So the surgeon, at the earnest request of the dead man's daughter, made out a certificate of death from something that sounded plausible, and might just as well have been cessation of life.
But here, as elsewhere, there was no cessation of the offensive.
Even after the cessation of hostilities there was still plenty of work to do for the naval forces of the Allies.
Mud they were never free from until the welcome spring brought a cessation of the almost continuous rain and the winds dried up the mire.
Soon after that came the cessation of hostilities, following on the signing of the armistice.
Germany made demand for the cessation of Russian mobilization.
The proper mode for all parties in this affair is to 'live and let live,' and then we will find a cessation of this trouble about the bridge.
My courts go right on without cessation till late in November.
On the cessation of the hurricane, the commodore and his remaining consort, the African galley, continued their course to the S.
The great mass of the people, therefore, hailed the approach of peace with France, in hopes of better times; and every one appeared rejoiced at the cessation of the horrible carnage of war, which had been raging with so much violence.
When ten o'clock arrived I proposed a cessation of hostilities, that we might retire and take some breakfast; for I declared that I was ashamed to kill any more.
They waited for the signal to advance; it was given by the sudden cessation of the deafening din that was proceeding from the great 15-inch guns of the warships.
That night nobody slept, for the cessation of artillery fire was to be the signal for a charge by A and B squadrons.
The cessation of the bombardment was the signal for the first move from Outpost No.
What thatcessation meant to him only those may know who have suddenly seen their life's ambitions, their hopes, crushed out at one single blow.
The cessation of machinery was like a pall suddenly burying his whole strength and manhood beneath its paralyzing weight.
Then, finally no more were thrown, and futile as the attack had been, its cessation brought a certain relief and ease of mind.
But no official information on the subject of the cessation of work was forthcoming, nor would Dave see any of them.
During the period necessary for the cessation of work, each man will draw an allowance equal to two-thirds of his wages, and he will receive a guarantee of employment when the strike is ended.
The Engineers' Union had called for a general cessation of work east of Winnipeg, and he was wondering how it was likely to affect him.
The colic sometimes occurs after the cessationof a diarrhoea that had been induced by severe cathartics.
For the irritation of the brain, and furious delirium that sometimes sets in after the cessation of cholera symptoms, Secale and Belladonna in alternation will prove specific.
It is well also to continue these remedies night and morning, alternately, for a week or so, after the cessation of the chills and fever, or until all bilious appearances cease.
It is gratifying to all of us," said President McKinley, in a speech at a peace jubilee in celebration of the cessation of hostilities, "to know that this has never ceased to be a war of humanity!
The spirit of goodwill and fraternal feeling was never more manifest than between the Spaniards and Americans in Cuba; for with the cessation of strife disappeared all animosities of whatever nature.
At length there was an universal longing for the cessation of the great schism in the Western Church, and a Council was held at Pisa, A.
Come on," cried the cabman, who had been sparring without cessation the whole time.
On the cessation of such cause, its effects will become unapparent in the course of a few generations.
While writing Political Institutions he had become more firmly convinced than ever that "the possibility of a higher civilization depends wholly on the cessation of militancy and the growth of industrialism.
I refer chiefly to the gradual arrest and final cessation of my work; and the consciousness that there was slipping by that closing part of life during which it should have been completed.
In this horrid situation we remained six days; a cessation of hostilities was now spoken of, and eventually took place.
London being the business heart of the kingdom, with a cessation of its pulsations paralysis spread to other portions.
When that was effected, Colonel Ledyard ordered his men to cease firing and to lay down their arms, relying upon the boasted generosity of Britons for the cessation of bloodshed.
The latter condition was waived, and in the afternoon General Gates ordered a cessation of hostilities till sunset.
At the close of the war, a proclamation by Congress of the cessation of hostilities was read from its door and a celebration on a grand scale was held.
At Newburgh he battled with discontent, and even mutiny, in the army, and here he proclaimed the cessation of hostilities.
The great flood had caused an almost complete cessationof river navigation, at least in the stretches where they now were.
Rapidly the flames gained headway, and, as there came a sudden cessationto the rain, which might have extinguished them, the tongues of fire leaped higher and higher.
These favorable results are in part owing to the cessation of mail service in the insurrectionary States and in part to a careful review of all expenditures in that Department in the interest of economy.
No cessation of hostilities short of an end of the war and the disbanding of all forces hostile to the Government.
The spectators on both sides thought that the affair had gone far enough and called for a cessation of hostilities.
Grant made overtures to Lee the 5th for a truce, but no cessation of hostilities took place until the evening of the 7th, the hours being from 6 to 8.
It was not the policeman; it was no out-door sound that I had caught in the suddencessation of the bout for breath.
His shoulders rested from long travail; the stertorous gasping died away to a quick but natural respiration; and in the sudden cessation of the cruel contest, an uncanny stillness fell upon the scene.
Her desire for a cessation of all inquiries as to her doings is obviously so earnest that Jim of course complies with it.
Charles authorised Ormonde to treat for 12 months Cessation of arms, and at length conceded the demand for a Parliament.
In spite of divisions among the Irish leaders, the Cessation was concluded on September 15.
