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  • “Nothing affords more Satisfaction in Life or lays a better foundation for hope in Death,” Howell sermonized, “than the Consciousness of having maintained the rights of the poor, the Weak and the Ignorant against the Rapacity, the Violence and the Intrigue of the Rich, the powerful, and the Subtle.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • “Nothing affords more Satisfaction in Life or lays a better foundation for hope in Death,” Howell sermonized, “than the Consciousness of having maintained the rights of the poor, the Weak and the Ignorant against the Rapacity, the Violence and the Intrigue of the Rich, the powerful, and the Subtle.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • Rapacity” and “duplicity” are too easy, too obvious.

    Three Little Words Tell You Civilization Is Collapsing 2009

  • Rapacity” and “duplicity” are too easy, too obvious.

    Three Little Words Tell You Civilization Is Collapsing 2009

  • Against the humiliating bondage of a thousand years Rapacity came from afar to subjugate them for a hundred years.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Minzo 2006

  • Against the humiliating bondage of a thousand years Rapacity came from afar to subjugate them for a hundred years.

    Long and almost pointless: "It's been emotional" Minzo 2006

  • Royal Successors, the great importance of the Fisheries renders the Citizens of these States very solicitous to obtain his Majesty's Sense with relation to them, as the best Security against the Ambition and Rapacity of the British

    John Adams autobiography, part 3, "Peace," 1779-1780 1961

  • Rapacity on the part of the rich meant oppression of the poor; increase of power for the mighty meant decrease of opportunity for the humble tiller of the soil and for the wage earner.

    Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) Isaac Landman

  • Rapacity, roaring, and rapidity are the three requisites for dining during a journey.

    The Laws of Etiquette Unknown

  • Rapacity may stand behind extravagance to keep the supply inexhausted.

    Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals

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