potence

Example Sentences

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Accordingly, at dinner I again took the field, en potence.

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington

It hath the potence of a charm, On dulness lays a conquering arm, Subjects the mind to its control, And works its will upon the soul.

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

Any attempt to enfilade his front by passing along the other flank was met by the broadsides of the six or eight ships drawn up en potence to the rear.

From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

In the image he believed he somehow possessed the object itself, and so could control it; to the image, therefore, was transferred all the value and potence of the object.

From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.

The second division, under major general Desha, composed of Allen's and Caldwell's brigades, was formed en potence, or at right angles to the first division.

From Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians by Drake, Benjamin