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What you are arguing is "Milksop" Christianity, which is the mainstream liberal variant of turn the other cheekism that is thankfully being replaced like crazy in most of the world - those elite liberals still get press coverage, but preach to emptied churches.
"The biggest question is how far can Democrats go in opposing this president?" Ann Althouse 2007
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He telegraphed the single word "Milksop" to Willie
The Grey Lady Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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He seemed to be thinking of his great scheme no longer, but he left Luke to brood over it -- to try and chase the word "Milksop" from his brain, where it seemed to be indelibly engraved.
The Grey Lady Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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Luke FitzHenry had calculated this to a minute before he telegraphed the single word "Milksop" to Willie Carr in London.
The Grey Lady Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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So he laid him down in his little cabin to sleep, while the sun rose over the blue Mediterranean, while some passengers went ashore and others came on board, while the single word "Milksop" was spelt over
The Grey Lady Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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And NOT in the strictly proportional way the Milksop think is the moral limit.
"The biggest question is how far can Democrats go in opposing this president?" Ann Althouse 2007
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Milksop; but his courage in the day of battle was so terrible and admirable, that I promise you the youthful libertines did not sneer
Burlesques 2006
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"Little Milksop" by the same artist, Mr. Frank Paton, gives fairly faithful drawing and expression of two kittens who have broken a milk pitcher and are eagerly lapping up the contents.
Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Helen M. Winslow
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'Milksop!' roars Harry Fielding, clattering at the timid shop-shutters.
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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One evening he and Milksop, one of his companions, being upon the road to St. Albans, a little on this side of it, met a gentleman's coach, and in it a young man and two ladies.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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