These officers all brought us cheering news from the seat of war, and strengthened our confidence in the ultimate triumph of our cause, but could give us but little encouragement in regard to exchange.
Being blessed with the happy faculty of looking upon the bright side of life, and possessing a hopeful disposition, unaccustomed to give way to despondency, I also write upon the bright side of my subject.
Having eaten and paid for our breakfast, we waited for the teams to come along, and then we concluded to travel with them, as it would give us the appearance of being all right, if we should meet any soldiers on the road.
I told him I would give him twenty dollars if he would get me five chickens, and corn bread enough to eat with them.
You must watch me closely, for I give you fair warning, that I shall escape if I can.
After a while, however, one of the Captains offered to run the mess, for so much a head per week, agreeing to giveus good board.
September 26th, we were told that if we would giveour parole not to attempt to escape, good quarters would be furnished us, and as escape from here seemed impossible, we gladly accepted the proposition.
He had nothing cooked up togive me a bite to eat, so I thought I would start on and get beyond those dogs, and try for some safer place.
We had never seen him until an hour previous, and of course did not know but this was only a dodge togive him an excuse for shooting a Yankee, but we took the risk, and started into the woods.
Jones, who had thus far been in command, and who had treated us with marked kindness, often dismounting to give some weary Yankee a ride on his horse, here took his leave and turned us over to Lt.
Chaplain White being allowed to hold the funeral service, a number of us offered to give our parole to attend the funeral, but our request was denied.
Of course under all this delicate give and take both suffered; both felt that the promise of their marriage had failed them, and that they had come dismally down to a second best.
Rose and Agnes, having now reduced her to the latter state, proceeded cautiously to give her her head again.
Why should we complicate our task and spend in needless struggle the energies we might give to love and to our brother?
He must, of course, give up his living and his orders.
But I am quite aware that in a world of claptrap the philosopher gets all the kicks, and the philanthropists, to give them their own label, all the halfpence.
I have very little advice to give you as to your future career," he said to the young bishop, "but all that experience has given me I hand on to you.
The husband also, after a day spent in chambers, would give his evenings to teaching or committee work.
Elsmere grasped his hand, and asked him to take him into the dining-room and give him some wine before announcing him.
It says volumes for Hugh Flaxman's general capacities as a human being that at this period he should have had any attention to give to a friend, his position as a lover was so dubious and difficult.
Let combination and brotherhood do for the newer and simpler faith what they did once for the old--let them give it a practical shape, a practical grip on human life.
Did he not owe every last hour he had to give to the people amongst whom he had planned to spend the best energies of life, and for whom his own act was about to part him in this lame impotent fashion?
This explanation you do not give me; I must now think only of him whose innocence is proved for me, and take his side against him whose guilt is not less proved.
So it is not impossible that Mademoiselle Phillis, relating that her mother was cured of a similar paralysis, will give Madame Dammauville the idea of consulting you, and her physician will send for you.
She would feel guilty did she not give her testimony to save an innocent person; not to save him when she could would be to take the responsibility of his loss.
Does he imagine, the young 'confrere', that I am going to believe his time so fully occupied that he must make a special arrangement to give me an hour?
I would ask Mademoiselle Phillis to give me, if she has it, a photograph that I gave her about a year ago.
He remembered how happy she had been at their impromptu dinners six months before, and he would giveher this same pleasure.
How can you expect a doctor to give himself up to such an investigation?
If a physician can be found who will declare that her paralysis does not give her aberrations or hallucinations, another one will be found who will contest these opinions, and who will come to an opposite conclusion.
You must conciliate Madame Dammauville, and this would be truly a stupidity that would give her a pretext for thinking that you are trying to find out whether she is, or is not, in her right mind.
He knew at this hour she would be alone, and as she had not been, assuredly, warned by her daughter that he intended to shave, the experiment would be presented in a way to give a result as exact as possible.
In his position he must take care not to give cause for any remark that could not be explained.
What an excellent opportunity a dance is for old friends togive each other good advice.
It's bad enough to wear your things at all, but don't give me something that will make everybody look at me, like that!
How your mother's eyes would shine when I could give her a five!
But I shall always have time to give to you or to your father, if in any way I can ever be of service to you.
She had lingered as long as she could to give this man every chance.
I mean that I believe that Joan Meredyth will never love you, because all the heart she has to give has been given to someone else.
Because I have no power to give what you would ask for!
I could giveyou a good time, and--" But she had turned her back on him.
It was all very well to bear up and show a brave and determined face to the enemy, to give no sign of weakness when the danger threatened.
But she saw it all in her quiet way, and was anxious and worried, as a kindly, gentle, tender-hearted woman must be when she notices one of her own sex give all the love of a passionate heart to one who neither realises nor desires it.
When you stand before the altar with that man's ring on your finger, when you have promised before God to be his wife, then and not till then will I give up hope.
Yes, the one Miss Joan give our Bob to bring 'im this afternoon.
She had a habit of underlining her words to give them emphasis, and she underscored "vital" three times.
Hugh could give Tom Arundel a matter of eight years, and therefore Tom regarded him as elderly.
Lane has taken advantage of your being away to give the car a thorough overhaul, and--and I think that is all, sir.
But whatever a singer's emotions may be, she must give no evidence of them.
I could not conceal some surprise, and was obliged to explain: "The American ladies so seldom give their age that your frankness is a revelation.
They slowly depart and give place to the ballet, without which Delibes would hardly be himself.
He hands her his sword and horn and ring to give this brother if ever he comes back.
Lohengrin speaks reassuringly; but the spell is upon her, and nothing--nothing can give her peace but to know the truth.
Give your best always; take Sincerity for your guide, and Work, never-ending, for your master.
It was a great opportunity for me, but I sometimes thought I would have to giveit up.
I always give great thought to my costumes, but when once I have studied thoroughly into the period represented and feel convinced that my designs are correct, I never change them.
I have no home, no wife, no child; all my wealth should be yours if you could give me these.
Do not rush about and become excited, because that unduly alarms those about you, I will giveyou ample warning.
Then I'll giveyou a little hint, if you'd like to try to make an investigation," said the captain.
The officers will give full instructions to all of you as to the way the belts should be worn, so there will be no confusion at the last moment.
It would be a pretty hard job for a navigator in a submarine to calculate when the boat had passed sufficiently near to know the opportune time to come to the surface and give us the shot.
I wish to make an announcement, and give further instructions.
He saw the officer go to the door, andgive three quick knocks.
That will give the gunners the best chance, and at the same time present the smallest target for the submarine.
I asked you to give me an estimate of the length of the entire tube so as to give me some assurance that you knew the value of an inch.
Too much pearl-ash, will give it an unpleasant taste.
When all the flesh is thus loosened, take the turkey by the neck, give it a pull, and the skeleton will come out entire from the flesh, as easily as you draw your hand out of a glove.
Some think it makes common paste more crisp and light, to beat it hard on both sides with the rolling-pin, after you give it the first rolling, when all the butter is in.
When your oysters are opened, take care of all the liquor, andgive them one boil in it.
After the paste is mixed, it should be put in a covered dish, and set in cold water till you are ready to give it the last rolling.
Oh, there hangs in my snout a jewel of gold, And that will I give to thee.
Upon thy balmy bosom, Mother Nature, Where my young spirit dreamt its years away, Give me once more to nestle: I have strayed Far through another world, which is not thine.
Give them the victory, First have they greeted thee; Give them the victory, Yokefellow mine!
Still the youthful hunter gathers Fiery joy from wold and wood; He will dare as dared his fathers Give him cause as good.
Accept our little gift, and give To all who here may dwell, The will and power to do their work, Or bear their sorrows well.
The language he uses is a frightful mixture of Judeo-German with German, the latter frequently predominating over the first, so that he is often obliged to give in parentheses the explanation of unusual words.
But he treats just as frequently geographical and historical themes; among the latter he has even dared to give an impartial discussion of the Reformation.
Earth is too mean to give us a resting-place; we are voyaging, but, unfortunately, no one waits for us.
It cannot be maintained that it is desirable to preserve the Judeo-German, and to give it a place of honor among the sisterhood of languages; but that has nothing to do with the historic fact of its existence.
Their advocates of the Reform, who took to writing in the vernacular of the people, set about from the very start to create a useful, rather than an artistic, literature, to give positive instruction rather than to amuse.
Incidentally, the literature is also to give positive instruction; but primarily, it is to draw away attention from the worthless books of the previous decade, and to create a decided taste for good works.
It was also not uncommon for such singers to give performances of their art in private houses to assembled guests.
We must give the inhabitants of Parasiteville their due,--they are contented with anything God may give them, and they are not by any means dainty in their garments and their food.
He falls in love with one of the peasant girls of his acquaintance, whom he courts, and for whom he is about to give up the faith of his fathers.
Give me the novels of Schaikewitsch,--I think they are excellent stuff for vomiting.
This is the ancient story; and in accord with it, I say that it is God's peculiar work to do good, and the creature's work to give Him thanks.
It is not correct to say with Philo that the translator rendered each word of the Hebrew with literal faithfulness, so as to give its proper force.
Not so Philo, who, desiring to give the day a value for all, regards it as God's covenant with the whole of humanity.
Just as we must be careful of the body, as the house of the soul, so must we give heed to the letter of the written laws.
He shared largely the rabbinical attitude and could not give an independent historical appreciation of Philo's work.
Philo, then, in the same way as the rabbis, deduces all his teaching from the Bible, not because he holds that it was explicitly contained there, but because he desires to give to his philosophical notions Divine authority.
The work of Philo helped to spread a knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures far and wide and to give them general authority as a philosophical book; but it did not succeed in spreading the pure Hebrew monotheism.
Because the festivals are symbols of spiritual joy and of our gratitude to God, we must not therefore give up the fixed assemblies at the proper seasons of the year.
And it is a question to which chronology can give no certain answer, and for which dates or records have no meaning.
For they ought to give good heed to both--to the accurate investigation of the unseen meaning, but also to the blameless observance of the visible letter.
Certificates must be delivered on arrival to Transportation Committee, who will give receipts for the same, and which must not be called for later than the evening of the 25th.
I can give you many incidents of this character, but one is sufficient.
But reading and spelling in English--where they could not know what sound to give to a letter, and what letters had no sound--was most trying.
And it would not be easy to give an answer, if we were asked to state the precise meaning of Gray's line: And all the air a solemn stillness holds.
If a word be repeated in order togive it intensive force, a comma follows it each time that it occurs; but, in the case of an adjective repeated before a noun, not after the last expression of it.
One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor.
The maternal function partly explains this, as in the case of cows and hens which giveus milk and eggs; and even with mares and sheep the offspring adds to the general working value.
In fact, if we give a scientist a section of brain substance he cannot tell whether it is the brain of a man or a woman.
Playgrounds are laboratories of conduct, and they should not only give physical exercise, but should also furnish standards and ideals.
We must wash the mother and feed her the milk, and then let her give it to her baby, instinct with her own life.
The guilds were broken up and a measure of freedom was secured, though the industrial institution which shall give us freedom and security in our work is yet to be formed.
The judge may order that it be divided equally, or he may give it all to either party, according to conditions; but the woman has identical rights with the man.
If when a woman gives herself she tries to secure individual property it will be only that she may give it to the man she loves.
But how can celibate young women, longing toward the towns, give this?
A man who possesses significant things has a new body through which his soul can work; this body trains his powers; and it should give him life more abundantly.
It was bad for the children; they got unruly; and yesterday he actually had to give Gustav a thrashing.
It is impossible to give you an idea of such a meticulous neatness.
I feared he might give me a piece of information that would make my assumed role of match-maker odious--however unreal it was.
I suppose the fifteen dollars extra he has to give keep on rankling--in there.
I proposed to give him eighteen dollars for his local knowledge; and all the time I was speaking he kept on considering attentively the various aspects of the banana, holding first one side up to his eye, then the other.
I am a poor judge of character, besides, you would hardly give me credit for being impartial.
This was soon obviated; by papa's depositing the money in Mrs. Davis' hands; an arrangement that seemed to give great satisfaction to Davy.
Then nail my heart on yonder tower, Give every town a limb And God who made, shall gather them;-- I go from you to him!
If necessary, we will give his weight in gold, and gold can do all things.
And now it is your turn, Bastiani: giveus your story--a history of some of the lovely Magdalens you have encountered.
If no reliable director could be found in Paris, I give you permission to select from my court circle those you consider most talented and most capable as actors, and you can study their parts with them--I myself alone excepted.
He wished to afford to himself and his comrades a little distraction; to give to the hungry sons of the Muses and Graces a few hours of simple enjoyment.
I will seek him boldly; I will avow that I love Trenck; I will demand that hegive Trenck liberty, or give me death!
But now, my young friend, excuse me; I must go to the king to give my report.
And then, I dare hope your majesty will give a splendid wedding- feast, where costly wines and rich and rare viands will not fail us," said La Mettrie.
Shall he give up his studies as I did, and become an actor?
In my own fair land we give a finer turn to our speech, and we beg for the honor of a visit.
No; but they have sent a courier, who commands us immediately to open all the doors and give entrance to the soldiers of Maria Theresa.
Perhaps you will soon find an opportunity to give it to me, for I believe we are about to attack Hungary, and you can yourself procure the horses.
Allow me to rest awhile; give me a glass of wine, and then we will mount the tower.
But these accusations have not been established; and yet, now that he is dead, they refuse to give up this fortune to the rightful heir, Frederick von Trenck.
Carpenter, but they found no better explanation to give of it.
Cooke had already begun to give him instruction in anatomy; it looked as though destiny had marked out his career.
From the first he was very busy, glorying in the prospect of being able to give himself up to his favourite pursuits, without thereby neglecting the proper duties of life.
Wharton Jones assuredly was one of those born teachers who love to give time and all to a keen and promising pupil.
I believe in the fustian, and can talk better to it than to any amount of gauze and Saxony; and to a fustian audience (but to that only) I would willingly give some when I come to Tenby [Dr.
I am sure that you will return this feeling, and will therefore be glad to give us the opportunity of aiding you in some degree, as this will be a happiness to us to the last day of our lives.
If you shuffle with your subject, and study chiefly to use language which will give a loophole of escape either way, there is no hope for you.
At the London University, also, he was an examiner for many years, and in the early nineties he strove hard to give it a new constitution, first as a member of the Senate, and then as president of a reforming Association.
He knew that the bulk of the Six Nations were willing to give their life's blood in the service of the king.
They would give him pre-emption rights over land estimated to be worth twenty thousand pounds and an annual allowance of fifteen hundred dollars.
Sir Guy Carleton had also assured the Indians that money would be spent to give them the same position after the war that they had occupied before it, and that the government would not be lax in dealing with their needs.
He was freed on condition that he should go to the English camp and give an exaggerated account of the new force which was coming to the relief of Fort Stanwix.
By this treaty the Indians were to give up all the prisoners of war still in their hands.
To have two great nations each striving to enlist one's services is a fair indication that the possession of those services will give either nation a distinct advantage.
For nothing is more certain than that good work, either from man or woman, will find a market; and that bad work will be refused by all but those disposed to give charity and pay for it.
It is a much easier pace, and helps to give confidence.
And young wives are apt to forget how bitterly hard it is for a mother to give her son up, at once and forever, to a girl whom she does not like in any way.
She must give up with a good grace the exaggeration and romance of love-making, and accept in its place that far better tenderness which is the repose of passion, and which springs from the tranquil depths of a man's best nature.
However, if women are really to succeed they mustgive to their preparation for a profession the freshest years of life.
So women do not marry, they work; and as the world will take good work from whoever will give it, the world's custom is flowing to them by a natural law.
They feel their own mental culture to be of supreme importance; they wish to attend lectures, and take lessons, and give themselves to some special study.
It is not a bad plan to give girls only one baptismal name, so that if they marry they can retain their maiden surname: as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Harriet Beecher Stowe.
In return the recipient mustgive the babe three different things, and wish it health and fortune.
She must be able to give and take cheerfully, to conceal every social wound and slight, and to be deaf to every disagreeable thing.
Others have strong individuality, and refuse to give up their time into another's keeping.
Pharisees, either by the refusal of Gamaliel to give him his daughter, or by some other cause?
In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one part of the citizens to give to the other.
It is evident to me that I cannot give myself extent or thought.
This is to give at once too much and too little to both God and matter; it is to pass over assistance when most needed, and to demand it when no longer necessary.
If they take measures to conquer the world, we give them property and they become more moderate; but for a poor demoniac, who is content with a few convulsions, and does no harm to anyone, it is not right to make him injurious.
They find out America in Plato, give the honor of it to the Carthaginians, and quote this anecdote from a book of Aristotle which he never wrote.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, maygive you the spirit of wisdom.
The authors of the Pentateuch give us to understand that every nation has its gods, and that these gods have all nearly an equal power.
The Commission shouldgive this its earliest attention.
I will give them my support, as I am sure all our citizens will, in whatever constructive steps they may take to make this newest of man's discoveries a source of good and not of ultimate destruction.
This, above all else, has been the task of our Republic since the end of World War II, and our accomplishment so far should give real pride to all Americans.
Our Nation is better able than ever before to meet the needs of the American people, and to give them their fair chance in the pursuit of happiness.
We will do that, at any rate, except where the recent amendments to the law specifically require us to give further price increases.
These ideals give our cause a power and vitality that Russian communism can never command.
Pause thou, Ontario, in thy forward march, And give a tear to those who, long ago, On this day fell upon those Heights where now Their ashes rest beneath memorial pile.
O give my Helen back to me, My mountain, and my old oak tree!
I am happy to be able to give my readers the heroine's own simple account of her journey, as furnished me by the courtesy of Mr. Benson J.
You know enough to wed, And Gilmour there would give his very head To have you.
Nor have I spent My youth in studious sort to give up now.
They are learning the business while they give you the benefit of their often very extended connections.
I believe they want togive the Turks an object lesson as to how nothing can be swept away against its will.
There was no reason why they should not continue to givethe country the benefit of their services even after the general war was ended.
Five times a day they give thanks to the Almighty, fervently confirm their faith that there is no god but God, and beg Him to assist them in following the straight path, the path to salvation.
But after seeing the excellence with which everybody danced it my wife and I were quite reluctant to give a demonstration of our own limited abilities.
To ask only some at the single large reception he was obliged to give would have alienated the friendship of all those who had not been invited.
She comes to give my wife a pair of small diamond earrings as a token of welcome under her roof.
These committees are built upon such efficient business lines that I feel I should describe them to some extent so as to give an idea of the administrative and organizing capacities of modern Turkish women.
Hassan Effendi answered in detail all these questions and I will try to give below if not word for word at least the summary of his answers.
All the way to Emirghian I gave thanks to the Almighty for having protected at least a few imperial palaces and a few old estates which could still give an idea of what the Bosphorus looked like before the war.
