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Maurice knew enough of the character of the marquis to be confident that his stay in the metropolis would be determined by the amount of comfort he enjoyed, and the quality of the dinners set before him Bertha's next visit was from M. de Bois, and could she have banished from her mind a vague impression that he loved Madeleine, or was beloved by her, the interview would have afforded her unmitigated happiness M. de Bois had not yet gained sufficient mastery over himself to command his utterance in the presence of the woman who had most power to confuse him.— Fairy Fingers A Novel
Though these losses were not of so substantial a nature as those who lost property real or personal, yet they could not be easily reinstated in the same lucrative professions which they had enjoyed--civil employment, in the law, in the Church, or in physic--and therefore he thought them entitled to a liberal compensation.— The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816
As might have been expected from the peculiar character of the engagement and the enormous advantage of position which we enjoyed, our casualties were singularly light, consisting only of five killed and nine wounded.— A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
He obtained all the power which Richelieu had enjoyed, and reproved the king, and such a king as Louis XIV., as he would a schoolboy.— A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
His power was equal to what Richelieu enjoyed, and his fortune was nearly as great as Mazarin's.— A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges

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