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Burgoyne was confident that sooner or later he could find that "elbow-room" the ungratified desire for which has served to immortalize his name.— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)
'Welcome, thrice Welcome, thou legitimate Offspring of my brain, go forth my little book, go forth and immortalize the name of your Author: may your sale be rapid and may you speedily run through ten thousand Editions,' said I, 'Thou art my Reuben, my first born; the beginning of my Strength, the Excellency of my Dignity, and the Excellency of my power.'— The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers
And he had chosen this bright spot whereon to immortalize his name.— The Wrong Woman
Bacchus wooes her, and, to immortalize her name, he transforms the crown which he has given her into a Constellation Minos paid, as a vow to Jupiter, the bodies of a hundred bulls, as soon as, disembarking from his ships, he reached the land of the Curetes; and his palace was decorated with the spoils there hung up.— The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
Then came an American bridge, which painters were still at work upon; and then, backed by drapery of crimson cloth, that splendid creation of genius, the Greek Slave, which will immortalize the name of Hiram Powers.— Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland

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