potence
Example Sentences
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Great, indeed, is the potence of "environment"; greater, by far, the potence of heredity.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by William Benjamin Smith
The three brigades on the right flank will be faced to the left and marched forward; the head of this column still forming en potence with the front line.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
Wolfe saw his aim, and sent Brigadier Townshend to counteract him with a regiment which was formed en potence, and supported by two battalions, presenting on the left a double front.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Washington Irving
The tattered garments, hanging from their lances, the guillotine, and the potence, with the effigy of the queen suspended from it, traversed the Assembly with impunity.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
These three brigades formed the command of Major-General Henry; the whole of General Desha's division, consisting of two brigades, were formed en potence upon the left of Trotter.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
