with greater reason

Example Sentences

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Now, why should they not in like manner, and even with greater reason, have rescued the bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul, if it were only for decent burial?

From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry

Others, certainly with greater reason, desire to unify activity and mechanism in a more general concept, though admitting that they are specifically distinct.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

But, far the greater number of visitors, perhaps with greater reason, find more of charm and interest in the city itself than in the suburbs or the surrounding country.

From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)

Therefore the intellect of the angel, which is higher in the order of nature, can with greater reason do this.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The Italian bishops and barons, less superstitious than the Germans, and with greater reason to resent the domineering graspingness of Gregory, were ready to espouse the Emperor's cause.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes