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i think freemasonry is much more dangerous « Niqnaq

i think freemasonry is much more dangerous 2008

The really bad party system is that in which a man is caught so tightly and becomes so deeply involved in party loyalty, or what may be called the freemasonry side of politics, that he grows into feeling a kind of moral obligation to stick to his party, right or wrong.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

It was my initiation into what I have termed the freemasonry of the race.

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man James Weldon Johnson 1904

The really bad party system is that in which a man is caught so tightly and becomes so deeply involved in party loyalty, or what may be called the freemasonry side of politics, that he grows into feeling a kind of moral obligation to stick to his party, right or wrong.

The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography John St. Loe Strachey 1893

Here a tall gentleman marched up to him, and addressed him in a certain language, which might be called the freemasonry of flash, and which Paul, though he did not comprehend

Paul Clifford — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Here a tall gentleman marched up to him, and addressed him in a certain language, which might be called the freemasonry of flash, and which Paul, though he did not comprehend verbatim, rightly understood to be an inquiry whether he was a thorough rogue and an entire rascal.

Paul Clifford — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Capturing Kabul through proxy war in 1997 while a ragtag freemasonry of Mujahideen was defending Kabul was one thing.

Bloggers.Pakistan 2008

Jim is a friend from childhood—they “grew up together in the same Nebraska town,” sharing a “kind of freemasonry”—and is now the legal counsel for a railroad company.

The meaning of patriotism 2009

His profession furnished me with some hope that this desired communication might be attained; since it is well known that, in Scotland, where there is so much national music, the words and airs of which are generally known, there is a kind of freemasonry amongst performers, by which they can, by the mere choice of a tune, express a great deal to the hearers.

Redgauntlet 2008

The secret is well kept, doubtless by a kind of freemasonry amongst bearded men, but there can be little doubt that somewhere there are nurseries where a _bonâ-fide_ beard-grower who is in the secret can retire until he is presentable.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 Various