potence
Example Sentences
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Without delay an advance was made en potence, and it was confidently anticipated that Stamboul would fall before the insurgent arms.
From Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels by Arbuthnot, George
Femaleness, or Recessiveness, on its side, however—being Life-Energy in the potential—is all the while engendering new potence for Dominance to transform into active, or functioning, power.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
Genius has never fruited to full bloom and potence, because the mothers have so seldom realised the greatness of their task.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
Cobham’s and Kerr’s dragoons flanked them en potence.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
Universe in potence followed the Idea of Creation in Deity, 767-u.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
