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Turkish corsairs, notably the infamous Barbarossa, helped to conquer Algiers and Tunis.
And in Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer , Miss Hardcastle says—Dear me!
Serbs, believing that Kosovo still rightfully belonged to them, did briefly conquer it in 1877 when, along with Russia, the new Serbian state made war on Turkey.
What is most striking about The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer 1908-1958 (the first of a projected two volumes), though, is that this duality--the push to achieve wed to a penchant for flamboyant failure; the ability to win a passionate following yet alienate the people who could keep him in power--was evident well before he thought about running for public office.
It tells us that Abraham made a covenant with God which called for his descendants to conquer many lands.