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Then, in the 1970s, he wrote a long, confessedly kooky poem based on his and Jackson’s séances. About That Ouija Board: How Langdon Hammer Summoned a Poet’s Spirit 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z
At times these confessedly selfish and self-involved folks seem to be working up material for a self-help book called “He’s Just Not That Into Thee.” 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z
“There are riches on every page. When she resorts to speculation, as anyone writing on Shakespeare must, she does so confessedly.” Katherine Duncan-Jones, Who Cast Shakespeare as a Boor, Dies at 81 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z
As one local newspaper editorial put it soon afterward, “Women are confessedly angels, and angels don’t vote.” States may revive abortion laws from a time when women couldn’t vote 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z
Even though I’m confessedly anti-multi, I imagine I would have been delightedly thrown for a loop in the moment, seeing those worlds collide. Unpacking all the 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' spoilers we couldn't put in the review 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z
I listened to the audio edition read by the author, whose British accent and breathless, revelatory storytelling style are confessedly compelling. No, There Wasn't an Advanced Civilization 12,000 Years Ago 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z
Often forgotten, though, is that Mr. Strine said he was “confessedly torn about the correct outcome.” Eyeing Emergency Exits From Mergers in Anxious Times 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z
Nocturnes for the King of Naples, published five years later, is a confessedly baroque novel, a sequence of highly wrought addresses to an absent male lover. Alan Hollinghurst on Edmund White's gay classic A Boy’s Own Story 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z
Philosophy.—Hegelianism is confessedly one of the most difficult of all philosophies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z
Following on this confessedly difficult work are the writings of Mencius, to whom reference has been made in the previous pages. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z
It is to be observed that the assumptions made above that the physical constants of the material are constant throughout the earth, and at all temperatures, are confessedly far from the truth. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z
The theoretical objections which confessedly apply to the device, but which practically have been proved to be unimportant, were urged from the first by Mr. Baldwin as arguments against its use. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z
Tobacco is confessedly one of the most virulent poisons in nature. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z
The duty of self-examination was simply a Pythagorean precept, enforced in that school long before the rise of Christianity, introduced into Stoicism when Pythagoreanism became popular in Rome, and confessedly borrowed from this source. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z
All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critica learning. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
The recitation of the Hesiodic poems was from the first unaccompanied by the lyre, i.e. they were confessedly said, not sung; and it was natural that the example should be extended to Homer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z
The preference of many railroad officers for the straight boiler is based on the consideration of the greater strength which this form confessedly gives. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z
Perhaps the most touching story in Revolutionary Tales is The Blood Stain, confessedly beloved by its author. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
His Mahomet was confessedly written at second hand; while in his Washington he followed in the main such records and already published works as were convenient. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z
Only two of the “five old uncials” are complete documents, B and א: and these being confessedly derived from one and the same exemplar, cannot be regarded as two. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z
As regards works of a scientific character, the Magyars until recently were confessedly behindhand as compared with many other European nations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z
For the behoof of such as are confessedly ignorant of this branch of heraldry, and are not too proud to learn, I subjoin the following particulars, gathered from various respectable authorities. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z
According to the "Modern Universal History," Cabot confessedly took formal possession of Newfoundland and Norumbega, whence he carried off three natives. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
The Prefaces were evidently his own, and the continuation of the Polychronicon was confessedly written by himself. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-15T03:00:31.720Z
And confessedly the note of Antiquity it enjoys in perfection; as well as yields a sufficiently intelligible sense. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z
The best text is that of the Oxford Dante, though much confessedly remains to be done. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z
It is confessedly a compilation, and of comparatively recent date, having been completed, as we have seen, in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 2012-02-04T03:00:16.007Z
His narrative, if not written to mislead, was confessedly not intended to instruct. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
Indeed, whenever we try to do serious work at the present time, we confessedly go back from four to seven centuries for the models that we must follow. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z
Next, F and G of St. Paul's Epistles, inasmuch as they are confessedly derived from one and the same archetype, are not to be reckoned as two authorities, but as one. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z
Charles Dickens was essentially a Londoner, always having a fond regard for the highways and by-ways of this great Metropolis, and confessedly deriving his inspiration from the varied phases of Town life and Society.  Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z
Then Lincoln's closest counselors approached his ears with heavy words of hopelessness about the outlook in the Northern States confessedly most pivotal. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z
The Roman drama was confessedly a reproduction or adaptation of the drama of Athens. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z
She was confessedly the woman in the parish, who appeared to me to have the largest share of varied p. 17occupation.  The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham 2012-01-12T03:00:15.090Z
But when two copies of the Gospel are confessedly derived from one and the same original, how can their “attestations” be called “independent”? The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z
"Swanwhite" is a fairy fantasy of love, confessedly inspired by Maeterlinck, yet in no sense an imitation of him. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z
Far grander and more imposing in plan and fittings 445is the Catholic cathedral of Tong-Kad�, confessedly the finest place of Christian worship throughout China. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z
For when I enter into a contract, the promised performance of the other individual is directly and confessedly the motive for my reciprocal performance. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z
Osorio forfeited his own right to interfere with his wife on the score of conduct, and could only look on while Clementina unblushingly and confessedly accepted the attentions of every man who offered them. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z
If in certain Codexes that context shall prove to be confessedly in a very corrupt state, then it becomes even self-evident that those Codexes can only be admitted as witnesses with considerable suspicion and reserve. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z
Why carp at improbability in what is confessedly the merest bubble of fancy? Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z
He is confessedly the best builder in all South Wales—a practical builder, not a mere architect. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z
"Religion, as dealing with the confessedly incomprehensible, is not the basis for human union, in social, or industrial, or political circles, but only that portion of old religion which is now called moral." English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z
"It was," says historian Ford, "confessedly a violent and somewhat revolutionary measure and could never have succeeded except in times of great party excitement." The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z
The body of the bond was confessedly the handwriting of the prisoner at the bar. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z
A law which ran counter to Custom, which was confessedly in opposition to Custom, could never be maintained or prevail, though it bristled with the menace of the most dreadful punishments. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z
Their competitors at Buenos Aires across the river were confessedly engaged in breaking the law of their country. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z
He is, confessedly, naked, and all his works are the result of his being so. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z
Mr. Clay was confessedly the best presiding officer that any deliberative body in America has ever known, and none was ever more severely tried. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z
The body of the bond was confessedly the handwriting of the prisoner at the bar. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z
He stood confessedly at the head of a most attractive and popular department of our literature, in which his extraordinary success had raised him up a fame that became national. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z
They are at any one's disposal, and are confessedly hollow blarney. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z
If the copy be a poor one, he who asks for the loan of it must be a noodle, for who cares for the readings of a confessedly inferior book? Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z
Whitman is confessedly the poet of the body. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z
But evolutionists are unable to hold any belief in such real distinctions, being confessedly aware that all distinctions between species and varieties are purely artificial. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z
In a word, the institution was all that could have been looked for in a time when ecclesiastical and doctrinal traditions were fatally though not confessedly broken, and naked individualism was not avowedly adopted. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z
At the present time we confessedly sacrifice his logic in this respect for the reason that we teach geometry to pupils who are too young to appreciate that logic. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z
And if Hercules and Esculapius do not please you, and other renowned men of great antiquity, you may have Orpheus, a man confessedly inspired by a sacred spirit, and who suffered a violent death. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z
The author of the book of Ezekiel was a priest, and one confessedly loyal to the sanctuary of Jerusalem. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z
This is confessedly on the dangerous plan of doing positive injustice for the sake of what the doers think safe and necessary. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z
The third argument, based upon the age of the sun’s heat, is confessedly less to be relied on than the two previous ones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z
Her proper name was Christina, but unreliable though she confessedly was, she might perhaps be relied upon to jeer if he came out with that. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z
Sir Thomas Lawrence is confessedly at the head of the English school of portrait-painters. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z
It has effected this, at least, it has developed a need existing among professing Christians, which they are confessedly unable to meet. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z
It is not strictly true that the seven Epistles are mixed up with the confessedly spurious Epistles. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z
Of the published works attributed to him, 83 are recognized as genuine, 19 are of doubtful authenticity, 45 are confessedly spurious, 19 are fragments, and 15 are notes on the writings of Hippocrates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z
In metaphysics, also, we have confessedly done little more than revive the labors of the Greeks.—H. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z
Was it possible that a man, confessedly my friend, could so unblushingly swear a fellow-creature's life away? In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z
But being confessedly only a copy, it is quite impossible to say whether it is Mary’s French, or that of some one who chose to write French in her name. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z
The confessedly spurious Epistles differ widely in style from the seven Epistles, and betray the same hand which interpolated the seven Epistles. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z
For those things which are confessedly digestible are, on the contrary, very unwholesome for people of such a constitution, being very easily inclined to turn on the stomach, because they are tender and easily dissolved. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
The meaning of the name** is confessedly obscure. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z
If Secularism accomplishes some such work, where Christianity confessedly accomplishes nothing, it certainly has a place of its own. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z
Freedom is confessedly agreeable; restive boys like it; let them have as much as will not harm them. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z
Theodoret, a century after Eusebius, betrays no knowledge of any other Epistles, and there is no distinct trace of the use of the confessedly spurious Epistles till late in the sixth century at the earliest. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z
Other arts needed not the gods to teach them; Wise men invented them; but Jove himself Did teach his friends to live as parasites, And he confessedly is king o' the gods. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z
The Attic and Arcadian legends of Artemis are confessedly among the oldest.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z
The age of Prayer for temporal deliverance has confessedly passed away. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z
It is useless to continue them into years confessedly less suited to their exercise. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z
Few American communities are not confessedly overchurched, as far as the Protestant population is concerned. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z
Their strength lay chiefly in their fleet; in the other arms of war they were confessedly no match for Sparta and her confederate allies. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z
And confessedly, unless it was, it should have been left unmolested. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z
Events controlled him in the publication of separate volumes of travels, some of which were, confessedly, incomplete in their character, and hasty in their preparation. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z
Ease, accuracy, and scope are here confessedly of vast consequence. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z
The doctrines of the superman with their contempt for the weak, and of war as a "biological necessity," so dear to Junkerdom, are confessedly the affirmation that "might makes right." Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z
In many instances the unsuccessful colonist of this class—often a retired military or naval officer—had anxiously desired to imbue his sons with that mercantile knowledge in which he himself stood confessedly deficient. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z
But then, confessedly, these are one, two, three, or four specimens only of Antiquity,—not ‘Antiquity’ itself. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z
All the imperfections of this revelation then are confessedly owing to our imperfections, both as it regards mind and language. The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z
To this family would belong a few manuscripts of the earliest date, and confessedly of the highest character, Codd. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z
If a federal republic cannot live half slave and half free, can it live with millions of the governed denied a voice in the federal government confessedly forever? The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z
Meantime, consider whether, there being confessedly some difficulty in dealing with rogues and idlers, it may not be advisable to produce as few of them as possible. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z
Shall we accept the august Testimony of the whole body of the Fathers? or shall we prefer to be guided by the self-evolved imaginations of one who confessedly has nothing to offer but conjecture? The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z
But such cases, doubtful at the best, are confessedly exceptional. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z
Why, confessedly, to the pardoning power, alluded to on one side or the other—though chiefly on the part of the prisoners' counsel—in the course of this trial. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z
Young, very lovely, confessedly without moral principle, he still could not believe her actually depraved. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z
The distinctions between the physical and the chemical properties of bodies are confessedly artificial. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z
Whatever is found in one of these ancient authorities must confessedly be an ‘ancient Reading:’ but it does not therefore follow that it is the ancient Reading of the place. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z
More formal and regular, more confessedly ambitious, literary essays of his, were poems in every kind—heroic, mock-heroic, lyric, elegiac, comic, tragic, satiric—historical and biographical monographs, and tales or novels of a peculiar class. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z
These are confessedly their sole reliance; and were known to be such by the lenders of the money, at the time the money was lent. No Treason, Vol. VI. The Constitution of No Authority 2011-05-20T02:00:36.757Z
The Tory principles are confessedly the most favourable to monarchy. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z
To Bondareff in particular Tolstoy confessedly owes the conviction that the best preventive for immorality is physical labor, for which reason the lower classes are less widely removed from grace than the upper. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z
And, inasmuch as they are confessedly derived from one and the same depraved original, you will I presume allow that they may not be adduced as two independent authorities? The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z
Moli�re is confessedly the greatest writer of comedy in the world. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z
Not many can present as imposing a catalogue of works that are confessedly of such a high order of excellence. Tennyson's Life and Poetry And Mistakes Concerning Tennyson 2011-05-14T02:00:10.627Z
It is confessedly the metropolis of this blessed and absolutely self-governing country, and the streets of New York can't be kept clean. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z
From attempts to appropriate the national funds to objects which are confessedly of a local character, we cannot I trust have any thing further to apprehend. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z
“And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness:—God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit,” and so on. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z
All the circumstances connected with the publication of Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf are confessedly not entirely clear to us. Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf 2011-04-20T02:00:22.033Z
Evidently, then, painting, confessedly such, is no deception: it does not assert any material whatever. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z
The lyric "Young Love," which indubitably though not confessedly refers to Mary Fairfax, is one of the sweetest poems of pure feeling in the language. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z
The motion before the court was clearly an original proceeding in a matter in which it confessedly had no original jurisdiction; so the court was obliged to say, and so it ultimately said. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z
Sometimes, however, they were extended and not curtailed, by the orator in the closet, as was confessedly the case in the defence of Milo. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z
Therefore, since he claims the earth is agitated by four motions, one only can be its own, the others must be confessedly violent; yet nothing violent in nature can endure continuously. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z
That such a master-idea is difficult to grasp goes without saying; it was confessedly the supreme mystery. The Gnostic Crucifixion 2011-04-02T02:00:13.847Z
It will be noted that in the forms so far reviewed it is confessedly a theory, resting at the best on evidence of a highly conjectural and circumstantial character. The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion 2011-04-01T02:00:43.730Z
The Colonel was confessedly unversed in women's ways—then why did he meddle? At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z
We contribute these merely as a confirmation of Mr. Fitzhugh's position, that, really and confessedly, Free Society has proved a calamitous and irremediable failure in the principal communities of Christendom. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z
Athena is so confessedly the tutelary goddess of Athens. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z
Lord George, who knew him intimately in his prosperity, arranged to take the villa for us; and it is confessedly one of the handsomest on the whole lake. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z
In the first place, Marx was a Democrat, while Lenin is confessedly an Oligarch. The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion 2011-04-01T02:00:43.730Z
She is confessedly the greatest poetical genius which France could boast in a period of two hundred years; that is, from the decline of the Provençal poetry, till about 1500. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z
Reform, so called, is becoming confessedly more potent than its antagonist. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z
For to suppose that there was a point of duration when the plan was first conceived, would imply new knowledge in one confessedly omniscient; and that destroys the idea of omniscience. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z
She was confessedly the most beautiful and the most abandoned woman of her time. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z
The bulk of the information contained in this volume was confessedly derived from Dr. Strachan. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z
On such occasions as this, the arguments advanced for what is confessedly a rude invasion of the rights of free speech are of a set pattern. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z
The act was confessedly tentative and partial; it dealt only with selected industries, and even within these industries was not of universal application. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z
It may, however, be inquired, how this identity, as well as that of anatomical structure, is reconciled with the great anomalies, both in size and form, which have confessedly prevailed among ancient animals. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z
The really significant thing is that eight out of eleven of these champions are confessedly of mixed blood; only 27 per cent. are "black." The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z
The generation of Flemish painters after Memling who studied in Italy represent among them some great artists worthy to be mentioned even beside their Italian masters, though these are confessedly the great Renaissance artists. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z
The worst side is absolutely in the hands of the powers of evil and is confessedly growing worse all the time. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z
If protection against themselves is confessedly due to children and persons under age, is not society equally bound to afford it to persons of mature years who are equally incapable of self-government? On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z
At many points, the analysis is confessedly incomplete, and the problems imperfectly thought through—often inadequately stated, if seen at all. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z
Charter, three years after the foregoing descent into realism, was confessedly as happy a man as the Mid-West held. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z
The latter theory seemed the more probable, since all good instincts could not be lacking in a man who had been confessedly helpful in many ways towards rescuing the needy and aiding the unhappy. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z
More often they are confessedly demons, things of evil. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z
There is confessedly a strong tendency in the modern world towards a democratic constitution of society, accompanied or not by popular political institutions. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z
Such terms as spirit, life, and power are confessedly somewhat dangerous terms to use. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker
But it is known that a substance confessedly viscous may be broken by a sudden shock or strain. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc.
An unimportant work, confessedly popular, and without references. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830
Real apprehension, then, may be pronounced stronger than notional, because things, which are its objects, are confessedly more impressive and affective than notions, which are the objects of notional. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent
In the year 1825 Griffith Davies published his Tables of Life Contingencies, a work which contains, among others, two tables, which are confessedly derived from Baily’s explanation of Barrett’s tables. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"
To say a bold courageous thing on a confessedly delicate subject, without any offence to true modesty, is a fine achievement. What a Young Husband Ought to Know
Accordingly, although the theistic hypothesis would confessedly furnish such an explanation as is lacking, we must not adopt it because we cannot test it experimentally. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer
The meaning, however, that is still theirs is confessedly inadequate, otherwise there would be no scientific problem to be solved. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
It is, however, generally agreed that the changes confessedly made by Bretonneau were merely formal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John"
The instance is confessedly one where no complete and determinate religious creed is defended as the result of the use of the insight in question. The Sources Of Religious Insight
Although our churches present various theological tendencies, from the stiffest orthodoxy to the freest rationalism and pantheism, and with creeds yet confessedly nowhere settled, reason never pronounces religion absurd; to it homage is accorded. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897
A point of extreme etiquette raised at such a moment, when both parties were confessedly anxious for peace, naturally excites some inquiry as to its probable origin. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1
No one would waste his time with a hypothesis which confessedly was not applicable to all instances of the problem. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
Trees, and all vegetables, confessedly discharge electricity, and such discharges move the leaves, when very active. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes
It may be that they do not praise the Longfellow version because they confessedly had a share in it, yet this reason does not quite satisfy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
And when he was confronted with a problem confessedly too hard for him he lifted up his eyes to the hills from whence cometh help. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day
This, at least, is the natural conclusion from the fact that the Apollo and Hera of untouched wood or stone were confessedly the oldest. Custom and Myth New Edition
And confessedly, in point of "logic," there is no such compulsion in the second figure: there is only a timid and vexatious neutrality, a mere "not proven." Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
So hurricanes and typhoons, and all tropical storms, are confessedly, and in proportion to their intensity, “highly electric.” The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes
First disappears the whole mass of dogmas and opinions as to God and man which are confessedly received on mere authority. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli"
The Pope confessedly was not free to give his own opinion, and English causes could not be ruled by the Emperor. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII
These failures, rare and abnormal as they confessedly are, do not by any means disprove the reality of snake-charming; they certainly shew that the men believe in their own powers. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series
It is a self-destructive dualism, a confessedly one-sided monism, agnostic as to the fundamental problem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin"
The hurricane cloud of the West Indies moves confessedly N. W. in most instances, and undoubtedly it does in all. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes
Of the other points of detail noticed by the reviewer—which a volume of this kind is not the place to discuss—many are confessedly doubtful, and some unimportant. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition
As a horseman he was confessedly the first in the country round; although his one horse—he was unable to keep a second—condemned him to rare appearance at the meets. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly
M�sa had her seat in the Senate, near that of the Consuls; and for the first time Rome was confessedly under the rule of a woman. Roman Women
Hence the theory is a kind of monism, inasmuch as it confessedly does not assert the existence of matter save as an intellectual postulate for the thinking mind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin"
He carried away both prizes from his competitors, Mark, and stands now, confessedly, the most distinguished youth of his day; disappointment only nerved his courage. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago
There are, confessedly, difficulties connected with this conception of the atom which need not, however, be discussed here. A Brief Account of Radio-activity
Therefore you will not mind giving him another chance for his life, though confessedly the measure proposed is most barbarous. The Dog
Must she link her fortunes to a man who confessedly cannot face the world at home, but must go to the end of the earth for a bare subsistence? A Rent In A Cloud
I cannot see how otherwise than by State supervision we are to reach abuses which confessedly exist. Vivisection
The first three can confessedly be described only conjecturally from general observations as to the development of the human faculties, and the analogies of savage life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere"
Many of the professors and fellows of the University are confessedly men of cultivated minds, and even of distinguished learning: yet this great celebration was no better than I say. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847
This was confessedly the result in which all their debates terminated. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
Almost without exception, these outrages were confessedly the work of the conservative party, which had just been expelled after an open rebellion of three years against the legitimate authorities. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864
Yielding to none in loyalty to the science, and enthusiasm for the Art of Healing, what standpoint may be taken by those of the Medical Profession who desire to reform evils which confessedly exist? Vivisection
The title to territory of indefinite but confessedly very large extent is in dispute between Great Britain on the one hand and the South American republic of Venezuela on the other. The United States and Latin America
The new affair, though confessedly pseudo, was cheering from the first. The Rosie World
Of ordinary rough farming I will not speak, as that is confessedly beyond the domain of female strength. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865
And Byrnes is confessedly hard of hearing, and not particularly familiar with Mr. Davis' voice. Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Held in Boston, in February, 1851.
The object of poetry is confessedly to act upon the emotions; and therein is poetry sufficiently distinguished from what Wordsworth affirms to be its logical opposite, namely, not prose, but matter of fact or science. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century
To renounce a practice confessedly regular for one confessedly anomalous, out of respect to foreign usage, would hardly be consistent with the dignity of lexicography. Noah Webster American Men of Letters
Nevertheless Mrs. Dickett cannot deny that for a long time, up to the period of her plunge into outer darkness, Molly was confessedly the flower of the family. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon
But since the author of it is confessedly Moses,—the great Hebrew prophet, who lived from b.c. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
Grant’s campaign against Richmond is confessedly a failure. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
At this point, James’s narrative contains a circumstance which, confessedly, was not within his own experience.  James VI and the Gowrie Mystery
As the body of the structure is confessedly of inferior, and comparatively incoherent materials, it would be absurd to attempt in it any expression of the higher refinements of construction. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3),
This happened to Steele, whose literary was to be sacrificed to his political character; and this superstructure was confessedly raised on the malicious hints we have been noticing. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors
Above Reason, many things in it confessedly are: but against Reason, I do not know of one. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
This was, confessedly, to be the final effort to take Richmond. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
Yet these four preachers said nothing, as far as we hear, when the letters, confessedly forged, were produced as evidence, in 1609, to ruin Logan’s innocent child.  James VI and the Gowrie Mystery
It was at first confessedly only a tentative genealogy, with many weak limbs and untraced branches. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science
Mrs. Somebody had two daughters and a son, the eldest twenty-three, confessedly, and the youngest, the son, seventeen. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes
The Gospel, whether veiled in the Old Testament, or unveiled in the New, is confessedly "a hard saying:"—to some, their very crown and joy; to others, only an occasion of distress and downfall. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
Do not, then, preach to them against falsehood, or punish them confessedly on account of a falsehood. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts
This is casually inserted in the last words of the postscript, not blazoned in the text, as in the forgeries confessedly modelled on this letter.  James VI and the Gowrie Mystery
It belongs confessedly to one of the most amiable and interesting classes of the species. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846
The writer is confessedly partial to the western frontiersmen. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812
Here, however, we shall be reminded that the great Apostle,—though professing to quote,—confessedly argues in part from his own language, which is not the language of Moses. Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
This is the great object to be aimed at in the present age, though confessedly a very arduous one. Arrows of Freethought
Now, I submit, whether the difficulty, thus confessedly pressing against both systems, is not capable on our principles, of a much more full and satisfactory conclusion. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted
Years have so little affected him, that he is regarded as a better life than his son Ibrahim—his general, and confessedly a man of ability. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845
Our writer, ignorant as he confessedly is of this glorious light of divine revelation, still speaks in praise of the feeble glimmer that human wisdom gives. Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes
Here, then, are confessedly adopted, as bases of classification, the most manifest characters of the emotions; as discerned subjectively, and objectively. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I
"Surely," he cries, "the boasted enlightenment of this century will never tolerate the gross ignorance and arrogant self-conceit which presumes to dogmatise as to things confessedly beyond its ken." Arrows of Freethought
I have come across those who have fallen where this has confessedly been the case, and who have lamented that such wrong ideas had been put into their heads. The Curse of Education
The peculiar characteristics of this master, who next to Ruisdael, is confessedly at the head of landscape painters of the Dutch School, will be best appreciated by comparing him with his rival. Six Centuries of Painting
Our performance is confessedly imperfect, but be it remembered, that “Men rather do their broken weapons use, Than their bare hands.” The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
Riding on Horseback is, confessedly, one of the most graceful, agreeable, and salutary of feminine recreations. The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual
But this word, translated wrath, is confessedly used in other senses besides that of the divine anger or displeasure. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors
Moreover, there was the natural reluctance to leave the old, familiar dwellings for an unknown, distrusted land, confessedly the haunt of those monstrous beasts which they had most cause to fear. In the Morning of Time
A guess is a swift conclusion from data directly at hand, and held as probable or tentative, while one confessedly lacks material for absolute certainty. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions
The law is confessedly ridiculous from beginning to end, and what is very strange, is that no one should attempt to make it otherwise. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue
The story is confessedly false, for Capua remained, what it had always been, an independent town.’—R. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight
But as God is confessedly the author of law, it has made the Deity violate his own laws; that is, has made him inconsistent, arbitrary, irregular, and wilful. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors
By this confessedly unsatisfactory method it had been estimated that Sirius must be 140,000 times further away than the sun is, if he be equally big. Pioneers of Science
There was, therefore, reason to expect that the enfranchising clauses would bear the same interpretation, inasmuch as they were confessedly offered as an equivalent for the increased liabilities. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III
They were certainly known before the time of Aratus, for his poem was confessedly a versification of an account of them written by Eudoxus more than a hundred years previous. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
However this may be, the theory not only of the twofold design or use of the Nuraghe, but of either of them, is confessedly quite conjectural: it rests upon a narrow basis of facts. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
It will be urged that to restrict this inquiry to great names in religion would be unfair because such leaders are confessedly independent of literature; indeed, they are often the creators of it. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
The little man was undoubtedly shaken by the horrid events he had witnessed, and though he was confessedly a coward, I could not help feeling sorry for him. Hurricane Island
Then there were entertainments designed confessedly to entertain. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America
If Wolf loved a woman—— But then the fancy of Wolf, married, and confessedly loving a woman who was another man's wife, was absurd, anyway. The Beloved Woman
These influences, thus compounded of the humanitarian, the liberal-orthodox and the devotional, but in all things confessedly religious, exerted themselves for the ten years named, unbroken. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study
It was the last time when that principle of election was confessedly acted on. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII
Mrs. Gaskell has perhaps done more than any woman of this century, not confessedly devoted to our cause, to elevate the condition of her sex, and disseminate liberal ideas as to their needs and culture. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
To me personally, this delay is confessedly a keen and deep disappointment. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals
It appears we are prepared to sanction ladies in the employment of all means, so long as they are confessedly unequal with ourselves. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
I suppose, from her appearance, black must be the uniform of the Pacific station, a color which looks confessedly proper and ship-shape, but one which our admiral will not allow on any account. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83
She was confessedly ambitious for Nancy—Nancy, the youngest, the cleverest, the fairest of the three. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905
We are merely considering a question of political expediency, as confessedly we have the power in governing the Territories to let anybody vote we choose. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
Hence he says, “In short, if motives are not under our power or direction, which is confessedly the fact, we can at bottom have no liberty.” A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory
If women have sufficient political influence through their husbands and brothers, how is it that the worst laws are confessedly those relating to female property? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
On the 24th we slipped across in gallant style, and confessedly in first-rate order and trim. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83
The question is confessedly a difficult one on account of the absence of full data for the period involved. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV
The terms used are such that, necessarily and confessedly, whatever benefit accrues to black men under it accrues equally to women. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
This is confessedly one of the most perplexing and confounding difficulties which attach to the commonly received systems of theology. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory
Education is confessedly but in its infancy; and therefore it must grow much, and change much, before it can arrive at maturity. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education
"An ambition that confessedly overleaps all bounds is at least not an ignoble one." The Doomsman
He, confessedly, was not an experienced hunter in the Rockies. Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands
If uniform practice long continued can settle the construction of so important an instrument as the Constitution of the United States confessedly is, most certainly it has been done here. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
The white quartz of Guiana, the 'hard white spar' which Raleigh describes, confessedly contains gold, although, as far as is at present known, in quantities so small as not to reward working. Raleigh
The obstacles to a virtuous life are, however, confessedly numberless, and, humanly speaking, insurmountable. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
There are various conditions under which, confessedly, human beings love others as well as themselves, or better. A Manual of Moral Philosophy
It is to be asked, then, whether what is confessedly true of folk-tales,—of such stories as the Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella,—is true also of folk-songs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
The difference between them and us lies in this—that under one form we give the substance, while they under two forms confessedly give only the shadow. The Faith of Our Fathers
Two great forms of authority reigned over the entire civilized world, confessedly, and by name, in the Middle Ages. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving
Matter, under any form known to Epicurus, is confessedly insufficient to explain sensation and thought; a "nameless something" must be supposed. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
But on their atmospheric and aqueous hypothesis, vegetation in abundance is confessedly a legitimate consequence. Moon Lore
Thirdly, that spirits must be nourishing to the body, constituting, as they seem to do, the very essence of the fruit, grain, and molasses, which are confessedly nutritious. Select Temperance Tracts
Now it is in this that women, and the men who are most like women, confessedly excel. The Subjection of Women
The only question is whether what we may call vicarious ambition, or aspirations by proxy, are particularly desirable forms of a confessedly useful and desirable sentiment. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)
The 448 chief good is, confessedly, to live according to nature; which is to live according to virtue, for nature leads us to that point.... Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
If their names were confessedly written there, they were entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizenship; but if blotted out, they had forfeited these. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse
The errand that had brought her from Aix-les-Bains was confessedly a merciful one. The Place of Honeymoons
They had been quiet in the days of Humayun and Bairam Khan; both were confessedly Shiahs; the Ulama were too courtly to offend the power which appointed the law officers. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09
And cookery is more interesting now than it was then, because more advanced, more scientific, and with improved appliances; and, at the same time, it is of confessedly more importance. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)
We find, also, that this is confessedly the common belief of mankind. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
Nevertheless there is no better clue, and the human mind is impelled to do the best it can with the confessedly imperfect data which it finds at its disposal. Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe'
It was confessedly one of the worst communities in the State. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
This is evidently the volume published by the anonymous editor in 1775, and our present editor declares that 70 he knows Nos. 4–10 were from the same pen as the present confessedly spurious collection. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century
Origen is known occasionally to go out of his way to notice readings confessedly worthless; and, why not here? The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
On this point we shall content ourselves with quoting the words of one whose encyclopædian knowledge was confessedly equal to that of Comte, and who in candor and accuracy was certainly 215 his superior. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
The French drama, he argued, was confessedly exalted amongst the French themselves beyond any other section of their literature. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2
These were confessedly illegal in the form they took, and were justified by their authors only on the ground of retaliation. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1
This translation is confessedly a working-over of the Leipzig translation already mentioned. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century
To uphold the authority, in respect of this nonsensical reading, of two MSS. confessedly untrustworthy in countless other places,—against all the MSS.—all the Versions,—is nothing else but an act of vulgar prejudice. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
The expressions of the sacred Writers are figurative; the Eastern style is confessedly hyperbolical.” A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.
These were the principal features of the demands, the sack money and perquisites being confessedly subsidiary. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis
The holy anointing enjoined in Exodus for Aaron and his sons, is confessedly a type of the unction of the Holy Ghost. The Ministry of the Spirit
This however, is a stronger Proof of the exceeding Usefulness of it, than of their Prudence in thwarting it so violently, as they confessedly have done. A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753
Now the Canons are confessedly the invention of Eusebius. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
The gospel truth is “put the leaven into the lump;” and why the gospel should not be put into our amusements, even into those which are confessedly abused, I cannot see. Amusement: A Force in Christian Training
Like the essay the lyric is a subjective composition; it is confessedly the expression of the poet’s personal emotion and his own experiences. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide
Just now the American people seem much engrossed with the training of the hand of the Negro, confessedly a work of tremendous moment. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist
"Because the Prayer Book is confessedly ancient, while the Articles are modern." Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert
It becomes a fatal objection to such reasoning that the style may indeed be exceedingly diverse, and yet the Author be confessedly one and the same. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
The evening was confessedly a dull one, but matters appeared to brighten towards its close. Fragments of science, V. 1-2
Whether it is all true as therein narrated, I cannot say for certain; but the story, confessedly fiction, is no more monstrous than the reality. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
Habit had reconciled the minds of many to its inferiority; and the means of supplying its place were confessedly contingent and remote. The History of Tasmania, Volume I
Baptism is a visible rite confessedly, and St. Paul tells us that, by it, individuals are incorporated into an already existing body. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8)
No inference as to the antiquity of this Codex can be drawn from the Eusebian notation of Sections in the margin: that notation having been confessedly added at a subsequent date. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
While largely agreeing with him, I cannot quite accept the setting in which Professor Virchow places the confessedly abortive attempts to secure an experimental basis for the doctrine of spontaneous generation. Fragments of science, V. 1-2
From this, and the conversation ensuing, I learned that it was confessedly a Kuklux serenade. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
We were all in disgrace—Victoria because she had not managed her husband better, William Adolphus for behaviour confessedly scandalous, I by reason of those rumours at which I have hinted. The King's Mirror
Here, too, religion is confessedly felt to be wearisome, it is out of place. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8)
It means that although an abrupt and impossible termination would confessedly be the result of omitting verses 9-20, no nearer approximation to the original autograph of the Evangelist is at present attainable. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
But the determination was kept latent in these first moments by the heart-crushing sense that now at last she and Tito must be confessedly divided in their wishes. Romola
What right, then, had the North to allow publications confessedly intended to destroy a legal southern institution, deeply rooted and cherished? History of the United States, Volume 3
The ultimate Rational Conceptions of the Human Mind are confessedly, among all Philosophers of the Mind, not four or five hundred, but like the Alphabetic Sounds of Language, a mere handful in number. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Rooney and Maxwell were confessedly the best divers among them, but the rivalry between these two had degenerated, on the part of Maxwell, into a spirit of jealousy. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters
But Ammonius, because he confessedly recognised no such Canons, was under no such constraint. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
Still less can such confessedly morbid predominance be considered as a peculiar liability of the female sex in this race. The Education of American Girls
Both sides were guilty of violence, but the free-state party confessedly much the less so, having far the better cause. History of the United States, Volume 3
Or might not poor relations, now confessedly nuisances, be made useful in this way? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
I refuse to force your confessedly inexperienced and incompetent services upon my men. The Lady Doc
A most outrageous attempt has been made to swindle you, if I may use such a term to persons who confessedly are plotting to rob another. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective
Molière is confessedly the greatest writer of comedy in the world. Classic French Course in English
It is to be noted that the writer confessedly holds a brief for the servants. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
The modern administrator of justice has confessedly one of the hardest tasks before him when he undertakes to discriminate between the degrees of criminality which belong to offences falling within the same technical description. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society
As to form, the Colloquies are less confessedly satirical than the Moria. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
The nickname confessedly arose, so far as France was concerned, first in Touraine, and became general at the time of the tumult of Amboise, nearly thirty years after the reformation of Geneva. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1
The list was confessedly incomplete; nevertheless, the absence of his name was reassuring. An Echo Of Antietam 1898
Even in our finances, which are confessedly our weakest point, we doubt if the experience of any other nation will enable us to form a true conception of our future. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays
The barbarians were confessedly strangers to any such conception 102as that of a Will. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society
In cloth covers, which are confessedly edition work and machine made, the rules of ornament need not be so sharply enforced. The Booklover and His Books
Yet, as victims were wanted to appease the anger of the ruling family, two unhappy men expiated by their death a crime of which they were confessedly innocent. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1
In not a few cases the judges were confessedly ignorant—Chief Justice Livius, for instance—of French Canadian jurisprudence. Canada
Rather must one in common reason accept him as confessedly a partisan writer, who upon occasion will recolor an event with such nuances as will be least inconvenient to a Yorkist and Burgundian bias. Chivalry
Acting as intermediary between Congress and Governor Bowdoin, General Knox as Secretary of War made what provision he could for the defense of the arsenal by local militia; but these measures were confessedly inadequate. Union and Democracy
Yet, with a true Tory's timidity and aversion to change, it is not surprising that he went on preferring what he found established, vicious as it confessedly was, to the end. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety.
This is confessedly an inadequate figure of speech. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI.
On this point, as confessedly on others, the French historian seems to have derived his opinions from the suggestive scenes in Scott's splendid romance of Ivanhoe. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852
We are confessedly not as we should be, and there floats before the minds of men a vision of some higher condition of life and society than that which exists. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics
You have only heard words, tales—confessedly by the storyteller himself only tales, such as may figure in the next monthly magazine for pure entertainment and amusement. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
Thus, when we arrived in Kansas, two rival governments were in existence, one the result of fraud and force, the other confessedly incomplete, being without executive power or recognition. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.
It is to be seen in the plans he devised, in the institutions he founded, in the people he moulded anew, when the old church had confessedly failed in its mission. The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics
Some people seem to suppose that God ministers to men, saves them, transforms them, raises them up and liberates them only when they confessedly receive him. Christianity and Progress
But is not character, with which Ethics confessedly deals, just that concerning which no definite conclusions can be predicted? Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics
Lord Theign, confessedly and amiably interested, had accepted these intimations—yet with the very blandness that was not accessible to hustling and was never forgetful of its standing privilege of criticism. The Outcry
What is the case in those parts of the world where people who are confessedly of different races and languages inhabit a continuous territory and live under the same government? Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
The following extract from the work of De Tocqueville, exhibits the opinion of an impartial observer, when comparing American manners with those of the English, who are confessedly the most aristocratic of all people. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
Indeed, they are confessedly the banditti of the hills, and respect neither friend nor foe, but rob all who come in their way. The Dog Crusoe and his Master
“Spoken like a true Cornishman!” said Tregarthen, laughing; “and in regard to the fairies I may tell you that we are not without a few of them, although giants confessedly preponderate.” Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
The philosophy of the complex vision differs from the older philosophies in that it frankly and confessedly starts with that general situation which is also its goal. The Complex Vision
In the arts of a courtier, which he despised, he was confessedly inferior to his wily adversary; in all the qualifications of a statesman and a soldier he vastly excelled him. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
But in this case there is no reason for adopting the exceptional, and the strongest reason for retaining what is confessedly the ordinary and natural signification of the term. The Parables of Our Lord
Ought one to look for it in a book confessedly unsatisfactory to its author, and a book which was left incomplete? The Bibliotaph and Other People
Many of them were confessedly versified from prose translations, and are mere English poems, without a tinge of the colour or character of the country. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
Bergson is frankly and confessedly not a pluralist at all, but a spiritual monist. The Complex Vision
But we had been encouraging the importation of goods from Europe which were confessedly somewhat cheaper than our own fabrics, and in amount largely in excess of our export of cotton and cereals. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
And yet the true Author of the Gospel is confessedly God the Holy Ghost: and I know of no reason for supposing that His works are imperfect when they proceed forth from His Hands. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
In the reply that follows, Lord Temple expresses the profound sorrow he felt at his brother's determination to resign, of which he was confessedly not in a position to form a competent judgment. Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1
Some of them are confessedly upon Grecian subjects, and all of them are animated by a corresponding spirit. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852
Elsewhere they are, confessedly, well known to science, and therefore to the learned forger who, nobody can guess why, dumped them down with the other fraudulent results of his researches. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore
This was a point to which people could never have been brought except as the alternative to something confessedly worse. The War of Independence
Such discussions in fact become unbearable when the points in dispute are confessedly trivial. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
Wilberforce was confessedly not considered a practical politician, and his support was regarded by Pitt with apprehension. Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1
The books themselves are in fact confessedly taken from older writings which are lost; and the accounts of the great prophets of Israel are a counterpart, curiously like, of those of the mediæval saints. Short Studies on Great Subjects
The dignity of the order of prophets is so great that they cannot teach men what is confessedly hurtful. The Faith of Islam
Although Selingman was confessedly a ladies' man, his eyes, after her first few movements, scarcely rested for a moment upon the girl. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
Are not these one and all confessedly fabricated readings? the infelicitous attempts of some well-meaning critic to improve upon the inspired original? The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
We get in the grip of doubt and straightway we turn from the fellowship of those who know the Lord to the fellowship of those who confessedly do not know Him. Sermons on Biblical Characters
Mr. M. We must tolerate the mistakes and errors of those who, in the main, are confessedly good, and are conscientious in what we deem their errors. Bertha and Her Baptism
That he was suspected of a tendency that way during his life is acknowledged by all, though the grounds, that of setting up a cross in his chapel, are confessedly unsatisfactory. Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
In his confessedly imperfect list of the hulas he does not mention the hula kilu. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
Is it reasonable, on the slender residuum of evidence, to insist that St. Mark has ascribed to Isaiah words confessedly written by Malachi? The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
To be sure, if the audience which received it was enthusiastic, it was confessedly small, and it had got no more than a foothold in the public favor. The Story of a Play A Novel
Couples that are happy as compared with those that are confessedly unhappy, 131. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
A recent writer speaks of it as "confessedly unrivaled as regards its colossal proportions, its architectural effect, or the general simplicity and massive character of its details." Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money
He brings to it all the most spacious, all the most delicate interpretations of his wit, yet confessedly leaves more beyond. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865
He must do so perforce, if he would judge rightly: for the matter to be discussed is confessedly very peculiar: in some respects, even unique. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
It was not disputing among self-respecting equals, but ill-humored domineering over those who were confessedly underneath. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life
Senators in Congress confessedly represent the States as equal units. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
It is not always safe to reckon on the absence, in parties confessedly "attacked," of all capacity for moral indignation, or all capacity for moral self-defence. A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel
This asterism was confessedly first taken notice of by Perez or Perseus, by which is meant the Persians. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)
The "Pastoral" symphony is by no means the first piece of deliberately, confessedly programmatic music. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers
At present she made no pretension either to youth or beauty,—as some ladies above sixty will still do,—but sat confessedly an old woman in all her external relations. Can You Forgive Her?
The Powers revered in the Mysteries were all in reality Nature-Gods; none of whom could be consistently addressed as mere heroes, because their nature was confessedly super-heroic. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
He is confessedly one of the champions of the Critical School. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology
The method of keeping accounts practised in the exchequer, was confessedly the exactest, the most ancient, the best known, and the least liable to fraud. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell
A Higher Standard This subject of legislation is confessedly delicate and difficult. Aliens or Americans?
And though He confessedly comes late, He correspondingly makes up to the soul for all His delays, and rewards her on the spot for all her toil, and dryness, and discouragement of many years.  Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings
Again, there is another division of Christian work in which the persons represented, though nominally real, are treated as dramatis-personæ of a poem, and so presented confessedly as subjects of imagination. Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870
In no part of Mayo or Galway is the Land League more perfectly organised than in Clare, yet the farmers in that county are confessedly well off. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
The great battle, of which we have been speaking, was confessedly fought at Gaugamela. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.
The subject is confessedly a most difficult one. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
The result of this extraordinary effort was seen in returns from only ninety-nine of three hundred and five towns, and even a large part of these were confessedly inaccurate or incomplete. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions
What of Mr. Moore that was not French in 1899 was confessedly English. Irish Plays and Playwrights
Such a book confessedly exists, and is ever open to us in the natural world. A Candid Examination of Theism
One of them is confessedly addressed to the Goddess called Venus Ourania, in Cyprus; and was designed to be sung by the priest of that Goddess upon the stated festivals at Salamis. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.
But this question the origin of the idea of a suffering, atoning, dying Messiah is confessedly a very nice and obscure one. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
Hitherto, practically throughout, they have been the creatures of Thackeray's thought, they have been openly and confessedly the figures of his vision. The Craft of Fiction
Mr. Gibson’s essay—for there is confessedly something experimental about it—must be reckoned, with those of Mr. Abercrombie, to whom “Krindlesyke” is dedicated, among the most remarkable dramatic poems of our time.’ Krindlesyke
The existence of the three published volumes does, after all, not preclude a more intimate study, because they are confessedly exterior. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
He was confessedly afraid to continue in the service in which he was engaged, and it was not easy for him to quit it. Captain Sam The Boy Scouts of 1814
The word "glory" in the New Testament confessedly often signifies the illumination of heaven, the defined abode of God and his angels. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
Such is confessedly the case in the department of Medical Jurisprudence. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
To the priests may be ascribed the rigid adherence to tribal practices and the opposition to modern innovations, even when the change confessedly would be beneficial to them. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir
Yet when he came to write confessedly and consecutively about himself he found it no easy task.  George Borrow The Man and His Books
You are, admittedly, unlettered; you are confessedly a chevalier of industry; personally you are exceedingly distasteful to me. Police!!!
More ominous still is the fact that in almost every place yet investigated the majority of the men were confessedly living in immorality amid the temptations of the base camps in France. With Our Soldiers in France
Such was the fate of a man of ability, of indefatigable labour, of affluent means, and confessedly accomplished in all the habits and knowledge of public life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847
The books themselves are in fact confessedly taken from older writings which are lost; and the accounts of the great prophets of Israel are a counterpart, curiously like, of those of the mediaeval saints. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc
You know, Verney, my fixed determination not to quit this place, until in the light of day Stamboul is confessedly ours. The Last Man
King Philip was confessedly preparing to encourage an English subject in treason to his sovereign. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4
However this may be, in nearly every camp or battalion or regiment or body of men questioned, whether among officers or men, the majority were confessedly living in immorality. With Our Soldiers in France
But power, confessedly derived from the people, must be exercised in obedience to their will, and must be resigned to them again, at least in death. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States
Here again the genuineness of the Epistle bearing this Father's name does not affect the question; for it is confessedly the same document which Eusebius had before him. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"
His motive, I fear, was different—to place me on record as confessedly false and prevent our reunion forever. Tales of the Chesapeake
We allude, of course to the Apostles' creed, so called, not because the Apostles were at first supposed to have written it, but because, it confessedly contained doctrines promulged by the Apostles. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann
He was on the one hand confessedly a coward, and on the other hand a man of the most hasty and violent temper. Among Famous Books
At this point his memory confessedly breaks down. "Contemptible", by "Casualty"
Twenty, who had come down intending to vote for Mr. Pitt's motions, were induced to support the Admiralty, confessedly by Sir Edward's statements. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
He was one who had turned back, overcome confessedly by odds. The Debtor A Novel
This is unnecessary, because the points regarded as erroneous in it, are confessedly few and non-essential. American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics Including a Reply to the Plea of Rev. W. J. Mann
Blanche was a dunce confessedly; she hated books, and the acquisition of knowledge by labor. Princess
But it is becoming more and more difficult to induce people to spend a long course of youthful years upon a confessedly impalpable result. Practical Essays
Different writers, moreover, belonging to the same age, animated by the same spirit, and confessedly governed by the same general rules of faith and practice, mutually explain each other. Companion to the Bible
But imagine the devotion to style of a milieu in which a person who would throw ink on a confessedly fine work of art is actuated by an impersonal dislike of incongruity! French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Everywhere, in fact, in the holy building supposed to have come down from God, we detect fragments of older structures, confessedly of earthly workmanship. Is Life Worth Living?
We confessedly have no case here; and this method can produce nothing but irritation. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
But, even so far as this is true, the sayings were confessedly extracted or deduced from the Old Testament, and so ex hypothesi due to original inspiration. Thoughts on Religion
The subscriptions, on the other hand, which stand at the end of the epistles of Paul, that to the Hebrews included—are confessedly the work of later copyists. Companion to the Bible
This then was confessedly an extra-judicial opinion, and, as such, of no authority. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4
Such is the positivist theory as to all the higher pleasures of life, of which affection confessedly is one of the chief, and also the most obviously human. Is Life Worth Living?
The countervailing act, which I sent you by the last post, will, confessedly, put American bottoms out of employ in our trade with Great Britain. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3
Yet this is confessedly the highest level of human reason on the lines of spirituality, when unaided by alleged revelation. Thoughts on Religion
We come next to the books of Kings and Chronicles, the writers of which confessedly employed previously existing materials. Companion to the Bible
The objection of Germany's initial campaign, as shown by events, was not defense against the confessedly slowly mobilizing Russians, however, but the humiliation and subjugation of France. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe
We have here five presentations of life, under what confessedly are its most striking aspects, and with such interests as men have been able to find in it, raised to their greatest intensity. Is Life Worth Living?
The Paschal question awakened little interest in the days of Polycarp, and among the topics which he discussed with Anicetus when at Rome, it confessedly occupied a subordinate position. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
Of course, this is the testimony of one who is confessedly anti-Bolshevist, one who has suffered deep injury at the hands of the Bolsheviki of whom she writes. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy
The doubtful or spurious evidence of the senses is not to be admitted,—especially when they testify concerning Spirit, whereof they are confessedly incompetent to speak. Unity of Good
It was now confessedly the privilege and the right of these men to set limits to that selenographic science which had till now been making itself so very busy in reconstructing the lunar world. All Around the Moon
This passage has been selected, because the parting of Hector and Andromache is perhaps the most pleasing episode in the Iliad, while it is confessedly one of the most finished passages. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
Nothing was gained except the putting on record an implacability that was confessedly impotent. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
By the very admission of the chiefs of this rebellion, it is confessedly got up for the sake of slavery, and to make it the corner-stone of the new Confederacy of States. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862
Babylonia itself was confessedly the most fertile country in Asia. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
That he had confessedly been attracted by her was a matter of common knowledge. Austin and His Friends
For they were confessedly men of the lowest rank in society, and of great poverty—poor fishermen, who could not feel a very great regard for their own dignity, or respectability. The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old
The conspiracy was, in fact, a very serious affair: Carstares was confessedly aware of its criminal aspect, and was in the closest confidence of the ministers of William of Orange.  A Short History of Scotland
The education of Edward Waverley, as described in the third chapter of Scott's first novel, was confessedly the novelist's own education. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
For the system of Slavery is confessedly the very essence of an Aristocracy, while the genuine idea of a Democracy is the submission of all to the expressed will of the majority. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863
It is confessedly dependent, not on a natural, but a supernatural order. The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers
How much more lenient would be our judgment of the openly and confessedly naughty ones, who have gone a little further in act, but not an inch further in essence, than we have done! Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII
An English Commission of Justice, established in May 1652, was confessedly more fair and impartial than any Scotland had known, which was explained by the fact that the English judges “were kinless loons.” A Short History of Scotland
Admitting for a moment that Scotland is more civilised than Spain or Italy, all savage tribes, on the other hand, are confessedly less advanced in the arts of life than these two peninsulas. Crime and Its Causes
At this time suits for mining claims, the mines being confessedly on the property of the United States, were brought upon an alleged forcible or unlawful detainer. Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State
It was confessedly too weak to engage in a European campaign, and the Navy was considered to be sufficient to protect the country against invasion. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans
It is difficult to give intelligible account of an Immense Being confessedly mysterious and about whom his worshippers admit they only know, they know nothing, except that                              'He is good,           And that themselves are blind.' Superstition Unveiled
Low as these prices may appear they are in a great measure fictitious; since there is confessedly more stock of all sorts in the colony, than is necessary for its population. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America
If Macleod, who was confessedly a handsome young fellow, had searched all over England, he could not have chosen a fitter mate. Macleod of Dare
Therefore, when the limits of authority delegated to their captains by the people were overstepped, the sway of the princes became confessedly illegal. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots
The community forces the very people who have confessedly the shortest history of social restraint, into a dangerous proximity with the vice districts of the city. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil
As an Abolitionist, therefore, I am for the equal rights movement, and as one of the confessedly oppressed race, how could I be otherwise? The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years
Our own daily service", says the above-mentioned minister of the church of England is confessedly formed upon the Breviary". The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome
And the question of morality in relation to the drama is confessedly very difficult to deal with. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character
They have the air of wayside chapels; and this mode of enlightening the ignorant was confessedly borrowed from the missionary. The Awakening of China
Shew me a complaint or reproach, and I will instantly match it with one from a period when the intimacy was confessedly and notoriously at its height. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings
The swan, confessedly a beautiful bird, has a neck longer than the rest of his body, and but a very short tail: is this a beautiful proportion? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)
For the all important inquiry is, confessedly, how to obtain salvation? Sermons on Various Important Subjects
Besides, being confessedly an art-form, duly licensed to lie, it is apt to be misunderstood. Prose Fancies
There are confessedly many grave evils in our industrial system, but there are also very evident benefits. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality
Of all these manifold sources Tennyson was confessedly ignorant. Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson
With like concession Mohammedanism included Jesus as one of the six great prophets, and confessedly the only sinless one among them all. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891
They are equally incredible, whether related to have been wrought upon occasion the most deserving, and for purposes the most beneficial, or for no assignable end whatever, or for an end confessedly trifling or pernicious. Evidence of Christianity
For if that assumption is made we grant to fallible men privileges which confessedly belong to persons outside the category of fallibility. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham
And not only a spoiled old lady but a confessedly spoiled old lady. Half Portions
As a "power plant" it is confessedly useless, but the making of it affords amusement and instruction. Things To Make
To expect obvious morality of any artist is confessedly absurd. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
Again, the treatment which the history represents the first propagators of the religion to have experienced was no other than what naturally resulted from the situation in which they were confessedly placed. Evidence of Christianity
My words are, ‘The Attic and Arcadian legends of Artemis are confessedly among the oldest.’ Modern Mythology
So it will be if once the task is undertaken of reforming the confessedly bad and indefensible system of Irish administration. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question
The strike activities of the Knights were confessedly a deviation from "First Principles." A History of Trade Unionism in the United States
Effort is discernible throughout this music, the best of which is formed confessedly upon Italian models; and nowhere is the universal law, of the inferiority of all imitation, more apparent. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843
The rain which descends from heaven is confessedly amongst the contrivances of the Creator for the sustentation of the animals and vegetables which subsist upon the surface of the earth. Evidence of Christianity
Thus he maintains that it is perilous to make comparative use of myths current in languages—say, Maori or Samoyed—which the mythologists confessedly do not know.  Modern Mythology
The history of the Papacy is confessedly "obscure." Five Years of Theosophy
For in the sphere of politics, the new national feeling confessedly looks to Britain for ideals. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments
Benevolence and moral government are also ascribed to him but confessedly with a less degree of certainty, though the most desireable of all his given properties. Answer to Dr. Priestley's Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever
This, at least is the natural conclusion from the fact that the Apollo and Hera of untouched wood or stone were confessedly the oldest.  Custom and Myth
It is confessedly the first among the kingdoms of the second order. The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands
His moderation prevented any one from grudging him power, while his successes were due to his genius, in which he confessedly surpassed all his countrymen. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I
This is a highly sacramental and confessedly mystical doctrine, not less unintelligible to “the natural man” than the Catholic theory which Knox so strongly reprobated.  John Knox and the Reformation
Confucianism, or to use the Japanese name, Bushido, was confessedly agnostic. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
If habitual secrecy on the part of an individual, in regard to business matters, is confessedly suspicious and wrong, it must be so, also, on the part of associations of men. Secret Societies
She was at any rate their natural guardian in those matters, relating to womankind, where men are confessedly given to folly. Marcella
And yet—you know me—for me it is too ethereal, speculative, theoretic: all theory becomes more and more confessedly inadequate, untrue, unsatisfactory, almost a kind of mockery to me! The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
The garrison was, confessedly, brutal, licentious, and rapacious, but they “all” partook of the holy Communion. John Knox and the Reformation
Shinto was confessedly a religion; it frankly believed in gods, whom it worshiped and on whose help it relied. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
In the matter of the curriculum, the city was confessedly on the eve of a large constructive program. What the Schools Teach and Might Teach
The testimony of the second Gospel is, according to this tradition, confessedly at second hand, and consequently utterly inadequate to attest miraculous pretensions. A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays
The question is confessedly one of adequate evidence. The Life of Jesus of Nazareth
But Arthyn had never lacked for spirit, and had always confessedly abhorred Raoul, nor had absence seemed to make the heart grow fonder, at least in her case. The Lord of Dynevor
He was curiously misappreciated by his own generation, whose literary movements he in turn confessedly ignored. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4
It is confessedly the best place for fishing on the Lake. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter
Her governmental reforms certainly and confessedly found here their germ. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876
A denunciation of a treaty by any government is confessedly justifiable only upon some reason both of the highest justice and of the highest necessity. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes
In this police court proceeding the government, confessedly, were morally worsted—utterly humiliated, in fact. The Wearing of the Green, or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession
The confessedly criminal immigrants were paroled convicts from Sydney and other criminal colonies. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado
With no stagnant water, there are practically no mosquitoes, and it is confessedly one of the most healthful spots of all this health giving region. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter
And how can we describe that as a scientific law in which there is confessedly no immediate relation of cause and effect, or sequency, established? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843
It is confessedly one of the most subtle and debatable questions which arise in the construction of statutes. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson
The question, then, which I have proposed for your consideration, is confessedly one of equal importance with the truth of Christianity. Parish Papers
The most notable recent systems of philosophy, idealist as well as naturalist, are thus presented to us, almost confessedly, as void of application to conduct. Recent Tendencies in Ethics
We of the Free States are confessedly without our fair share of influence in the administration of national affairs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858
As it was, little Lillie was confessedly no saint; and yet, if much of a sinner, society has as much to answer for as she. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel
Analogous if not exactly similar events now confessedly take place, and are no longer looked upon as miraculous. The Making of Religion
Not surely in the confessedly ill-proved miracle, but in the truth as discernible by the heart without aid of miracle. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed
It may be said that, though, in these cases, the legal and the social sanctions are confessedly excluded, the sanction which really operates is the religious sanction, in either its higher or its lower form. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics
The principal rites in Egypt were confessedly for a person lost and consigned for a time to darkness, who was at last found. The Symbolism of Freemasonry
In the first place, he lays down on general grounds that, though the disciples had confessedly given up all hope, it yet was natural that they should expect to see their master alive again. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890
Yama, the first of Aryan men who died, was worshipped by Vedic Aryans, but confessedly as a ghost-god. The Making of Religion
Nor can the argument be evaded by talking of external evidences; for these also are confessedly moral evidences, to be judged of by our moral faculties. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed
That it is likely to advance in the future, as it has done in the past, notwithstanding the many hindrances to its progress which confessedly exist, is, I think, an obvious inference from experience. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics
The missionary fields confessedly can not be conquered by the unaided teacher; he must have more than a system of truth, more than a program, more than a reasoned discourse. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index
All these devices had, however, confessedly failed of their object. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02
Nay, the necessary social conditions for the evolution even of ancestor-worship were confessedly not found where the supposed ultimate result of ancestor-worship, the belief in a Supreme Being, flourished abundantly. The Making of Religion
Yet one or two suggestions of interpretation may not be amiss, for it is confessedly one of the most mystical of modern dramas. Parsifal A Mystical Drama By Richard Wagner Retold In The Spirit Of The Bayreuth Interpretation
The Symbolic Reaction therefore began, and all our music, all our painting, and all our literature to-day are frankly and confessedly Symbolic—that is, Catholic. Dawn of All
Thus Murray confessedly copied from ten authors; five of whom are Beattie, Sheridan, Walker, Blair, and Campbell. The Grammar of English Grammars
But Westmacott reaped where he could, and his book is confessedly not wholly original. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays
Just as the hunger after righteousness of the Prophets is intense, so their hope of finally sating that hunger in an eternity of sinless bliss and enjoyment of God is confessedly inconspicuous. The Making of Religion
The milkman did not come, neither did the long crispy French rolls, a New York breakfast institution for which the commuters confessedly have no substitute, and it was after nine before breakfast was served. People of the Whirlpool
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