His not very rigorous captivity lasted for two years, and he then disappears from sight.
He was peremptorily refused, and now commenced the first of a series of persecutions, which lasted for sixteen years, and which finally culminated in the liberation of the people of the township from the thraldom of Chief McNab.
The fight lasted till night, when both parties became tired of the contest; some ugly wounds were given and received; and a man of the name of Porter was so badly injured that he died in ten days afterwards.
If Charles had not smoked last night his virtue would not have lasted longer than tonight, and now perhaps with a little of your good counsel he will refrain.
For while itlasted I had many many hours of pure happiness.
Her illness lasted but six weeks; it left her weak, but the country has made us whole.
It lasted into the twentieth century, under the editorship of Dr.
As to his fluctuations, which lasted till his death, cp.
The war of the priesthood against reason has lasted for thousands of years, and it still goes on without ceasing.
Yes, indeed, it was a delightful little holiday; it lasted a whole week.
Had the star of Minerva lasted to our present time--but I pause, not because the idea is dazzling, but too awful.
During one of the periods of illumination, which lasted several minutes, I hauled up a bucketful of the phosphorescent liquid and took it into the cabin.
Dances interspersed with curious native games and frequent refreshments of frozen cranberries prolonged the entertainment until two o'clock, when it finally broke up, having lasted nine hours.
As long as itlasted he was glad to share it with us, and never hinted at compensation or seemed to think that he was doing any more than hospitality required.
This curious phenomenon lasted only a moment, but it was succeeded by others equally strange, until at last we lost faith in our eyesight entirely, and would not believe in the existence of anything unless we could touch it with our hands.
Our interview lasted from one until between four and five o'clock.
I don't suppose it lasted more than about two and a half or three minutes--could not have lasted any longer, I think.
I believe it to be a fact, that, had the trouble lasted two days longer, there would have been a vacation of the city by the women and the children in the city of Pittsburgh.
That confusionlasted two or three minutes, probably, and the Second brigade was just put on the right, and order was immediately restored.
Yes; I suppose the firing lasted a minute and a half.
Was it a scattering fire that lasted some little time?
It lasted a minute or two minutes, and I could see the officers trying to stop the firing, after it commenced.
I do not think the shooting from the vigilants, as they term us, and I was the last man in the crowd--and I don't think it lasted one minute.
One day the conference lasted so long, that the hour for their meal passed by without their having stopped; finding himself tired, they went a little out of the way to rest.
During three years, no rain fell in the whole country, and an infinity of people died by pestilence and famine, which scourges lasted five years, God choosing to proportion the duration of the punishment to the number of the martyrs.
This lasted as long as those people remained faithful to God.
The siege lasted nearly eighteen months, with enormous losses, yet some astonishing acts of bravery were witnessed.
On Hengist he bestowed fair manors, and goods, and great riches, so that lovelasted between them for a long space.
The pursuit lasted until the Britons took refuge in a fastness of those parts, and the night parted the adverseness one from the other.
It is more probable, however, that it lasted till the 12th February.
The thing lasted for a few seconds, and I was still dreaming of it when once more I felt an icy, irrevocable shadow falling upon me--the hostile glance of Herr Spat.
Our first spell lasted for thirty-six hours, during which each one gave to the full measure of his powers, without a thought of self.
On the first of February last, however, she had been attacked with fits which lasted till the witnesses came to the Assizes, vomiting pins daily, seven last Sunday.
This lasted four hours,[45] from midnight till four, during which time Wild gave Turner the account of how the burglary was committed, which he afterwards explained to the witnesses.
I had no reason to prevent these walks, which started between four and five o'clock in the morning and lasted for about three hours.
Then, it started right after church andlasted until late at night.
The conversation lastedabout two hours: in that time the whole campaign was settled.
Her intolerable suspense lasted till four o'clock in the morning; and then, in the still night, horses' feet came clattering up to the door.
The consultation lasted all night, and finally a comprehensive plan of action was settled.
It is not known whether the festival lasted four or five days with the Athenians.
It is most probable that the ceremoniallasted but three days.
The festival lasted for three days, and began on the longest day of the Spartan month, Hecatombæus.
This absorption of the thoughts in one maddening appetite lasted for a single minute; but in the next arose the final scene of parting vengeance.
After that signal the boy did not dare to break the silence, which now lasted uninterruptedly till Darrell rose, and with the formal and superfluous question, "Any more wine?
Her cruise had lastedfrom the 31st of January to the 5th of March, a period of thirty-five days (for it was leap year), corresponding to seventy days as accomplished by the new little world.
So great, however, was the speed at which Gallia was receding from the sun, that this meteoric storm lasted scarcely more than four and twenty hours.
The following attack in the north lasted about as long, but with much slighter gains.
The occupation was preceded by a battle whichlasted four days.
Quartermaster Sergeant Duggan showed me a photograph illustrating this condition of things, which lasted for some time, it being a month before the prisoners had any covering over their heads.
The aviators on both sides were preparing for the impending battle, which actually began on the morning of March 23 and lasted all that day and the day following.
All these glories of their elder brother made the other sons more eager now than ever to show their prowess, but there was slight chance in Normandy, for the war lasted but little longer.
You remember that this siege lasted a long time, and it gives us a good idea of the warfare of that age to discover that every day there came out of the city gate an awesome knight who challenged the conqueror to single combat.
There appears to have been a new awakening of religious interest in the year 1000, which lasted late into the century.
There had been a long struggle that had lasted from Richard the Fearless' boyhood until now, but it was ended at last, to all intents and purposes.
This Administration lasted ninety-eight days, until the death of Mr. Canning.
On Wednesday he had an audience of the King at the levee, which lasted fifty-two minutes by Yarmouth's watch; nobody knows what passed between them.
The partylasted more than a week; there was a great number of people, and it was very agreeable.
The principal topic of conversation at dinner was the trial, which goes on every day, has already lasted a month, and is likely to last two or three more.
He talked the matter over with his wife, and they agreed that if it only lasted one year (which he evidently thought probable) it was worth while, besides the contingency of a long Chancellorship.
Left the Simplon in torrents of rain, which lasted the whole day.
Lord Eldon attempted to rally, and made a long and wretched speech which lasted two hours.
The last three months have been remarkable for the panic in the money market, whichlasted for a week or ten days--that is, was at its height for that time.
But the good he had done there lasted for years and years; he was long missed and deeply mourned--at least, so far as anybody could mourn one who was gone on such a happy journey.
While his first childhood lasted Prince Dolor was happy enough.
The defence lasted about thirteen hours and reflected credit on all concerned, especially on Captain Rowley, whose foresight had averted great loss of life.
At Pretoria the month closed with the execution of Broeksma, formerly the Public Prosecutor of the Transvaal, whose trial, begun on the 12th of September, lasted three days.
This fierce, determined, carefully-planned attack lasted two hours, and the success of the repulse was mainly due to the amazing gallantry of all ranks, especially of the 1st Battalion Derbyshire Regiment.
The fighting lasted the whole day, and the Boers made frantic efforts to capture a gun of the 67th Battery R.
But, had his doings lasted as they were, He had been an immortal carrier.
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