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You will see in a few days a Declaration setting forth the Causes, which have impell'd Us to this mighty Revolution, and the Reasons which will justify it, in the Sight of God and Man.
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 July 1776, "Your Favour of June 17..." 1963
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Thousand-fold tribes of dwellers, impell'd by thousand-fold instincts,
Poems of Coleridge Arthur Symons 1905
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Still, as their spirit impell'd them, themselves they bravely bore.
The Book of the Epic 1894
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Be steadfast in that which impell'd, for the peace
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Be steadfast in that which impell'd, for the peace
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Be steadfast in that which impell'd, for the peace
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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By one wild hope impell'd, by one wild fear pursued,
Lucile Owen Meredith 1861
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From founts of spirit impell'd through brain and blood!
The Unknown Eros Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore 1859
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We would still dwell in the old suffocating and dead haunts, remembering and magnifying their pleasant experiences only, and more than once impell'd to jump ashore before it is too late, and stay where our fathers stay'd, and live as they lived.
November Boughs ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855
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We would still dwell in the old suffocating and dead haunts, remembering and magnifying their pleasant experiences only, and more than once impell'd to jump ashore before it is too late, and stay where our fathers stay'd, and live as they lived.
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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