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The expansion of the Elijah rite, Rabbi Bronstein explains somewhat prolixly, is a move "to preserve a sense of reverence before the mysterious pluralities of the transcendent."

From Time Magazine Archive

Command those fathers who are out of Goa, to write to him from time to time, but not too prolixly; and to give him an account of the fruit of their labours.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir

At all events, he had recently, in the presence of the Scottish Commissioners themselves, been reasoning "prolixly, earnestly, and passionately" for universal Toleration.

From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David

In looking back upon the subject, which has thus been discussed, too briefly for its merits, but too prolixly for your patience, several important inferences force themselves upon our attention.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

Thy pardon for this long and tedious case, Which, now that I review it, needs must seem Unduly dwelt on, prolixly set forth.

From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various