be in the power of
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It would not be in the power of the inspired to give satisfactory evidence of that fact to anybody else.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
If I am right here, the patriarch would be in the power of his women, much more surely than they would be in his power.
From The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
If we continue to do thus, it will not be in the power of the execrable junto to prevent us from having a safe and honorable peace next winter.
From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straightforwardness are.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
Even these, though in the discharge of an official duty, are—if it be in the power of Mr. Sumner—to be blasted with abhorrence, indignation, and contempt!
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.
