It holds that pure and honest legislators cannot spring from filth and trickery, and in subservience to this view, discountenances the unfair conduction of general elections, and favors the extension, by law, of the "Australian ballot" to the primary election of all political parties. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Their knowledge of me is only of the hearsay type the spy discountenances. ❋ Myers, Howard L (2003)
Whites were "a community which discountenances the development of a just society predicated on principles of equality and fairness, but would rather there was a continuation of Rhodesian socio-economic system," he said. ❋ Unknown (2001)
And you mistrust information which discountenances itself, by borrowing the magical robe of verse! ❋ Various (N/A)
The late Dr. Pegg, the antiquary, discountenances this tradition. ❋ Various (N/A)
He has entirely broken off from his old habits of swearing and gambling, and discountenances them among the people. ❋ Mrs. William T. Savage (N/A)
He forcibly and definitely discountenances the method which transfers it to the domain of religion. ❋ Eberhard Dennert (N/A)
Spiritual insight is blinded by carnal desire; conduct is influenced by unbridled license; bigotry and hatred are fostered by his policy of intoleration; and his followers are enslaved by a tyranny that blights the reason, because it discountenances inquiry, and places an insurmountable barrier in the way of all human progress. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
If it discourages the extravagant hopes of a gifted parent that his children on the average will inherit all his powers, it not less discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit all his weakness and disease. ❋ Paul Popenoe (1933)
Fabian Society steadfastly discountenances all schemes for securing to any person or any group of persons the entire product of their labour. ❋ J. Ellis Barker (1909)
A man, by falling in love with her, or marrying her, is brought into conflict with the social convention which discountenances the woman. ❋ Unknown (1903)
The Prince of Taranto discountenances the proposed crime, for the Queen's fair name would suffer. ❋ Downer, Charles A (1901)
On the contrary, this kind of emulation indirectly discountenances participation in productive labour. ❋ Unknown (1899)
But that canon of reputability which discountenances all employment that is of the nature of productive effort is still at hand, and will permit nothing beyond the most transient vogue to any employment that is substantially useful or productive. ❋ Unknown (1899)
These statistics seem conscientious and reliable, and we are safe in taking them as indicative of the usual result, which discountenances the old reports of death as taking place some time before extraction. ❋ Unknown (1896)
_Formula_ also makes no efforts whatever to harmonize them, but rather discountenances and warns against all attempts to cater to human reason in this respect, and insists that both doctrines be maintained intact and taught conjointly. ❋ Unknown (1894)
