Word: foe
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...when hints and mild suggestions had no force upon the foe...
...equipped, when the Redcoats came and seized the cherished store of ammunition, - an event which struck terror into many a wavering heart. But the thought that Washington and the great American leaders have trodden here, that near its walls midnight parties have assembled, and in its sight friend and foe have marshalled, lend to it an interest beyond any admiration its foreign aspect and solitary picturesqueness can command...
...days "rousing sweet melancholy" in "the lymphatic and phlegmatic natures among us," gives us a feeling of sleepiness truly irresistible. We will not tell how "sanguine and choleric blood is bluishly affected," or relate the touching apostrophe to "Ontario not as yet loosened from the embrace of her frozen foe," but we ought to say that "Richard and his horse" is made to do good service. A tolling bell suggests that the "patriot has died." We cannot advise any one to seek light reading in the Index...
Uprises to the foe...
...frowned at first, as if in me a ruthless foe were seen...