He was not in strictness a prisoner; but who could trust to the caprice of these lawless men?. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5 - Part IV] Reference
If this much strictness is not applied in the nation’s law, then how will people combat crime. From Wordnik.com. [This is a Warning : Law is Cool] Reference
"Then did I see," Abu-Keshot concluded, "that, although judgment was in strictness with this revengeful tailor, yet the world is not built upon justice alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories] Reference
I think this kind of strictness on the Abaya rule is rooted on the Saudi tradition itself. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Love in Saudi Arabia - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Ratzinger/Benedict is being savaged for his "strictness" and "conservatism" in the press, primarily by writers who praise the Iranian mullahs for being "moderate". From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Papal Bull] Reference
Over time, the "strictness" of the chemical signal might be reduced, resulting in more liberal activation of immune cells and more widespread damage. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
They are dissatisfied with Korbsak's "strictness" in the allocation of state budget to projects overseen by Cabinet members from the smaller coalition parties. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation - Breaking News] Reference
In strictness perhaps the three following sentences. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition] Reference
Discipline, its strictness increased by persecution, 64. From Wordnik.com. [A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)] Reference
Believe that my strictness shall endure no longer than is necessary. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Kasarwanis do not observe the same standard of strictness as the good. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
The judge probably interpreted the statute with extraordinary strictness. From Wordnik.com. [To Call Or Not To Call?] Reference
Our people here are getting out of the strictness of the old social distinctions. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Now this law ought to be applied with the utmost strictness to the art of teaching. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
He never pays any thing but with strictness of law, for fear of which only he steals not. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
With all this, however, the Dhimars practise in some social matters a pharasaical strictness. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
He had very suave and winning ways as confessor, though he enjoined great strictness as preacher. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
She did not humor them to the point of idleness, but wisely ruled with strictness without imperiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Notwithstanding the strictness of confinement in Persia, their women are treated with several indulgences. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
Their tartness and strictness and miserliness had made the life of the girls in the school uncomfortable for some time. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck] Reference
I'll allow you to dictate the strictness with which the rubric is applied, because – after all – it's your birthday. From Wordnik.com. [Readers recommend: songs about anniversaries] Reference
The possibility of visiting the native town was precluded by the peculiar strictness of the regulations imposed upon us. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales] Reference
The virtues to be approved of must be of the most heroic kind: the number of miracles is, in strictness, limited to two. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The same kind of strictness was not shown in other matches the way they were shown in the matches concerning India, "he said. From Wordnik.com. [Zee News : India National]
Every detail of the well kept streets testified to the strictness of the standards set by the white men who governed the town. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
The Baron was compelled by the strictness of the watch to hide, all day and most of the nights, in a cave high up in a wooded glen. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
This strictness on his part would have been thought harsh, had it not been rendered palatable by many sweetening influences of courtesy. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
Purifications are constantly, and with great strictness, performed by the Mussulmans of every country, but especially by those of Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
He talked about Momma and Poppa and the family grocery store in Queens -- the safety, the strictness, the opportunities back when he was growing up. From Wordnik.com. [A Public Poet In Autumn] Reference
She never said what she would do, but Lo knew it was not good, and — for once — he was grateful for his mother's strictness and her determination. From Wordnik.com. [The Man who was followed by butterflies] Reference
Let polygamy become as universal as usury and even the seventh commandment in its strictness will seem impracticable and unkind if not positively cruel. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
For you will continue to compel all in the future, as you have compelled them in the past, to praise your equity, self-control, strictness, and honesty. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
The history of etiquette shows us that not only too much strictness, but also too much laxness, eventually creates a public demand for the opposite approach. From Wordnik.com. [I Beg Your#>%$?* Pardon?] Reference
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