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Nevertheless, the more the people of the country discussed the matter, the surer was their conviction that Washington was right when he intimated that they must prefer the new Constitution unless they could show reason for supposing that the anarchy towards which the old order was swiftly driving them was preferable.

George Washington Thayer, William R 1922

The more he urged a general acceptance of the principles of his autocratic constitution, the surer were his followers that he coveted royal honors.

Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors 1902

The surer is your ground, the better you shall bear it.

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 William Carew Hazlitt 1873

The more carefully we observe the workings of our own wills, the surer will be our conviction that they can ruin themselves.

Sermons to the Natural Man 1857

a priest by a title surer than that of Aaron's house.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

Have a care, Leicester, or, by God! you shall know another sword surer than your own. "

Michel and Angele — Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897

Have a care, Leicester, or, by God! you shall know another sword surer than your own. "

Michel and Angele — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

Have a care, Leicester, or, by God! you shall know another sword surer than your own. "

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

The worthier she may be of affections not indigenous to that hard soul, the surer will be our grip upon his nature and the heavier his downfall. "

The Circular Study Anna Katharine Green 1890

For these spiritual signs or seals are not designed to make God’s word surer to us, but only to make our faith stronger in him; nor are they of the substance of the covenant, but only for the better confirmation of it.

Private Thoughts Upon Religion and a Christian Life; to which is Added the Necessity and Advantage of Frequent Communion. Volume I. 1637-1708 1834