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But next breath the falterers came again -- together they held their place, their way, four mighty masses of blood and bone, of breath and fire and stay, fighting it out every inch of the way, with a living sea roaring, shouting, cursing, crying encouragement on either hand.
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There are no Tories, no falterers, no final deserters among the
The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution James Francis Barrett 1911
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These are not times for falterers, halters between two opinions.
Brother Copas Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"No great deed is done," says George Eliot, "by falterers who ask for certainty."
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
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George Eliot, "by falterers who ask for certainty."
How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Orison Swett Marden 1887
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His brief presence and sharp rebuke reanimated the falterers, and in a few minutes they gained the bridge.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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His brief presence and sharp rebuke reanimated the falterers, and in a few minutes they gained the bridge.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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We met every week on the Quai de Jemmapes, and sometimes in greater numbers on the Grange-aux-Belles, exchanged -inside" news of the war and the diplomatic goings-on, criticised official socialism, seized upon signs of a socialist reawakening, encouraged the falterers, and mapped out the future.
My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930
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