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He saw it first -- he was on the ground, and the place was his by right of discovery, the title strengthened by the fact that four of his ancestors had been Concord clergymen, and the most excellent and venerable Doctor

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Elbert Hubbard 1885

AT&T's perhaps most persuasive point is what it terms a strengthened ability to bring 4G service to a greater percentage 97% of the U.S. than it could on its own.

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Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Mexico's links to France were once again strengthened after Porfirio Díaz consolidated his power.

Did You Know? Mathieu de Fossey 2008

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Mexico's links to France were once again strengthened after Porfirio Díaz consolidated his power.

Did You Know? Mathieu de Fossey 2008

The power to regulate commerce among the several States can not include a power to construct roads and canals, and to improve the navigation of water courses in order to facilitate, promote, and secure such commerce with a latitude of construction departing from the ordinary import of the terms strengthened by the known inconveniences which doubtless led to the grant of this remedial power to Congress.

San Francisco Chronicle Op Ed: The Unholy Lust of Scientists « Climate Audit 2006

The wall of the turret is a series of cellular spaces, like the chine of a shell-fish; and all these iron cells are to be filled up with teak, making one solid and uniform mass, which is to be again strengthened and rendered well-nigh impregnable by armour-plates.

Her Majesty's Ship Majestic Keeping Watch over the Steam-Rams in the Mersey. 1863

Everything, in short, strengthened my suspicions with regard to the nature of the festival they were now celebrating; and which amounted almost to a certainty.

Typee Herman Melville 1855

Everything, in short, strengthened my suspicions with regard to the nature of the festival they were now celebrating; and which amounted almost to a certainty.

Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands, or, A peep at Polynesian life 1846

Everything, in short, strengthened my suspicions with regard to the nature of the festival they were now celebrating; and which amounted almost to a certainty.

Typee; a real romance of the South Seas 1846

To be strengthened is to be furnished by the grace of God for every good work, and fortified by that grace against every evil one: it is to be enabled to do our duty, and still to hold fast our integrity.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721