Protopopov and the Government had at first represented the state of affairs as serious, but not alarming--popular disturbances to be suppressed with "a firm hand.
One of the Army Corps Commanders led his troops with a firm hand, but experienced strong pressure from the Army organisations; another was afraid to visit his troops.
Gutchkov spoke of the difficulty of managing the Northern Front, which was the most unruly, and of the need of a firm hand there.
For the first time his brow was clouded, and a slight pallor took possession of his cheek; but he forced back this prophetic shudder quickly, and raised his pistol with a firm hand.
With a firm hand he grasped a bell lying upon the table.
With a firm hand he put the key in the lock, opened the drawer, and drew out the letters and papers it contained.
History, which was his special science, furnished him with potent proofs, that the people should always be ruled with a firm hand.
It was written in a firm hand, and read as follows: "To my parents I say farewell.
Ludwig added that liberation could only be brought about by one who possessed a cool head and a firm hand, so that, without swerving a hair's breadth to either side, he could put in the knife where it was needed.
This blow, though dealt with a firm hand, was too hurried, and had not been calculated with sufficient precision to be mortal.
The blow was dealt so truly, and with such a firm hand, that the old man fell like a log, without uttering a sigh or giving a cry.
Don Mariano held him with a firm hand, to prevent him falling on the ground, and placed his face almost close to his.
It's as easy as any other road if you've got a steady head and a firm hand," said Torode.
He reined in Black Boy with a firm hand, and the ruffled black sides worked like bellows, and the angry black head jerked restively, and the quick-glancing eyes looked troubled and vicious.
His hair was quite white, and was cut so short that it bristled all over, and added much to his fierce wide-awake look, as though he scented dangers all round and was ready to tackle them with a firm hand.
Jonas Feather, the host, came out of his kitchen on hearing the lad's step, and put a firm hand on his shoulder.
Nanny made straight for the dresser, putting her goodman to one side with a firm hand.
Rodin shrugged his shoulders and wrote with a firm hand: "Leave me my head; you may take all the rest.
While he wrote rapidly a few words in a firm hand, he said to the soldier with a smile, in so low a tone that it was impossible for his daughters to hear: "Do you know what I had almost resolved upon, before entering this room?
Seating himself before it, the Jesuit took pen and paper, and began to write in a firm hand.
His dull weariness slipped off him, as it were; a confident smile parted his lips and he seized the wax with a firm hand.
My boys are high-spirited fellows and need a strong, firm hand to restrain them.
But here, as I have already said, we need a firm hand at the helm.
Von Klinger tried to seize the paper, but Sterzl held him with a firm hand.
Franks; was the last of the Merovingian kings who knew how to rule with a firm hand; the sovereign power as it passed from his hands was seized by the mayor of the palace; d.
And the speaker prepared to close the wicket, but the She-wolf checked him with a firm hand.
It was the spy; the Breton suddenly aroused, flung himself on him, but the Indian held him back with a firm hand.
After some hesitation, the maiden raised her head, and walked resolutely toward a cabin, the buffalo skin of which she lifted with a firm hand.
His wife was silent for a little while; then she went over to her writing-table, and wrote with a firm hand a few lines in German.
He had flung away the slough of his old life with a firm hand, and the peace, the dignity of his present existence were very precious to him.
It was bold and clear, shaded with a firm hand, spirited and original.
The group parted as we entered and I immediately felt, resting upon my shoulder like a benediction, the soft, firm hand of the Father of his Country.
Under his administration some very formidable seditions broke out in consequence of the scarcity of wine, as the people, being exceedingly eager for an abundant use of that article, were easily excited to frequent and violent disorders.
A man of prudence indeed, and well skilled in all the forensic business of the city, but less accomplished in general literature and in the fine arts than was becoming in a nobleman.
David somewhere found the courage to lay a firm handon himself.
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