Even if the opposition had been in more modest humour, no considerable delay could be defended.
Seeing the exasperation produced by their shifting of the ground, and the delay which it would naturally entail, ministers resolved on a bold step.
That the debate should be carried on until the following morning, my object in this delay being to mark distinctly to the outside world the extreme gravity of the situation, and the necessity of the step which I was about to take.
I consider that Ireland has now spoken; and that an effort ought to be made by the government without delay to meet her demands for the management by an Irish legislative body of Irish as distinct from imperial affairs.
Our fall will force him without delay to take up a new and difficult line.
The Princess soon came in, and after a short delay we were summoned into the Queen's presence.
Excuses for this fatal delay were abundant: a wire was broken; the governor did not think himself concerned with Transvaal affairs; he sent the message on to the general, supposing that the general would send it on home; and so forth.
We summon thee that thou dost without delay journey to Cilicia, there to meet the noble Antony, and in person make answer concerning these charges which are laid against thee.
These precautions were of two sorts, some to deaden the shock when the projectile should touch the lunar soil, others to delay the fall, and consequently make it less violent.
Barbicane, Michel Ardan, Nicholl, and the delegates of the Gun Club, returning without delay to Baltimore, were received with indescribable enthusiasm.
He added that the work could not well be attempted before August or September of the following year; the only fear of such delay being that the French could hardly be kept during all that time in a state of revolt.
For, in truth, the delay was caused by an excessive, rather than a deficient, appetite for power on the part of his Excellency.
After maturely considering the matter, he had made up his mind to delay carrying out his plan until Bax should have time to write home and acquaint him with his whereabouts.
But time pressed, calumny was busy with his fame, and every hour's delay increased the power to injure it.
I should incur my own heavy censure did I delay expressing my sincere conviction that I can never regard you otherwise than as a valued friend.
She had therefore, in some alarm, caused her husband to make inquiries into the matter, and a sufficient mass of evidence had been collected to justify her suspicion, and cause her to urge inquiry and delay on the part of M.
Some delay of course necessarily occurred in getting a reply, and the anxiety with which the puzzled general and rebellious officers awaited it may be imagined.
He evidently felt that such a delay showed contempt.
We shall gain by any further delay only a dangerous, thankless, and opulent isolation.
He added that one of the worst provocations was the long English delay in answering our Notes.
This delay is what will cost us billions and billions and men and men.
On the opening of the railway throughout, of course all this inconvenience and delay was brought to an end.
The delaywas very irksome to him, the more so as the place was then desolated by the ravages of the yellow fever.
Against Irresolution and Delay in matters of Religion.
To the noblest and best of Ladyes, the Countesse of Denbigh, perswading her to Resolution in Religion, and to render her selfe without further delay into the Communion of the Catholick Church.
Governor Taft said: "Well, Gentlemen, all I can think of is to remind you that if what we have all heard is true the Spanish courts usually operated to the delay of justice, rather than to the dispensing of it.
But it is a problem which need not in the least delay the advent of independence for the other fourteen-fifteenths of the inhabitants of the archipelago [250]--all Christians living on islands north of Mindanao.
This is especially interesting in the light of President McKinley's justification of the wisdom of temporizing--on the idea that delay would weaken the insurgents and could not hurt us.
The Filipino newspapers called attention to the fact that large reinforcements of American troops were on the way to Manila, and very plausibly inferred that the parleying was for delay only.
She did not answer at once and her delay filled me with the most disagreeable forebodings.
I went without delay to my bank and drew four hundred dollars in fifty dollars bills, three hundred of which I enclosed in an envelope and sent at once to Miss May, by a district messenger.
I grew almost angry at the delay and had half a mind to drop the whole business, when I heard a low voice at the door, and saw the outlines of a graceful young form.
In the morning she admitted that after some delay she had gone to sleep and enjoyed a good rest.
After a delay of about ten days, the deputation commissioned to remonstrate with the Duke on the aggressions and exactions of Archibald of Hagenbach at length assembled at Geierstein, whence the members were to journey forth together.
It will not delay our journey; and I confess to you, that I, at least, will travel with much greater consciousness of safety should you do so.
The slow pace of the travellers, with various causes of delay which it is unnecessary to dwell upon, occasioned the deputation spending two nights on the road before they reached Bale.
Nay, we can make this little delay serve your purpose, Sir Englishman.
We went immediately over, without too much delay on the outside of the hospital, into the morgue.
He may have mentioned the fact that it was easier, they got their visa for he and his wife from the Russian authorities, the delay came from the American authorities, but I don't specifically know whether it did.
This delay necessitated by, primarily, our desire to have the brain better fixed with formaldehyde before we proceeded further with the examination of the brain which is a standard means of approach to study of the brain.
The Highland turnkey, with as much delay as possible, undid the fastenings, my guide sprang up the stair, and into Owen's apartment.
Arriving after some days' delay at Liverpool, the vessel was put into dock, when the result of the blow from the unknown was thoroughly investigated.
It was necessary that I should hasten without delay to Geneva, there to watch over the lives of those I loved, and to lie in wait for the murderer.
Well, I'll make hay while the sun shines, and be off, for if I delay a minute I shall have a dozen more pardons to ask.
But now I must telegraph without delay to my son in Paris, and tell him he must come here at once.
When Miss Rottermeyer came down, with everything well adjusted about her except her cap, which was put on hind side before, Mr. Sesemann began without delay to give her directions.
I saw a girl, five and a half years of age, write the alphabet withoutdelay in script hand, in a manner that would have been creditable to a pupil in a grammar school.
Yet these years of delay will not be years of uncertainty.
It was not yet noon, and the viscount determined to act upon the suggestion at once; he now bitterly regretted the delay he had specified.
If her suspicions had been aroused, this delaywould suffice to dispel them.
I threw myself at her feet, entreating her not to delay my happiness any longer.
We sometimes suffer from hunger in order to enjoy better the food which will allay it; we delay the amorous enjoyment for the sake of making it more intense, and we put off the moment of our revenge in order to mike it more certain.
Then, after a further delay produced by renewed vociferous proofs of the personal victory won, he depicted his visit to the stage and the wonderful sight of Miriam on the field of battle.
His view was that she and the girls should go to their cousin without delay and should, if they liked, spend the rest of the day in her society.
Yes, but thedelay and the probation only make me prize it the more.
There had accordingly been a delay in his receiving Nick Dormer's two notes.
So much so that her delay makes me exceedingly unhappy.
The moment the President reached the point where he saw that furtherdelay would mean grave peril to the Nation, he acted with a promptness which stunned the glittering military court over which the young Napoleon presided.
That this delay and deliberate trifling with the most urgent and positive orders is little short of treason.
Without a moment's delay he began his plans to force the President to withdraw from his own ticket in the midst of his campaign.
Six hours' delay just to look into her face had cost him his life, but his one hopeless regret now was that he had failed to see her.
Betty held the mother at the door a moment and spoke in low tones: "I can get permission from the President to delay the execution until his sister may arrive and say good-bye to him in prison the night before the execution.
After a few moments' delay there issued from the door of the hut the wreck of a man, with long hair and a month-old beard, who stood sulkily before the Commissioner.
Hesitation to act, delay in awarding punishment, either of these two things would have been mistaken for weakness amongst a people who had neither power to reason, nor will to excuse, nor any large charity.
Do not cool our enthusiasm by continued delay and the despatch of messengers.
Delay has always been most fatal to great princes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "delay" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
