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  • (And if the Pledge declared the nation to be under any supreme being other than YHWH, millions of Americans would be up inarms.)

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Upholds “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, 2010

  • And if the Pledge declared the nation to be under any supreme being other than YHWH, millions of Americans would be up inarms.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Upholds “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, 2010

  • The weapon had been bequeathed to him by a celebrated English outlaw named Hobbie Noble, who, having committed some deed for which he was in danger from justice, fled to Liddesdale, and became a follower, or rather a brother-inarms, to the renowned

    Death of the Laird's Jock 2008

  • The weapon had been bequeathed to him by a celebrated English outlaw named Hobbie Noble, who, having committed some deed for which he was in danger from justice, fled to Liddesdale, and became a follower, or rather a brother-inarms, to the renowned

    Death of the Laird's Jock 2008

  • Fully aware that he is going to his death, he nevertheless scorns to desert his companions-inarms, and awaits the fate in store for him with a stoicism that would do honor to a Spartan.

    The Nibelungenlied 2007

  • His brothers-inarms and his mess-mates charged with him, but the others, when they saw that the solid ranks of the Egyptians stood firm, swung round and pursued the flying chariots.

    Cyropaedia 2007

  • The average Briton endures a level of casual crime that would have most Americans literally up inarms.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Brady II: The Objectives of the Gun Control Lobby: 2007

  • The brother-inarms of the Margrave Karl, he was the esteemed friend of the Margravine, the exalted and beautiful

    Burlesques 2006

  • Among the treasures, Don Beltran recognized with a savage joy the coat-armors and ornaments of many brave and unfortunate companions-inarms who had fallen in the fatal battle of

    Burlesques 2006

  • Sometimes on a Sunday he would walk to Blackheath with that instrument in his hand, and pay his court to his young fiancee, and talk over happier days with his old companion-inarms.

    The Newcomes 2006

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