Pombal

/ pomˈbal /

noun

1. Pombal, Marquês de16991782MPortuguesePOLITICS: statesman Marquês de (mərkeʃ ˈdəː). title of Sebastiâo José de Carvalho e Mello. 1699–1782, Portuguese statesman, who dominated Portuguese government from 1750 to 1777 and instituted many administrative and economic reforms

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Portugal, under the administration of the Marquis de Pombal, broke some of the shackles by which she was held to England.

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When Pombal took the reins of power into his own hands, virtue and learning beamed bright within the college walls.

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Pombal was exactly the tool these sappers of every public and private virtue wanted.

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Had my hands been free I should have flown at his throat, for it was none other than de Pombal.

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Towards the (p. 041) afternoon we found the enemy in force, on the plain in front of Pombal, where we exchanged some shots.

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