The numerous conferences between the various sections of the Allied missions and American officials--beginning with that between the President and Mr. Balfour--were councils of war.
Footnote 24: "At home, in the king's absence, our councils were most feeble and wavering.
By the treaty itself all collateral and incidental issues which were calculated to divide and distract the public councils were carefully avoided.
Now our councils will be shamed in his service, and our armies will find no footing in our efforts to reach him.
The first was put in the pound, the second was later on somewhat harassed before the councils of war as an accomplice.
The three men who sat together upon a huge divan, the three men most powerful in directing the councils of their country, felt a gentle wave of optimism stealing through their quickened blood.
And the land he loves in peace has grown To be mighty in wealth and name; But o'er its brightness a cloud has flown, And evil men to its councils came.
That Digby's intrigues were already beginning to disturb the King's councils is apparent from a sympathetic letter addressed by Nicholas to Rupert.
His lips were murmuring words too low to be heard until at last they swelled in sorrowful repetition: "May God have us in his holy keeping and grant that before it is too late peaceful councils may prevail!
Wiser councils had prevailed, and the floating cheese box was completed and arrived in Hampton Roads in time to put its powers to supreme test.
Councils of war, it is well-nigh settled, never do.
The largeness of the power inevitably committed to the councils was at once a temptation and an opportunity to abuse those powers; and slowly through the statute book we find the traces of the poison as it crept in and in.
The two princes did in fact agree, that if the general council which they desired was refused, they would summon provincial councils on their own authority.
Nor is it impossible that such a course of legislation would introduce once more into our national councils those disturbing questions in relation to the tariff of duties which have been so recently put to rest.
At one of the warcouncils held in the Certosa of Pavia, Guicciardini having cast some doubt upon an opinion expressed by the Duke, was thus answered: "Your business is to confer with pedants.
Distracted councils and divided responsibility hampered free action, and rendered abortive the best-laid plans.
The Reform and Municipality Bills wrought a mighty change in the Town Councilsof the kingdom.
In matters of a religious bearing, the ill-hafted notoriety-men of our Town Councils much more nearly resemble the upper indifferent classes, from which our legislators are drafted, than they do the solid bulk of the community.
The organisation of Councils of War mentioned in Articles VIII.
But they have at least two other councils that meet much more often, and that meet by night.
At these nightly councilsat the chief hostelries the farmers of the district are almost as numerous as the townsmen.
The obscure passage regarding the possibility of the Councils and Popes erring refers to their action in ecclesiastico-political matters, as the cases instanced by Luther show more clearly, e.
Have they not been our scourge and the perplexers of our councils for many years?
The states who have had such councils have found them useless, and complain of them as a dead weight.
America is at this moment in ten-fold greater danger of slavery than ever she was from the councils of a British monarchy, or the triumph of British arms.
The inventors of such councils can never be forgiven in this world, but the people at large who acted by their guidance may break from the connection and restore themselves to virtue.
Did Christ add to the Sum of Useful Knowledge--The Saints--What have the Councilsand Synods Done?
Councils are composed of mere human beings, liable to error and subject to be intimidated by a Governor-General.
After this he always insisted on the authority of the early Ecumenical Councils and the Fathers of the Church--an authority which his antagonists did not recognise.
At Cabinet councils he was always on the point of bursting forth.
For it is but too true that in all the councils held under the inspiration of my spirit, in Europe, in Asia, and in Africa, fathers have torn the beards and scratched the eyes of other fathers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "councils" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
