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Ford, in short, aspired to a kind of benign totalising control.

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Rome again aspired to the dominion of the world; and the wit of the lively and loquacious Greeks was consumed in the disputes of metaphysical theology.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

The winter season suspended his progress: with the return of spring he again aspired to the conquest of Constantinople; but, instead of traversing the hills of Epirus, he turned his arms against Greece and the islands, where the spoils would repay the labor, and where the land and sea forces might pursue their joint operations with vigor and effect.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

The most ambitious aspired from a filial to a fraternal relation with the image of

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

159 The counts of the domestics had succeeded to the office of the Praetorian praefects; like the praefects, they aspired from the service of the palace to the command of armies.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

And Bob did just what Phil kind of aspired to, and that's nice.

Personal History 1997

The recital which they gave on their return made Germany so unpopular among the brethren that they said that none ought to go there but such as aspired to martyrdom, and that many prayed to Heaven to be preserved from the ferocity of the Germans.

The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Father Candide Chalippe

The recital which they gave on their return made Germany so unpopular among the brethren that they said that none ought to go there but such as aspired to martyrdom, and that many prayed to Heaven to be preserved from the ferocity of the Germans.

The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Chalippe, Father Candide 1917

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