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But it was the Empire, not the Church, which was weak in Italy.—See also Natalis Alex, in sec. 8th dissert.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

Against the supposed translation of the whole     shrines of St. Benedict and St. Scholastica into France, see     Muratori, Antichita, &c., dissert.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

I am not going to dissert on Hood's humor; I am not a fair judge.

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace

They have been well spoken of by two—Southey and Coleridge—of whose most poetical compositions respectively, "Thalaba" and the "Ancient Mariner," in some future volume we may dissert.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

There is a good review of the opinions of the ancients in general, and of Seneca in particular, on this subject in Justus Lipsius' Manuductio ad Stoicam Philosophiam, lib. iii. dissert.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole