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She seems to be enuring herself to hardships, which at the worst she can never know; since, though she should ultimately refuse to be obliged to me, or (to express myself more suitable to my own heart,) to oblige me, every one who sees her must befriend her.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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The contract further provides that in consideration of certain benefits enuring to said party of the first part by reason of the erection of this new bridge it will contribute
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It became established law that an action of debt would only lie upon a consideration actually received by and enuring to the benefit of the debtor.
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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Page 110 such offense by said ordinance; and no amercement, fine, penalty, forfeiture, escheat, bond, or recognizance, accruing or enuring, in whole or in part, to the State of
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State, and no bond, obligation, debt or duty, due or owing to this State, or enuring, in whole or in part, to this State, before or since the adoption of said ordinance, is affected thereby.
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The chief part of their education was, the enuring them, from their infancy, to a hard and laborious life, in order that they might one day be capable of sustaining with ease the toils of war.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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Guest speakers including Sunshine Coast Regional Council Mayor Bob Abbot, Victorian MP Kelvin Thompson and environmental author Mark O'Connor told how the next two weeks were vital in enuring the message that "overpopulation is not okay" was heard.
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I expect this network to grow beyond NY State and become a nationally connected Network enuring to the benefit of patients and physicians alike and greatly enhancing our federal government's health law reform initiative.
MedLink and Thrasys Announce Formation of the New York Health Information Network - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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But how contrary to reason this is, is easily proved by argument, and has already been proved by facts (but as the generality of men desire to have an extensive command, that they may have everything desirable in the greater abundance; so Thibron and others who have written on that state seem to approve of their legislator for having procured them an extensive command by continually enuring them to all sorts of dangers and hardships): for it is evident, since the Lacedemonians have now no hope that the supreme power will be in their own hand, that neither are they happy nor was their legislator wise.
Politics: A Treatise on Government 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle
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