Thenceforth the defence of the northern and eastern frontiers of Macedonia or, in other words, of the frontier of Hellenic civilization against the barbarians devolved on the Romans.
The siege resumed its course; it was protracted(17) by the strength of the place and the desperate defence of the inhabitants, who fought with a recollection of the terrible declaration of war within its walls.
Archelaus conducted the defence with equal vigour and judgment; he armed the crews of his vessels, and thus reinforced repelled the attacks of the Romans with superior strength and made frequent and not seldom successful sorties.
Voltairism has proved itself as little capable as Catholicism of inspiring any piece that may match with Milton's Areopagitica, the noblestdefence that was ever made of the noblest of causes.
The same principle of exclusive self-regard, applied to the gratification of sense, passed for a satisfactory defence of libertinage.
People worthy of confidence say that all this noise about building a school was a pure pretext; what he meant to make was a fort for his own defence when he had been attacked.
She did not know what to say to the curate in defence of her child.
I have kept them simply for defence against invasion; not for the purpose of quarrel, or revenge.
Never did a young lawyer go into the forum more thoroughly clad in proof, or with a better armory as well for defence as attack.
We have seen the legendary nature of the late traditions regarding the composition of the Gospel, of which a specimen was given in the defence of it in the Canon of Muratori, and we must not further quote them.
It is obvious that in this passage we have an apologetic defence of the fourth Gospel,(1) which unmistakably implies antecedent denial of its authority and apostolic origin.
As long as I thought I could dispose of myself, I made it my pride and pleasure to fight under American colours, in defence of a cause which I dare more particularly call ours, because I had the good fortune of bleeding for her.
For our militia are justly considered the ornament as well as the defence of the republic.
Those intrepid men among ourselves, who in the hour of danger stood forth in defence of their country's rights, have a lasting claim upon our regard.
War was now declared between France and England; and he believed himself bound to give his personal services for thedefence of his own nation.
It was by a Maryland colonel in the year 1777, that the British received, in the gallantdefence of an important fort, one of the first lessons of what they were to expect from American valour and patriotism.
Now it was she who struck at me; and it was too much, that it should be in defence of my own brother!
Urban evidently had a practical turn for warfare by no means unusual to the possessors of the "holy see," for we find that the surplusage of the metal was cast into cannon for the defence of St. Angelo.
There is not one article of controversy for the defence of which it would not be necessary to compose a folio; whereas, only one of these facts decides them all instantly.
The soldier who rushed into the fight, leaving armour and arms huddled together on the ground, would soon fall, and God's giving avails nothing for our defence unless there is also our taking.
The breastplate of righteousness is our defenceagainst evil.
So there is no defence in the act of trust except what comes into it from the object of trust; and my faith is a shield only because it grasps the God who is the shield.
Now it was the defence of the stockade at Yankton that was celebrated, now a station of the Pony Express or a crossing of the Santa Fe Trail in Missouri, now a post on some old Indian road at Natchez.
From first to last Punch has always been an Imperialist--Imperial Defencebeing warmly taken up at periodical intervals, and Imperial Federation during these latter years adopted as one of the planks of his Punch-and-Judy platform.
I will leave the matter so, hoping that my very absence of defencemay serve to protect me from severe attack.
He would pay for the defence of the prisoner; he would pay for the defence of his brother's memory; and he would pay for the poor girl's comforts.
Not to you: I do not choose to be put on my defence by you.
Upon his application, the government of the province sent twenty soldiers to aid in the defence of the town.
A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men, to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
Illustration: 9187] HE inhabitants of the settlement of Cocheeco, in New Hampshire, lived for a few years in large blockhouses, well adapted for the purpose of defence against the Indians.
And when the Rebellion broke forth, the same cry was raised against those great measures of self-defence by which Slavery, our real enemy, was assailed; and then at each stage of Reconstruction it was the same.
By the other, princes have an imperious power assigned by God unto them, for the defence of such as do well, and executing revenge and wrath, Rom.
Whitgift in his Defence against Cartwright's first Reply.
The orders which followed directed that the 1st and 2nd Divisions should cross the waterway and establish a new line of defence in the desert on the east side.
Now and then senior officers passed down the forward trench intent on seeing that the general plan of defence was being adhered to.
In consequence, exercises indefence and in desert and night operations were constantly practised.
As part of the defence arrangements, telephone communication was maintained with brigade headquarters.
Compiled from information supplied by the Defence Department.
At this conference certain special defencemeasures were discussed and a plan of relief decided upon whereby the 26th Battalion was to be replaced by the 28th.
The defence at first was without any properly arranged plan for support from the artillery or flanking units.
Efforts were made to complete the final issues of kit and clothing, and furnish the seemingly endless number of documentary records required by the Defence Department.
He became a Christian and wrote a defence of the Christians addressed to Antoninus Pius.
Nevertheless, there is much to be said in defence of the passage.
A word may be said, however, in defence of Vipers: they do a great deal of good to agriculture by the destruction of small rodents, on which they feed chiefly, and whose multiplication they serve to keep in check.
The three solid structures that now constitute a strong line of defence are said to be very similar to the celebrated forts of Cherbourg.
Herring Cove, near Halifax The modern fortifications for the defence of city and harbor are on the islands, and along the shores that make out to the entrance.
The next Places of Defence were the Forts of St. Philip and St. Jago, one of seven Guns, the other of fifteen, which served as Redoubts to the Castle of Boccachica.
The next place of Defence was Castillo Grande, which is about eight Miles up the Harbour.
It is a regular Square, with four Bastions well built, and was capable of making a stout Defence if well garisoned, and would have been much stronger had the Glacis and Counterscarp been finished.
In 1586 the southern frontiers of Moscovy were fortified, and Kursk became one of the principal places on that line of defence against the Crimean Tartars and the Poles.
This weapon is almost unknown in our service, but it is a very efficient one, especially in the defence of works, and its use should not be neglected.
Preparations for the attack and defence of Hyderabad.
