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Examples
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Saying that in order to power all of these electric cars (and web 2.0 servers that keep all of this hope alive online) we need more Powah ….
Watch Arnold Announce California’s Deal with Tesla Mark Hendrickson 2005
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"I trow it will take more than one Powah to make me believe such a story."
The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance John Turvill Adams
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He falls upon his knees, he wrings his hands, he supplicates high Heaven -- that infinite Powah which gave life to each of us as the one most precious gift -- he beseeches Providence to breathe back again into that cold clay the divine spark of which his red hand had robbed it.
The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains Emerson Hough 1890
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They stood there on their little patch of sanctified territory like the gamekeeper of Der Freischutz in the charmed circle; within were prayer and fasting, unmelodious psalmody and solemn hewing of heretics, "before the Lord in Gilgal;" without were "dogs and sorcerers, red children of perdition, Powah wizards," and "the foul fiend."
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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Passaconaway, the Chief of the Merrimac River Indians, "said he," was, before his happy and marvellous conversion, a noted Powah and wizard.
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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Each tribe, like Micah, doth its priest or cunning Powah keep;
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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And when I did press him to tell me how he did become a Powah, he said he liked not to speak of it, but would nevertheless tell me.
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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Passaconaway, the Chief of the Merrimac River Indians, "said he," was, before his happy and marvellous conversion, a noted Powah and wizard.
Tales and Sketches, Complete Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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They stood there on their little patch of sanctified territory like the gamekeeper of Der Freischutz in the charmed circle; within were prayer and fasting, unmelodious psalmody and solemn hewing of heretics, "before the Lord in Gilgal;" without were "dogs and sorcerers, red children of perdition, Powah wizards," and "the foul fiend."
The Conflict with Slavery and Others, Complete, Volume VII, The Works of Whittier: the Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life and Criticism John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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So they had a great feast and dance, and he was thenceforth looked upon as a Powah.
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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