disasters
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The superstition fostered corruption as well as incapacity, and it will not be wronging the truth to say that some of the deemsters of old time were both ignorant and unprincipled.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir
The bulk of men are not better than their opportunities, and the temptations of the deemsters of old were neither few nor slight.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir
His barons and beneficed men, his deemsters, knights, esquires, coroners, and yeomen, stood on the lower steps of the mount.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir
His deemsters and barons are about him, and his people are on the sward below.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir
This arbitrary act angered Charles II. and his advisers; the deemsters and others were punished, and some reparation was made to Christian’s family.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
