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  • Mr. Flint remarks that he often dropped among thèse profane wagonmen, as if by accident, "that impressive tract, the 'Swearer's Prayer\" Then he would note the effects as they read, some assenting thoughtfully, oth - ers merely smiling, and others again growling approv - al very much as Indians do at a council when they give reluctant assent to proposed terms.

    De la philosophie de la nature 1770

  • "It is pretty clear that these are ideological layoffs," commented recent Brown graduate Alicia Pantoja about the subtext of the layoffs at the Swearer Center

    Rachel Levenson: Layoffs at Brown Rachel Levenson 2010

  • Because of her position, Isserlis had a high level of contact with students, but many staff both at the Swearer Center and elsewhere the university do not have the same access to students and other groups who are in positions to advocate for their rehiring.

    Rachel Levenson: Layoffs at Brown Rachel Levenson 2010

  • Swearer is a professor of psychology at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

    How to Curb School Bullying In Massachusetts 2010

  • Roger Nozaki, Director of the Swearer Center, announced in an email to community members that a new position had been created at the Center, and that one of the laid off Center employees - Janet Isserlis - had agreed to accept it.

    Rachel Levenson: Layoffs at Brown Rachel Levenson 2010

  • He understood, he said, that the Voice of the Swearer was scarcly heard, that the Sabbath was well observed and all Immoralities discountenanced.

    Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 July 1775 1963

  • Drunkard, and the awful foul-mouthed Swearer, and the bold, covetous, Blasphemous Scoffer at things Sacred and Divine, and the

    The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut Maria Louise Greene

  • Cona'n the Swearer and Garra mac Morna grumbled irritably to each other and at their neighbours, even Caelte, the son of Rona'n, looked down into his own lap, and Goll Mor sipped at his wine without any twinkle in his eye.

    Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens 1916

  • Fionn, with Cona'n the Swearer and the dogs Bran and Sceo'lan, was sitting on the hunting-mound at the top of Cesh Corran.

    Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens 1916

  • But Goll's brother, bald Cona'n the Swearer, turned a savage eye on

    Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens 1916

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