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This would be by far the better choice, when `` it is a question of allowing the human race to survive, possibly under the domination of a regime which most of us detest, or of allowing it to destroy itself in appalling and prolonged anguish ''.
Charles K. Smith argues that Swift ’ s rhetorical style persuades the reader to detest the speaker and pity the Irish.
Arminius referred to Pelagianism as " the grand falsehood " and stated that he " must confess that I detest, from my heart, the consequences that theology.
The remaining 96 % detest them as heartily as I do.
In this feud, Disraeli was aided by his warm friendship with Queen Victoria, who came to detest Gladstone during the latter's first premiership in the 1870s.
You declaim bitterly against the luxury of priests, the ambition of bishops, the tyranny of the Roman Pontiff, and the babbling of the sophists ; against our prayers, fasts, and Masses ; and you are not content to retrench the abuses that may be in these things, but must needs abolish them entirely ... Look around on this ‘ Evangelical ’ generation, and observe whether amongst them less indulgence is given to luxury, lust, or avarice, than amongst those whom you so detest.
" I detest dissension because it goes both against the teachings of Christ and against a secret inclination of nature.
Thus, personal involvement is linked with public opinion Proverbs that speak to the political disgruntlement include: “ When the Czar spits into the soup dish, it fairly bursts with pride ”; “ If the Czar be a rhymester, woe be to the poets ”; and “ The hen of the Czarina herself does not lay swan ’ s eggs .” While none of these proverbs state directly, “ I hate the Czar and detest my situation ” ( which would have been incredibly dangerous ), they do get their points across.
Similarly, it may come to pass that enlightened minds may one day abhor " speciesism " as much as they now detest " racism ".
Yerkes, hoping to escape from a city he had grown to detest, embarked upon a campaign for longer streetcar franchises in 1895.
While his career as a critic and writer provided him with a comfortable income, and he had an obvious talent for writing, he came to detest the amount of time spent attending performances to review, as it severely limited his free time to promote his own composition and produce more compositions.
She was brought up to detest France and French ideas.
Clytemnestra ( unsuccessfully ) warns Agamemnon that sacrificing Iphigenia for Helen's sake is, " buying what we most detest with what we hold most dear ".
Much like famed illustrator N. C. Wyeth, Hopper came to detest illustration.
His elder brother, Charles, grew to detest him, resenting Henry's greater health and activity.
Savage finds his new command in disarray and begins to address the discipline problems, dealing with everyone so harshly that the men begin to detest him.
" She taught me to detest the cliché.
Verbs that are often followed by a gerund include admit, adore, anticipate, appreciate, avoid, carry on, consider, contemplate, delay, deny, describe, detest, dislike, enjoy, escape, fancy, feel, finish, give, hear, imagine, include, justify, listen to, mention, mind, miss, notice, observe, perceive, postpone, practice, quit, recall, report, resent, resume, risk, see, sense, sleep, stop, suggest, tolerate and watch.
His capacity to speak German with the King would alone have made Sir Robert detest him.
This book leads to an atheistic philosophy that I detest.
: That great God who is the searcher of my heart knows with what a sad sense I go upon this service, and with what a perfect hatred I detest this war without an enemy ; but I look upon it as sent from God.
: O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend You, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love.
: O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because of thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all-good and deserving of all my love.
: and I detest my sins
He is shown to detest his time at Naval College, and to have a difficult relationship with his austere father.

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