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• Secondly, man's satisfaction may be termed sufficient, imperfectly--i.e. in the acceptation of him who is content with it, even though it is not condign, and in this way the satisfaction of a mere man is sufficient. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
• I cannot to thee give praise condign, Yet will I sing here with heart meek and benign Then in a great voice he begins an antiphon, "O Oriens Splendor," falling upon his knees while the chorus follows with instruments, as before. —  "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays
• The crew of this vessel were probably Malays, perhaps the most ferociously desperate people of the whole world.--E On the 1st of July 1511, the Portuguese fleet cast anchor in the roads of Malacca, infusing terror and dismay among multitudes that covered the whole shore, by the clangour of their warlike instruments, and the noise of repeated discharges of cannon; being sensible of their guilty conduct to Sequeira and conscious that the present armament was designed for their condign punishment. —  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
• If we mistake not, a bill has been introduced into Congress for the condign punishment of the wretches guilty of these abominable crimes. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862
• There were many threats made against individuals, many condign--and lawless--punishments promised them As an undercurrent, nowhere expressed or even acknowledged, was a strong feeling of relief. —  The Gray Dawn

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