For three months he applied himself solely to business; and then, when affairs had partially been restored under his guidance, he again resolved, under the further instigation of Poppins, to put things at once on a proper footing.
The English bitterly complained that this misfortune was due to the instigation of the Dutch.
It was at Livingstone's instigation I purchased milch goats, by which, since leaving Ujiji, we have had a supply of fresh milk for our tea and coffee three times a day.
He declared that he had written it at the instigation and under the dictation of Marshal Davoust, for doing which he received a small sum of money as a reward.
Joseph made this sacrifice at the instigation of his brother.
I believe, however, that Bonaparte was not entirely a stranger to the business; for the circulars were written by Raederer at the instigation of Lucien, and Raederer was at that time in favour at the Tuileries.
This displeased her, particularly as Appleboro had at her instigation included Mr. John Flint in its most exclusive list, and there were invitations she was determined he should accept.
They had at Inglesby's instigation been guilty of a tactical blunder of which the men behind the Clarion had taken fiendish and unexpected advantage.
This, together with the instigation of some enemy of the duke of Ormond's at court, wrought upon him so, that he undertook the assassination.
To advise immediate arrests already made at your instigation was insulting effrontery.
That Paul Lanier, at the instigation of his father, committed the homicides, partial developments tended to prove.
A happy accident has led to the discovery in our own days of the long poem, drawn up in commemoration of his career[1] at the instigation of his son.
The first edition of his chronicle, compiled when under the spell of the English court, contrasts strongly with the second version written at Brussels at the instigation of the Luxemburg duke of Brabant.
At Orleton's instigation the deposed king was transferred in April from his cousin's care to that of two knights, Thomas Gurney and John Maltravers.
But I also allege that it was at your instigation that in Siena an operation was performed upon the unfortunate girl which deprived her of speech and hearing.
He stands in great fear of the poor young lady, I believe, for it was at his instigationthat Leithcourt and his friends took her on that fatal yachting cruise.
The Emperor, at the instigation of the Duke de Morny, has given orders for the construction of a bridge over the Marne near Petit Val, a thing we needed greatly.
I told her about it, and that I had brought some at the instigation of the Princess Metternich, in order that the Empress could try it.
And when his father died, his relations by the father's side rose against him, and at my instigation my father established him on the throne of his father with a military force.
I am absolutely persuaded that this 'discovery' is a forgery, executed with the highest skill, by the one man living capable of doing it at the instigation of the one man evil enough to suggest it.
Saint Didier, Bishop of Vienne, was at her instigation brutally murdered.
Alarmed at his lengthy absence the people clamoured for "gods" to lead them, and at the instigation of Aaron, they brought their jewelry and made the calf out of it.
I came at the instigation of the Captain himself, who said he had orders from the Government to receive, and convey me to England, together with my suite, if agreeable to me.
New hopes were excited among the friends of the Old Order by this uprising of the malcontents, with whom the inhabitants of the Haslithal and other Oberlanders also joined, at the instigation of their neighbors in Obwalden.
The Council, sorry to find this influence, and tracing it in the quarrels, which already began to arise in many families, through the instigation of the spiritual sisters, invited Zwingli to preach in the convent.
At the instigation of the Shereef, who likes a laugh, I keep roasting him on the way, telling him, "You have got so much gold about you that we are sure to be attacked by banditti before we arrive safely at Tripoli.
And all by the instigation of a selfish brother, and envious sister-- But let me stop: let me reflect!
But to think to whose instigation all this is originally owing--God forgive me; but with such usage I should have been with Lovelace before now!
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