He should consider such an attempt as much a violation of the constitution, and of the privileges of the chamber, as it would be for a military usurper to enter upon us, at the head of his soldiery, and expel us from our seats.
This perhaps was not the proper occasion to say more; nor would it, he considered, be treating the President of the United States with proper respect to enter upon a premature discussion.
Passing through a corner of the south aisle, now the only portion of the church not open to the sky, we enter upon a beautiful sunny courtyard, around whose velvety turf arise the grey, crumbling relics of the Priory buildings.
Approaching by way of Castle Square, we enter upon a broad, smooth stretch of greensward, encompassed by stone walls and old ruined structures, the Base court or outer Bailey of the fortress.
An Inhabitant of the Kingdom of Castile, being a Man of more than ordinary Prudence, and of a grave composed Behaviour, determined about the fiftieth Year of his Age to enter upon Wedlock.
The following Lines, in which he tells him, that the Day is not too far spent for him to enter upon such a subject, are exquisite in their kind.
We are not, of course, going to enter upon an elaborate comparison of the two chapters; this would be impossible just now, on various grounds.
Until this point is fully established, or rather until the heart is brought directly under its full moral force, we are not in a condition to enter upon details.
How the faithful Israelite would long toenter upon it!
But the separation of Church and State had become too complete to enter upon a scheme so suggestive of establishment.
Here Jefferson had made out a list of proscribed actions, which the National Government dared not enter upon.
Reluctantly he was compelled to advise Congress to enter upon a system of total embargo on foreign trade, which might possibly avoid war and preserve the pattern of neutrality which had been set by the first President.
After a time, however, he determined to enter upon a professional career and with that end in view matriculated in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1845 on the completion of the full course.
When his textbooks were put aside he turned his attention to banking and became familiar with that business in Dannebrog, so that he was well qualified by experience to enter upon a similar field when he came to Waitsburg, Washington.
If the German working class is willing to enter upon such a treadmill round, the time before the real improvement of its position will be long indeed.
It is not my purpose to enter upon a consideration of this problem here.
But, before I enter upon such a Defence of my self and my Discourses, I must make, what is proper here, a short Preface.
But before I enter upon a close Proof of this grand Undertaking, I must beg leave to tell my Readers a Story, which tho' it will for while defer my undertaken Demonstration, yet it is properly introductory to it.
It was a form deemed safe to abide by, because it was believed that there would be no one who would venture to enter upon so momentous and perilous a duty.
These monarchs were now on the very confines of France, ready to enter upon a bloody war, and that was the fault of the king!
He conjured Louis to trust him, and to enter upon no plan without asking his counsel.
To take possession, to enter upon, or to bring within one's power or occupancy.
Before I enter upon it, you will give me your word, Ball, that my communication shall be held sacred, in the event of your not consenting to pursue it further.
Could the fate that was to overtake his child have been foreseen by the earl, he would have struck her down to death, in his love, as she stood before him, rather than suffer her to enter upon it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "enter upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
