| 单词 | mental reservation |
| 例句 | Seven times, Graham has taken the oath of congressional office, ‘solemnly’ swearing to ‘support and defend the Constitution’ and to ‘bear true faith and allegiance’ to it, ‘without any mental reservation’,” Will charged. "Make-believe" Sen. Lindsey Graham burned to the ground for sacrificing his beliefs to please Trump 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Seven times, Graham has taken the oath of congressional office, “solemnly” swearing to “support and defend the Constitution” and to “bear true faith and allegiance” to it, “without any mental reservation.” Opinion | Why do people such as Lindsey Graham come to Congress? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Do constant pressures to resign, to chasten the president, to speak up in criticism constitute mental reservations? Perspective | Civil servants can’t stop Trump. Stop asking them to. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z “Humor is out of place in this discussion. If you’ll make an honest agreement to die, with no mental reservations—” “I.O.U.” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z At that point, I made a mental reservation: 'What am I doing here? Bulger 'not an informant' - defence 2013-07-29T21:31:43Z At that point, I made a mental reservation, 'What am I doing here? Ex-FBI agent calls Boston mob boss 'Whitey' Bulger a reluctant snitch 2013-07-29T17:38:57Z But as I said them, I thought of the Tsarnaev brothers, whose mental reservations about America grew to the point that they were prepared to sow murder and mayhem. Swearing In the Enemy 2013-05-18T01:08:02Z There is possibly a Jesuitical mental reservation contained in the words "mechanical means." Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z As soon, however, as our agnostic has made these formal mental reservations, he talks and acts as the rank materialist he at bottom is. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z I had received the information that begonias grew wild in Majorca, with the mental reservation natural to a native of a less gracious climate. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z I said Newport was commonplace, and I said it with mental reservation. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z "I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: so help me God." Swearing In the Enemy 2013-05-18T01:08:02Z Renunciation usually has some mental reservation, or at least some saving ambiguity. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z The Nun gave her adhesion to it, with a mental reservation as to the case of an ideal. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Cases of mental reservation and the like fall under the same condemnation. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z While he spoke, I fixed my eyes earnestly upon him, to see whether I could discover any sign of mental reservation; but he spoke with all the appearance of good faith, and I was satisfied. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z I confess I did not know what to suspect; but there was a mental reservation of some kind, and I was resolved to ascertain what it was. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The average ratio was 10.75, speaking very generally, and with every mental reservation as to its applicability at any particular time and place. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Again I made the promise, with the mental reservation already mentioned. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z If there was a mental reservation, 'at least not just yet,' the words were unspoken. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z That remains to be seen was the mental reservation in the mind of the Sailor. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z "It was your new God sent it, I suppose," said Ha'o gloomily, with the air of a child giving an expected answer with mental reservations of his own. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z “If I can I will, Miss Pike,” answered Constance with a mental reservation for the “can.” Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z But to sign it with the mental reservation that one will disavow one's signature if the obligations undertaken become irksome, that is swindling. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z Janey had been inclined to take shelter behind these mental reservations, to raise still higher the boundary walls between them, since she had known what she called "the truth about Annette." Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z And if the oath is proposed to him, he may take it with some mental reservation.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z While a priest, I instructed the Irish to swear allegiance to the heretical government of the United States; but with a mental reservation, that the first allegiance was due to the Pope of Rome. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The atrocious doctrine that it is proper to equivocate, to dissimulate, and to deceive by mental reservations, is boldly defended by the highest authorities of the Catholic church. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z "It is well, gracious sir," said Clement meekly, with the mental reservation of ridding himself of the brave fellow at the very next village. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Because I find difficulty without mental reservation in giving my assent to their long and complicated creeds. Abraham Lincoln's Religion 2011-09-03T02:00:20.697Z And, again, the strange thing was that Athena Maule, as she said those words, believed them—with certain mental reservations—to be true. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z Now each of these confident assertions was made with a mental reservation. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z By the subterfuge of perplexing interpretations, mental reservations, and an artful ambiguity of language, they excused and sanctioned perjury and every other crime. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z As often as she thought about it, it seemed that his incapacity to value certain qualities of her own justified her in a few mental reservations. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The brother cast a penetrating look at his victim, wondering whether he had any mental reservations. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z In Seville wealth is a mere accident, even the poor may return thanks without mental reservation for the nugatory gift of life. Murillo 2011-08-02T02:00:19.967Z Who knew but that he might have taken the former oath in some non-natural sense or with some mental reservations? William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z The crisp response was not without significance to the younger man, and Harold Heathcote departed with the mental reservation that "even with Cabinet Ministers you never can tell." The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z "Maybe every generation puts another layer of brick on the wall," suggested Dee, and I made a mental reservation that that, too, would go in my notebook about Charleston. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z In fact, I have always eaten it with a mental reservation, and a quiet, perhaps unuttered protest, but I counted the minutes while that fish cooked. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z He had not even glanced at Vivien, striving to read to what extent she would second the invitation, but had accepted on the spot, yet not without a mental reservation. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z As to the feats of this handsome desperado, as related by himself, we accept them with a mental reservation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z She made mental reservation that she, at least, would not bind herself to silence. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z "Madam, you possess an arsenal of mental reservations, and I doubt whether you can keep a promise." A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z You will pardon the mental reservation in my reply, when you reflect that I made it out of regard to your feelings. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z He grinned without mirth at the mental reservation—and suddenly drew back from the door, retreating into the deeper blackness at the end of the hall. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Jesuitism is a strange compound of all kinds of tricks and quirks, and of mental reservations, and deceptions. Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z Wherefore it cannot be denied but therein He used some mental reservation. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z The case is more difficult, however, if the reply is obscure in itself, that is, if use is made of ambiguity or mental reservation. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z I gave the number, with a mental reservation concerning some unknown person's telephone manners. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z "I'll do what I can," replied Webster, with a mental reservation. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z Now, I hope these limbs of the law, will not be offended at me for taking up my spectacle shillalah, and just politely flooring them, for their Jesuitical inuendoes and mental reservations in my regard. Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z Had he taken the side of the Annexation without any mental reservation? The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z England had her mental reservations regarding this type, however, and by the time the fashion reached America it simply lowered the bedposts. Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings 2011-01-11T03:00:35.147Z At the swearing-in, when the chief justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, asked him to attest that he was taking the position without mental reservation, Mr. Brown paused and the audience laughed. Brown Returns as California Governor, Facing Some Familiar Challenges 2011-01-04T07:40:17Z The audience laughed in the middle of the oath when Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye asked him to repeat that he had no mental reservation about taking the job. California’s Brown Says Budget Plan Will Be ‘Painful’ 2011-01-03T22:24:37Z There is no time in such an interval for any mental reservation. The Window at the White Cat The quarry of the moment had always seemed the most peerless of her sex—with a mental reservation giving the policeman's niece the pride of place. The Gay Adventure A Romance He is here concise, firm, and straightforward, in spite of some mental reservation; and so perfectly self-possessed that he can allow his lively temperament to break forth without danger. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Mr. Swift made a mental reservation and nodded his head. Making Money "Yes," Hamlen answered, but with a mental reservation which his friend noticed,—"yes; and yet even that wasn't as I expected." The Bachelors A Novel I felt, however, that Seabury accepted this conclusion reluctantly, in fact with a sort of mental reservation not to cease activity himself. The Social Gangster They did so, but with secret protests and mental reservations of their rights, which were designed to render the recognition valueless. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" "These Dominican tricks are known, and you will be required to swear without any mental reservation." Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle And then would be added the mental reservation, “But not through the means of loss—not through the loss of this new and enthralling influence which renders the keenest of mental anguish, engrossingly, indescribably sweet!” 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Ninth—Many of the witnesses testifying in the case have done so with much evident unwillingness, and, as we believe, with much mental reservation. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin He made a mental reservation that he would sail, without returning to London, and then make a clean breast of his affairs by letter to his mother. The Mountain Girl “No, I don’t think so,” I answered, with a mental reservation favouring knowledge. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients If it goes into doctrine too much I am apt to be quite fatigued at its end on account of the mental reservations I have made along through it. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories But supposing—merely supposing—anything so unlikely as a mental reservation or suspension of judgment on their part, there was that solid pile of dollars at his back for proof. The Return of the Prodigal “Yes,” replied Fisher, with a mental reservation in favor of all sciences save that which illuminates and dignifies our national game. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 But after forty-four years, and under entirely altered conditions, an ostrich policy of reticence, a cowardly policy of mental reservation, cannot be the best means of bringing about a settlement. German Problems and Personalities The Major knew this, but made a mental reservation of which the commander of this special platoon got full benefit before the night was over. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" After all, is there a single man who can sincerely, without equivocation or mental reservation, label himself Calvinist, Arminian, Socinian, or Pelagian? Robert Burns Famous Scots Series It being impossible to refuse the oath in the circumstances, I kissed the sword, with a mental reservation. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War This oath is made––with no mental reservations––and is binding––under all circumstances whatsoever––so help me God!” The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards "Nothing," he answered in a rather choked voice, making one mental reservation. Kildares of Storm Mother-in-law was evidently somewhat impressed, but I think she made some mental reservations. That Mother-in-Law of Mine Many ladies say these words at the altar with a mental reservation. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) There are numerous such instances, scattered throughout his works, where he reports an alleged cure but specifically indicates his own mental reservations. Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 He made no mental reservation as he spoke; there was no pleading for exception in Grace Kerr's dark eyes that he could grant. The Duke Of Chimney Butte The remainder, of whom Maurice was one, went through a form of submission, with a mental reservation, and escaped abroad. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. He was a perfectly honest man who had joined the church with mental reservations. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry However, he took his initiation philosophically, making only a mental reservation for future guidance. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana The predictions of the wiseacres were not to be trusted; and, at any rate, every forecast was made with a wag of the head that implied a large mental reservation. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys I accepted the invitation with certain mental reservations. Wild Ducks How to Rear and Shoot Them Here we have the "Arriere pensee" clue, that is, the clue in mental reservation; and here we meet the axiom. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 10. October, 1880 Which practical falsehood the gentleman escaped from by a mental reservation, saying to himself that it was not last night that he was "taken." Nobody The idea is of shuffling as in making a promise with what is called a "mental reservation." The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar A Catholic can evade the force of any oath, by a mental reservation. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors He made that mental reservation as they walked along together in front of their elders, and then glancing sideways at the wonderful hair again, decided he liked fair hair best. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Marshal Crow made a mental reservation to yank Mrs. Bloomer up before Justice Robb the next time she left the garbage can standing on the sidewalk overnight. Anderson Crow, Detective I yield, however, my opinion to that of my gallant friend, who is a better sportsman than myself and asserts, without any mental reservation, that "It was a salmon, sir,—a salmon." A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition He added, in mental reservation,—“And meantime I can be thinking what to say.” One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Then, looking up in his face, she cried out with a sudden start, and without the least mental reservation, “It is the picture of yourself!” Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life That he would abrogate wicked laws and perverse customs, if any such should be brought into his kingdom, and that he would enact good laws, and the same in good faith keep, without mental reservation. Richard I Makers of History Evidently his mental reservation was that he be permitted to withdraw from it in as far as he did not regard it as pious. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Mere general verbal assent admitting of many mental reservations is now often deemed sufficient. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology I know not how men shall trust one another's declarations, or how we can practically, as well as doctrinally, confute the Jesuitical equivocations and mental reservations. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) So the millionaire gave his consent, with the mental reservation that in some way he would make it up to the others later. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good “A man whose very personality is a kind of mental reservation, and whose intelligence has been resurrected up through the thought and philosophy of three thousand years.” The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance The boatman asked him how much money he had, and when he replied, with a mental reservation, $46.60, the boatman charged him $46.60 and collected the money in advance. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror While they count thousands as nominally in their communion, the intelligent among all these have many “mental reservations.” The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology His cogitations crystallized in the form of a letter to his chief, the head of the land department, wherein he told the bald and shining truth without even a mental reservation. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Was not a sly mental reservation perhaps intended by this? A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 Ethel made a brave show, but it was quite the third day out from Liverpool before I saw her smile as I wished to see her smile—without a mental reservation, in fact. A Queen's Error A mental reservation which caused amusement to the admiral. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World He had from the first made the mental reservation that, were the house his, he should take away that glass. Tutors' Lane “In every respect, Your Majesty,” answered I, with several mental reservations. Through Veld and Forest An African Story They invented the doctrine of mental reservation, on which Pascal was so severe. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges When the end had come both officers and men surrendered as they had fought,—without mental reservation. Reminiscences of a Rebel There was a mental reservation behind Mrs. Halstead's surface cordiality, and the bewitching Angelica seemed too seraphically sweet and gentle to ring quite true. The Fifth Ace When he had first done so it was with the mental reservation that he would laughingly explain it some day, and he would, too, but it wasn't yet just the right time. Tutors' Lane If she grudgingly gives, conforming outwardly, with mental reservations, she droops, and spirit flagellates the body until it sickens, dies. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Nothing was talked about but "probability," "surrender of conscience," and "mental reservations." A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges There seemed to be a tinge of sadness in her manner, a sort of mental reservation as to her happiness that she did not like to confess even to herself. The Music Master Novelized from the Play “All about her life,” assented Mrs Fyne with an air, however, of making some mental reservation which I did not pause to investigate. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The alarm-clock awakens us, less politely than a James or Joseph, but we need never suspect it of uncomplimentary mental reservations, and neither its appetite nor its morals cause us uneasiness. The Perfect Gentleman In spite of the seriousness of the situation, Jimmie maintained a mental reservation that little less than contradicted his words so recently spoken. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol "You shut up, Hackett," roared the colonel, who realized Parker's mental reservation better than his man Friday. The Rainy Day Railroad War My appeal is to young men, and I say to you without qualification, without a suspicion of mental reservation, you do not need strong drink. Men in the Making His workers preached their gospel through phrases and creeds which they accepted with mental reservations, but just exactly in such ways as they believed in absolutely. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell "Well," she said, finding that Hillard's mental reservations were not to be voiced, "here are three who will not desert me." The Lure of the Mask He emerged from Falling Waters Brigadier-General T. J. Jackson, and his men, though with some mental reservations, began to call him "Old Jack." The Long Roll Our greeting and welcome to citizens of other States are 'without any mental reservation whatever.' The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes I have taken this oath without mental reservation and with the determination to do to the best of my ability all that it requires of me. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Mrs. Church, who had accepted her as an ally, but with mental reservations, softly applied a handkerchief to her eyes. A Master Of Craft If Clemenceau had yielded in January when the League was demanded by Wilson, it was with the mental reservation that when the "practical" issues came up, the victory should be his. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. The Jesuits, being outshot in their own bow, complained that he out equivocated their equivocation, having a mental reservation deeper and further than theirs. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth “No mental reservations, though; I do not forget your antecedents, my old comrade.” Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War To all this Count Victor could no more than murmur his sympathy, but he had enough of the young gallant in him to make some mental reservations in favour of the persistent wooer. Doom Castle He determined thereupon that he himself would descend into the abyss, taking with him a mental reservation in all he said and did as a kind of discharge in full. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer But when it came to his insisting that, if I decided to afford him that help, I must do so with no mental reservations, that was altogether a different affair. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship But I did so with several mental reservations, the nature of which I will communicate to you at some more convenient time.” The Log of a Privateersman There was a mystery about George which I could not fathom; a mental reservation which was tantalizing and inexplicable. The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I He is perjury personified; he is mental reservation incarnate, felony in flesh and bone; he is a false oath wearing a general's hat, and calling himself Monseigneur. Napoleon the Little I received this admonition with a decided mental reservation. A Journey Through France in War Time He really detests, abjures, and abominates as impious and heretical, without a trace of mental reservation, the worship of the great goddess Dulness. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) I shall now give it an answer in perfect sincerity, without the slightest mental reservation. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis But I'm sure most of us make that promise with mental reservations. The Great Amulet "Correctly; I'm with you," agreed Bristow, still with the mental reservation that he would deal with Withers as he saw fit. The Winning Clue I have," said he, "taken the oath of office without mental reservation, and with the determination to do to the best of my ability all that it requires of me. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 "Certainly," replied Will, speaking with a mental reservation which did not include the giving up of any information worth while. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier I leave that to gentlemen who take the oath with a mental reservation. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government That mode of speech, which some theologians call pure mental reservation, others call reservation not simply mental; that language which to me is lying, to the greater part of recent authors is only amphibological.... Apologia pro Vita Sua She made this one mental reservation to herself,—it should last only until she found "something better" as a solution. One Woman's Life He nodded, with a mental reservation, and followed her up the confined staircase. The Long Night And he was fixed in his resolve to withdraw absolutely from Westmore if the statement he had to make to Mr. Langhope was received with the least hint of an offensive mental reservation. The Fruit of the Tree That Mr. Tubbs had abandoned his point with a mental reservation not unlike Mrs. Budge's beloved: "Things are going to sixes and sevens." Red-Robin There are English authors who allow of mental reservation and equivocation; such is Jeremy Taylor. Apologia pro Vita Sua The glances she gave him were as straightforward and direct as her words, and it became plain to him that with her there were no mental reservations. The Boss of the Lazy Y There was something like troubled mental reservation in it—and when had there ever been mental reservation between them? Robin Those even who were disloyal could obtain commissions in the loyal navy if their consciences would let them take the oath of allegiance with a mental reservation. Stand By The Union It may be, however, that each gave this assurance with mental reservations more or less subconscious. The Mayor of Warwick Concina allows of what I shall presently call evasions, but nothing beyond, if I understand him; but he is most vehement against mental reservation of every kind, so I quote him. Apologia pro Vita Sua I had in me mind a mental reservation. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma The tea room was easier, but Joan slipped over that experience so glibly that Doris made a mental reservation concerning it. The Shield of Silence “I don't think anybody is too good to work,” replied Ellen, but she uttered the platitude with a sort of mental reservation. The Portion of Labor This was smilingly said, and I take it he made some mental reservations. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie I have an innate aversion to mental reservations. Apologia pro Vita Sua It is easy to imagine the effect produced on those concerned by the revelation of this astonishing mental reservation. The Schemes of the Kaiser Some exceptionable acts they undoubtedly committed; and when Petrarch extols Azzo as another Cato, it is to be hoped that he did so with some mental reservation. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch I assented as we joined hands, and our eyes were moist as I told him how I should miss him more than anyone else in all the earth—excepting Jane, in mental reservation. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth This promise, however, of an amnesty, like many other promises of Pius the Ninth, was made with a mental reservation. Rome in 1860 Some mental reservation seemed to lurk behind this criticism. The Astonishing History of Troy Town Emerson uses the word here in the same sense as the French arrière-pensée, a mental reservation. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson You were both times carried away so by your own passion that for the moment your mental reservations were in abeyance. Burned Bridges It may be said without mental reservation that the Southern Morocco Mission accomplishes a great work, and is most successful in its apparent failure. Morocco She had consented at last, but with a mental reservation that when Nan was actually Roger's wife she would tell her precisely what she thought of her whenever occasion offered. The Moon out of Reach But I had my mental reservations in a readiness. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Yea, the very principles of probabilism and mental reservation which the Jesuits have espoused are antiethical. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation The spinster aunts had been voluble persons, full of small chatter, women of no mental reservations whatever. Burned Bridges There is neither hypocrisy, caprice, nor mental reservation in her favours. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution Hate sought no flimsy pretexts, but came forth boldly; love entered the lists neither with caution nor with mental reservation; and favor, though inconsiderate as ever, was not niggard with her largess. The Grey Cloak The State loyalty as being a mental reservation evermore to abrogate the oath of National loyalty:—what is it but a modern reproduction of the old Jesuit portent? Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South They had many glamorous nights on the roof, nights that recalled the enchantment of those hours under the Aurora, nights of severe mental reservation on Marcella's part, all unsuspected by Louis. Captivity Whatever may have been his mental reservations as to slavery as a system of labor, Douglas could not fail to feel the injustice of the taunts hurled against his Southern friends by the Abolitionist press. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics I take the official oath to-day with no mental reservation, and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) Is it not more reasonable to suppose that Eulogius and his supporters voted for it—as they seem to have done—with a mental reservation, while their opponents honestly considered such a step necessary? Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) They are taken as a matter of necessity, and with a mental reservation, that when the interests of their State demands, they are freed from the obligation. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South They are, he thinks not unjustly, a document to which no one, High, Low, or Broad, can now subscribe without mental reservations. Outspoken Essays Government which may henceforward be established in Guayaquil shall be bound to the fulfilment of the articles here made. 4th.—These articles shall be understood literally, and in good faith, without mental reservations or restrictions. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 Lidgerwood put the query aside finally, but with a mental reservation. The Taming of Red Butte Western Some editors would have replied to you as I have done, and yet been capable of a mental reservation unflattering to the ambitious young woman to whom we have been listening. Unleavened Bread With all their horror of the Jesuits, Elizabeth's ministers in this case practised mental reservation. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times The agreement was signed, with a mental reservation on the part of the Duke of Burgundy. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Any diner would have said that the good-looking boy in flyer's togs was listening with mental reservations, ready to argue a point, but nevertheless eager to hear the whole story. The Thunder Bird "I pledge you my word of honor that I will" "Without mental reservation?" The Missing Bride He was not the man to tolerate heroic imprudence in others with the mental reservation of owning or disowning the results, as might prove convenient. The Liberation of Italy Each took a searching look at the other, with mental reservations in each case, as thus: "Dodd": "Gray—hard worker—not up to snuff—square as a brick." The Evolution of Dodd The undertaking was with no mental reservation on his part. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights So, we should never lose an opportunity of being good and that without mental reservation. Common Sense, How to Exercise It Through their words I can hear the mental reservation they are chewing over—"Around us, the deluge; and after us, the deluge." Light They still, however, have their mental reservations with regard to their native Joss-houses and worship. By the Golden Gate She set them before him seriatim with perfect frankness, and without mental reservation. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull Had they not at that time a mental reservation for power and employments? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 These three propositions can be stated without limitation or mental reservation. In His Image It was skillfully conducted with the ordinary spirit of the Roman senate, the ruses, mental reservations, and dissimulations under guise of public interest. Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic Cavour was scrupulous about the principles which he considered vital, but in dealing with men, and especially in dealing with his old colleague, he made more mental reservations than a severe moralist would allow. Cavour We are required to take them absolutely, without any reversion of mental reservation. Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life That she had some mental reservation was certain. The Grandissimes Women will regard you with more or less mental reservation, and men will seek you at every opportunity. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters They engaged to be loyal, and to answer for the loyalty of their dependants--with some mental reservations we must conclude. The Story of Ireland The incident brings into bold relief the mental reservations under which Buchanan's paradoxical theories had been concurred in by his Cabinet. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 He accepted the situation without mental reservation, sat in the chair she indicated with a grateful sigh and watched her pretty hands busy about the tea-tray. Madcap They would listen to him, appreciatively, but with certain mental reservations; reservations inevitable when a speaker's name is Buzz. Cheerful—By Request It's a mere formality, sir," he was saying suavely, "accompanied by a mental reservation. The Marrow of Tradition He might have some mental reservation on the subject, some pointed ridicule to pour upon the common supposition, some learned authority to quote against it. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits For this occasion the studied ambiguity of the Cincinnati platform made possible a last co�peration of North and South, in the face of carefully concealed mental reservations, to secure a presidential victory. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 I take the official oath today with no mental reservations, and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules. Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address He is a full partner of Braun and Lowenthal—with mental reservations. In the Bishop's Carriage If she did condescend to do things according to your ideas, it was with a mental reservation. The Mountains He had promised his assistance, but not without a mental reservation. The Count's Millions The mask of official propriety worn over this pernicious intrigue, the disclaimers, the implications and mental reservations of which it was made up—all became absurd in view of the results it produced. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 He knew that they did not consider it any sin to make "a mental reservation" against a heretic. Remember the Alamo This was said by Bellegarde with extreme gravity, looking straight at Newman, and with an eye that betokened no mental reservation; or that, at least, almost betokened none. The American A lie wedded 1789; the right divine was masked under a charter; fictions became constitutional; prejudices, superstitions and mental reservations, with Article 14 in the heart, were varnished over with liberalism. Les Misérables As for the rest of my instructions, I made one or two mental reservations. The Man from the Clouds Yet I made a mental reservation as to a glimpse of the golf-links, which this particular nook of the forest afforded, and of a red-headed caddy in search of a lost ball. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking He is grand and good, I know, and I like him without even a mental reservation; but, my dear, I have added Dr. Dennis! Ester Ried Yet Speaking "To my seeming, we shall not have them sooner," returned Eben Dudley; taking care to conceal all qualification of this opinion, if any such he entertained, by closely locking its purport in a mental reservation. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish We made a mistake when we were living together, because we accused each other of wicked thoughts before they'd become actions; and lived in mental reservations instead of realities. The Road to Damascus He did not tell General Michael that he was not good at keeping secrets, chiefly because that gentleman was not of the trivial confession type; but he made a mental reservation. From One Generation to Another "I accept your word with pleasure, my Lord, fully assured that, once given, it will never be tarnished by any mental reservation." The Strong Arm It was the fact which she could recall with the most unmixed satisfaction, which needed no evasions, no mental reservations, no warpings of belief, to appear wholly noble. The Philistines The mental reservations of Mr. Strathmore are certainly so broad that they may cover anything. The Puritans This looks very much like lying, but it is not lying, it is speaking the truth under a broad mental reservation. Moral Philosophy "No," answered Arthur meekly, but with another mental reservation. From One Generation to Another "You swear by the order to which you belong that the evidence you give shall be truth without equivocation and without mental reservation?" The Strong Arm Do you remember that when I promised to write everything you sneered and told me not to forget to make the usual mental reservations? Fan : the story of a young girl's life She believed that the whale had swallowed Jonah, but she thought that "Thou shalt not kill" was an edict enunciated by the Almighty with mental reservations. The Call of the Cumberlands At thirty-one she could not call herself anything else; she often called herself an old maid, with the mental reservation that she was not one. Annie Kilburn : a Novel These he filed away with a mental reservation to give the writers as wide a circuit as he possibly could. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Dyckman, however, had been ashamed of a mental reservation or two. We Can't Have Everything In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred they will accept the system still, they will accept it with mental reservations. Mankind in the Making No doubt she had her mental reservations; on such business as this we regarded neither. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present The echo must make some rather interesting mental reservations, one fancies, when he hears you sing after hearing the great Nightingale! Chantecler Play in Four Acts He talks nothing but equivocation and mental reservation, and mightily affects to give a word a double stroke, like a tennis-ball against two walls at one blow, to defeat the expectation of his antagonist. Character Writings of the 17th Century Paulita promised, with the mental reservation of relating it to her friend. The Reign of Greed They even went so far as to inculcate mental reservation,--thus attacking truth in its most sacred citadel, the conscience of mankind,--on which Pascal was so severe. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 06 Renaissance and Reformation He made mental reservations about the word friend, but did not care to express them. Man Size But I confess that I have written with the mental reservation that the appeal is addressed only to the Indians. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation These he let alone, but with the mental reservation that the time might well be at hand when even such as they must be called on to keep life in him and Gloria. The Everlasting Whisper J. W. agreed, though not without mental reservations. John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment He had no mental reservation with regard to her. The Sowers With a mental reservation in favour of investigating the forecastle, I went on deck. The Mystery And Trevor agreed with him, with the mental reservation that it rather depended on whom the drawer belonged to. The Gold Bat Louis XIV. discussed free will and predestination with Racine and Fenelon, even as the courtiers of Louis XV. discussed probabilities and mental reservations. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. It is not probable, however, that in this course the South acted with any mental reservation or sinister motive. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 To this ungallant superstition none subscribed more heartily than the sailor, though always, be it understood, with a mental reservation. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Indeed there was a frankness and sincerity about Houghton which left no suspicion of dark corners and mental reservations. The Earth Trembled There be some that pretend Liberty of Conscience to equivocate in an oath even before a magistrate, and to elude all examinations by mental reservations. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 With the defence which has been made of the doctrines of mental reservation and pious fraud students of church history are familiar. A Handbook of Ethical Theory "Certainly," replied Will, speaking with a mental reservation which did not include giving up of any information worth while. Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns Instinctively I always suspect their mental reservations, and for twenty-one years have carefully kept our keepers out of their reach. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations She also was not skilled in that casuistry which would enable her to promise anything with mental reservations. Opening a Chestnut Burr The sense of duty wears away, devoted service is never given without a mental reservation touching the morrow—that unknown morrow, which checkmates the boldest plans. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville You aren't making any kind of mental reservation in his case, are you?' The Motormaniacs The interview ended in Chunk's making a clean breast of it and in securing Zany as an ally with mental reservations. Miss Lou "There is no danger," he said, and added a mental reservation, "to you." The Invisible Man "O no," said Henrietta, with a certain mental reservation that she would make her not mind it, or at any rate not gainsay it. Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering "Perhaps it was some mental reservation on her part," he suggested. The War Terror They have a sort of mental reservation, I suppose, when they take the requisite oaths. Minnesota and Dacotah You will tell me the truth, though she in her own case, and in that alone, allows herself mental reservation. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 "Well, from my heart I wish you all the best luck in the world," he said, the absence of any mental reservation in his eyes. Half a Rogue The difficulty was reconciled to her own conscience by a mental reservation. Home Lights and Shadows "And when we are old—" "That would be a mental reservation," said Harold. My Young Alcides Charles X. sacrificed M. de Villele, who, however, had his sympathy, and replaced him with a liberal minister, perhaps with a mental reservation as to a ministry, before long, from the extreme Right. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X He has a habit of making too many mental reservations. The Mirrors of Washington He's plumb off his mental reservation, an' crazy as a woman's watch.' Wolfville This "mental reservation" lasted till the Edict of Toleration, issued by Constantine in the fourth century, held Christianity secure when divulging her "mysteries"; and it allowed Arianism to become the popular creed. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 "When I could not conceal my astonishment, she added, laughing heartily,— "'Only I brought to the bargain a mental reservation. Within an Inch of His Life He leaves nothing to be taken for granted, he makes no mental reservations. Rashi The mental reservation is, of course, "where perchance we may serve God as we will!" Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings But it was settled between them that she should tell her father that she was ready to follow him obediently anywhere, making the mental reservation that she loved Morris Townsend more than ever. Washington Square The young man, Emile, had agreed with her, with the mental reservation that the guest was pretty, and must eventually fall in love with him. A Sappho of Green Springs She played her soul away at this moment with the mental reservation that she had not yet done what she had resolved to do upon the first opportunity—accept the hand of the Intendant Bigot. The Golden Dog "What do you mean? what mental reservation do you allude to?" Louise de la Valliere He had promised also, with a slight mental reservation, not to buy them all himself, but to trust to her success with the public. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories He now swears allegiance to one King with a mental reservation. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 But Pierre believed it without any mental reservation. War and Peace She took the note, with the mental reservation of making a full confession to the rector and Lord Beverdale. Stories in Light and Shadow The principal study of Samuel Brohl was to insinuate himself into the good graces of M. Moriaz, whose mental reservations he dreaded. Samuel Brohl and Company Not fully satisfied, he finally decided, however, to join the new church, with a mental reservation that he would leave it if he ever found it to be a deception. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 He will then abjure the other King with a mental reservation. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 It was impossible to deny that Roman Catholic casuists of great eminence had written in defence of equivocation, of mental reservation, of perjury, and even of assassination. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 I accepted the story with outward belief and a mental reservation. The After House It was well known also that the most distinguished Catholic casuists had written largely in defence of regicide, of mental reservation, and of equivocation. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 I had my own mental reservations with regard even to that glorious chant of the ages,— "Jerusalem, my happy home, Name ever dear to me." A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) "Never," agreed Virginia, with the mental reservations that usually accompanied her skeptical smile. Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) "Some of them were," said Emily, making a mental reservation of her own. The Prime Minister To this the lieutenant agreed, but I fancy with a mental reservation which meant that he would get more if he could. Dick Hamilton's Airship, or, a Young Millionaire in the Clouds Naturally he referred it to himself, whereas it related only to the silver, being uttered simply and with many mental reservations. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Honest minds are devoid of tact; their excellence is uncalculating, even unreflecting, because they are wholly without evasions or mental reservations of their own. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau He suspected her of a mental reservation on the subject of Midwinter—and of nothing more. Armadale In highly organized intellectual and artistic types it is so often apt to begin with keen appreciation of certain qualities, modified by many, many mental reservations. The Financier, a novel Any promise you require respecting the books shall be willingly given, provided only I am allowed the Jesuit's principle of a mental reservation, giving licence to forget and promise whenever oblivion shall appear expedient. Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 He always gave me the idea of a man who had some mental reservation in saying the most trifling thing. After Dark It is to be supposed that she made a mental reservation in favour of Leicester, to whom her ladyship transmitted without delay an anecdote so little calculated to give him pleasure. Kenilworth So it was arranged that I should hear the great preacher—with a mental reservation on my part, which contemplated my departure from the church before the end of his sermon. The Black Robe Well, that bein' the case," said Butler, finally taking the leap, with many mental reservations, however, "I'll be plain with you. The Financier, a novel They even went so far as to inculcate mental reservation,—thus attacking truth in its most sacred citadel, the conscience of mankind,—on which Pascal was so severe. Beacon Lights of History To himself he added a mental reservation that he did not count much on what information might come from the head clerk. The Golf Course Mystery “All about her life,” assented Mrs. Fyne with an air, however, of making some mental reservation which I did not pause to investigate. Chance A Tale in Two Parts He was apparently—the "apparently" was a mental reservation—quite alone in the room. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale That was the best McLean could do, but he made a mental reservation to see Marie that night and slip her a little money. The Street of Seven Stars Sadly the cook surveyed the scene, his arms folded across the dirty white apron, an immense mental reservation accenting the melancholy of his countenance. The Riverman Thurston nodded assent with certain mental reservations; so far the editors couldn't seem to make up their minds that it was poetry. The Lure of the Dim Trails Orde stirred uneasily with a mental reservation as to selfishness, but said nothing. The Riverman |
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