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And their strong Charms, by stronger Charms subdu'd.
Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) Samuel Cobb
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Or shall I tell of his adventures since, Done in Firginia, that large Continence: I-low that he subdu'd
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Or, are your hearts subdu'd, at length, and wrought;
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772
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Confess himself subdu'd, and wisely quit the field.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1753
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'Till fate have thought the wretch subdu'd to grieve,
The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid and the Ninth Book of Voltaire's Henriad 70 BC-19 BC Virgil 1736
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The Soil being very close and tenacious, when it is first cut, rises in so great Masses of Earth, that it is not subdu'd entirely, 'till the ninth Furrow.
Pliny's Epistles in Ten Books: Volume 1, Books 1-6 Pliny 1723
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For tho 'I ought to yield to your Authority, yet I think it is more just, in so great a Subject, to be subdu'd by Reason, than Authority.
Pliny's Epistles in Ten Books: Volume 1, Books 1-6 Pliny 1723
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This Money is left in bank there, to be made use of upon any sudden, and dangerous Emergency: And for want of such a Bank, Sir William Berkley was not able to make any stand against Bacon, whom otherwise he might easily have subdu'd, and consequently have prevented above 100000 pounds expence, to the Crown of England, to pacific those Troubles.
The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts 1722
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Man, and ev'ry were her Presence makes a Court -- but when her Reason's once subdu'd by Love, and the fond, foolish Nymph resigns her Pow'r, she's but
The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) Thomas Baker 1704
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Years Siege -- but Ladies are more craftily subdu'd; you mustn't storm a
The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) Thomas Baker 1704
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