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Occasioned by anxieties about Horace Walpole's government and the eclipsing of monarchical by parliamentary government, far from seeming a remote or recondite image, the techniques by the anonymous creator of Idol can be seen to this day, on the editorial page of this very newspaper, deployed by such modern masters of the genre as Martin Rowson and Steve Bell.
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A sermon preached at Cambridge on the Lord's-Day, December 29, 1799: Occasioned by the death of George Washington, commander in chief of the American armies, ... president of the United States of America by Abiel Holmes
OpEdNews - Quicklink: The Single Worst Expression in American Politics 2008
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-- I laboured also to get the Resolution enlarged and extended into a Recommendation to the People of all the States to institute Governments, and this Occasioned more Interrogations from one part and another of the House.
John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776 1961
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Occasioned by a late illegal Attempt to discover Witches by Swimming, _J.
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Letter (A) to the People of England: Occasioned by the falling away of the Clergy from the Doctrines of the Reformation, _A.
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Occasioned by an observation of Mr. Montague Mathew, in the house of commons, during the last session of parliament, that Mr. Mathew Montague was no more like him, than a horse chesnut was like a chesnut horse.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810
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Occasioned by viewing the portrait of Mrs. Graham, prefixed to the first edition of her memoir.
The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Isabella Graham
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Occasioned by the sudden death of J.W.N. The short lived, fragrant, vernal flower,
The Snow-Drop Sarah S. Mower
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_ -- Occasioned by the defection and fall of Daniel Webster.
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America, with many more unconstitutional acts, which are taken into consideration by a number of our sister towns in the Colony, therefore we think it needless to enlarge upon them; but being sensible of the dangerous condition the Colonies are in, Occasioned by the Influence of wicked and designing men, we enter into the following Resolves;
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