Sporadic cases occurred in which special considerations called for the aid of the Inquisition, but they were not numerous and were apt to be directed against ecclesiastics, whose privilege exempted them from the secular courts.
Thus, the worst form of derision is that which is directed against God, and it is not distinct from blasphemy.
Thus, this virtue is not strictly identical with lawful self-defense, which is directed against an evil that is not past but present, though self-defense may be rated as a secondary act of the virtue of vengeance.
Thus, the worst of all pernicious lies is that which is directed against God, as in false religious doctrine; and the lie that harms a man in spiritual goods is worse than a lie that harms in temporal things only.
This, in the Serbian reply, began: "The Royal Serbian Government condemns every propaganda which should be directed against Austria-Hungary.
He says that there will be no increase in the German fleet this year, and that the whole military effort will be directed against France.
The ban, directed against notorious individual sinners and foes of the church, and the interdict, directed against a whole country, were formidable weapons which rarely failed in accomplishing their purpose.
This motion, printed by order of the Assembly, it is evident, is directed against me.
Prince of the Peace as directed against himself, and in November 1807 he accused his son of wishing to dethrone him.
From the movement of considerable masses of the French in front of the Prussians it was evident that their first grand attack would be directed against them.
Knowing that an assault would be directed against him, his wisdom would have been to strike first.
While aldermen in the boroughs thus became Roman Catholic, sheriffs of the same religion were appointed, and in their hands lay the choice of juries, so that the whole legal apparatus was directed against Protestantism.
Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense, directed against Hume's Essay on Human Nature.
There must be no slackening of pressure, meanwhile, by the forward troops who are temporarily held up, or the defenders will be able to turn their attention to the flanking attacks which are being directed against them.
If this point can be discovered the whole energies of the Advanced Guard should be directed against it alone, and elsewhere a defensive attitude should be adopted, to avoid surprise of or interference with the Main Body" (General R.
We need not explain that this is directed against the 'so-called stage-poets' and players.
On Poet-Ape) isdirected against Shakspere, and that the poet whom Jonson--in the Epistle XII.
That this satire could only be directed against 'Hamlet,' every one will be convinced who spends a short hour in reading Marston's 'Malcontent.
No doubt, the jest of the gravedigger is directed against them, when he says that if the mad Hamlet does not recover his wits in England, it is no great matter there, because there the men are as mad as he.
Nor could the Jews foresee that this terrible force would be directed against them, and would stain with blood many pages of their history, serving as a terrible omen for the future.
But on July 27, Russia had explained that her mobilization would in no sense be directed against Germany, and would only take place if Austrian forces crossed the Servian frontier.
It binds itself particularly on the first page of the official organ of the 26th of July to publish the following enunciation: "The Royal Servian Government condemns every propaganda which should be directed against Austria-Hungary, i.
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