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To begin with, the aggression on social issues today emanates mostly from the left, whose preferre d vehicle is a willing judge inflicting his private social preferences on the law.

A 'Truce' on Social Issues? Get Real William McGurn 2011

“I not preferre it before good Beere . . . but any man will choose it before bad Beere.”

The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

“I not preferre it before good Beere . . . but any man will choose it before bad Beere.”

The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

“I not preferre it before good Beere . . . but any man will choose it before bad Beere.”

The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

They preferre the Saracens before the Russians, because they are Christians, and when they are able to giue them no more golde or siluer, they driue them and their children like flockes of sheepe into the wildernes, constraining them to keepe their cattell there.

The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

If any controuersie arise among them, they first make their Landlords Iudges in the matter, and if they cannot end it, then they preferre it to the Magistrate.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

They preferre the Saracens before the Russians, because they are Christians, and when they are able to giue them no more golde or siluer, they driue them and their children like flockes of sheepe into the wildernes, constraining them to keepe their cattell there.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

William now aduanced to the gouernment of Flanders, but he wanted not aduersaries that were competitors and malignant sutors for that earledome, who sought to preferre themselues, and to displace him.

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I. Raphael Holinshed

For in Rome the name of Caratacus was much spoken of, insomuch that the emperour whilest he went about to preferre his owne honour, aduanced the glorie of him also that was vanquished: for the people were called foorth as vnto some great notable sight or spectacle.

Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England Raphael Holinshed

Nobles, I have made no doubt to preferre this of mine to your undoubted vertue and exceeding true noblesse, as contayning matter no lesse deserving your reading, 5 and excitation to heroycall life, then any such late dedication.

Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman