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FYI: Porteus is associated with another ironic quote that could be applied to FlashForward and my “Conspiracy of Peace” conspiracy theory: “War its thousands slays; peace its ten thousands.”
Doc Jensen geeks out on 'FlashForward': Follow the clues; crack the mystery! (maybe) | EW.com 2009
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He was a Tulane law graduate and a good-natured, intelligent man by the name of Porteus O’Malley.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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He was a Tulane law graduate and a good-natured, intelligent man by the name of Porteus O’Malley.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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Maybe Porteus will be able to successfully emulate Hastings and join him in Congress, that is if he is as lucky as Hastings was in avoiding jail.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Judge Thomas Porteous Impeached by U.S. House of Representatives,” 2010
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Several members of Parliament "violently opposed" it, Porteus recalls, and heated discussion also broke out in the House of Lords, though the bill eventually "passed both houses without a division."
Christopher Lane: The Striking History Of Britain's Sunday Law Christopher Lane 2012
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An avid reformer and abolitionist with keen interests also in the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Porteus was bishop of Chester before passage of the bill, but made bishop of London after its approval.
Christopher Lane: The Striking History Of Britain's Sunday Law Christopher Lane 2012
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The bill that Parliament approved, greatly affecting British culture for more than 150 years, stemmed almost single-handedly from the actions and concerns of one influential bishop, Beilby Porteus.
Christopher Lane: The Striking History Of Britain's Sunday Law Christopher Lane 2012
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Maybe Porteus will be able to successfully emulate Hastings and join him in Congress, that is if he is as lucky as Hastings was in avoiding jail.neurodocQuote
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Judge Thomas Porteous Impeached by U.S. House of Representatives,” 2010
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His reprimand not only eroticizes the relation between More and Porteus but uses allegory to inject a charge of plagiarism: Some years ago I saw a female race;/The prize a shift — a Holland shift, I ween:/Ten damsels, nearly all in naked grace,/
'Manlius to Peter Pindar':Satire, Patriotism, and Masculinity in the 1790s 2006
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Porteus and his kind are, at any rate, more loveable than their medieval counterparts who persecuted heretics and nonbelievers:
'Manlius to Peter Pindar':Satire, Patriotism, and Masculinity in the 1790s 2006
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