All the ignorant and fanatical clergy (the great majority) were opposed to it, and all those who were anxious to keep on good terms with the court of Rome were loud in their cry against it.
Unfortunately at this time he had not much influence, having opposed with all his might the entrance of the moderado ministry to power, and the nomination of Ofalia to the presidency of the cabinet.
Wang tao is the way of kings--the way of right as opposed to pa tao, the way of might.
In his earliest agitations Sun Yat-sen was opposedto the Manchus.
Sun, although bitterly opposed to the mandarinate of the Empire and the pseudo-Republic, could not rid himself of the age-old Chinese idea of a class organization on a basis of intellect rather than of property.
In spite of the great Chinese emphasis which Sun pronounced in his ideology, and in spite of his many close associations with old Chinese thought, his governmental principles are in a sense diametrically opposed to Confucianism.
Sun Yat-sen was opposed to imperialism, but he did not believe that the use of foreign capital at fair rates of interest constituted submission to imperialism.
The Kuomintang of today, which is irreconcilably opposed to Marxism, still bears the imprint of Communist design.
He was opposed to political intervention for economic purposes; this was imperialism, and unjust.
Ideologically, Sun Yat-sen was opposed to the intra-national class war.
His most cogent and perhaps most necessary argument was based on his conception of national liberty asopposed to the liberty of the individual.
Be careful not to put your question in such a shape that, if opposed for informality, you cannot sustain it, or, at all events, produce strong reason in its support.
Contentions between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; Alexander Jannaeus opposed to the Pharisees.
Here, though he was fortified with a passport, the frontier inspector, like a cherub with a flaming sword, opposed his entrance into Austria.
His undertaking seemed to be opposed not only by well-nigh insuperable inner and outer obstacles, but also by stubborn prejudices.
Cases treated under this system make splendid recoveries, and often much better than when the powers of nature are opposed or weakened with nauseating drugs and poisonous doses, prescribed by incompetent persons.
The pernicious custom in vogue in most countries, of keeping a woman on the flat of her back after delivery, has never been as vehemently opposed by the intelligent members of the profession, as the gravity of the subject demands.
Adam and Eve had been perfectly happy in obedience to the law of God, and this fact was a constant testimony against the claim which Satan had urged in heaven, that God’s law was oppressive, and opposed to the good of His creatures.
Menno saw the horrible results to which these movements would inevitably lead, and he strenuously opposed the erroneous teachings and wild schemes of the fanatics.
The emperor, who was loath to permit the violation of a safe-conduct, opposed the proceedings against him.
Human eyes have looked upon them; human ears have listened to their appeals; human lips have opposed their suggestions and ridiculed their counsels; human hands have met them with insult and abuse.
Friendship with the world corrupts her faith, and in her turn she exerts a corrupting influence upon the world by teaching doctrines which are opposed to the plainest statements of Holy Writ.
Elijah, Jeremiah, Paul, firmly and fearlessly opposed those who were turning men from the word of God.
From the writings of these doctors, Berquin drew twelve propositions which he publicly declared to be “opposed to the Bible, and heretical;” and he appealed to the king to act as judge in the controversy.
Luther trembled as he looked upon himself—one man opposedto the mightiest powers of earth.
God’s providence had held in check the forces that opposed the truth.
Opposed to the old champions of the hierarchy, who had neglected the study of languages and the cultivation of literature, .
But truth is no more desired by the majority to-day than it was by the papists who opposed Luther.
On the other hand, the leaders in the revolt hated Luther because he had not onlyopposed their doctrines and denied their claims to divine inspiration, but had pronounced them rebels against the civil authority.
The king advanced with only seven hundred knights,[507] deceived by reports of the enemy's weakness; but in the plains of Ramula he found himself suddenly opposed to the whole Turkish army.
Richard advanced to Ramula, and nothing opposed his proceeding to Jerusalem; but at a council of war it was determined that the army should retire upon Ascalon.
During his absence, those who opposed the siege persuaded the deputies from Zara that the crusaders[761] would not assist the Venetians in an assault.
The two military Orders had been constantly opposed to each other, and had often been engaged in sanguinary warfare.
I can't set out all the opinions opposed to that view here, and you wouldn't understand it anyway, suffice it to say that there are many reasons to disagree with him.
The two factions had earlier seemed to hold views strongly opposed to each other but now they began to intermingle, a few individuals pointed up at K.
Well, then, you mean to say that the tendency of this age to general cloudiness, as opposed to the old religious clearness of painting, is one of degradation; but that Turner is this one man who has risen past clearness?
But the point b is, I believe, of protogine; and all the opposed writhing of the waves of rock to the right appears to be in consequence of the junction.
And thus we have two ranges of the crystalline rocks opposed to two ranges of the coherents, both having their distinctive characters, the one of vertical fracture, the other of level continuousness, developed on an enormous scale.
I believe this theory of the formation of the upper peaks has been proposed by him, and recently opposed by Mr. Sharpe, who believes that the great bank spoken of in the text was originally a sea-bottom.
Aryas the Beautiful, surveying from his chariot the line of battle thus opposed to him, felt, while his courage rose with its very hopelessness, a sad conviction of the impossibility of his task.
I admit that I opposed by force the violence that would have scourged a helpless child lying in the dust.
And having bid them beware that they stood not in their own way, that they opposed not themselves, nor made themselves their own losers, he returned again into the camp.
Her certificate is signed by three of the most eminent physicians in the country, and her application for release is opposed by the biggest lawyer in New York--Bascom Cooley.
No--I--I am opposed to the idea of marriage, Paula.
Some were steadily and vehemently opposed to the dangerous precedent of yielding one jot or one tittle to the outward force of a turn-out.
But, indeed, she was too sleepy to have opposed him.
The officers of the court opposed this forcible manner of entrance, but they could hardly induce the offender to adopt any quieter way of attaining his object, and telling his tale in the witness-box, the legitimate place.
Against violence they taught resignation, against the search for glory they taught renunciation; they opposedpride with meekness, struggle with calm, success in this world by happiness in the next.
The ideals of Christ and Buddha were absolutely opposed to those a fierce, warlike, exclusive people could maintain.
I note that in considering origins of religion the great first difficulty has been how the savage evolved the idea of "God" or "Spirit" as opposed to man.
They are opposedas are freewill and destination, as are God and Law.
Hence arises the creed, the attempt to reconcile two opposed instincts.
The Democrats, who before 1860 definitely opposed protective tariffs, federal banking, internal improvements, and heavy taxes, now spoke cautiously on all these points.
Indeed a material reduction was resolutely opposed in many quarters.
On the patriot side, there is the testimony of a careful and informed observer, John Adams, who asserted that two-thirds of the people were for the American cause and not more than one-third opposed the Revolution at all stages.
This outcome, bitterly opposed by some Eastern leaders who feared the triumph of Western states over the seaboard, completed the legal steps necessary by way of preparation for the flood of settlers.
Though opposed by regular trade unions, it was undoubtedly growing in popularity.
One faction, the Industrial Workers of the World, founded in 1905, declared themselves opposed to all capitalists, the wages system, and craft unions.
New England, finding its shipping interests crippled in the European conflict and then penalized by embargoes, opposed the declaration of war on Great Britain, which meant the completion of the ruin already begun.
Finding France, however, opposed to some of their claims respecting boundaries and fisheries, the American commissioners conferred with the British agents at Paris without consulting the French minister.
This measure was quickly followed by an act establishing a system of postal savings banks in connection with the post office--a scheme which had long been opposed by private banks.
Other members of the convention were stoutly opposed to such "high-toned notions of government.
Doubtless the major portion of them had opposed the election of Jackson and looked with feelings akin to contempt upon him and his followers.
Generally speaking, both employers and employees opposedcompulsory adjustments without offering any substitute in case voluntary arbitration should not be accepted by both parties to a dispute.
Many of the departments have opposed the recruiting much more decidedly than they have ventured to do here; and it was not without inspiring terror by numerous arrests, that the levies which were immediately necessary were procured.
But every literary movement has been violently opposed at the start, and yet never stayed in the least, or arrested, by criticism; every author has been condemned for his virtues, but in no wise changed by it.
Marching by the coast he first took Gaza, and crossing by one of the usual passes from Sharon to Esdraelon,(304) found himself opposed near Megiddo by a Jewish force led by its king in person.
So far, then, Jeremiah opposedthe new Book of the Law.
Others answer Yes; in their view Jeremiah was opposed to the deuteronomic system as a whole, or at least to the detailed laws of ritual added to the prophetic and spiritual principles of the Book.
To all these he opposed the Word of the Living God, Who spoke to the times and freely acted according to the character and the needs of the present generation.
He opposed giving $500 of the taxpayers' money to the Firemen's Benevolent Society on the ground that such appropriation was not permissible under the terms of the State constitution and the charter of the city.
There is no feature of this practice or the system which sanctions it which is not opposed to all that is of value in our institutions.
In the light of these considerations I am opposed to the payment of money from the Federal Treasury to enrich the treasuries of the States.
If thou shouldst to the conflict rush, Opposed to conquering Saiáwush, Thy Turkish cohorts will be slain, And all thy saving efforts vain.
Thus three kings and their armies were opposed to the power and resources of one man.
Pírán said that he would meet him after the lapse of a month, and at the expiration of that period both armies were opposed to each other.
They accordingly retired till the following day, and then again opposed each other with renewed vigor and animosity.
Our army has no heart, nor confidence, when opposed to Rustem; how often have we been defeated by him--how often have we been scattered like sheep before that lion in battle!
He immediately opposed himself to the enormous animal, which looked like a mountain, and kept roaring like the River Nil.
Tahúmers lifted his mace, as soon as he was opposed to the enemy, and giving Ghú a blow on the head, killed him on the spot.
My country would abhor the deed, And may I never see the hour When Persia's sons are doomed to bleed, But whenopposed to foreign power.
Has the revolving Sphere two daysopposed thy wish, Know that the circling Round is changeful found: Despair not.
To-morrow thou wilt be opposed by the Símúrgh, whose nest is situated upon a lofty mountain.
After mutual explanations as to their meeting, Dante requested his friend, if no ordinanceopposed it, to refresh his spirit awhile with one of the tender airs that used to charm away all his troubles on earth.
They were opposed by the Virgilian predilections of Pulci's friend, Politian, who had nevertheless universality enough to sympathise with the delight the other took in their native Tuscan, and its liveliest and most idiomatic effusions.
Naturally, the plain people grew disgusted with so senseless a program, and in the main took no part in the final struggle with the Versailles troops, nor even opposed the idea of their entrance into the city.
Now this branch of the Anarchist party came out of the old Socialist party, and originally represented the revolutionary wing of that party, as opposed to those who took up the notion of using politics.
These orders are utterly opposed to all education except such as they themselves furnish--a lamentable travesty on learning.
Noisiest of these was Patrick Henry, then Governor of Virginia, who refused to attend the Constitutional Convention, opposed the ratification of our fundamental law, and was against its adoption.
I am pleased now to introduce a speaker opposed to the leading objects of this Congress.
Applause) The Federal policy stands squarely for permanent development and maintenance of stable industries, as opposed to mere exploitation which exhausts the resources, and which shortly results in the impoverishment of the region.
The countess, by the way, was unflinching in her devotion to him, and he would probably long ago have led her to the altar, if her family had not so bitterly opposed him.
Mabel had such a charming way of saying "Jamie," that I could never have opposed a wish of hers, whatever it might be.
There is no grouping of the body-segments into regions except as the head is opposed to the rest of the body.
Lacking a distinct head, the lancelets are put by some zoologists in a group called the Acrania, as opposed to the Craniata, which includes all the other vertebrates.
