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• They were accordingly put on their trial and found not guilty Another declared that the Salic Law says--"No one can be made King who was descended from a woman Speaking there of Oliver Cromwell, recalls the story of a boy's school essay which the late Mr. W. E. Gladstone was fond of telling--albeit, the great Commoner had no very lively sense of humour. —  Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk
• It is a fact--albeit a rather curious and unaccountable one--that organized religion, as a whole, has been largely opposed to the idea of possible communication between what is currently termed the living and the dead. —  The Life Radiant
• When he told the good Hedwig that he had bought the honey at last, that excellent woman--albeit not much given to display of the tender emotions--shed tears of joy. —  A Romance Of Tompkins Square 1891
• Parents should stress the point, when trying to present this subject to the youthful mind, that man's special functions are only a detail--albeit a most important one--in nature's vast plan for the propagation of life on earth. —  Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English
• A queer pas seul it might have been esteemed, but he was light and agile and not ungraceful, and he danced with an air of elation--albeit with a grave face--which added to the enjoyment of the spectator, for it seemed so slight an effort. —  The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls 1895

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