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Errors of these various types have been made by the scribes of every country and every age, irrespectively of the handwriting and language of the originals.

From Introduction to the Study of History by Berry, George Godfrey

Sometimes the forces of attraction and repulsion create strong ties of sympathy or lead to acts of repudiation which cross frontiers irrespectively of the indications on the barometer of foreign politics.

From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)

To submit absolutely would either be a virtual acknowledgment of the infallibility of the authority, or a confession that an ecclesiastical decision necessarily bound the mind irrespectively of its truth or justice.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

It had been the custom of wealthy ladies in Jerusalem to provide this stupefying potion at their own expense, and they did so quite irrespectively of their sympathy for any individual criminal.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

In fine, benevolence to the lost is the spirit of Jesus, and good-will to mankind irrespectively, is the genius of his gospel.

From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by Reynolds, John N.