Much as God might delight to reward and bless them, he could not show aught of compassion or grace to them, for there could be no possible room for God to exercise any such dispositions towards such beings.
Their dispositionslead them in contrary directions.
In any case you would have been in no way to blame, for your dispositions throughout appear to have been excellent, and marked alike with prudence and boldness.
Having assured himself of their earnestness Las Torres inspected the muster, and, having viewed all the dispositions for defense, continued his flight.
LVI To the thoughtful bystander all this preparation had its significance and its portent, which became the stronger when he contemplated the dispositions of the Law and Order party.
Morrell's dispositions for flight at a moment's notice had been made long since; in fact, since the first days of Vigilante activity.
By now the Vigilante dispositions were so complete that in the mere interest of examining so sudden yet so thorough an organization, a paragraph or so may profitably be spent on it.
We proceeded warily; and, about a mile before we reached the place, halted and sent forwards a man to reconnoitre the appearance and dispositions of the people, and to report on the expediency of our advance.
We continue to receive proofs of the growing attachment of our Indian neighbors and of their dispositions to place all their interests under the patronage of the United States.
Under the acts of March 11th and April 23rd respecting arms, the difficulty of procuring them from abroad during the present situation and dispositions of Europe induced us to direct our whole efforts to the means of internal supply.
As you wish to show Mr Jay every kind of regard, you wait only till the Count d'Aranda shall have notified your dispositions to him, before you present Mr Carmichael to his Majesty.
You have perfectly well understood whatever I have had the honor to communicate to you, with respect to our dispositions towards the United States.
The dispositions of his Catholic Majesty, and the candor of your Excellency, will leave no pretexts for misrepresentations.
There are all reasonable appearances of conciliatory dispositions on all sides, which may be perfected in time.
The eagerness with which the people seemed to expect an arrangement of this kind, gives beforehand the proof of their favorable dispositionsand of their good will.
Justin has a similar thought concerning the Scythians: "Justice is cultivated by the dispositions of the people, not by the laws.
Its soil, climate, and the manners and dispositions of its inhabitants, are little different from those of Britain.
All dispositions then made, not forgetting that of lying in bed to receive him, when he was entered the door of my bed chamber, a latch, that I governed by a wire, descended and secured it.
But were there none of these Dispositions in others to censure a famous Man, nor any such Miscarriages in himself, yet would he meet with no small Trouble in keeping up his Reputation in all its Height and Splendour.
In like manner it is in the Dispositions of Society, the civil Oeconomy is formed in a Chain as well as the natural; and in either Case the Breach but of one Link puts the Whole into some Disorder.
I therefore acquiesced in thedispositions of Providence, which I began now to own and to believe ordered every thing for the best; I say, I quieted my mind with this, and left off afflicting myself with fruitless wishes of being there.
It is true that he did not reconnoitre the woods very far in advance of the head of the column; yet, with this exception, he made elaborate dispositions to prevent surprise.
If thedispositions of the savages are such as they seem, there is reason to hope that in the course of the winter they will succeed in so harassing the settlers that some of them will become disheartened.
These dispositions facilitated the passage of troops from one flank to the other under cover, and preserved control of a ford over the Modder behind the line.
Despite the severity of the test to which they were thus subjected, the Boers with admirable self-control refrained from any reply, and so preserved in great part the secret of their dispositions from detection by the enemy.
In making their dispositions the Boers occupied in chief force the western elevations, intrenching their artillery on the inner and lower of the two.
Their numbers and dispositions so far made were observed; but the approaching powerlessness of the British for decisive offensive action was also shown.
We continued on their trail, after several hard contests with them, notably at Bluebird Gap and other places, till General Thomas had taken position in McElmore’s Cove, when General Bragg made his dispositions to capture them.
Everything being ready, dispositions were made for the attack, the expectation being to surprise the garrison.
Before the day was half over Napoleon drew in his outer line, and began to make dispositions for a retreat from Leipzig.
The Irish who came out in the last ships were, however, beginning to show symptoms of better dispositions than they landed with, and appeared only to dislike hard labour.
Duc d'Orleans by this testament, and did all he could to excite me by railing in good set terms against dispositions intended to add to the power and grandeur of the bastards.
We have talked much about them, and I am happy to find that his dispositions towards them are such as you could wish.
I had endeavoured to compose an administration whose talents, integrity, names, and dispositions should at once inspire unbounded confidence in the public mind, and ensure a perfect harmony in the conduct of the public business.
Both are well disposed, and there is only wanting, to complete our wishes, that these dispositions be directed with calculation and wisdom for the public good.
Masthlion quickly made the required dispositions and sat opposite his brother-in-law before the bright fire alluded to.
These are solid dispositions and such as are usually favoured by God.
By this prolongation of her trial, her virtue and her dispositionswill be tested.
This, whatever be its measure, has been employed night and day in scrutinizing the individual varieties that presented themselves in the several dispositions of my children.
The principles and dispositions of their citizens indicate that, in this government, liberty shall reign triumphant.
But neither the circumstances under which they were assembled, nor the dispositions of the members, permitted an adoption of the theory that all government was at an end, or that the boundaries of the colonies were effaced.
The day that Gordon was making dispositions for this attack (24th of March) I issued my orders for the movement to commence on the 29th.
Thomas's dispositions were deliberately made, and always good.
He was a man of fine intelligence, great earnestness, quick perception, and could make his dispositions as quickly as any officer, under difficulties where he was forced to act.
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