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Meanings of crowning act in English

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Usage of crowning act in English
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Happiness, therefore, must consist in the last and crowning act of man.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII ...
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He resolved thereupon that the crowning act of homage should be fulfilled.
Mahomet, Founder of Islam
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It is more than the complement, it is the crowning act.
Napoleon the Little
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But the Dred Scott decision is the crowning act of infamous Yankee legislation.
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom / Or, The Escape of William...
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There remained to perform, then, the crowning act in this apparently insane transaction.
Castle Craneycrow
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And on this crowning act of audacity Verres had the recklessness to venture.
Roman life in the days of Cicero
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The crowning act of her life militates strongly against Walpole's views.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
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This noble decision was the crowning act in the undertakings of thousands similarly situated.
The Underground Railroad / A Record of Facts, Authentic Narrativ...
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The crowning act of Lincoln's career as President was the emancipation of the slaves.
Lincoln's Yarns and Stories / A Complete Collection of the Funny...
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Yet few were prepared for the crowning act of madness.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)
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But the crowning act of the age of discovery was the circumnavigation of the globe.
The Age of the Reformation
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At last, Herbert Philipson astonished even his own companions by a crowning act of folly.
Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson / Or, A...
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This revelation of the reaped corn appears to have been the crowning act of the mysteries.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
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The crowning act of the life of Mme.
The Women of the French Salons
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This crowning act of kindness brought the tears.
Ester Ried
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It was to be the crowning act of her self-renunciation, and it strained every fibre of her resolution.
The Cow Puncher
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