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1 He had acquired the confidence of the King by his inexorable exactitude, his honesty, and his aptitude.
2 It was at this moment that British design acquired the confidence and daring other nations still attempt to emulate.
3 Smith has acquired the confidence of the French ministry, and the better sort of the members of the National Convention.
4 He very soon acquired the confidence of the House so completely that his judgment became its law in matters within the jurisdiction of his committee.
5 By so decided a course, he acquired the confidence of the patriot party and at the end of the year he became governor of Flanders.
6 He was a humble down-looking man, whose physiognomy promised nothing, but who soon acquired the confidence of the King, and the esteem of the army.
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