Whether he only meant to humiliate France still more, or whether he actually desired a new rupture so as to crush the country finally, is not clear.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
"It is so easy, so very easy, to crush a mob," said the Russian, "if you only direct your attention to the leader,-think of nothing but him.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
If the weight of my own self-contempt could crush me, I should be dead.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee