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Meanings of civilised nation in English

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Usage of civilised nation in English
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No other civilised nation would allow such desecration of its loveliest estuary.
The Guardian
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In every civilised nation the mass of the people are inert and indifferent.
God, the Invisible King
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He must be the sovereign head of a civilised nation.
The Story of Mankind
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The opulent and highly civilised nation leaves the education of the people to free competition.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
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In a really humane and civilised nation:
God and My Neighbour
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The Protestant missionary societies throughout Europe and America were indignant at this conduct of a civilised nation.
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
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The appearance of his book he knew was expected and waited for in every civilised nation of the globe.
A Man's Woman
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I know of no civilised nation where the procedures for dealing with dead soldiers and sailors are not meticulously observed.'
Depths
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It seems Hogan is reminding us that this conventionally civilised nation scrubs its living in the midst of hostile wilderness.
The Irish Times
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But this is not a humane and civilised nation, and never will be while it accepts Christianity as its religion.
God and My Neighbour
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A handful of daring adventurers from a civilised nation wander to some savage country, and reduce the aboriginal race to bondage.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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We Russians are the only so-called civilised nation who are brutal enough for that; but we are far from being civilised really.
The Price of Things
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We can hardly deny to a growing and civilised nation the right to expand at the expense of barbarous hunters and nomads.
Outspoken Essays
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Mr Cooper, in his remarks upon his own countrymen, says, very ill-naturedly-TheAmericans are the grossest feeders of any civilised nation known.
Diary in America, Series Two
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He appeals to the practical utility of the science, for what civilised nation could exist without having the means of measuring time?
Great Astronomers
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He fought against the persuasion that the whole mass of a great civilised nation could be inspired by a genuine and sustained hatred.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
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