Sidney took the advice of his famous son, delaying his return till September, but sending over Waterhouse at once with such instructions as were likely to smooth his path.
Captain Thornton with his cruiser failed to intercept the ladies, but succeeded for a time in delaying the weddings.
Our men quickly laid siege to it, and were about to win the town, when the inhabitants offered a plentiful supply of cattle to them, together with some flattering words, tricking them into delaying the siege for a while.
For this reason, my son, I fear that you may be increasing the horror of your death by delaying it.
His intention was to have given battle before the enemy had intrenched themselves; but prince Eugene insisted upon delaying the action until the reinforcement should arrive from Tournay.
There was only one chance of delaying his departure: at all costs he must involve him in an argument.
Delaying long enough to pick up his hat and cane, Tabs followed.
The American Government are delayingthe publication of my letter on the subject of the Lusitania settlement, because they think that it will not satisfy public opinion here.
Camp After delaying one hour he returned and informed me the Indians had returned to their village &c.
Whenever an occasion presented itself to counterattack the enemy for the purpose of delaying his advance, that occasion was to be taken advantage of.
Local Landwehr formations found the task of delaying the Russians far beyond their power.
The governor, without delaying any longer in Manila, hastily started for the island of Panay and the town of Arevalo, in a galliot and other small vessels, to see their needs with his own eyes, in order to provide for them.
It is likely that Columbus kept up his applications to the Court, and received polite and delaying replies.
The sort of partnership that exists between merchant and fisherman, the latter being paid in proportion to the results of the whole year's transactions, is the chief excuse for delaying settlements.
By delaying the settlement till the end of the season, the fishermen take the chance of the price either rising or falling, but the probability is that it will rise, because salt fish usually sell better in the winter season than in summer.
Moreover, the plan of contractor Snow of paying poor wages, delaying payment, and giving harsh treatment to such a people as the half-breeds are known to be was most ill advised.
Unbelievers in this mysterious ogre freely declared that it was but a partner's story told to prevent the voyageursdelaying on their journey, and to hinder them from wandering to lonely spots by the rapids to fish or hunt.
Still I amdelaying to inform you concerning my journey and my arrival.
He brushes past them, however, without much delayingor particularizing; a hint, a moment, a glance suffices for the contribution that some event or colloquy is to make to the picture.
Lewis after delaying a week for its arrival, marched forward, expecting to be speedily overtaken by it.
Boone did not confide in the sincerity of the Frenchman, but he determined to gain the advantage of farther preparation for resistance, bydelaying the attack.
Sirdar Wali Mahomed, the governor-nominate to the remote Turkestan, found pretext after pretext for delaying to proceed to take up his functions, and had never quitted the British camp.
The reason of my delaying is oftentimes from this feeling,--I wait for a proper temper.
One of these delaying fights took place on the night of the 15th-16th November, and was claimed by von Hindenburg as a great victory.
When the Germans carried Gheluvelt and the British line gave way, the Welsh remained firing and held their ground against all comers, sodelaying the German advance.
The machine's success was not on the whole so much in its permanent defeat of good measures as in delaying their adoption.
By employing delaying tactics which would have done credit to a specialist in criminal defense, the machine devoted the first two months of the session to the blocking of legislation.
As a result of these delaying tactics, literally hundreds of bills which had needlessly been held up in committees were forced upon the consideration of the Senate during the last three weeks of the session.
But the reprinted and re-engrossed Local Option bill got back to the Senate on February 26th, and its supporters could think of no other possible excuse for delaying its passage.
Anti-Machine Element Forced the Issue and Compelled Early Action on the Measure - Evidence That Machine Planned to Defeat or Amend the Bill by Delaying Its Passage Until Toward the End of the Session.
