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не уступать, держаться твёрдо [выражение создано А. Теннисоном: O fall'n at length that tower of strength which stood four-square to all the winds that blew. (‘Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington’)]Slavery stood four square to all the winds of agitation. (Ch. Beard and M. Beard, ‘The Rise of American Civilization’, ch. XIV) — Рабовладельцы не сдавали своих позиций. На них ничто не действовало.
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