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1. In the other English colonies, indeed, the right of primogeniture takes place, as in the law of England: But in all the English colonies, the tenure of the lands, which are all held by free soccage, facilitates alienation ; and the grantee of an extensive tract of land generally finds it for his interest to alienate, as fast as he can, the greater part of it, reserving only a small quit-rent
2. That dismemberment, perhaps, never served any other real purpose than to alienate from England her natural ally the king of Spain, and to unite the two principal branches of the house of Bourbon in a much stricter and more permanent alliance than the ties of blood could ever have united them
3. By a feudal law, the vassal could not alienate without the consent of his superior, who generally extorted a fine or composition on granting it
4. Elementary, it would seem, but not to a president who was concerned that he could be charged with racial profiling, and thus alienate part of his base
5. Admiralty had foreseen that such a move would alienate the public, and consequently the
6. ‖ Awkward, juvenile attempts at ―connecting‖ with their children is inconsistent with real life situations facing most parents who generally have to deal with a broad variety of (uncertain) thoughts and emotions that oftentimes alienate young children coming age
7. He needed to win Drac over, not alienate him
8. The (overriding) question remains: why have Republican Candidates, politically successful on a number of statewide levels in past years, suddenly chosen to alienate its conservative base and potential (moderate) swing voters
9. ‖ Such role-playing is neither cynical nor disingenuous however a conforming agency that seeks to manage or regulate a variety relationships among individuals having different values and interests that would otherwise alienate most
10. At the start of the war Lincoln feared trying to emancipate all slaves would alienate the border states and large parts of the north hostile or indifferent to abolitionism
11. By using violence which potentially could harm or kill, such fringe types could alienate a public which is otherwise very sympathetic to environmentalism
12. It wasn’t an attempt to alienate the gentleman, but his face flushed
13. An idea also began to take shape in his mind of what could be done with this surly beast seated before him, that wouldn’t be perceived by Sylvia as coming from him and thereby alienate her
14. 14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the
15. This supposed objectivity is phony, and contributes to alienate
16. However, it is not is not an appropriate platform for traditional marketing techniques, and any overt selling will only serve to alienate your followers
17. On the other hand, too many ads alienate and ultimately lead to the
18. There are only two real times that this list type will falter, and that's firstly if you alienate, like we talked about above, and if your subscribers don't understand
19. You're probably wondering, ―What is he talking about?‖ Well, in the last year or so I've been asked not to write so much about Jesus because I could alienate some of my friends and most recently a very dear friend who is creating a new web site for me and my cause asked me to write something each week to be posted on the site but not about God because it could hurt our credibility
20. I don't intend to alienate anyone but if I was to leave Jesus out of everything I write there would be nothing
21. WITH STRICKLAND AND THE OTHER ATTORNIES PLEASE! I ask you to be patient bro because you are only cutting off your nose to spite your face when you alienate your attorney
22. But she’d tried that, and all it had done was alienate him from her for good
23. showing an increased willingness to alienate his more concili-
24. How would you have challenged him on lynching and missions, if you were a vanguard leader during his lifetime? If he were alive and holding crusades today, would you want Moody to preach against abortion for the sake of the thousands of babies being murdered each week? Would you expect him to take a stand against these murders even though he would alienate many members of a political party? Would it matter that those alienated would never receive the Gospel from him after he took his stand against abortion? To stop abortion, should he try to change the hearts of the individual mothers seeking them or should he use his international platform for political activism? Would you speak up and burn bridges along with him or remain silent?
25. alienate you from your husband and your loved ones
26. Feltus studied each of them with great care and attention, though he still paid the proper respect to the proceedings before him so as not to alienate or demean himself in any way that would reflect poorly upon his reputation
27. He still didn’t want to alienate Charity
28. They alienate themselves from divine unity and, as a result, do not realize it (and
29. The important thing to remember is not to alienate friends and family
30. To alienate the British further, prompted by Bradley, Eisenhower without even notifying the combined chiefs of staff or the Allied governments, proceeded to send a telegram to Stalin informing him that he would not be advancing towards Berlin and would halt at the River Elbe
31. There was no way Delmage was going to willingly alienate himself from the proceeds of this horrendous month of criminal activity
32. The government was already playing its part by increasingly using its iron fist in an attempt to alienate our citizens from due process and their constitutional rights
33. She might say something to Joshua but he won’t do anything that would alienate his daughter
34. Yet Kejriwal’s dilemma was that if he became a Muslim-focused party, the AAP would alienate the Hindus
35. alienate friends, or to awaken the wrath of
36. Before I alienate myself and have all those wonderful
37. He said: "This will alienate people from other communities because they will
38. But I urge you not to alienate your brother anymore than you have done already
39. These are nothing but occult matters that turn people away and alienate them from right thinking and correct logic
40. closely with the Canadians, not alienate them
41. A primitive beat designed to stimulate the nerve centre in the brain and alienate everyone who was over twenty
42. They alienate them
43. slavery could well alienate her from the ones she loved
44. and anger can alienate coworkers and reduce our ability to work productively with
45. It is therefore best to befriend the ego rather than alienate it
46. more likely than ever to alienate Joe from me if he believed it, I had a further restraining dread that he would not believe it, but would assort it with the fabulous dogs and veal-cutlets as a monstrous invention
47. Let me hasten to add," continued he, "that the testator, having only the right to alienate a part of his fortune, and having alienated it all, the will will not bear scrutiny, and is declared null and void
48. Why should I risk an imprudent step? It might alienate my protector
49. Though the consciences of such men are awakened, yet their minds are not changed; therefore, when the power of guilt weareth away, that which provoked them to be religious ceaseth, wherefore they naturally turn to their own course again, even as we see the dog that is sick of what he has eaten, so long as his sickness prevails he vomits and casts up all; not that he doth this of a free mind (if we may say a dog has a mind), but because it troubleth his stomach; but now, when his sickness is over, and so his stomach eased, his desire being not at all alienate from his vomit, he turns him about and licks up all, and so it is true which is written, "The dog is turned to his own vomit again
50. For one thing, it made her own situation in associating he dropped his masquerade and set out apparently upon a deliberate campaign to alienate Atlanta’s good will
1. You may feel alienated by society
2. But, in the French colonies, if any part of an estate, held by the noble tenure of chivalry and homage, is alienated, it is, for a limited time, subject to the right of redemption, either by the heir of the superior, or by the heir of the family; and all the largest estates of the country are held by such noble tenures, which necessarily embarrass alienation
3. I am aware of the existence of other people who have a similar likeness to me that confirms my own existence‖ (Freely adapted from Rene Descartes) The troubling assumption with most (nihilistic) existential thinkers is the idea that the universe is fundamentally evil; without purpose or meaning and that alienated Man must overcome the evil dynamics of Nature through his or her own (determined) efforts or by exercising Free Will that ironically lends force to conscious expression
4. increased considerably among socially and morally alienated young men and woman whose manners have seemingly lost all sense of proportion
5. immigration policies are compromising the quality of life in areas where poverty, congestion, disease, drugs, crime, substandard housing and decaying infrastructures are demoralizing (complex) social and cultural arrangements (and civility) as an alarming number of our citizens are feeling alienated from mainstream conventions that no longer seem to provide any meaning
6. Fidel Castro is coming to town! This poorly stylized villain, who for years has fed off the (romanticized) illusions conjured up by left-leaning individuals, will undoubtedly receive a warm reception in some quarters by disaffected groups whose alienated affections for this great nation have grown naturally disposed toward honoring every ideological enemy of America as some visionary liberator in their incorrectly perceived fight for ―freedom
7. Assumptions by modern revisionists seeking to belie historical traditions, avidly supported by special interests with political axes to grind, however discredited such assumptions oftentimes are, may further promote muddled-headed thinking by ultimately winning the battle of ideas, however questionable their premises, by perpetuating falsehoods that, on the surface, oftentimes appear plausible to variable, ―discerning‖ young minds armed with partial knowledge, but sufficient enough to receive distorted impressions at their face value, rendering many vulnerable to questionable or unlikely propositions that bear little or no resemblance to the truth; advanced by (political and social) deconstructionists alienated from their (hated) customs, offering in exchange, contemporary standards predicated on historical fallacies, deception, inflicted reasoning and ignominious viewpoints
8. The alienated poor have seldom felt the need for developing such attitudes
9. Of course, it was a different nation back then; a nation alienated by distance rather than ideology
10. Addendum to the above: The undermining of traditional values has precipitated a socially divisive undercurrent in our nation that has further alienated lower income groups from the very values and customs that typically defined ―middle-class‖ success; principled standards that have (historically) improved (its) social and economic standing in a variety of ways over the years
11. Be that what it may, one of the more troubling aspects of this ―apostatizing‖ movement is underscored by its more extreme examples (Nation of Islam) whose members have parted company with America‘s social and religious traditions adopting, in many instances, racist attitudes toward Western Culture that most feel alienated
12. It will need to embrace and retain its core base by focusing on conservative principles rather than embracing political strategies that have alienated its natural supporters
13. Hilderich was still catching his breath when he said to Amonas in a knowing manner, somewhat alienated from the strange question:
14. becomes alienated from the results of his labor
15. they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them
16. whom your mind is alienated: 29 And they shall deal with you hatefully, and shall take away all your labour, and shall leave you
17. Suzuki’s wife never returned home, and his son and daughter alienated
18. commandments; 24 For which cause they of our nation besiege the tower, and are alienated from us: moreover as many of us as they
19. the gospel that He preached, so being alienated from God and salvation
20. Roger stood up for his principles on several other occasions, one of them very painful because it involved the Spiritual Director of the Cursillo, a priest friend whom Roger admired at one time, but who had alienated good, solid lay leaders and caused tension and fear in the Cursillo by his authoritarian control and less than exemplary behavior
21. She alienated herself from all of her old friends,
22. As she previously alienated herself from her high
23. 21 However certain of them that were besieged got out to whom some ungodly men of Israel joined themselves: 22 And they went to the king and said How long will it be ere you execute judgment and avenge our brothers? 23 We have been willing to serve your father and to do as he would have us and to obey his commandments; 24 For which cause they of our nation besiege the tower and are alienated from us: moreover as many of us as they could light on they killed and spoiled our inheritance
24. alienated him with their words or actions, or with their careful
25. Now we’re on our own and hopelessly alienated
26. They did not care if their decisions alienated
27. alienated beings and hypocrites, who, just because they think they are perfect, this
28. actions, their Being is alienated and deformed
29. become even more alienated and would produce even greater contamination
30. His views on Brahmins alienated him from the high caste
31. They refused to marry, unwilling to be part of a social system in which, despite academic and other success, they felt alienated
32. Initially, they felt alienated from English society
33. taunted with racial remarks and being alienated from her
34. That meant that they may have alienated 30% of their website
35. He had alienated the left, allowed the North Vietnamese to establish bases within Cambodia and the prime minister convened the National Assembly which voted to depose Sihanouk as head of state and give emergency powers to Lon Nol
36. same time defined by and alienated from the physical self and, as a result, the self in general
37. “I befriended a few of the German soldiers and plied my trade whenever I could which angered the other Jews and alienated me
38. had effectively alienated his entire management team and four fifths of the rest of
39. 21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by
40. alienated from volcanoes when the same thing happens over and over
41. alienated the very people who might otherwise have been his
42. Unfortunately, many of their Bible-believing seminaries remained segregated until too late, which alienated African Americans
43. How would you have challenged him on lynching and missions, if you were a vanguard leader during his lifetime? If he were alive and holding crusades today, would you want Moody to preach against abortion for the sake of the thousands of babies being murdered each week? Would you expect him to take a stand against these murders even though he would alienate many members of a political party? Would it matter that those alienated would never receive the Gospel from him after he took his stand against abortion? To stop abortion, should he try to change the hearts of the individual mothers seeking them or should he use his international platform for political activism? Would you speak up and burn bridges along with him or remain silent?
44. His monetary gain and rise up the corporate ladder had alienated rather than connected him with life though
45. Here an image or photo is alienated from other objects and
46. become alienated in our everyday lives
47. Europe has treated up to now the people of Africa, Asia and the Middle East with a mixture of racism, snobbery and overconfidence that has profoundly alienated the populations of these areas
48. Lady Jane, whose light grey silk gown with high, ruffled collar and pillbox hat that greatly complemented Lord Ashburn’s pin-striped, three-piece grey suit and dark grey silk shirt with bow tie, stood regally by her husband’s side with a steady but confident air; her entire appearance, with her hair flowing to her shoulders and her makeup coordinated with her attire, contrasted starkly with that of her counterparts, and her perpetual sense of superiority further alienated her from them
49. The offending house was commandeered by the state as were all other houses then alienated from all ‘capitalists and landlords’ in the country
50. of it, man stands aloof, alienated -- it is as if man has lost the roots he should have in existence
1. Addendum to the above: In this manner, we oftentimes find ourselves wandering about in an (ideological) wilderness without purpose or meaning trying to find ourselves while each passing moment further alienates us from ourselves until we‘ve forgotten who we are or once were or how we got to be who we are or got to where we are which, I suppose, amounts to the same thing
2. "The old way of understanding 'God's word' just alienates most people
3. The whole directorate of our existing catalogue tends to shield our roots and hides our `nature formsòver images which alienates and deviate us from defining out exactly the origin that had initially sparked out our lives into existing
4. Jesus alienates the Pharisees, the scribes, and the
5. Through the spiritual fruit of love, there is a caring place of belonging, which alienates the instinctual impulse for dominance
6. A true God seeker who alienates and identifies himself with God also shares this ecstasy of God and sees life as absurd, such feelings rise from the seeker’s developing skill of alienating himself/herself from the world of objects
7. Thinking, by nature, divides and alienates the knower and the known
8. � Just as with lying, when we pretend to be a different self to hide from punishment, it alienates the self from the self
9. It also alienates us from others
10. � That alienates us from the essential connection we had with the Edenic paradise of the womb and the first days of existence where and when no separation existed between mother and child
11. At the same time gossip serves to maintain the essential conformity of the dominator model, it also alienates us from each other
12. An infinitely terrific Power hardens and alienates the people
13. I realize that as soon as the topic of options is brought up, it alienates one half of investors who are risk averse and believe options are evil
14. “What alienates him from the house? Will he leave it again soon? Mrs
1. He can, in this case, both restore the capital, and pay the interest, without alienating or encroaching upon any other source of revenue
2. He can, in this case, neither restore the capital nor pay the interest, without either alienating or encroaching upon some other source of revenue, such as the property or the rent of land
3. individual‘s self-awareness; a sense of his or her (inherent) dignity and self-worth, thereby (existentially) alienating that individual from him or her self by becoming less a free-thinking individual than an integral component of the common herd
4. Some parents, I feel, place too much emphasis on wanting to be ‖liked‖ rather than running the risk of alienating their children‘s affections
5. Sadly, a number of priests are reluctant, it seems, to challenge modernist viewpoints for fear of alienating their parishioners leery of a church presently under indictment by the courts of public opinion
6. President Bush‘s flawed Immigration Reform Bill providing ―conditional‖ amnesty to 12 million illegal aliens must be reassuring to 1) (Moderate) Republicans who would consider its passage a political opportunity to place the party in better stead with Hispanic Voters and the Business Community, 2) Corporations seeking to attract Cheap(er) Labor, 3) Democrats who, for the same reasons indicated above, are uncomfortable with the idea of controlling our nation‘s borders at the risk of alienating a sizeable voting bloc and (who) would otherwise seize the moment, for purely political reasons, to challenge Republican proposals that (surprise!) ―don‘t go far enough,‖ 4) Multiculturalists and Internationalists likely to embrace such ―reforms‖ as a (positive) first step towards achieving their (respective) Universalist Agenda, and 5) Shakers of Western Culture who would seek its destruction at any cost for its own sake and who would therefore (also) consider such measures as an appropriate step in the ―right‖ direction
7. Bush continue alienating his conservative base?) All of which brings me to New Orleans (Katrina)
8. What is more relevant is her history of picking fights when she did not need to, alienating people who did not have an opinion of her before
9. alienating the very persons who should be won to the
10. and promiscuity, she began the process of alienating
11. she was alienating just about everyone who had
12. It was the head servant of the “august” tones that Moshe had heard the day before, whose voice now carried an added echo of fear, as he continued, “Very careful indeed, of taking the chance of further alienating our masters any more than some of us already have!”
13. those who decide to go for fifty thousand rather than being content with ten thousand dollars that find themselves alienating a good
14. taking the chance of further alienating our masters any more than some of us already have!”
15. considered as stumbling blocks, alienating the land from the mainline areas
16. alienating expectancy of a universal judgment that should separate the good
17. I will continue to represent you, but as usual, you persist in alienating and slandering the people who try hardest to assist you
18. On the other hand, if he should advise the payment of tribute in so many words, they rightly calculated that such a pronouncement would greatly wound the national pride of his Jewish hearers, thereby alienating the good will and affection of the multitude
19. alienating the other? Or did anybody truly matter in this but George himself?
20. some will have the alienating postpartum psychosis that can
21. ” The picture of her mother alienating the delft in a square the previous night and saying that this is how they stood confronted her memory
22. his own good, even if he was superstitious, but if all else failed, he would merely have no choice but to place him under house arrest until the matter was resolved, though that risked alienating the young man from him and his investigation
23. “I am so sorry Carla that was stupid of me and uncalled for; I need your help and mutual trust, but instead I have only succeeded alienating you
24. ‘’Mister Suzuki, you are right to say that the new regime on Earth has cut its own throat by alienating their last providers of space resources and that they will eventually collapse economically
25. By alienating the TCN, the ISF had lost most of its space and air cover, having nearly solely assault shuttles and craft as flying machines
26. subject of Carolyn’s neurosis, without alienating his mother-in-law entirely
27. In Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar is making a big mistake if he thinks reservations for the politically influential Marathas will be a game changer—every time you give reservations to one group, you end up alienating many others
28. “One of the regular side-effects of space-travel, especially when combined with immortality and time-travel, is an irritating and alienating feeling that you are never quite up to date with the current events
29. The machine as labor saving is relationship alienating: the relationship between the laborer, their labor and the created work – reason for its production
30. They have employed him to serve their evil purposes of harming creation and alienating the beings of creation from Al’lah
31. There was no point in alienating him further
32. fight against terrorists, not in alienating them
33. A true God seeker who alienates and identifies himself with God also shares this ecstasy of God and sees life as absurd, such feelings rise from the seeker’s developing skill of alienating himself/herself from the world of objects
34. Alienating himself from his parents, frustrations had hit out at his friends too
35. � If we hold to that perspective, and a child speaks the alienating "No," we will see or feel such a statement as "in (not) -sub-ordinate
36. making changes and issuing orders, alienating subordinates in the
37. I have only just become prior – how can I start by alienating a right that has belonged to my priory for hundreds of years?”
38. The business about alienating the priory’s ancient rights was rhetoric, the kind of pompous prating that all students were taught at Oxford
39. God proddings and storms of temper and cutting remarks, for alienating his friends and shaming him by operating the mills and building the saloon and leasing convicts
40. The habits of Lydgate's profession, his home preoccupation with scientific subjects, which seemed to her almost like a morbid vampire's taste, his peculiar views of things which had never entered into the dialogue of courtship—all these continually alienating influences, even without the fact of his having placed himself at a disadvantage in the town, and without that first shock of revelation about Dover's debt, would have made his presence dull to her
41. No ideas or opinions could hinder him from seeing the one probability to be, that Raffles recovered would be just the same man as before, with his strength as a tormentor renewed, obliging him to drag away his wife to spend her years apart from her friends and native place, carrying an alienating suspicion against him in her heart
42. That is what you have gained by alienating me!’ And he walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders twitching
43. That is what you have gained by alienating me!” And he walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders twitching