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Caesar, however much he felt that he had been abandoned by his colleague with the purpose that he should face the difficulties of the war alone, nevertheless showed no anger openly.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus by Herbert Baldwin Foster

But had she wedded with the purpose that the believing wife should convert the unbelieving, or confirm the doubting, husband, what then had been her reward?

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott

I would think nothing about this person, as man or woman, but would fill my thought with the purpose that had brought me to the beaver lands.

From Montlivet by Alice Prescott Smith

The passing of thirty or more years made of this light-hearted young midshipman a well-known writer, with the purpose that his next book should tell of this unforgettable region of the great lakes.

From James Fenimore Cooper by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Phillips

What he was saying he was saying very clearly with the purpose that all should hear, and I among the rest benefited by what he said.

From The God of Love by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy




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