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There is no way to "vanquish" them except by means of temporary abatement. From Wordnik.com. [The Hurting] Reference
Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and Fate?. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
He wants to eliminate waste and vanquish mediocrity. From Wordnik.com. [Caesar And Edison And... Saylor?] Reference
In order to vanquish a country, soldiers must be landed. From Wordnik.com. [Minor Detail] Reference
Boreas and the bird of Jove, -- I will vanquish them both. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
If we are to vanquish these scourges, we must learn to help each other. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
The new finding suggests that they could help vanquish dementia as well. From Wordnik.com. [An Alzheimer's Advance] Reference
Strive ye, to the best of your might, to vanquish me or to be vanquished. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
His conception of life has been modified before he has had time to vanquish time. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
"I don't view Toyota as an insurmountable obstacle that GM can't vanquish," says Lutz. From Wordnik.com. [Comin' Through!] Reference
And each man longed for the victor's wreath, to fight and to vanquish his country's foe. From Wordnik.com. [The Frogs] Reference
No one among the celestials, who had mustered there could vanquish in battle Krishna and. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
No way at all to live, so we're going to vanquish those toxins, Mr. Klug, said Marmelzot. From Wordnik.com. [Fasting to a Comfortable Death] Reference
Being away from home also means being away from neighbors, which can vanquish inhibitions. From Wordnik.com. [It's Hotter Away from Home] Reference
On Sunday, a New York Times piece summarized how Democrats are planning "to vanquish the Tea Party.". From Wordnik.com. [The Tea Party and Its Demons] Reference
ANA OLIVEIRAWith charisma and optimism, she hopes to vanquish HIV/AIDS. We all set goals for ourselves. From Wordnik.com. [RED WHITE & PROUD] Reference
He will guide you through life, enable you to vanquish every foe, and crown you with victory in heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Science would vanquish AIDS just as it had polio, measles and smallpox: by immunizing people against it. From Wordnik.com. [Can He Find A Cure?] Reference
And beholding that he could vanquish men, Asuras, and the very gods, his namesake, the powerful king of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Even then it took three months of stubborn fighting to vanquish the Tory opposition in the House of Commons. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Dan let slip that he holds (at an undisclosed location) the magic missive that will finally vanquish the Dark Side. From Wordnik.com. [Maes Hints at Further Super-Secret Revelations: Possibly Jedi Knight?] Reference
When thou art present, O Brahmana, the art of the Asuras will never be able to vanquish, the science of the Brahmana. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
In 1932, for instance, motivated mostly by his desire to vanquish Prohibition, DeMille had voted for Franklin Roosevelt. From Wordnik.com. [Monarch of the Movie Set] Reference
You must know your enemies before you can vanquish them; use the following reconnaissance to win the battle against typos. From Wordnik.com. ['The Great Typo Hunt': America's 10 Most Common Typos (PHOTOS)] Reference
The proconsul would yet try to gain Hilarianus, Saturninus's youngest son, not doubting to vanquish one of his tender age. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
"Nay," said the bishop, "a people who eat tree-bark and drink water, the devil himself would not vanquish, much less a man.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845] Reference
Shell could not vanquish it, so a charge of guncotton was exploded immediately beneath it; then the old warship gave a lurch. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Thus, says St. Austin, did two women, amidst fierce beasts and the swords of gladiators, vanquish the devil and all his fury. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
It was an exceedingly hard place to vanquish, and required two and a half hours of the most violent exertion to accomplish it. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
It stood to reason that if they could so nearly tie their score with the sophs, the juniors would not be difficult to vanquish. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
"Even the Devil," ejaculated the officer, "could not vanquish men who live on wood and water;" and with that he ordered a retreat. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
The wish of merely being wounded ended in a desire to wound; and the desire to wound in a clamorous anxiety to vanquish and destroy. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
But men once determined on freedom, or on national independence, must in the end overcome all obstacles and vanquish every difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
I knew of his discussions with Douglas, but never did I completely vanquish them until Mr. Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg oration, and. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
But there were still a number of Romans who refused to submit to his power, and Cæsar was compelled to go once more to Africa to vanquish. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference
It was by profound humility and perfect interior self-denial that she learned to vanquish in her heart the sentiments or life of the first. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
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