Sentence examples for peaceable times from inspiring English sources

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In an inversion of Eastlake's argument (discussed in Chapter 1) that physiognomy protected unfairly targeted strangers, Galton argued that 'in civilized lands and in peaceable times, the chief use of a sure means of identification is to benefit society by deflecting rogues, rather than to establish the identity of men who are honest.

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In a fourteenth-century English primer, it was translated into English, and the prayer was now that "our times be peaceable".

ON a glistening moonlit night in midwinter, downtown Chatham put me in mind of that Norman Rockwell painting of Stockbridge, Mass., at Christmastime: prosperous, peaceable and frozen in time, circa 1957.

From that time on, peaceable 5th Avenue became the scene of their Sunday March for this group of women that grew in number and prestige over the years.

"These are difficult conversations to have," said Dr. Levin, author of "Teaching Young Children in Violent Times: Building a Peaceable Classroom," published in 1994 by Educators for Social Responsibility.

By the final series against Vancouver, they fully embraced their image as the big, bad Bruins, a persona that was cemented during a Game 6 scrum when the pesty forward Brad Marchand struck the Canucks' peaceable Daniel Sedin at least six times in the face with his gloved fist.

Most of the time she was peaceable enough, but she could be withering and unanswerable.

In normal times, Sark is a peaceable community.

This could be a difficult time to sell a "Peaceable Kingdom".

The secret report asserted that Mr. Burke was a "close associate" of two leaders in Time's Up, a peaceable activist group that agitated — sometimes with civil disobedience — to create a bicycle-friendly city and to sustain community gardens.

It led to, among other things, a less than peaceable split with Scott Wilson, his long-time writing partner (although Sultan elects not to name the guitarist in interview), and other members of his team.

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