do away

• “Maurice's doctrine goes far to do away with the truth of the last, as applied to the Sacrifice of Christ.”

  Life of John Coleridge Patteson

• “Hence it is that the Biblical Commission (1 May, 1910) rejects the opinion of those who do away with the Messianic and prophetic character of the Psalms and refer only to the future lot of the Chosen People those words which are prophecies concerning Christ.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “Vajpayee never made a serious attempt to do away with Muslim Personal Law.”

  Simon & Schuster: The J Curve

• “Could we be so happy as to cut one of them off, supposing it should not exceed four, five or six hundred men, it would inspirit the people and do away with much of their present anxiety.”

  Simon & Schuster: Angel in the Whirlwind

• “However strongly the Pantheistic conception of the world may appeal to the philosophic minded, it cannot do away with the obvious data of experience.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “Rashi's exegesis is a bit complicated, because his beliefs prevented him from realizing that the narrative of Genesis presupposes a primordial chaos; but his explanations are ingenious, and do away with other difficulties.”

  Rashi

• “Besides aiming to help the prisoner on his release more effectively than formerly, it aims to do away in most cases with the ticket-of-leave system.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “The Gerlachs and many of their friends, and the purely military party which was headed by Prince Charles Frederick, the King's youngest brother, desired to do away with the Constitution, to dismiss the Parliament, and to restore the absolute monarchy in a form which would have been more extreme than that which it had had since 1815.”

  Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire

• ““Though the hope of restoring Laperouse or any of his companions to their country and friends could not, after so many years, be rationally entertained, yet to gain some certain knowledge of their fate would do away the pain of suspense.””

  The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders

• “OZÈME often wondered why there was not a special dispensation of providence to do away with the necessity for work.”

  Ozeme's Holiday

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