But it must be confessed that the Abyssinian scribe does not hold the pen of a ready writer; and the dilatory management of his awkward implement is attended with gestures and attitudes the most ludicrous.
The dilatory policy of Montcalm soon began to tell on his force, and then weariness and ominous news from Bourlamaque and Pouchot hastened the desertion of his Canadians.
Their prompt obedience brought them to the spot in advance of the dilatory Bienville, and enabled the Chickasaws, as has been previously stated, to meet the columns separately and defeat them in detail.
The pope's dilatory reply having been accepted by his ministry, the president replaced it on the 1st of November by the Fould-Rouher cabinet.
But in fact the chief blame for their proceeding must rightfully be assigned to the Strategus, who pursued such a dilatory policy, and slighted or wholly rejected the prayers for help which reached him from time to time.
Their prosecution had been conducted in a deliberate, and indeed dilatory manner, which had nourished in their friends the hope of a favorable issue.
But the court of Rome moved at its usual dilatory pace, and the apostolic nuncio did not arrive with the missive till the eve of Philip's departure,--too late for him to witness its publication.
The first information about this incident was so vague that the matter was at first treated in a dilatory fashion in Washington.
President Wilson caused the investigations to be carried on in a dilatory fashion because he did not want to see his peace move disturbed by controversies.
At three o'clock in the morning, under escort of the Swiss, who had at last arrived, the court started for Paris, which was reached after a dilatory journey that appeared all the longer because of the fears attending it.
Naturally, in view of the slow and imperfect diffusion of knowledge characteristic of early times, cartographers were dilatory in introducing the observations of Kino and Escalante.
He had again, however, to return to the camp of El Bakay, where the perils of his position kept increasing, and he in vain urged his dilatory protector to enable him to make his escape.
Owing to the dilatory character of his friend the sheikh, the progress was very slow, but he was thus enabled to enter into conversation with the natives, and obtained much information.
The unwarlike spirit and dilatory proceedings of the army, large as it was, enabled the inhabitants of other villages to make their escape.
Pitt despaired of thwarting these dilatory tactics, backed by wealth and influence from all quarters.
Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a habit of delaying the performance of what we know must be done.
These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatorysloth and tricks of Rome.
To delay legislation, by dilatorymotions or other artifices.
It is said that even the priests did not hesitate to point a moral in their pulpits with the governor's dilatory sympathy.
Diego objected, and to divert the minds of the rebellious, as well as to remove Roldan from their counsels, he sent him with a force into the Vega, to overawe some caciques who had beendilatory in their tribute.
Whether this dilatory belief came from lack of information, obliviousness, or simply from an heroic persistence in ignoring what was not their boast, is a question to be decided through an estimate of the Spanish character.
An end was now to be put to all the dilatory conduct either of the home authorities or of the colonial Assemblies.
Unwilling to await the dilatory performance of this promise, our minister at Paris remonstrated against the application of the decree to vessels of the United States.
The proceedings were dilatory and he gradually became demented; nothing could be done with him and opinions were divided as to the reality of his insanity.
The minority perceived the impossibility of preventing the final passage of the resolution, yet deemed it their duty to put it off as far as possible by their only available means--"dilatory motions.
Strenuous efforts were made by the Democratic minority to defeat the proposed joint resolution by means of "dilatory motions.
Some deliberation was involved in whatever his purpose might be, for he looked from one tank to another with a pondering, dilatory gaze.
Yes," he replied, with a lingering dilatory note, which deepened upon reflection into a sigh.
I said in that dispatch, from the dilatory way in which the troops were coming, I thought that the troops ought to come from some other quarter than from Pittsburgh.
This accounts for their dilatory movements in assembling when first called out, and the failure to report of many of their men.
The want of proper arrangement and sufficient hands made this a most dilatory and tedious operation.
Castillo and Leon resorted not only to dilatory tactics and unfair methods, but even to express falsehood; and their government violated in a signal manner one of the most fundamental stipulations of the treaty.
At this point it has been alleged that the United States required Mexico to examine and settle a large number of complicated cases within a week, which our acceptance of the dilatoryreply proves that we did not require.
Many sought refuge in the houses, others ran out of the town; while, on the other hand, armed citizens began to present themselves, and the dilatorymembers of the militia corps now joined the rest.
The baron stood before the building, listening impatiently to the beating of the hammer which had been so dilatory in completing its task.
But man, especially man that writes verse, is born to disappointments, as surely as printers and booksellers are born to be the most dilatory and tedious of all creatures.
The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce or chance might supply.
Moreover, he was dilatory in appealing to the two great powers on whose friendship he must depend for the establishment of his claims: the United Republic and the King of France.
That Camillo, however, being slow and even dilatory in his work, did not paint much save small things and works of little importance.
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