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Which probably explains why we give quarter to all these smelly charlatans in the first place.

From Slate Dec. 19, 2012

Yet our faith in her lies in the fact that she will not give quarter to your stupid judgments.

From New York Times Sep. 7, 2012

He inquired if there were any French in the attacking force, and, if so, whether they would give quarter.

From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur

He has never been known to give quarter to any one.

From The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Wait a bit—but I don’t know how I am to ask you to give quarter to the fiends who did all this.

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by W.B. Handforth




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