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Thus Broglie's whiff of grapeshot, which might have been something, has dwindled to the pot-valour of an Opera Repast, and O Richard, O mon Roi.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Loves of the Plants, was, at another time, seduced into such a state of pot-valour, that, upon her ladyship’s administering her usual dose of criticism upon his works, he not only bluntly disputed her judgment, but talked something of his right to be treated like a gentleman.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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a state of pot-valour, that, upon her ladyship's administering her usual dose of criticism upon his works, he not only bluntly disputed her judgment, but talked something of his right to be treated like a gentleman.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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