Day after day, as it fights its way in the air and sunshine, blest or bruised as it may be, the little plant never fails to keep at one thing.
The country sports with bulls are different from the regular bull-fights of the cities.
Through the afternoon, games of ball and cock-fights furnished amusement.
In a more perfect state, in which all humanity fights collectively against Nature only, it chooses as its chief the man of richest brain, most disciplined will and concentrated attention.
Not a night passes without fights in the taverns or on the street, not to speak of other abominations.
There are societies whose object it is to interpret them, and their enthusiasm is so fanatical that they frequently have fights against each other ending in murder.
Hence it is characteristic that the foolish necessity to revolt of this kind of revolutionary frequently turns against imaginary evils, follows puerile aims, or even fights against those laws which are wise and beneficent.
Attempt made to remove the Seminoles from Florida, and war followed; Micanopy and Osceola, Indian leaders, were successful in fights at Fort King and near Wahoo Swamp, but were defeated by General Clinch on the Big Withlacoochee.
Anon they came to where the thirty knights lay waiting, and Sir Tristram rushed upon them, saying, "Here is one who fightsfor love of Lancelot!
As long as money exists, so long will fights and quarrels take place between capital and labor, and between the different branches of labor as well.
Fist fightsbecame frequent and each one of the sailors took a "punch at my head" at different times, only to learn that I enjoyed that kind of sport and retaliated in a way that laid the offender up for repairs afterward.
Only of one thing does she think: "He fights for my sake; fights on account of my arrogant, obstinate lack of tact!
Maschenka's childish self-sufficiency diminishes considerably; she lowers her head and bites her under lip; she fightsback tears.
These towers rose over the houses of powerful and wealthy families, to be used for offence or defence, when the faction fights raged, or to be dismantled and cut down when the people gained the upper hand.
Here no onefights for God's Name and honor, and I hold that no greater or more frequent sin is done in external works than under this head.
The single combats and inter-dormitory bolster-fights which were a feature of the school-life were constantly being interfered with.
Prize-fighting was a respected and popular calling, and set fights between boys at school of all ages were of constant occurrence.
They have attempted to direct everything from prize fights up.
As an earthly king does not hold himself responsible for the moral character of each soldier who fights his battles, so the Lord does not vouch for the moral character of all who enlist and fight on His side of any question.
Set fights or duels between men of the same house are very rare.
Old fights and wrestlings have injured them irreparably.
So we drank with all, and all treated, and our voices rose, and we remembered a myriad kindly acts of comradeship, and forgot our fights and wordy squabbles, and knew one another for the best fellows in the world.
In the course of separating these two, half a dozen fights started amongst the rest of us.
These fights were finished, one way or the other, or we separated them with drinks, while all the time Nelson and Soup Kennedy fought on.
To my knowledge he games, drinks, swears, and fights eternally; besides, he is horribly indicted to wenching.
The next step, when fights came to be for ideas, marked a rapid growth of civilisation.
War organisation had not been thought of, and his tribal fightswere prodigal of noise but sparing of slaughter.
This little force which had come to succor the beleaguered garrison on the Allegheny had just been through one of the stiffest fights in the annals of Indian warfare.
For two miles the now excited Americans rushed after the vaunted warriors of the frontier, who had adopted the ancient motto: "He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day.
Do you think it is any worse than the prize–fights you have in England and America?
But bull–fights are managed by the authorities of the province, presided over by the queen or members of the royal family.
The people of this city are not very fond of the sport; and the affair is tame here compared with the bull–fights of Madrid and Seville.
Only a few low ruffians go to prize–fights in England and America,” replied the doctor warmly.
The former, almost frightened out of his wits, loses his head and is just as apt to fire backwards as forwards; while the latter seems to have lost all fear, reckless of his life, and fights like a hero.
Had he lived in the heroic age, I have no doubt he would have regaled the ears of his listeners with blood curdling stories of his battles with giants, his fights with dragons and winged serpents.
It has not existed as far as many of these fights are concerned How could it?
Antwerp bombarded by German siege guns and Zeppelins; Germans cross the Scheldt; Allies gain near Arras, which is being shelled by Germans; Germans cut railway lines near Ypres; cavalryfights on the Belgian frontier.
All had seen fights aplenty; most of them had taken a hand in brawls—but here was a new kind of malice.
Thank God, for all my doings, I never fought my fights before a judge or jury!
Not far from here is the site of old Fort Kearney, where in these early days of progress were acted more stories of desperate fightsand literally hair-raising adventures than Fenimore Cooper ever dreamed of, and where Major Frank J.
Grand Island and the section immediately to the west to old Fort Kearney and beyond were the scene of many Indian fights when the Overland Route was being built.
The Chilian soldier fights like a robber, for the sake of the booty he hopes to acquire; and covetousness will form the foundation of his valour, till increase of population shall permit the organization of a national militia.
The mock-fights were of course in imitation of their serious warfare, and they parried with admirable dexterity the blow of a club or thrust of a lance, by which otherwise they must have been severely wounded.
That unhappy country was torn apart by the fights of the different factions.
The Greek people resented this interference and on one or two occasions fights broke out when allied sailors marched through the streets of the capital.
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