Word: staunched
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WELL CONSIDERED.- Your legs may be as staunch as a Roman soldier's, but nevertheless you cannot bang your knees against a table leg without feeling the pain for a week. The best plan is to mix a little brains with your intention to purchase, and select one of those knee protecting tables sold only at Paine's, 48 Canal street, Boston...
...well fitted to speak. Mr. Lodge's recent political life has been a marked example of allegiance to party. Eight years ago, when so many of the prominent Republicans of Massachusetts left their party to become Independents, Mr. Lodge remained with the Republicans, and has ever since been a staunch advocate of party loyalty. He will be sure to present the subject in its most powerful form. The opportunity offered at the end of the talk for questions upon the subject of discussion will be a capital one for men to clear their minds on one of the most debated...
...June 28. The boat has only been used for two days, but it seems to suit the crew very well. A paper shell, a double and a pair-oar will also be taken. The launch has been sent around the cape, instead of by rail; it is a staunch boat and can stand...
...free traders at their graduation. After leaving college, however, they see the actual condition of trade and the perplexing questions growing out of the selfish rivalry of grasping nations to monopolize commerce, which the college professors did not. The result of experience is to make the free trader a staunch protectionist at forty...
...well enough alone." At present the electoral victories of ex-General Boulanger seem to be the most dangerous part of the whole situation, but the dangerous quality of these victories disappears upon careful study of the department where they took place. He has never won a victory in a staunch republican or conservative department, and has only been able to attract the floating vote in some doubtful districts. He was originally a republican, but was rejected by that party on account of his personal ambition. He was then forced to throw himself into the arms of his former opponents...