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_Murthers & Rapes_, and _Fires_, and my _Obscurity_ to somebody that is inclin'd to turn _Casuist in Divinity_.
The Theater (1720) Sir John Falstaffe
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"Casuist!" was all the answer vouchsafed to him; and baffled -- but not yet defeated -- he went out into the May sunlight, quite determined, for once in his life, to take by storm the citadel that seemed proof against capitulation.
Captain Desmond, V.C. Maud Diver 1906
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His reputation as a Casuist is such that his works on the Conscience are studied in the present generation.
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"Casuist!" he cried and drew her up the bend of the road.
The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899
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Casuist ten times a week, he made no question of the righteousness of David's wickedness!
The Elect Lady George MacDonald 1864
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Whatever the cruelty of the slave-trade, or the severity of slavery on the continents or islands of America, we should still, in regard to its supposed consequences, be wiser, perhaps, to say with that great and simple Casuist Who gave the world the
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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'Show me,' says the Romish Casuist, 'her right in law to let herself out of that nunnery.'
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822
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'Show me,' says the Romish Casuist, 'her right in law to let herself out of that nunnery.'
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Poor Papish have bowed more servilely to his Priest or Casuist?
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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That is using a right Lover's argument, and I dare dispute no longer with so profound a Casuist.
The Monk; a romance 1796
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