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I conjure you, Madam, I repeat it, Be not precipitate in anything; lest, as my fear is, you replunge Europe into the troubles it has only just escaped from!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Carlyle, Thomas

The blows which he struck these monsters, made them replunge into the sea; but a few seconds after, they re-appeared upon the surface, and did not seem at all alarmed at our presence.

From Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. by Corréard, Alexandre

He justly derides the absurd reverence for antiquity, which could only tend to discourage the improvements of art, and to replunge the human race into their original barbarism.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Milman, Henry Hart

He stirs the stagnant soul, that man may replunge into his native self, and rise redeemed.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

In days when men acted by ecclesiastical rules these prejudices produced waste of capital, and helped mightily to replunge Europe into barbarism.

From What Social Classes Owe to Each Other by Sumner, William Graham