potence
Example Sentences
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Infinite in essence, we crave it in potence.
From Tablets by Amos Bronson Alcott
Then suddenly it waked, for the moon was sinking, and the charm had lost its potence.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Frederic Lowenheim
Numerations proceed from potence into act with the first Adam, 795-u.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
If this dose should not be sufficient, we prepare a new potence by throwing away three tablespoonfuls of the former solution and substituting four tablespoonfuls of fresh water, shaking the mixture well.
From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by C. W. Wolf
Cobham’s and Kerr’s dragoons flanked them en potence.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
