Word: imprison
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...kindly and promises him an interview for that night. Delighted with the promised reception, Granger comes at the appointed hour with a ladder, by which he is to reach Genevote's window. He is in the act of climbing to it, when La Trenblaye appears and threatens to imprison him, on the charge of burglary. Terrified by this, Granger is induced to sanction La Trenblaye's marriage with Manon, and in return Genevote de La Trenblaye is to marry Granger...
Mayor Matthews says the Republicans are afraid of statistics. The Republican party has not sunk so low as to imprison a statistican who told some awkward truths at an inopportune moment. Furthermore, the four Democrats who spoke at the Democratic meeting in Sanders Theatre gave no statistics what-soever. Mr. Guild then gave figures showing the increase of imports and exports of 1892 over 1890, and the decrease of the duty per capita...