He said that he did not expect to see any of us in prison six weeks longer; and that our detention was then only owing to some delay of orders from admiral Warren; but that he expected them every moment.
The loss of that ship, and the detention of one of the transports laden by Colonel Laurens, have already compelled me to make heavy expenditures.
The detention of our goods has obliged me to purchase clothing and other articles at a great expense, while those very things were lying about at different places in Europe.
One may suspect that religious obligation arising from thedetention of property is a legal way of putting it in a polity in which social control is primarily religious and religious precepts are turning into legal precepts.
Napoleon did not care that conspiracies against himself and his throne should be made public, and consequently he contented himself with the detention of Mallet alone.
The papers were shown to Napoleon, who apparently regarded the scheme or the man as really dangerous, and ordered him to perpetual detention in prison.
Henry Stauff was sentenced to six months' imprisonment; Jacob Stauff to detention for three months, and John to imprisonment for life.
The police now took possession of the house, and the mysterious nature of the transaction fully warranted them in the first step which they took--the detention of the three servants.
His grace is desirous of learning from the princess how long his detention is to last.
Though every moment of detention diminished his hope of effecting Barbara's rescue, yet here he was, absolutely helpless, dependent for his release upon the chance passing of some fishing-boat.
The captain being angry at the detention of his vessel, ordered them to take their baggage from it immediately, but at length consented to let it remain on board until he should reach a tavern sixteen miles further down the river.
However, this detention gave her an opportunity of meeting the Baptist General Convention which held its session there at that time.
P Page 183 Arbogast "I see the security of the republic depends on "the detention of Louis until time of peace.
All told, I inspected about thirty-five places of detention and penal institutions, and they represent the best and worst of their kind in the country.
I suppose the reputation of all detention masters is doubtful," said Railsford, laughing; "yours or mine would be if we had his work to do.
On the morning after the detentionof the officers, Pontiac crossed over, with several of his chiefs, to the Wyandot village.
Macdonald, James, of Detroit, his account of the detention of two British officers, 181 note; his account of the death of Capt.
In a letter of James MacDonald, Detroit, July 12, the circumstances of the detention of the officers are related somewhat differently.
The outbreak of hostilities, the attack on the fort, and the detention of Campbell and McDougal are related at great length, and with all the minuteness of an eye-witness.
This unfavourable weather so retarded our equipment that it was the middle of April before we were ready for sea; after which time we experienced further detention from not being able to complete our crew.
During our detention here we ascended the hills over the landing-place to examine the country; but on reaching the top after a rugged and difficult walk, higher hills obstructed our view in every direction.
The arbitrator in the case of the United States steamer Montijo, for the seizure and detention of which the Government of the United States of Colombia was held accountable, has decided in favor of the claim.
We arranged with the French authorities that the Countess might remain in Paris with her husband, although all other Hungarian people were, without exception, being shipped off to detention camps.
Nearly all the Germans, Hungarians, and Austrians have by this time been interned in the detention camps; all ages and both sexes have been shipped away to a fate of which we as yet have no knowledge.
The French police have promulgated a regulation that all Germans now in Paris are to be shut up in detention camps.
For two weeks now, I have been entirely ready to start on my first tour of the detention camps.
Many German prisoners are being taken around Paris southward to the detention camps which I hope soon to visit, and the flags of three German regiments have been brought to Paris and exhibited with considerable ceremony.
We pursued our travels, and at mid-day met with a trying detention from the muleteer having neglected to obtain a permission.
My detention here, waiting for a fair wind to Hamburg, has not been unpleasant; my friends are exceedingly kind, but my feelings in a religious sense have been rather depressing.
But, as any form of detention against one's will must be regarded as a captivity, I cannot echo your wish, Edith, that Donald were here.
A captain in the navy, as he represented to the envoy, is liable to prosecution for detention and damages.
You will have ample time to reach your destination after frost falls, and your detention by quarantine will be a good excuse for your delay.
A troop of cavalry from Fort Keogh, accompanied by a pack-train, had crossed the Powder River below the hamlet, their avowed mission being to afford an escort for certain government beef, then under detention by the local authorities.
But the sheriff had assured the gentlemen that our detention would have no effect on quarantining their cattle, and the matter was taken under advisement and dropped.
The matter was settled without bloodshed, and both peers were sent to cool their tempers by a short detention in the Tower.
On the twenty-seventh of April, the fleet weighed anchor; but in consequence of a detention of some days at several places on the Catalan coast, it did not reach the Genoese port of Savona till the seventeenth of the next month.
The precious interval gained by the long detentionof the Turks before St. Elmo had been diligently employed by La Valette in putting the defences of both La Sangle and Il Borgo in the best condition possible under the circumstances.
The first cause of trouble, after Philip's departure from the Netherlands, arose from the detention of the Spanish troops there.
I ought to make an apology for troubling you with such an unentertaining detail, and consider that the detentionof my books must be a matter of very little consequence to any body, but to--Your affectionate humble servant.
I am exceedingly mortified at the detention of my books, which not only deprives me of an amusement which I can very ill dispense with; but, in all probability, will expose me to sundry other inconveniencies.
The bills announced that Count Podstadsky-Liechtenstein had been condemned to three days of pillory, to public sweeping of the streets, and ten years' detention in the house of correction.
