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Proscribe forever, I pray you, such enormous authority, which was the doom of Rome.
Simon Bolivar, the Liberator Guillermo A. Sherwell
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Proscribe forever, I pray you, such enormous authority, which was the doom of Rome.
Simon Bolivar the Liberator Sherwell, Guillermo A 1921
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Proscribe (I do not merely say particular authors, particular works, particular passages) but Secular
The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin John Henry Newman 1845
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Proscribe 'sex'?? no, but society does draw lines! you 'can' have sex with your horse, and maybe you DO ... your business ..... but bestiality is STILL against natural order, against the human condition, AND against the LAW.
Gay/Lesbian Forum 2009
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+ The Quality of Ambulatory Care Delivered to Children in the United States (New England Journal of Medicine) + 2007 Best Practices in the Use of Information Technology in State Government (National Association of State Chief Information Officers) + Burning Crosses, Hangman†™ s Nooses, and the Like: State Statutes That Proscribe the Use of Symbols of Fear and Violence with the Intent to Threaten (Congressional Research Service) « Posting Index
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Proscribe doesn’t mean what you think it means; if I take your statement at face value (syntax-wise), you’re saying that Thomas Jefferson denounced the use of mutilation as a punishment for sodomy.
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"C" Specials and U.D.R. Proscribe all Loyalist and fascist factions within the unions. "
The Cedar Lounge Revolution leftopenhistoryteam 2010
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