and Roving West The unwritten law of Christianity, moulding all outward forms by its own free spirit, gradually, and without premeditation, slid from the seventh to the first day, as it had clear right to do. Expositions of Holy Scripture American judges have exercised these powers of ascertaining and developing unwritten law even more freely than English judges. The American Judiciary Courtesy is one of the unwritten laws of the links. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 This is not always appreciated by people who do not know the Alps and their unwritten laws, and the Guides complain somewhat bitterly that they are often put in very difficult positions. Ski-running He had transgressed the unwritten law of the English constitution that a person prominent in a cause célèbre belongs for the time being, not to himself, but to the nation at large. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days There was something less of refinement, perhaps, and Fräulein remonstrated now and then about some small violation of the unwritten laws of 'Anstand,' but there was more mirth. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Not a little, however, of the development of our unwritten law has been and remains of a local character. The American Judiciary The unwritten laws which regulated the practice of bookselling in the eighteenth century were derived from the Stationers' Company. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 Indeed, both the written and unwritten laws of the American Navy are as destitute of individual guarantees to the mass of seamen as the Statute Book of the despotic Empire of Russia. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War There was an unwritten law at the Vicarage that save for the most urgent of reasons he should never be interrupted at this hour. The Bars of Iron There was not even the unwritten law to appeal to. Tutt and Mr. Tutt Along all these lines and many others the American courts have now for nearly three hundred years been quarrying out American law from the mine of the unwritten law of the people within their jurisdiction. The American Judiciary The Ladies' Aid had its printed constitution but it also had its unwritten laws and one of these laws was that strictest courtesy must always be observed. Up the Hill and Over He had just lost a prisoner, which was against the unwritten law of the Force, but he had gained another in his place. Man Size Here we must again recur, not to positive institutions, but to the unwritten law of social nature, to the great and pregnant principle of political necessity. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons The same unwritten law has it that a man's appearance does not matter—a law much appreciated by some of us, and duly canonized by not a few. The Sowers As governments must provide some authority to declare what the unwritten law governing any transaction was, so they must provide some authority to declare what the written law governing any transaction means. The American Judiciary Each tribe bore the name of its first ancestor, and from him and his successors came down a traditionary, unwritten law, the violation of which was considered the most heinous of offences. Oriental Literature The Literature of Arabia By this time he had learned a good deal of the trail-man's unwritten law. The Magnetic North It is an unwritten law not to hold unnecessary conversation in the Imperial Secret Service. The Secrets of the German War Office The examples of Washington and Jefferson established an unwritten law against a third term for any President. A Brief History of the United States By an ancient, unwritten law the whole country is roughly divided among the hunters. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake The next force was the conception of an unwritten law, of the binding power of custom. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 Alien seamen in distress through shipwreck or other accidental causes, formed a humane exception to this unwritten law. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Do you follow me, Governor, and do you endorse this unwritten law?” Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 It is an unwritten law, high up on Olympus, that the gods must give to the gods; only the prayers of the mortals go unanswered. Man on the Box No one poaches on it; that is unwritten law; a man may follow a wounded animal into his neighbour's territory, but not trap there. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake It is an unwritten law that the police shall not pigliare him till the sessions are nigh. Without Prejudice The written law is binding, but the unwritten law is much more so. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler After all titles of courtesy are not obligatory, unless we regard the unwritten law of custom in such matters as binding. Business Hints for Men and Women It is an unwritten law among us that an outsider is always an outsider. The Rose in the Ring Not to waste powder on prisoners was an unwritten law of the Argentine army at that period, and the veteran gaucho clever with the knife took delight in obeying it. Far Away and Long Ago It seemed to be an unwritten law that the politician should have his dress-suit did his wife wear serge for ever. Senator North You may break the written law at a pinch and on the sly if you can, but the unwritten law - which often comprises the written - must not be broken. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler They represent the unwritten law, the traditions of the commune, the duties of all to all: whosoever offends against these, sins against the dead. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation It had come to be an unwritten law in the Cabbage Patch that as few questions as possible should be asked of strangers. Lovey Mary Apparently he was trying to break down the unwritten law that the sons of the "best families" are not arrested. Sylvia's Marriage The Filkin tradition, though strong, could not hold out entirely against the unwritten laws, the silently claimed privileges, of youth in Elgin. The Imperialist Until this was done, the unwritten law did not permit their shaking any more nuts on the ground. Community Civics and Rural Life And the cult of the Ujigami embodies the moral experience of the community,—represents all its cherished traditions and customs, its unwritten laws of conduct, its sentiment of duty …. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation He it was whose authority gave to the unwritten laws of custom their binding power. Prolegomena And it is an unwritten law in all that country that the animal must not be harmed, and that no bear traps shall be set within five miles of the Company buildings. Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars It was among the unwritten laws that the meal must appear to more than satisfy both. Saturday's Child It goes without saying and is an unwritten law that policemen should be Irish. Vignettes of San Francisco He was old in the ways and the unwritten laws of the North, and like a deer he turned and sped back unseen in the direction of the Devil's Nest. God's Country—And the Woman The inhabitants grew to be proud of their rosy citadel; it was an unwritten law among them that every new house should adapt itself to this tone. South Wind It was an unwritten law that no guest should depart without a gift of some kind. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Before she had finished, a boarder or two, against the unwritten law of the house, had come downstairs. Saturday's Child And as those two great presidents refused to be elected a third time it has become a kind of unwritten law in the United States that no man shall be president longer than eight years. This Country of Ours I will give you his words: The unwritten law of every nation admits all mankind, and not the male half only, to the study and practice of medicine and the sale of drugs. A Woman-Hater The old doctor looked at him with a frown of disapproval, as if his frank confession had violated the unwritten laws of medical etiquette. Jezebel's Daughter With how sure an instinct, by the way, Chaucer has anticipated that unwritten law of the modern drama according to which low comedy characters always appear in couples! Chaucer What they did is the pattern of right, the unwritten law to which he yields a blind unquestioning obedience. The Golden Bough But out here there's a sort of unwritten law—an eye for an eye—a tooth for a tooth. The Man of the Forest Commanding a vast and miscellaneous vocabulary, he takes such pleasure in the use of it that sometimes he transgresses the unwritten laws of artistic harmony. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 One of the unwritten laws of the club was that no woman should ever enter its doors, a law that until this moment had never been broken. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Look in; and learn the wrong, and right, From your own soul's unwritten laws. New Thought Pastels There is an unwritten law that when one country intends to wage war against its neighbor a formal declaration shall be made. The Puppet Crown There is an unwritten law about human successes, and your sister must bow to that law, she must submit to its requirements. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) There is an unwritten law," one of the local papers at this time remarked, "that permits a citizen to avenge his outraged honor. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners Take that fatuous "unwritten law" which allows a man to murder another man and the wife who has offended what he calls "his honor." The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) From the creation of the world until after the deluge the unwritten law had been in force, that the first-born son of the patriarchs was to be the ruler of the world. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 More than ever was Boris resolved to serve in future not according to the written code, but under this unwritten law. War and Peace The unwritten laws that governed this brilliant world were drawn from the old ideas of chivalry, upon which the etiquette of the early salons was founded. The Women of the French Salons Such confidence demanded full confidence in return; the unwritten laws which governed the men amongst whom he had been brought up required it. The Man Therefore, in Manhattan you must obey these unwritten laws, and then you will be freest of the free. Strictly business: more stories of the four million It was charged by the other competitors that this American yachtsman violated all the unwritten laws of the contest. My Memories of Eighty Years By the unwritten law of the room every individual had the right to speak as freely as he wished about his own personal employer; but Judson, in his opinion, sometimes went a trifle too far. Something New Society, with its follies and affectations, inspired the mocking laughter of Moliere, but its unwritten laws tempered his language and refined his wit. The Women of the French Salons It is the unwritten law among travellers that a man’s luggage deposited upon a seat, shall secure that seat to him until he comes to sit upon it himself. Diary of a Pilgrimage It was the unwritten law of the den that soothing silence rather than aimless chatter should prevail. Piccadilly Jim Nobody ever disturbed him while he was at work; it was one of the unwritten laws. Crome Yellow She had broken the unwritten law not to break bread with an enemy of her house. A Poor Wise Man It was not because she did not still respect them, but she had the defiant attitude of a princess whose will is an unwritten law superior to all traditions. The Women of the French Salons It was not hedged around with those unwritten laws which make it the safe and eligible thing we know to-day. And Even Now It is an unwritten law which becomes second nature. Her Prairie Knight By the unwritten law of the creekside he was his father's property, and so was his labor, until he came of age. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War An unwritten law kept respectable women away, but the management showed no inclination to interfere where there was no noise or disorder. A Poor Wise Man The unwritten laws of gallantry afforded him a refuge now. The Evil Genius She had certain quarters where, according to unwritten law, vice was allowed to abide, and she did not try to hide the fact that it could be found there. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Under the old Republics we had a law which since the Union has become the unwritten law of South Africa. Native Life in South Africa He had entered the lists in mortal combat and true to the primitive instincts of the wild—the unwritten law of the jungle—one or both must die before the battle ended. Tarzan the Untamed Because of the unwritten law of the desert. Heritage of the Desert His most majestic hand undid the mechanical bonds of the national line and made it obey the unwritten laws of his genius. Hearts of Controversy At first blush, it meant some other trapper ahead of them with a prior claim to the valley; a claim that the unwritten law would allow. Rolf in the Woods |
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