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- noun Plural form of
confider .
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Examples
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Perhaps there are two kinds of people in the world, confiders and confidantes.
In Confidence 2006
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It confiders only the pur - pofe of amufemcnt: whereas it fliould alfo take in the qualUy.
Three dialogues on the amusements of clergymen [signed Jos. Frampton]. 1797
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Every national church confiders all the fubjeds of the prince as her mem - bers de jure ':, and, on that principle, claims a civil right to excommunicate thofe, who, de fuFto, were never of her communion.
A review of ecclesiastical establishments in Europe : containing their history ... : and an essay tending to shew both the political and moral necessity of abolishing exclusive establishments, with answers to some principal objections Whatman, James, 1741-1798 1796
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To acquire durable plcalures and true feli - city, it is neceflary to adopt that judicious and rational philofophy which confiders life in a feri - ous point of view, courts enjoyments which neither time nor accident can deftroy, and looks with an eye of pity on the ftupid vulgar, agitating their minds and tormenting their hearts in fplendid mi - feries and childilh converfations.
Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart 1795
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For who can, who ought, to be eafy, that knows, that confiders, the danger to which his corrupt nature expofes him?
Sermons: by the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Wilson, ... 1795
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This commiflion Ihall examine the political operation in queilion; it fhall declare! to the national convention whether it confiders the projefi: ed operation as conformable to the prind* pies and interefls of the Republic, and whether it ought to be
A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain ... 1795
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When one confiders, that 'there is not one play before him of a reputation good. enough to entitle it to an appearance on the prefent ftage, it cannot be but a matter of great wonder, that he mould advance dramatic poetry fo far as he. did.
Works 1795
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For he confiders, that it is happinefs enough to know himfelf to be in the
The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for ... 1794
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Nor will any man allow himfelf in this bafe praftice, who confiders (abftrafting from the vice) the grofs imprudence of expoGng himlelf to the iiniverfal contempt, which always falls upon the-cha - rader of a liar, who of courfe lofes the confidence of mankind, even when he fpeaks truth.
The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for ... 1794
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The Law conftrueth neither penal laws nor penal Bacon's Law fafts by intendments, but confiders the offence in Tradsi 6*1 degree as it ftands at the time when it was com - mitted; fo that if any fubfequent circumftance or matter arife which, conjoined with that which hap - pened at the beginning, would draw it to a higher degree, yet the law will not thereby extend or am - plify the offence.
A Law Grammar; Or, An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of English Jurisprudence. 1791
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