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Could you be so kind to tell me what does this construction mean: in which he had like to have succeeded.
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It's a relative clause, meaning it describes another part of the sentence, so we need the full quote for context:
"Finding he could not prevail, he set to exciting the mob at the door to acts of violence; in which he had like to have succeeded."
This means the troublemaker's attempt at causing a riot had the potential to succeed.
"Finding he could not prevail, he set to exciting the mob at the door to acts of violence; in which he had like to have succeeded."
This means the troublemaker's attempt at causing a riot had the potential to succeed.
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