The whole earth is full of his riches, and the wretched posterity of Adam have the largest share of his goodness, even since the first defection from him.
The ground and beginning of it was man’s defection from God, and walking according to the flesh, and from this head have all the calamities and streams of miseries in the world issued.
Nay, to speak the truth, it is the decay of prayer that hath made all this defection in the land.
He heard of the defection on the 5th, and immediately directed Colonels Yates, Van Vechten, and Henry K.
It was certainly consoling to the feelings of Hannah Arnold to believe that the influence of another, and not his own base principles, was the source of the defection and disgrace of her brother.
ITH such consummate art had General Arnold managed his scheme of villainy thus far, that not a suspicion of his defection was abroad.
The faithfulness of the legion to which he had hitherto been attached was well known in the British army, and this desertion was regarded as an important sign of increasing defection among the Americans.
In addition to the capture of Arnold, the emissary was to be commissioned to ferret out information touching the alleged defection of other officers of the Continental army.
Burgoyne, instigated by motives of policy rather than by judgment and inclination, pardoned the savage who scalped poor Jenny, fearing that a total defection of the Indians would be the result of his punishment.
It was found upon her; she was taken to head-quarters, and there the contents of the letter were deciphered, and the defection of Dr.
In this expedition the American le- * In this first communication he assured Lee that his inquiries concerning the alleged defection of other American officers were satisfactory, and that no such defection existed.
The rest had reckoned with so much certainty upon him that his unexpected defectionrendered the whole meeting nugatory.
As was expected, the departure of the bravest general in the royal army was the signal for a renewal of hostilities, and Coltonobory, mad at the serious defection of his troops, at once assumed the offensive.
The defection of Grasnagallipas was a severe blow to our cause, as he was the greatest inventor in the kingdom, and master of ten thousand magnetic bockhockids, that machine being his own invention.
The sensation produced by the defeat of the royal fleet, the destruction of forty of the ships, and the defection of the remaining sixty vessels to the cause of Queen Lyone, shook the nation from its centre to circumference.
The belief in a Divine mission and spiritual powers sustains his adherents in all reverses; while it invites to defection from the Russian side those of the Mohammedan tribes who have submitted to the invader.
One of the ill effects of Hamsad Beg's iniquities had been the defection to the Russians of n notable partisan--Hadjii Murad--for many years a fatal thorn in the side of the independent party.
His defection is mentioned by Cicero several times, and it gave a temporary encouragement to the party of Pompeius.
The defection of Austria from the alliance with Russia against the Turks was a very serious matter for the Empress Catherine.
They also suffered from the defection of the Djellans, a section of Mamelukes of the second and inferior rank.
This defection caused dismay and depression among the troops.
After this defection Serbia seemed to be at the mercy of the Turks, and the greater part of it was occupied by them.
While the war was still being fought the defection of the Sherif of Mecca and the revolt of the Arabian provinces portended the convulsion which was to seize the Turkish throne.
Mr. Preece returned to Rapata, who was in a state of fury at the defection of his tribe.
If there is anything like a general defection of the natives in these parts yours will not have been the only place threatened, and we shall hear of attacks on other settlers.
With a Plummer defection on one side and a Goodnight falling away on the other, there was no hope left for a party which even with these wings faithful had only a desperate fighting chance.
It was that the members of the Philipsburg Committee had made good their threat; their defection had drawn from Grayson thousands of votes in a pivotal state, and if he had ever had a chance of election this took it from him.
They were ready at all times to fight the enemy, but how to handle defection among their own men was a puzzling thing, and there was cause for despair.
The defection clothed the whole train in the deepest gloom.
He was the author of essays, moral and philosophical; and either from respect to his merits, or from some less worthy cause, his defection in 1715 passed with impunity.
His defection irritated the British Government: he became one of those whose life was forfeited to the laws.
The most serious defection from the Jacobite cause was the submission of the Marquis of Huntley and the Earl of Seaforth to the victorious arms of the Earl of Sutherland, aided by Lord Lovat, in Invernesshire.
Peter's vacillation had its counterpart in thedefection of the Galatians.
Whether this letter will serve its immediate purpose, whether the defection in Galatia will be stayed by it, or not, the cause of the cross is sure of its triumph; his contention against its enemies has not been in vain.
The old bugbear of thedefection of the Shaggyeh has sprung up again.
Harry spoke of the Friday's race, and the defection of the horse Tenpenny Nail.
Algernon was unread in the hearts of women, and imagined that Edward's defection from Mrs. Lovell's sway had deprived him of the lady's sympathy and interest in his fortunes.
Great had been the outcry in the palace against the duc de la Vauguyon and madame de Bearn, but how much louder did it become on the defection of the marquise de Mirepoix.
This quarrel, and the defectionof the abbe, had the effect of rendering me much indisposed.
Let us think no more of this: besides, I have a new defectionto tell you of.
The prince de Soubise had followed the example of madame de Flaracourt, and had quitted Trianon; it seemed as though the hour for defection were already arrived.
I should call this treachery," said Amador, "but that I think the absurdity of the chief a full excuse for the defection of the follower.
In the house Allatha is written the defection of friends, the dethronement of princes, the fall of citadels in a siege.
The second case of considerable defection among the Republican Scandinavians occurred after the widespread development of agrarian discontent in the late eighties.
The third defectionoccurred in Wisconsin alone, and took its rise in a purely local question.
One defection affected Wisconsin alone, the only instance where the Democrats profited directly by the votes of large numbers of Scandinavians.
As Alexander had foreseen, the reverse of the French had been followed by the defection at first of Prussia and shortly afterwards of Austria.
As Canning was willing to consent that the Catholic question should still remain open, this great defection seems to show how clearly defined his general liberal tendencies had become.
The success of the German army was marred by the defection of Bavaria, which, throwing aside its neutrality, declared in favour of France.
His defeat and defection allowed the allies to advance along the whole frontier.
When he remembered how long he had conformed to the established worship, he was overwhelmed with shame and remorse, and showed too many signs of a disposition to atone for his defection by violence and intolerance.
Discord and defection had left them no confidence in their chiefs or in each other.
Washington rejoined that the idea was plausible and had already occurred to him; but the danger involved in the possible defection of one of his highest officers was so great that the truth must be ascertained at once.
A brutish fashion it is, whilk is the beginning of defection with many, as I may hae as muckle cause as maist folk to testify.
I cannot myself believe that this abominable scheme is intended for execution, but it has nevertheless created much alarm in timid minds, and has occasioned in part the defection of the servants I have just mentioned.
I was the first to think of defection, and defection at last became my punishment!
Gunther's defection caused me the greatest sorrow, but I was unjust toward him.
