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Example sentences for "declared himself"

  • Charles gradually abandoned all his Liberal ideas, and in 1847 declared himself hostile to the reforms introduced by Pius IX.

  • At first, therefore, it would be all in favour of His memory if the disciples remembered that He Himself had never openly and definitely declared Himself to be the Messiah.

  • Is it so certain that Jesus made a Messianic entry into Jerusalem, and that, accordingly, He declared Himself to the disciples and to the High Priest as Messiah in the present, and not in a purely future sense?

  • These little circumstances were long remembered because they proved beyond dispute that, when he declared himself a Roman Catholic, he was in full possession of his faculties.

  • Had he declared himself sovereign of England, his cause would have worn a show of legality.

  • He declared himself resolved to maintain the established government in Church and State.

  • He was extremely insolent on his trial, but on hearing his sentence he was struck with horror, flew into the wildest exclamations, declared himself a dead man, and chose a text for his funeral sermon.

  • He declared himself willing to make great sacrifices for the sake of concord.

  • Charles had, times without number, declared himself a Protestant, and had been in the habit of receiving the Eucharist from the Bishops of the Established Church.

  • Finding that, if he continued to call himself a Protestant, his services would be overlooked, he declared himself a Papist.

  • Being no longer a settler, he declared himself able to procure his daily support without the assistance of the public stores, from which, it must be remarked, he had been maintained all the time he held his grant.

  • Thus closing the correspondence in terms less lucid than firm; the Member for New Shoreham still declared himself to be his dear boy's 'affectionate father.

  • He declared himself ready to yield obedience to all decisions of the Church, but without expressing any opinion as to the real infallibility of an ecclesiastical tribunal.

  • Anticipating the future Exclusion Bill, he declared himself ready to sanction any measures which secured the Protestant religion so long as they left untouched the right of hereditary succession and the just power of the Crown.

  • He declared himself forced to give aid to the Dutch though he cautiously restricted his help to the promise of a naval reinforcement.

  • The aspect of affairs was highly favourable to the designs of Philip, who, to further his own ends, declared himself in favour of the cause of the young Arthur.

  • On this last point, however, he declared himself on 6th Sept.

  • The vehemence with which he declared himself a Catholic Christian and not a heathen Academic aroused suspicion.

  • When the smith heard the whole story, he declared himself ready to undertake the task assigned him, for he had a strong belief in the pacifying effects of hard work.

  • When the time came, he declared himself prepared, and undertook the journey with them.

  • Burr made his way to him, declared himself anxious to clear up every misapprehension, and requested to be allowed half an hour's private conversation.

  • His son, Prince Henry, who was present at the entertainment, declared himself willing to accept the freedom, and made those of his suite who were not already members of some other company follow his example.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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