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Said Dalilah, “O my daughter, knowest thou not of my master, the Shaykh Abú al-Hamlát,189 whom if any debtor visit, Allah quitteth him his debt, and if a barren woman, she conceiveth?”
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[1606] Bernardus Penottus will have heresy and superstition to proceed from this fountain; as he falsely imagineth, so he believeth; and as he conceiveth of it, so it must be, and it shall be, contra gentes, he will have it so.
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When therefore any other man shall offer unto us any other rules, which the sovereign ruler hath not prescribed, they are but counsel and advice; which, whether good or bad, he that is counselled may without injustice refuse to observe; and when contrary to the laws already established, without injustice cannot observe, how good soever he conceiveth it to be.
Leviathan 2007
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And further, who conceiveth the full depth of the modesty of the vain man!
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The corrupt actings and desires of our affections, wherein lust conceiveth.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Lust tempts and seduces in vain imaginations, but conceiveth in the corrupt desires and actings of our affections.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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But whoso neither of himself conceiveth nor hearing from another
Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle
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He is best of all who of himself conceiveth all things;
Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle
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Not only the spiteful mother that conceiveth such spurious brats, but the midwife that helpeth to bring them forth, the nurse that feedeth them, the guardian that traineth them up to maturity, and setteth them forth to live in the world; as they do really contribute to their subsistence, so deservedly they partake in the blame due to them, and must be responsible for the mischief they do.
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Like also the crab that conceiveth for her own destruction, thou wilt lay hands upon me who am protected by these mighty heroes! '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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