potence
Example Sentences
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Then suddenly it waked, for the moon was sinking, and the charm had lost its potence.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic
In truth, the concentration of his thought on the fragment of stone had been enough of itself to give a talisman occult potence.
From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Baily, Waldron
But in this there is no disadvantage; factors of such sovereign potence do not suffer from repetition.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin
They rob them, accordingly, of the greatest transfiguring potence and happiness of life.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
Without delay an advance was made en potence, and it was confidently anticipated that Stamboul would fall before the insurgent arms.
From Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels by Arbuthnot, George
