He ended this discourse by an intimation that he was about to besiege Edinburgh.
The Congregation, however, was not yet strong enough to be able to meet the French forces, and when they attempted to besiege Leith and put a forcible stop to the building they were defeated with shame and loss.
But it is my opinion that I come here like the pioneers, who go ahead to dig the trenches; after them come brave soldiers, who besiege and take the place.
On the 12th of November, winter made its first appearance, beginning to besiegeus with its ice.
Then Ludovico made the mistake of stopping to besiege the castle instead of marching on to Mortara with the new reinforcement.
Neither of them lost any time, and wishing to profit by this enthusiasm, Ascanio undertook to besiege the castle of Milan while Ludovico should cross the Tesino and attack Novarra.
At pleasure here we lye, neere Orleance: Otherwhiles, the famisht English, like pale Ghosts, Faintly besiege vs one houre in a moneth Alan.
Or haue wee some strange Indian with the great Toole, come to Court, the women so besiege vs?
The Queene, With all the Northerne Earles and Lords, Intend here to besiegeyou in your Castle.
They flood me with high-priced invitations to write for magazines and papers, and publishers besiege me to write books.
At pleasure here we lie near Orleans; Otherwhiles the famish'd English, like pale ghosts, Faintly besiege us one hour in a month.
You are come to Sandal in a happy hour; The army of the Queen mean to besiege us.
Marry, thus much I have learnt: He rather means to lodge you in the field, Like one that comes here to besiege his court, Than seek a dispensation for his oath, To let you enter his unpeopled house.
The Queen with all the northern earls and lords Intend here to besiege you in your castle.
Or have we some strange Indian with the great tool come to court, the women so besiege us?
The garrison offered to surrender; but the king replied, that since he had taken the pains to come thither and besiege the place in person, he would take it by force, and would hang every one of them.
On their return they first proposed to besiegethe Castle of Carlisle; but assembling a larger army they laid siege to Roxburgh.
Fatah sought out his young brother, Dost Mohammed, gave him in charge to a trusty adherent, fixed an income for his support, and marched away to besiege Qandhar, which he took by escalade.
It was not till the twenty-eight years were over that the Medes were able, according to him, to renew their attacks on the Assyrians, and once more to besiege Nineveh.
Jenghiz then advanced and drove Jelaluddin across the Indus, after which he sent Ogdai his son to besiege Ghazni.
Scipio remained where he was and proceeded to besiege Acerræ; he took it and made it a base for the war, since it was favorably located and well walled.
Marcellus crossed into Sicily and proceeded to besiege Syracuse.
Scipio followed up his victory by a rapid advance against Carthage and proceeded to besiege it by land and sea at once.
He set out first for the large city of Ambracia (it had once been the royal residence of Pyrrhus and was now occupied by the Ætolians) and proceeded to besiege it.
Those who are in quest of them besiege my doors, as if I must be entreated after the fashion of the court; and vie with each other, as if the possession of Christ's kingdom were a quiet one.
The garrison offered to surrender; but the king replied, that, since he had taken the pains to come thither andbesiege the place in person, he would take it by force, and would hang every one of them.
The new Triumvirate lost no time in setting about their appointed task; the Constituent Assembly was speedily convened, the victorious army of Tucuman was strongly reinforced, and another army was despatched to besiege Monte Video.
Finding it impossible to take Vicksburg by assault he determined to besiege it.
But even with hid men the colonists only numbered about eight hundred, far too small a company with which to besiege a fortress such as Quebec.
In June then Grant settled down to besiege Petersburg, and drill his new men the while, and not till the spring of 1865 did the army of the Potomac again take the field.
But the duke excused the matter, and would haue persuaded him to make countenance to besiege the towne, that the constable might haue a colour to render it into his hands, as though he did it by constraint.
The Margrave Louis of Baden, having crossed the river with the German forces, found himself opposed by Catinat, who did not show his usual ability, and suffered the Margrave to besiege and take Landau and to overrun Alsace.
After a week's rest they advanced to besiege the Castle of Stirling, which was defended by General Blakeney.
As the town of Oudenarde, somewhat higher up the river, would complete the security of these new acquisitions, it was determined to besiege it.
The plan of an attack upon Madrid was therefore overridden, and the army proceeded to besiege Barcelona.
A subsequent effort was made to besiege Rosetta in form, but the forces of the Pasha of Egypt proved too strong for the besiegers; with heavy loss they withdrew to Alexandria, and in August 1807 were compelled to evacuate the country.
The Greeks did not know at that time how to besiege a city, as we saw, by way of digging trenches and building towers, and battering the walls with machines that threw heavy stones.
His suspicions of the Emperor determined his course; he was resolved to obtain some tangible result; and, before he would advance any farther, he sat down to besiege Boulogne.
Henry and Suffolk wanted it to besiege Boulogne, which might have been some tangible result in English hands.
So, before the imperialists were well out of France, he crossed the Alps and sat down to besiege Pavia.
His improvements in the existing method of attack gave great superiority to the arms of his countrymen, and even enabled him to besiege and capture his rival Coehorn, in his own works.
But in 1806 the great superiority of his army enabled him to detach forces to besiege the principal fortresses of Silesia, and still to continue his operations with his principal forces.
Is it because A rascal scum of filthy Cossack heathenBesiege our town, that you distrust in ME, then?
Was in a perpetual fidget; For the Tartars, without pity, Did remorselessly besiege it.
Certain wicked Cossacks did besiege it,] No, alas!
Maximilian was extremely annoyed by the loss of Padua, and collected a great army, composed of men from all the allies, to besiege it.
A strong force was sent on to besiege the town of Thérouanne in Artois, but the King himself remained behind at Calais for some tournaments and festivities.
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