Not to have washed his spear in an adversary's gore, was a reproach which would have been felt by a full-grown tribesman to have carried with it the deepest and most lasting ignominy.
This eclipse was total, the totality lastingfrom 9h.
With the Sun so high and the obscuration lasting so long, this eclipse must have been an unusually imposing one, and well calculated to inspire special alarm.
The circumstances of this eclipse have been investigated by Hind, who found that the eclipse was an annular one, the annular phase lasting 6½ minutes in Northern Italy.
It was in Chicago that the blow was struck which succeeded in discrediting the cause of the workers, stayed the progress of their movement, and covered it with a prejudice and an odium lasting for years.
The facts unearthed must have been a lasting lesson to Gould as to how things were done in the exalted halls of Congress.
He had already been honoured with the first grade of the second rank, so that he enjoyed the right of access to the Presence, and the cloistered Emperor held with him long conversations, sometimes lasting a whole day.
The Japanese acceded, and Shiragi was saved for a time, but at the cost of incurring, for herself and for Japan alike, the lasting enmity of Koma.
Chikafusa's work was destined to produce great and lasting effects in future ages, but, for the moment, it accomplished little.
Another embassy was despatched in 654, and the records show incidently that the sea route was taken, for after a voyage lasting some months and therefore presumably of a coasting character, the envoys landed at Laichou in Shantung.
Our short-lived connection with being, we fondly flatter ourselves, is an indissoluble and lasting union.
In all things a regular and moderate indulgence is the best security for a lasting enjoyment.
The history of nations is determined not on the battlefield but in the nursery, and the battalions which give lasting victory are battalions of babies.
The hawks practise monogamylasting for one season, "the male staying with the family, and sharing the care of the young till they are well-grown.
I have some hopes that it will be a lasting peace; that the troubles of the last twenty years may make kings and nations wiser.
To this peculiar attraction which radiates from her, artists and men of letters can well bear witness, since it is to literature and to the arts, before all, that France owes such living and lasting power.
The care and precautions afterwards taken restrained it as much as possible, but did not hinder it from lasting a long time, or from creating frightful disorders.
The impression it made on both whites and negroes was a lasting one.
Beneath its surface lay strong and lasting issues, the effect of which is often perceptible even in our own day.
The generosity of the Roman people, the cardinals, and the prelates of Italy, was displayed in a manner to reflect lasting honor upon their names.
A generation had grown up imbued with its false principles and ready to cast broadside through the country the seeds of a lasting hostility towards the Papal prerogatives.
In May, 1893, this law was so transformed that a mere separation lasting three years could then, on the demand of one of the parties, be changed into absolute divorce.
It was this foolish story of the Amazons, hatched in the prolific brain of Friar Gaspar, which gave the river its lasting name.
The inexhaustible coal fields already mentioned, which are situated but a few miles away, must prove to be a lasting source of prosperity to Concepcion.
Favored by the unavoidable companionship of individuals in the circumscribed space of a ship, acquaintances are formed which often ripen into lasting friendship.
It should be mentioned, to their lasting shame, that the books which they stole at the same time have not been returned.
Its exquisite grace, its delicate coloring, its prodigality of charm, explain its immediate popularity and its lasting fame.
Protect his memory, and preserve his story, Remain a lastingmonument of his glory.
But the Churches, Catholic and Protestant alike, see none of the impiety which is so revolting to moral men and women, who to their lasting advantage have emancipated themselves from ecclesiastical guidance.
If a man does not see somewhat deeper into himself and things than the average human being, never among the sacred band of lyric souls can he find a lasting place.
On each and all Lorenzo had a deep and lasting influence; he was the centre around which all revolved, the link that bound all together, however much a few of the disaffected ones might try to fight against it.
The collection of critical studies which he published in 1489 under the title of ‘Miscellanea,’ at Lorenzo’s desire and with a dedication to him, is a lasting memorial of his learning and acumen.
Receive this apology with kindness; the gift is small, but it is a testimony of my lasting devotion.
All these water-cures only gave temporary relief to his malady, and the short time he usually devoted to them would have prevented any lasting result even if his maladies had been less rooted and less complicated.
They made the lasting existence of the Republic impossible.
Lorenzo must have been the more anxious to obtain the lasting favour of the head of the Church since a change had taken place abroad which might possibly have an important influence on the political circumstances of Italy.
Naldo Naldi has acquired a more lasting reputation by his biographical works than by his numerous verses.
Gout made its appearance in various forms, and the waters, tried frequently and one after another, failed to give lasting relief, partly because he never gave them time to produce their full effect.
His span of life had been but a short one for such manifold activity and such lasting fame.
These handy markets by the sea were at first moved constantly about; by and by they came to be held, year after year, in the self-same spot; the temporary clustered settlement became a lasting town.
It is a lasting regret to me that as a staff officer with opportunities of seeing and knowing much, I did not keep up a careful diary or journal throughout the war.
It was a lasting regret that I had no more than a passing glimpse during these operations of the distinguished soldier, Lieut.
Committed, a mulatto fellow--his back shows lasting impressions of the whip, and leaves no doubt of his being A SLAVE" J.
To the free colored population, also, we are lasting debtors for their hearty co-operation and assistance.
It would be absurd that leather, dead stuff as it is, should be made tougher and more lasting by being softened with oil, and the living body get no advantage from the same process.
But we know of strange disappearances lasting much longer.
I think Mademoiselle Lecouvreur's death had a lasting effect on Count Saxe.
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