These notable exploits were done about two o’clock or a little later; and, with slight exceptions, they mark the end of desperately offensive resistance on the part of the French.
— from The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870 by George Hooper
This time the colonies avoided the error of disorderly or riotous opposition.
— from Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 by Albert Bushnell Hart
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