exigences
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O thou, that hereafter shalt be the great derision of thine enemies! which of the two shall depend upon himself in exigences with most certainty?
From The Works of Horace by Horace
His weakness was not, however, shared by the ladies who, having him fast in their grips, knelt, under the exigences of the situation, beside him.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
Then, to meet the exigences of his case, in opposition to Christianity in the Roman Empire, he made the ecclesiastical hierarchies in union with the civil government the medium of his rule.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar
Similar historical relations and similar national exigences of the time bind us to Italy.
From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley
The Western emperors established their courts in various parts of Europe, their locations being usually determined by the exigences of rivalry and the territorial success of their usurpation.
From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred
