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Meanings of very forcible in English

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Usage of very forcible in English
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Your work is full of very penetrating meditation, and very forcible sentiment.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin...
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The principal subject is very forcible, and the treatment varied to a degree.
The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
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A very forcible illustration occurs to me from my own experience.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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The following very forcible and just remarks are from Captain Grey's work, vol.
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
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I remember a passage, which struck me at the time as being very forcible.
Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men
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I had no very forcible defence to make; and we agreed to pursue our journey.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
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Young men of active and impetuous talents have this persuasion in a very forcible degree.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
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John Knott opened his mouth as though to give passage to some very forcible exclamation.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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Her influence had been more dominant than the gardener's, and the petition was still very forcible.
How Women Love (Soul Analysis)
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There was something very forcible in Gaspare's personality.
A Spirit in Prison
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These questions presented themselves to him in a very forcible way, and yet there were many points of doubt.
Barchester Towers
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I own I think such a low expression, placed to ridicule an absurd instance of wise folly, very forcible.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
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We are not, it is true, in a position to adduce any very forcible proofs in support of these opinions.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 / Scientific Papers (Physiology, ...
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The metaphor is a very forcible one, so familiar in Scripture as that we are apt to overlook its emphasis.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
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A story is told by Mr. Bingley, which illustrates, in a very forcible manner, the gratitude and affection of the goat.
Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match
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Their Governments would have protested had such a thing been even hinted at, and they would have protested in very forcible terms.
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918
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