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Minister be enjoin'd to recommend to his parishioners vaccine inoculation as a moral & religious duty.
Letter 111 2009
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She commanded not to entertain him; enjoin'd to make a Confession at
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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Day in which both their Hearts and Eyes shall be turn'd round_ [31]; he was fully satisfied, that it was to no purpose to speak to them plainly, neither that it was expedient any Works should be enjoin'd them beyond this Measure; and that the greatest Benefit which accru'd to the common sort of Men by the Law, was wholly plac'd in Relation to Things of this
The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail
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This charge has been always strictly enjoin'd and observ'd; but especially ever since the Reformation in Britain or the dissent and secession of these Nations from the communion of Rome.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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King Charles his Death was judg'd by our Schoolmaster a proper Subject to lead the Form I was in into a higher kind of Exercise; he therefore enjoin'd us severally to make his Funeral Oration: This sort of Task, so entirely new to us all, the Boys receiv'd with Astonishment as a Work above their Capacity; and tho 'the Master persisted in his Command, they one and all, except myself, resolved to decline it.
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And it was enjoin'd on him whom the father had bade to eject the noisy one, that he should tell Mike his sister's request, and beg him to come to her.
Pieces in Early Youth, 1834-'42 ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855
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And it was enjoin'd on him whom the father had bade to eject the noisy one, that he should tell Mike his sister's request, and beg him to come to her.
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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She lull'd them, and enjoin'd them all to sleep, 460
The Odyssey of Homer 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1765
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Journals, at least all that I could find, and enjoin'd every one not to divulge where they had been.
Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753
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V. iv.59 (333,9) [according as marraige binds, and blood breaks] I cannot discover what has here puzzled the commentator [W]: _to swear according as marriage binds_, ii to take the oath enjoin'd in the ceremonial of marriage.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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