Example Sentences

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I conne you thanck, that like a Lord you can so puissantly gayne your lyuing.

From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William

And acquired qualities are always less puissantly exercised, less effective in the results obtained.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

It invaded all circles with its lowering expedience; and he who was to depict its effects most puissantly did not escape its thrall.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

But, for all their denial, it lives and puissantly reigns.

From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)