purport
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Americans and the English cannot understand the Purport of this Clause.
From American Institutions and Their Influence by Tocqueville, Alexis de
I come now to the Votive Table, which is rich in poetick Graces, however overwhelm’d with Depravation: and Sir George seems as much to have mistaken the Purport, as the Words, of the Inscription.
From Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) by Dick, Hugh G.
"Purport?" repeated the Marquis petulantly, stretching his stiff legs.
From The Lady of the Mount by Isham, Frederic Stewart
Washington on the Purport of the Letter from the Secret Committee.
From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.
Not this the world, Nor these the universes, they the universes, Purport and end, ever the permanent life of life, Eidolons, eidolons.
From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt
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