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  •   I would imagine that in the event that this persorror a person like   this - were ever able to, uh, conquer,

    TEDBUNDY Michaud, S G & Aynesworth H 1989

  • George Meredith. (1828–1909) (continued) 7621She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer,

    Quotations 1919

  • QUOTATION: She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer,

    Quotations 1919

  • Athens, when he considers the immense force now at Philip's command, and the city's loss of all her strongholds, thinks that Philip is a foe hard to conquer,

    The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912

  • Why should they fight indeed, to make her conquer,

    Act I 1909

  • Beginning in the darkness, the mystery will conquer,

    The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems Vachel Lindsay 1905

  • Beginning in the darkness, the mystery will conquer,

    The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems Vachel Lindsay 1905

  • She had talents -- under certain conditions she might even have developed genius, but in no sense of the word was she hardy; where Primrose could endure, and even conquer,

    The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls L. T. Meade 1884

  • When, in the various changes of fortune which such tragedies demand, he quarrelled with those whom he had before assisted to conquer,

    The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Scott, Walter, Sir 1882

  • Life with its strength to bear, to love, to conquer,

    Legends and Lyrics Part 1 Adelaide Anne Procter 1844

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