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• When this clause was agreed on, the terms of peace between these States and Prussia had not yet been arranged. —  Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
• For the rest, the First Consul enjoyed the same consideration as the Kings of France in all matters ecclesiastical; and a clause was added, though Bonaparte declared it needless, that if any succeeding First Consul were not a Roman Catholic, his prerogatives in religious matters should be revised by a Convention. —  The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
• And according to the recently approved method of editing the New Testament, the clause is allowed no quarter. —  The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
• To this address a clause was added at the next meeting of the court (17 Aug.) —  London and the Kingdom - Volume II
• After long discussion, a clause has been adopted, making the time of residence necessary to qualify a citizen to vote in the communal or township elections, only two years instead of three as in the general electoral law. —  The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852

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