In 1874, when Gladstone published his pamphlet on The Vatican Decrees, Lord Acton wrote during November and December a series of remarkable letters to The Times, illustrating Gladstone's main theme by numerous historical examples of papal inconsistency, in a way which must have been bitter enough to the ultramontane party, but demurring nevertheless to Gladstone's conclusion and insisting that the Church itself was better than its premisses implied. [Please select]
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They bullied him--they talked him down, demurring mildly, but firmly. [Please select]
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He went through the form of demurring, but yielded gracefully. [Please select]
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The old man glanced at her again, as if demurring. [Please select]
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He lounged along, turning every now and then to look at her, smiling and demurring, his hat on the back of his head. [Please select]
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Well, after much demurring, in they peeped; and most assuredly, through the dim dusk of the morning, a gray figure was seen exerting itself most strenuously. [Please select]
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