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... might perhaps—though we will not say this was present to his thoughts—induce the parliament to presume that he would not insist on any very egregious reward for services he was so anxious to disclaim. We will quote one instance of this self-denying style; and perhaps the following passage contains altogether as much of a certain fanatical mode of reasoning as could be well found in so short a compass. Prince Rupert, then at Worcester, had sent two thousand ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 • Various

... weighing probabilities, as is the case in most historical investigations, to choose invariably that alternative, even though the least probable, which would enable him to score a point against his adversary. For the rest I disclaim any personal bias, as against any personal opponent. The author of 'Supernatural Religion,' as distinct from the work, is a mere blank to me. I do not even know his name, nor have I attempted to discover it. Whether he is living or dead, I know not. ...

— Essays on "Supernatural Religion" • Joseph B. Lightfoot

... unwisdom-path, cleave not to this and that disclaim; Believe in all that man believes; here all and naught are both ...

— The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi • Richard F. Burton

... heirs have the privilege of deliberating whether they will accept or disclaim an inheritance. But if a person who is entitled to disclaim interferes with the inheritance, or if one who has the privilege of deliberation accepts it, he no longer has the power of relinquishing it, unless he is a minor under the ...

— The Institutes of Justinian • Caesar Flavius Justinian

... knave? I'll have my mouth first stopt with earth; my heart Abhors his knowledge: I disclaim in him. ...

— Volpone; Or, The Fox • Ben Jonson

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