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"O Immortall God! how long sall thow suffer the woodnes and great crudelitie of the ungodlie to exercise thare furie upoun thy servandes, which do further thy word in this world, seing thei desyre to do the contrarie, that is, to chok and destroy thy trew doctrin and veritie, by the which thow hast schewed thee unto the world, which was all drouned in blyndness and mysknowledge of thy name.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

For there it plainelie appeareth, that the adder heareth not the voice of the charmer, charme he never so cunninglie: contrarie to the poets fabling,

Some Meme or Other 2008

For there it plainelie appeareth, that the adder heareth not the voice of the charmer, charme he never so cunninglie: contrarie to the poets fabling,

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

Au contrarie, the usage problem does appear when dealing with gender.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Spurious Grammatical “Rules” of Every Sort Are My Abhorrence 2009

Careful observation convinced him that the accused and the accusers were not bewitched at all, but mad, arguing that a belief in witchcraft was contrarie to reason, scripture and nature.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

Careful observation convinced him that the accused and the accusers were not bewitched at all, but mad, arguing that a belief in witchcraft was contrarie to reason, scripture and nature.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

Careful observation convinced him that the accused and the accusers were not bewitched at all, but mad, arguing that a belief in witchcraft was contrarie to reason, scripture and nature.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

No one knew or knows exactly what “contrarie or repugnant” was intended to mean.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

These laws and ordinances, however, were not to be “contrarie or repugnant to the Lawes and Statutes of this our Realme of England.”

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

No one knew or knows exactly what “contrarie or repugnant” was intended to mean.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985