Lincoln put off the encounter as long as he could, and when the wrestling match finally came off neither could throw the other.
Meneval adds that "in no encounter of such importance did the French army display more heroism and more resolution than at the Battle of Waterloo.
Besides, I have diligently avoided every place where I was likely to encounter those who saw me in childhood.
He may be a guest of my valet, but he assuredly is not mine; and should I encounter him, I shall leave it to my valet to give him his conge as well as his invitation!
The first affair, which happily terminated without a meeting, was between the Duke of Marlborough and the Earl Pawlet; the latter and fatal encounter was between the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun.
On the very first encounter he was thrown from his horse, and, confessing on the ground all that his victor required of him, slunk away ignominiously from the arena.
He, therefore, who shewed himself most valiant in the encounter was absolved by public opinion from any crime with which he might be charged.
Numerous battles of a similar description constantly took place, until the unfortunate issue of one encounter of the kind led the French king, Henry II.
And the boys have some thrills of their own, for instance during an encounterwith wolves.
An armed man might well have dreaded to encounter them alone.
Some such life no doubt is still to be found in the Dublin to which I am come by the time my repertory of associations with brick-kilns is exhausted, but, oddly enough, I no longer care to encounter it.
I do not say that I found Ferry Street actually different from this vision in most respects; but as for the vines and almond-trees, they were not in bloom at the moment of my encounter with the little tambourine-boy.
If he was willing to encounter life in London on less than four hundred a year, surely she might be contented to try the same experiment.
Was the wonderful woman ubiquitous, that he should thus encounter her again, and that so soon after all the things that he had spoken of her on this morning?
Presently, whom should she encounter but Edward Severne.
In the encounterat Homburg, Ashmead had an advantage; Poikilus thought himself unknown to Ashmead.
Dutch-built was she, and had been strong to encounter storms, but was destined to defy such forces no more.
Nor did any other reckless-driving vessel, with a captain vowed to make the passage of the season, encounter him.
I was afraid to get up, to walk, to return home, to run farther, fearing to encounter my father, whom I did not wish to see again.
Monsieur Carre-Lamadon remarked that if the French, as they talked of doing, made a counter attack by way of Dieppe, their encounterwith the enemy must inevitably take place at Totes.
You will have to appear in court, to encounter malicious looks, to speak before everybody and to recount that unfortunate occurrence in the railway carriage in public.
I would often encounter her also in the corner of a field, sitting on the grass under the shadow of an apple tree, with her little religious booklet lying open on her knee while she gazed out at the distance.
What superhuman happiness must overflow your heart, when lips encounter lips for the first time, when the grasp of four arms makes one being of you, a being unutterably happy, two beings infatuated with one another.
Those who have acquired their knowledge of science easily have no idea of the difficulties which the original investigator had to encounter and how deep are the mysteries which he knows lie all around him.
In this short encounter twenty-four of the Indians were slain.
He was well aware that he was quite unprepared for immediate hostilities, and that he had much to do in the way of preparation before he could hope successfully to encounter foes so formidable as the English had now become.
Anyway, Evil-Eye was certain to be there, hunting for more prizes, and he had no wish to encounter him.
So he was really none the worse for the encounter beyond feeling sulky at his discomfiture.
He now for the first time took a good look at Eric, who had also risen to his feet, the excitement of the encounter having made him forget his pain and weakness.
Thereby he would have proclaimed his belief this encounter was an entirely unnecessary interruption of his healing duologue with Sir Richmond, which must now be resumed.
Sir Richmond had been dreading an encounter with some dominating and mesmeric personality; this amiable presence dispelled his preconceived resistances.
And to tell the truth, I do not find this encounterso amusing as you seem to do.
When she went out she was alive to the possibility of a new encounter with the unknown man.
It was nearly five o'clock, and she did not want to be late in Glebe Place, though she dreaded the encounter she expected there.
He still remembered the encounterin Glebe Place with a feeling of anger.
She had begun to think that Destiny had decided against another encounter between her and this man when one day Seymour Portman asked her to lunch with him at the Carlton.
But since the encounterin Glebe Place he had changed his mind.
The encounter with the steamer and the desperate action of Parker Flynn furnished food for conversation on board the yacht.
Straight forward he rushed, ready for the encounter at any instant.
He followed them to the pier the morning they went aboard the White Wings, and he saw the encounter between Frank and Flynn.
The pleasure of the king was first signified to me some three days after my casual encounter with Karky the artist.
Fool that I was, to suppose that any one would willinglyencounter the perils of this valley, after having once got beyond its limits!
From the time of my casual encounter with Karky the artist, my life was one of absolute wretchedness.
I was willing to encounter some risks in order to accomplish my object, and counted much upon my ability to elude these prowling cannibals amongst the many coverts which the mountains afforded.
I always thought the distinctive thing about the Jock was his air of belonging to the town, ruined or otherwise, or to the bleak stretch of war-eaten countryside where one had the good fortune to encounter him.
But a more embarrassing encounter occurred the same day and on the same too public spot.
It was late and I was tired--consequently less inclined than usual to encounter a storm, for in general I enjoyed being in any commotion of the elements.
Besides, I had no wish to encounter Clara before I understood her game, which I need not say was a mystery to me.
Rather than it should not be as it is, I would go back to the world and this body of which I grew weary, and encounter yet again all that met me on my journey.
Our old talks arose again, And now that he was not alone in them, the perplexities under which he had broken down when left to encounter them by himself were not so overwhelming as to render him helpless.
It is rather a rough night to encounter in evening dress.
And if he should encounter them, he would lie, saying that he had found the infant in the middle of the street; he would extricate himself as well as he could.
