How To Use Justly In A Sentence

So far is he from admitting the possibility of any dissiliency between the Divine will and absolute right, that he turns the tables on his opponents, and classes among Atheists those of his contemporaries who maintain that God can command what is contrary to the intrinsic right; that He has no inclination to the good of his creatures; that He can justly doom an innocent being to eternal torments; or that whatever God wills is just because He wills it. A Manual of Moral Philosophy
I. iii.21 (405,9) He shall live a man forbid] Mr. Theobald has very justly explained _forbid_ by _accursed_, but without giving any reason of his interpretation. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies
It was said that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by _national punishments_, and that the continuance of the slave trade, and thus giving it a national character, sanction, and encouragement, ought to be considered as justly exposing us to the displeasure and vengeance of him who is equally the Lord of all, and who views with equal eye the poor _African slave_ and his _American master_! [ The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
In other words, to ensure good governance where all are treated equally and justly.
_They_ were compelled to regard exploitage as a cruel but eternally unavoidable condition of the progress of civilisation; for when they lived it was and it always had been a necessity of civilisation, and they could not justly be expected to anticipate such a fundamental revolution in the conditions of human existence as must necessarily precede the passage from exploitage to economic equity. Freeland A Social Anticipation

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If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them, with trifles and gingles, but use them justly and graciously, with sufficient guard nevertheless; and do not win their favor, by helping them to invade their enemies, but for their defence it is not amiss; and send oft of them, over to the country that plants, that they may see a better condition than their own, and commend it when they return. The Essays
But others, founding their assertions upon more plausible reasoning, say that the petty Mussulman kings, who were the neighbours or tributaries of Benabad, justly alarmed at his alliance with a {93} Christian king, solicited the support of the Almoravide. History of the Moors of Spain
Tulliver most justly sets down as a "nincompoop" -- is almost sillier than Famous Reviews
The place is justly famed for its antipasti and the final limoncello; you might want to skip straight from one to the other.
Justly indignant at our folly, for quarrelling is not allowed in his domains, the King laid us under sentence of banishment, decreeing that we should spend the fifteenth night of each month in this dreary forest until a tailor came who could mend the garments we had torn. Folk Tales From Many Lands
This brilliant wheel, justly called a splendor, is attached to a conical cap on the head of the dancer, held by a ribbon or kerchief tied under the chin. Did You Know? Quetzal Dancers in Puebla, Mexico
Second, they'd imply that Chalabi had been unjustly maligned or demonized by opponents with other agendas to pursue.
The neighbourhood, however, is interesting enough on account of the curious aqueducts for supplying the town with water, and the Mercede forest which, in D'Urville's opinion, might more justly be called a coppice, for it contains nothing but shrubs and ferns. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
In such a situation no individual is any longer penalized and none is unjustly enriched.
Trumped-up charges of conspiracy to overthrow the queen, and an unjustly conducted prosecution, brought conviction of treason and hanging at Tyburn.
The vessels of the Mangalore merchants came here to trade with the natives of this part of India for cargoes of spices, a fine kind of cloth called buckram and other valuable wares; but their vessels were frequently attacked, and too often pillaged by the pirates who infested these seas, and who were justly regarded as formidable enemies. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World
There were, in truth, many such theories, and to some of them the term metaphysical, in M. Comte's sense, cannot justly be applied. Auguste Comte and Positivism
Mr. Schoolcraft prefers, and quite justly the name Iroquois, as descriptive of this confederacy, instead of Six Nations, since the term is well known, and applicable to them in every part of their history. An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830
When we fail to justly punish the criminal, the community sees justice aborted.
Had they swayed the sceptre justly, they had been repaid the like, But they were unjust, and Fortune guerdoned them with dole and teen. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I
Our increased knowledge of hygiene has transformed resignation and inaction in face of epidemic disease from a religious virtue to a justly punishable offence. Infinite in All Directions
One fella on the bus seemed particularly pleased with himself and not unjustly the crowd called him a johnny.
The manager will feel justly proud of their performance. Times, Sunday Times
No government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.
You can be justly proud of your achievement.
The offender may then be justly punished by opinion, though not by law. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
Do you remember when Burnley were justly famous for the young players they turned out, seemingly week after week? Times, Sunday Times
Returning to England as "the Heroine of the Crimea", she used personal illness (a disabling condition that Bostridge and his peers identify as brucellosis) to hold her family at bay so as to be free to focus on the business of sanitary and medical reform for which she has become justly celebrated. Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk
An justly award-winning example of new media exists in the consultants' clinic dealing with rheumatism and other bone diseases.
a will, which renders me justly responsible for my actions, omissive as well as commissive. Literary Remains, Volume 1
Primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, could never be so justly applied as in this case. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland
His claim to be an important and unjustly neglected painter is sheer self-deception - he's no good at all.
Golf, now justly cried down by our laws, {2} as the mother of cursing and idleness, mischief and wastery, of which game, as I verily believe, the devil himself is the father. A Monk of Fife
Are not the United States now _free_ to adopt such measures as an independent nation may _justly adopt_ in defense of its _rights and honor_? Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics
We should not ask, Why treat people justly?
Although her economical style can sacrifice immediacy and intimacy, this is a fiercely indignant and justly cynical work. Times, Sunday Times
This, notwithstanding the dash of falsehood which may exist in Werter itself, and the boundless delirium of extravagance which it called forth in others, is a high praise which cannot justly be denied it. Criticism and Interpretation. By Thomas Carlyle
Diana had often dreamed of the City of London as the seat of magic; and taking the City's contempt for authorcraft and the intangible as, from its point of view, justly founded, she had mixed her dream strangely with an ancient notion of the City's probity. Diana of the Crossways — Complete
The justly famous building that replaced it once more illustrated Wren's genius for combining classical and Gothic themes.
We need afederal law that any time someone is kept off the ballot and it is later determined by a Federal agency that is was done unjustly, the state has to pay several million dollars in restitution. Ballot Access News
All he can do to protect himself is to pay into court what is justly due or what the plaintiff may prove likely to recover.
When it is mingled with black bile and dispersed about the courses of the head, which are the divinest part of us, the attack if coming on in sleep, is not so severe; but when assailing those who are awake it is hard to be got rid of, and being an affection of a sacred part, is most justly called sacred. Timaeus
One could justly add that Spielberg's magic touch is tangible, even if it appears a little unconcerned.
Think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Most of my salary went on paying off my student debts, but I felt justly rewarded for investing in my education. The Sun
In a nutshell, when the masses justly resist, it is an honor and an obligation to stand in support of such resistance.
The rule of law means one thing: enforcement of the law fairly and justly for everyone.
Springy of the justly curl about that he lapidarian it laudably and that you feoff to get tillable on sin and showily a rube in the monarch is unsubtle. Rational Review
Her efforts were justly rewarded with a British Empire Medal.
I was trying to speak up on behalf of the unjustly stigmatized, but I was treated as if I were some kind of soft-headed spam lover.
In the unlikely event that the police do find that a vehicle has been unjustly impounded by one of their members and they return the vehicle, who will pay the towage and storage costs?
Oh! may we soon blot out the reproach which that neglect has justly rendered us liable to, since we abolished the novercal government of Britain! Observations on the slaves and the indented servants, inlisted in the army, and in the navy of the United States.
But now such as justly deserve the names of complacencies and joys are wholly refined from their contraries, and are immixed with neither vexation, remorse, nor repentance; and their good is congenial to the mind and truly mental and genuine, and not superinduced. Essays and Miscellanies
It had been part of his plan to stun and confuse Ravenswood's ideas, by a complicated and technical statement of the matters which had been in debate betwixt their families, justly thinking that it would be difficult for a youth of his age to follow the expositions of a practical lawyer, concerning actions of compt and reckoning, and of multiplepoindings, and adjudications and wadsets, proper and improper, and poindings of the ground, and declarations of the expiry of the legal. The Bride of Lammermoor
Whether justly or unjustly acquired, various forms of wealth can become our master, shaping and filling our lives in a godlike manner.
If I were to destroy what those who came before me established, I should be justly convicted of being not a builder, but an overthrower, so testifies the voice of the Truth, who says ‘Every kingdom divided against itself shall not stand’ (Lk 11: 17); and every science and law divided against itself shall be destroyed. It’s a miracle Shea-Porter didn’t talk about cooking her colleagues’ dinners. | RedState
She was unjustly accused of stealing money and then given the sack.
He later learns that he was framed and unjustly imprisoned.
To the Miscellanies succeed the Anacreontics, or paraphrastical translations of some little poems, which pass, however justly, under the name of Anacreon. Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley
Although her economical style can sacrifice immediacy and intimacy, this is a fiercely indignant and justly cynical work. Times, Sunday Times
Australians are justly proud of their native wildlife.
His advocacy on a wide range of human rights issues is something of which he can be justly proud.
Scholarly literature justly notes that Russia has so far failed to put in place a developed body of social legislation of a social-minded state.
I have chosen to retain my informer’s phrase, not being able justly to determine whether it is a corruption of the word apoplexy, as my friend Mr. Oldbuck supposes, or the name of some peculiar disorder incidental to those who have concern in the courts of law, as many callings and conditions of men have diseases appropriate to themselves. Redgauntlet
It was said that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by _national punishments_, and that the continuance of the slave trade, and thus giving it a national character, sanction, and encouragement, ought to be considered as justly exposing us to the displeasure and vengeance of him who is equally the Lord of all, and who views with equal eye the poor _African slave_ and his _American master! The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
We are asserting a legal claim in the name of people who were individually and collectively unjustly deprived of their assets. Times, Sunday Times
The last scene of the book is justly renowned.
The Communists dutifully echoed his admission, disclosing that even loyal Vietminh veterans had been unjustly tried and executed.
In this handsome new collection, the band shows it is justly proud of one of the least affected, most affecting voices around.
Hearing Beatrix get ticked off (unjustly) one day, Rosamund is chilled by the tone of Ivy’s voice: ‘She didn’t raise it, not at all. The Rain Before It Falls « Tales from the Reading Room
The pope and the sacred college had never been dazzled by his specious professions; they were justly offended by the insolence of his conduct; a cardinal legate was sent to Italy, and after some fruitless treaty, and two personal interviews, he fulminated a bull of excommunication, in which the tribune is degraded from his office, and branded with the guilt of rebellion, sacrilege, and heresy. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Although it is justly well known for its Sunday buffet, this is a good place to dine in at any time.
We do so because we recognise that unjustly taking another's property is immoral.
One, who in our climate, should expect better weather in any week of June than in one of December, would reason justly, and conformably to experience; but it is certain, that he may happen, in the event, to find himself mistaken.
Her efforts were justly rewarded with a British Empire Medal.
But he can justly claim that it is unrecognisable from a few years ago. Times, Sunday Times
His claim to be an important and unjustly neglected painter is sheer self-deception - he's no good at all.
IV. ii.91 (101,4) [that spirit's possess'd with haste, That wounds the unresisting postern with these strokes] The line is irregular, and the _unresisting postern_ so strange an expression, that want of measure, and want of sense, might justly raise suspicion of an errour, yet none of the later editors seem to have supposed the place faulty, except sir Tho. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
A man awakens to find himself in poverty instead of in wealth; his possessions suddenly swept away; or from health, he, or some one whose life is still dearer to him than his own, prostrated with illness; or to find himself unjustly accused or maligned, or misunderstood, or to encounter some other of the myriad phases of what he calls misfortune and tribulation. The Life Radiant
Because of his actions 46 people were imprisoned unjustly and lost their freedom for more than three years.
Rochdale could be justly proud of the role it played in helping the Allies to victory in World War Two.
Those nations however, who did not of themselves raise up their eyes unto heaven, nor returned thanks to their Maker, nor wished to behold the light of truth, but who were like blind mice concealed in the depths of ignorance, the word justly reckons "as waste water from a sink, and as the turning-weight of a balance -- in fact, as nothing; ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
How could such a global triage be executed justly?
It has obtained such reputation as it possesses, partly because of its invention or improvement of the fable of "Surrey and Geraldine"; more, and more justly, because it does work up a certain amount of historical material -- the wars of Henry VIII. in French Flanders -- into something premonitory (with a little kindness on the part of the premonished) of the great and long missed historical novel; still more for something else. The English Novel
We are asserting a legal claim in the name of people who were individually and collectively unjustly deprived of their assets. Times, Sunday Times
It was then proved to him that even his own principle did not justly apply here.
The company is justly proud of its technical excellence. MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices
The ‘three great religions’ are all susceptible to this charge, although their adherents may aptly and justly interpret the texts in a humanist or universalist way.
My mother too is dead, and I am called her murderess, unjustly it is true, but still that injustice is mine to bear; and she that was the glory of my house, my darling child, is growing old and grey, unwedded still; and those twin brethren, called the sons of Zeus, are now no more. Helen
Mrs. Catherine Weston of Ferryland Plaintiff on the 17th August last made Complaint upon Oath before Our Justices of our Court of Common pleas that William McDaniel of Ferryland planter is justly Indebted to her in the sum of One hundred and nine pounds four shillings and fivepence sterling being for the Amount of a Book-debt, and that he refuses payment thereof although thereunto frequently required. Gutenber-e Help Page
We're justly proud of them and justly proud of our product. Times, Sunday Times
It was once proposed to discriminate the slaves by a peculiar habit; but it was justly apprehended that there might be some danger in acquainting them with their own numbers. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Great artists mix with the unjustly neglected to form a smooth, cohesive whole. Times, Sunday Times
They have by their very nature to stand for peace and educate people in forming their consciences to act justly and peacefully.
The Province Northern Ireland is justly famous for its great natural beauty and the warmth and hospitality of its people.
Sir Joshua nowhere recommends _careless_ style; on the contrary, he every where urges the student to laborious toil, in order that he may acquire that facility which Sir Joshua so justly calls captivating, and which afterwards Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843
Stanhopes a cab; two cabs a landaulet and pair; and so on up to the state-coach; and as their numerical relation, so is the degree of respect they may justly exact. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829
I have chosen to retain my informer's phrase, not being able justly to determine whether it is a corruption of the word apoplexy, as my friend Mr. Oldbuck supposes, or the name of some peculiar disorder incidental to those who have concern in the courts of law, as many callings and conditions of men have diseases appropriate to themselves. Redgauntlet
If we be barren and unfruitful towards God, justly is the earth made so to us. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
He was justly proud of his squad. The Sun
Covetousness is not only in getting riches unjustly, but in loving them inordinately, which is a key that opens the door to all sin. The Lord's Prayer
The justly famous Bondi is stuffed with silly people jogging about in tiny swimwear, but it also has real atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times
The unparalleled rapidity with which he rode from Cape Town to Grahamstown, a distance of 600 miles, accomplishing it in less than six days; his indefatigable and most able exertion from the moment of his arrival to expel the savage enemy from the ground their unexpected and treacherous invasion had gained – to afford protection and support to the inhabitants; to restore confidence and to organize the armed population, and combine the resources of the country – have been beyond all praise, and justly entitle him to the grateful acknowledgments of the Colony and of the Commander-in-Chief. The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
In which censure I think I am no tyrant, which the philosopher names the worst of wild beasts; I am sure I am no flatterer, which he calls justly, the worst of tame beasts, — Kai tauta men dē tauta. Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
He had a strong sense of justice: I recall his fury about one poor man who was being unjustly accused of indecent exposure because he had stumbled undressed from bed to close his curtains.
Andrew Jackson, the first president from the western frontier, was unjustly accused of bigamy and derided as an unschooled ignoramus.
_All magistrates, who have been_ unjustly turned out, shall _forthwith resume their former_ employments; as well as all the boroughs of England shall return again to _their ancient prescriptions and charters_, and, more particularly, that _the ancient_ charter of the great and famous city of London shall again be in force; and that the writs for the members of Parliament shall be addressed to the _proper officers, according to law and custom_. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12)
Of course the presence of either of these defects is certainly and correctly indicated by the appearance of one or the other of the colors, under certain circumstances; but the simple visibility of prismatic color is by no means a reliable indication of over or under correction of color, and, indeed, to the honor of our opticians, it may be stated that very few objectives are made that cannot justly be called achromatic in the general sense of the term. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886
Catherine Weston of Ferryland made Complaint upon Oath that William McDaniel of Ferryland planter is justly Indebted to her in the Sum of one hundred and nine pounds four shillings and five pence sterling which he has refused to pay; … praying that justice may be done her. Gutenber-e Help Page
The buck-passer forgoes simple rules of ethics, letting someone else unjustly suffer the consequences, usually shifting the blame for what went wrong on to someone less powerful than he. Living with the Passive—Aggressive Man
We are asserting a legal claim in the name of people who were individually and collectively unjustly deprived of their assets. Times, Sunday Times
‘Abidan, they say the consciousness of doing justly is the best basis of a happy mind.’ Chapter 3 - Part IX
He justly observes that "moko" is the counterpart of the armorial bearings of which many families in Europe are so vain. In Search of the Castaways
_angaria_, _angariare_, in medieval Latin, and the rare English derivatives "angariate," "angariation," came to mean any service which was forcibly or unjustly demanded, and oppression in general. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
As to his reputation as a canonist, while all must acknowledge his wonderful productivity and his high purpose, and while he has been justly called the restorer of the science of canon law in France, it must nevertheless be said that he falls short of being a great canonist; he is too often compiler rather than a genuine author, and he too frequently betrays a lack of that juridical sense which comes more from practice than from theory, and which begets the ability to pronounce justly on the lawfulness and unlawfulness of existing practices. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
The equity of that government is justly suspected by others which is so suspicious of itself as to take notice of, or be influenced by, the secret, various, uncertain mutterings of the common people. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
The climax of the film is a justly celebrated sequence in which the camera glides over a crowded dancefloor to pick out the true murderer.
Your faux tears for the unjustly imprisoned and lack of concern for the unjustly murdered is to me absolutely criminal. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit?
For however famous a man may become in other respects, he cannot, I think, be justly termed eugenic if deficient in the qualities I have just named. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science
From Abraham's bold-faced reproach in Genesis 18, "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do justly?"
he was unjustly singled out for punishment
Please be assured that I will not tolerate myself, or my hard-working co-workers to be unjustly aspersed.
Fair warning was indeed given them, by Isaiah and other prophets of the Lord, of this desolation; but they slighted that notice, and would give no credit to it, and therefore justly is it so ordered that they should have no other notice of it, but that partly through their own security, and partly through the swiftness and subtlety of the enemy, when it came it should be a perfect surprise to them. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Yet, and only, because both are set in the free-market talent jungle of New York's artistic netherworld, Moon bears a cursory resemblance to Another Country, Baldwin's justly celebrated New York novel.
He was often, and probably justly, accused of underacting in the movies, but never of overacting.
Vampyre Update kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - News Article Girlfriend of 'vampyre' gubernatorial candidate is fired: The partner of the new gubernatorial candidate, Jonathon 'The Impaler' Sharkey, says she's been unjustly fired from her job. Archive 2006-01-15
To Swinburne, as he says, the distinction between books and life is but a 'dullard's distinction,' and it may justly be said of him that it is with an equal instinct and an equal enthusiasm that he is drawn to whatever in nature, in men, in books, or in ideas is great, noble, and heroic. Figures of Several Centuries
I think you are wrong, notwithstanding, Bluewater, in talking of refusing the riband, which is so justly your due, for a dozen different acts. The Two Admirals
To treat a man justly is to treat him as God would have him treated, and this involves a recognition of his value as a person and not simply a recognition of his membership within a certain class. The Continuing World Conflict
For the face of the Colonel was hard and stern as a block of bogwood oak; and though the men might pity me and think me unjustly executed, yet they must obey their orders, or themselves be put to death. Lorna Doone
If the capture is al Qaeda, then he would have to be self deluding to believe that he was being held "unjustly. Balkinization
She was unjustly imprisoned without trial.
This, under the circumstances, has been justly characterized by one of the witnesses as an expression of remonstrance or expostulation.
And yet I have no purpose to enter into a laudative of learning, or to make a hymn to the Muses (though I am of opinion that it is long since their rites were duly celebrated), but my intent is, without varnish or amplification justly to weigh the dignity of knowledge in the balance with other things, and to take the true value thereof by testimonies and arguments, divine and human. The Advancement of Learning
Our increased knowledge of hygiene has transformed resignation and inaction in face of epidemic disease from a religious virtue to a justly punishable offence. Infinite in All Directions
If you would not mind, a crew manifest would expedite the release of any unjustly imprisoned.
He knew he had by his sin grieved the Spirit and provoked him to with draw, and that because he also was flesh God might justly have said that his Spirit should no more strive with him nor work upon him, Gen. vi. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
In spite of the old mans complaints, it was evident that he was proud, and justly proud of his prosperity, proud of his sons, his nephew, his sons wives, his horses and his cows, and especially of the fact that he was keeping all this farming going. Chapter XXV. Part III
The wretched uncles were justly punished by being sent to Siberia for life.
Thus wilful hardness is justly punished with judicial hardness. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Only the triumph of nonviolence, secured through just laws justly applied, will bring the terrorists down.
They are told with wit and humour that are nowhere present to the same degree in the rest of the novelist’s work, and in their colouring, as Taine justly remarks, recall Jordaens’ painting with its vivid carnation tints. Balzac
He laid emphasis on the use of local ingredients, and can justly be regarded as one of the earliest regional cookery writers.
He is leading an initiative to rewrite school books which he says unjustly glorify the partisans who struggled against fascism during World War Two.
These united qualities correct acids in the stomach, cleanse the lungs, and open obstructions in the glands caused by coagulated serum; and the saline pungent oil altering the acids in the glands of the brain, by correcting and attenuating its lympha and succus nervosus, produces the same effect; for the lympha and nervous juice are, like other glandulous humours, liable to acidity and stagnation; therefore these aromatics, by exciting their motion and correcting their acidities, render the liquids of the nerves more volatile, and are therefore justly termed cephalics. A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves
Those who immediately forged and promoted that lie of his being stolen away were justly given up to strong delusions to believe it, and not suffered to be undeceived by his being shown to all the people; and so much the greater shall be the blessedness of those who have not seen, and yet have believed -- Nec ille se in vulgus edixit, ne impii errore, liberarentur; ut et fides non praemio mediocri destinato difficultate constaret -- He showed not himself to the people at large, lest the impious among them should have been forthwith loosed from their error, and that faith, the reward of which is so ample, might be exercised with a degree of difficulty. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
One doesn't need to compare and contrast - It's a moment one can be justly proud of.
Brothers and friends -- When your forefathers first met on this island, your red brethren were very numerous; but, since the introduction amongst us of what you call spirituous liquors, and what we think may justly be called poison, our numbers are greatly diminished. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians
I believe the Icelandic people are willing and able to undergo hardship to help our country recover from the catastrophic collapse, as long as the hardship is spread throughout the population, and those who unjustly profited from their decisions are put in their place. Iris Erlingsdottir: Iceland Is Simmering
Now even the law is finding itself vulnerable to the all-pervasive power of the internet - and this is bad news, not just for royalty, but for any innocent person who finds himself unjustly accused.
Australians are justly proud of their native wildlife.
It was said that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by _national punishments_, and that the continuance of the slave trade, and thus giving it a national character, sanction, and encouragement, ought to be considered as justly exposing us to the displeasure and vengeance of him who is equally the Lord of all, and who views with equal eye the poor _African slave_ and his _American master! The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
And, of course, Scotland today is justly renowned as a land entirely without poverty and crime.
The heroine's honour is unjustly impugned, but her alleged crime is such a peccadillo that the emotions associated with it seem ludicrously overblown.
Diana had often dreamed of the City of London as the seat of magic; and taking the City's contempt for authorcraft and the intangible as, from its point of view, justly founded, she had mixed her dream strangely with an ancient notion of the Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
This sermon is an explanation to his followers on how to act justly in order to gain their Salvation. Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Two - Grace, Salvation, and Redemption | Heretical Ideas Magazine
How, again, can we explain the idea, held by so many religious people, that an omnipotent and benevolent God can justly condemn people to an eternity of torture?
Hall Haddo, 'says he, sub voce Peden,' or Hell Haddo, as he was more justly to be called, a pokeful of old condemned errors and the filthy vile lusts of the flesh, a published whore-monger, a common gross drunkard, continually and godlessly scraping and skirling on Lay Morals
Springy of the justly curl about that he lapidarian it laudably and that you feoff to get tillable on sin and showily a rube in the monarch is unsubtle. Rational Review
Dispossess unlawfully or unjustly; oust. emercement (amercement) The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference
These two years commence from the end of the three months which he spent in the synagogue (v. 8); after they were ended, he continued for some time in the country about, preaching; therefore he might justly reckon it in all three years, as he does, ch. xx. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Great artists mix with the unjustly neglected to form a smooth, cohesive whole. Times, Sunday Times
The Minho is justly proud of its cuisine, although its hearty traditions may not appeal to the fainthearted. Within Portugal's Cradle
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
If I were to destroy what those who came before me established, I should be justly convicted of being not a builder, but an overthrower, so testifies the voice of the Truth, who says ‘Every kingdom divided against itself shall not stand’ Lk 11:17; and every science and law divided against itself shall be destroyed. Obama the Patronizing Lecturer, Refusing to Yield and Force on you the Change You Don’t Want | RedState
It consists chiefly (but by no means without exception) of people of considerable birth, rank, and character; for people of neither birth nor rank are frequently, and very justly admitted into it, if distinguished by any peculiar merit, or eminency in any liberal art or science. Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
Islam does condemn in the strongest terms the beliefs and the practices of the polytheists and the idol worshippers, but it nowhere permits a Muslim to deal arrogantly or unjustly with them.
Yet this condition is always annexed to the confederation, that if man be unmindful of the covenant and a contemner of its pleasant rule, he may always be impelled or governed by that domination which is really lordly, strict and rigid, and into which, he who refuses to obey the other [species of rule], justly falls. The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2
Dr Johnson justly observed, that, ‘to go and see one druidical temple is only to see that it is nothing, for there is neither art nor power in it; and seeing one is quite enough’. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Consequently, success is not measured by who is justified, but by who is willing to live justly with the other.
As for those who have calumniated you by leasing - making, I protest to Heaven I think they have justly incurred the penalty of the "Memnonia Lex," also called "Lex Rhemnia," which is prelected upon by Tullius in his oration "In Verrem. Waverley — Complete
The hospital of St. Leonard's has compelled us unjustly to render them a thrave of corn. The Last of the Barons — Volume 06
Because of his actions 46 people were imprisoned unjustly and lost their freedom for more than three years.
(UPDATE: Missed at first the Angel bit about souls in jars — it was a double shoutout to both his unjustly canceled shows …) Dollhouse « Gerry Canavan
I am aware that it may justly be called mystical. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings
The sin of barrenness is justly punished with the curse and plague of barrenness; Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
One doesn't need to compare and contrast - It's a moment one can be justly proud of.
He is, justly, rather proud of it. Times, Sunday Times
Neither is it in Gods esteem the diminution of his glory, when honorable things are spoken of good men and worthy magistrates; which if I now first should begin to do, after so fair a progress of your laudable deeds, and such a long obligement upon the whole realm to your indefatigable virtues, I might be justly reckoned among the tardiest, and the unwillingest of them that praise ye. Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing: Paras 1-19
The most negative rendering is that the steward is justly charged with intentionally dissipating the owner's resources.
Ministers might justly argue that in this case the dissent is also politically ambiguous, given the diverse support for the amendment.
Slavery, therefore, was the cause, the _causa causans_, and whilst we should use all wise and _constitutional_ means to secure its gradual disappearance, yet we should act justly, remembering how, when, and under what flag slavery was forced upon the protesting and opposing South, then feeble colonies of England. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
After all, the wild Indians could not be justly termed improvident, when their manner of life is taken into consideration. Indian Boyhood
Camerino had come on first; in an access of jealous fury the Count had struck Camerino in the face; and this outrage, I know not how justly, was deemed expiable before the other. The Diary of a Man of Fifty
It has become one of the most copied and justly famous pieces of pop art. Times, Sunday Times
It has also made him a target for those who believe that they have been unjustly treated as a result of the courts' reliance on his testimony.
If someone thinks a vehicle has been taken unjustly, he or she has to apply to the police.
Had this questionnaire been produced two years ago, before Museum Services were accused (no doubt unjustly) of backstairs negotiations, the questions would have been highly appropriate.
I think that's a point about which American patriots can be justly proud.
Here an intelligent, self-taught inmate, Jim, works as a file clerk, unjustly called a stoolie by his fellow prisoners although he strives to help them.
All was quietly ended by the curate; and Don Fernando paid the whole sum, although the judge had also most liberally offered to do it; and all of them remained afterwards in such quietness and peace, as the inn did no longer resemble the discorded camp of Agramante, as Don Quixote termed it, but rather enjoyed the very peace and tranquillity of the Emperor Octavians time; for all which the common opinion was, that thanks were justly due to the sincere proceeding and great eloquence of master curate, and to the incomparable liberality and goodness of Don Fernando. The Fourth Book. XIX. In Which Is Finished the Notable Adventure of the Troopers, and the Great Ferocity of Our Knight, Don Quixote, and How He Was Enchanted
It is, indeed, the idea of fierceness, and not of bravery, which destroys the female character; for who can read the story of the justly celebrated The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Given the philosophical attitude with which he approaches his art, it probably won't come as a surprise that the humble Alvin is one of those music legends who falls firmly in the unjustly uncelebrated category.
Ministers might justly argue that in this case the dissent is also politically ambiguous, given the diverse support for the amendment.
In the real world, men actually lack respect for justice, and often treat others unfairly and unjustly. Dr T.P.Chia
This has been justly called perverted ambition, and Milton stamped it with terrible condemnation when he put into the mouth of his arch fiend the sentiment -- "better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1
He stands upon a lower grade of the social step-ladder than the _claqueur_; very unjustly, as it appears to us, his scope for the display of original genius being decidedly larger. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847
You can be justly proud of your achievement.
True, many individuals and groups justly received land or compensation for that of which they had been robbed by previous governments.
Despite some recent speculation to the contrary, he now looks certain to be given the time and space to deliver on a venture that he can justly claim as his.

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