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  • Enjoined by the Constitution "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed," and convinced by undoubted evidence that violations of said act had been committed and that a widespread and flagrant disregard of it was contemplated, the proper officers were instructed to prosecute the offenders, and troops were stationed at convenient points to aid these officers, if necessary, in the performance of their official duties.

    State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

  • The Patent was granted to me, "Dame Augusta Gregory," as Patentee, and in it I was amongst other things "Enjoined and commanded to gather, entertain, govern, privilege, and keep such and so many players," and not to put on the stage any "exhibition of wild beasts or dangerous performances or to allow women or children to be hung from the flies or fixed in positions from which they cannot release themselves."

    Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography 1913

  • Enjoined by my intelligent physician to spare my hearing as much as possible, I have been almost encouraged by him in my present natural disposition, though, hurried away by my fondness for society, I sometimes suffered myself to be enticed into it.

    The Great German Composers Ferris, George T 1878

  • Enjoined by the Constitution "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed," and convinced by undoubted evidence that violations of said act had been committed and that a widespread and flagrant disregard of it was contemplated, the proper officers were instructed to prosecute the offenders, and troops were stationed at convenient points to aid these officers, if necessary, in the performance of their official duties.

    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant 1878

  • Enjoined the building of a house for the proecentor, and a new chamber for the sick.

    Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings Thomas Perkins 1874

  • Secession -- Its Results Predicted -- Charity Enjoined .... pp. 21 to 45

    Tupelo John Hill 1862

  • Enjoined by the Constitution "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed," and convinced by undoubted evidence that violations of said act had been committed and that a widespread and flagrant disregard of it was contemplated, the proper officers were instructed to prosecute the offenders, and troops were stationed at convenient points to aid these officers, if necessary, in the performance of their official duties.

    State of the Union Address 1853

  • Enjoined the prince to hold his peace -- A single tribune might, by such intervention, offer an effectual opposition to almost any proceeding.

    Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War 86 BC-34? BC Sallust 1844

  • Enjoined, however, not to make this public, till the draft of dedication shall be approved.

    The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801

  • Presbyterian Denomination Enjoined from Dismissing College's Trustees denomination that founded Erskine College in South Carolina is being enjoined from dismissing members of the school's Board of Trustees after it had attempted to remove nearly half of them from the board last month.

    The Christian Post RSS Feed Eric Young 2010

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