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Everyone knew that a fight would take place next day and the respective commanders issued formal defiances by trumpet.
A Scenario For Ravenna, 11th April 1512 Vexillia Limited 2008
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Zusak shows us how small defiances and unexpectedly courageous acts remind us of our humanity.
The Book Thief: Summary and book reviews of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. 2006
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Everyone knew that a fight would take place next day and the respective commanders issued formal defiances by trumpet.
Archive 2008-01-01 Vexillia Limited 2008
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Well! Handsome or not handsome, to this old man there comes a young fellow who casts all manner of fierce defiances in his teeth — gums I should rather say — and tells him in plain terms that his mistress hates him.
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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How born or bred, and or nourished upon blows and threats on one side, and retorts and defiances on the other, is not to the purpose.
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She said it must be war, and war it was; and Mrs Pipchin lived from that time in the midst of surprises, harassings, and defiances, and skirmishing attacks that came bouncing in upon her from the passage, even in unguarded moments of chops, and carried desolation to her very toast.
Dombey and Son 2007
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With which defiances the dwarf flourished his cudgel, and dancing round the combatants and treading upon them and skipping over them, in a kind of frenzy, laid about him, now on one and now on the other, in a most desperate manner, always aiming at their heads and dealing such blows as none but the veriest little savage would have inflicted.
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Mr. Grummer and his companion; and valorous were the defiances to any six of the gentlemen present, in which he vented his dissatisfaction.
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Then it was not my part to be upon defiances, where I loved, and where I hoped to reclaim.
Pamela 2006
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And, let me tell you, Niece, if he had the respect for you which he pretends to have, he would not throw out defiances as he does.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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