The tainted atmosphere of a district which was one vast battle-ground told upon their health, and the people of Richmond, despite their kindness, were strangers after all.
The men, despite their shortcomings, had displayed undeniable courage, and the strategy which had relieved Richmond recalled the master-strokes of Napoleon.
To get arms he forced the arsenal, where, despite their lieutenant, who commanded them to fire, the soldiers surrendered their guns.
They needed all the tranquility of the night to recover from their conquest, and convince themselves that the Committee of Defence, despite their boasting, had neither foreseen nor prepared anything.
Despite their success in the Halles, the Versaillese were not able to get into the third arrondissement, sheltered by the long arm of the Boulevard Sebastopol, and we commanded the Rue Turbigo by the Prince Eugene Barracks.
Being, despite their sins, highly intelligent men, it is not surprising that they produce remarkable results.
They could not do it, despite their willingness, for this I have learned: the men do their weak best whenever the order is given to shorten sail.
Despite their age--the mate sixty-nine and the second mate at least fifty--their minds and their bodies had acted with the swiftness and accuracy of steel springs.
And yet, paradoxically, despite their lean, drawn faces, they have grown very stout.
The savages in the thickets, despite their hardiness, would suffer more than the emigrants in the shelter of the wagons.
The moon came out and the earth lightened, then darkened again as clouds rolled across the heavens; the camp fires sank, and, despite their alarms, many slept.
This he avenged cruelly, involving, despite their innocence, the Hauteserres and the Simeuses, friends and cousins of the young girl.
He employed Lisbeth Fischer, and, despite their quarrel, rendered this spinster some service.
That tribe, despite their well-known animosity to strangers, had not been hostile to Lawrence.
The Mexicans, despite their artillery, and their heavy barricades, were losing heavily at the hands of the sharpshooters.
It was clear to Ned, watching his face, that the Mexican colonel considered all the Texans doomed, despite their success of the moment.
It is to be noted that both the Consejo and the Cámara, despite their retention of the name Castile, dealt with the affairs of other regions of the peninsula, quite as much as did the councils with more general names.
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