The people, generally, made great exertions to arm and discipline themselves.
In the mean time the governor of New France, and the general of the army, made great exertions to retrieve their affairs, and to avert the ruin which threatened them.
The Duke was no sooner vested with the Authority of Prime Minister, than he made great Alterations in the Government; but these are the Subject of History rather than of a Letter.
The French made great Boast of this Matter, and vaunted how much it was to the Honour of the Duke of Orleans, that all the Powers of Europe should send Ambassadors to him, to submit their Fortunes to his Arbitration.
He made great Progress in Music, History, and Geography, and neglected no Means to render himself one Day or other, useful to the State, and to his Prince.
Besides the Estate of the Family of Estrees, of which he is the only Head, he made great Acquisitions by Missisippi Stock, and there are few Sovereigns that have finer Diamonds.
He made greatprogress as a student, under Scaliger, and was appointed to a professorship at Leyden.
He made great efforts in determining the latitude and longitude of places in England and Ireland, and contributed a series of papers to the Penny Cyclopedia on the science of astronomy.
As he rode he was in great sorrow at departing in this wise; and there, as he made great dole, by fortune a damsel met him, and she and her lady brought him meat and drink.
And the Queen made great cheer, and there were great feasts made, and many great lords and ladies, when they heard that Sir Launcelot was come to the court again, made great joy.
When King Mark understood that the good and noble knight Sir Marhaus was come to fight for Ireland, he made great sorrow, for he knew no knight that durst have ado with him.
And when Sir Launcelot was come among them, the King and all the knights made great joy of him.
It made great havoc in Lycia, so that the king, Iobates, sought for some hero to destroy it.
And after twenty-four days he opened his eyes; and when he saw folk he made great sorrow, and said, "Why have ye wakened me?
And when the good man understood his name he made great joy of him.
But among all other Queen Guenever made great sorrow.
And then they led him unto the Abbess's chamber and unarmed him; and right so he was ware upon a bed lying two of his cousins, Sir Bors and Sir Lionel, and then he waked them; and when they saw him they made great joy.
And when they were alit they made great joy of them.
How Sir Launcelot passed over the sea, and how he made great lords of the knights that went with him.
And then the king and the queen by Merlin's advice made him to swear to tell of his adventures, and so he told and made proofs of his deeds as it is afore rehearsed, wherefore the king and the queen made great joy.
Then came Sir Dinadan, and he made great joy of Sir Lamorak.
And when Sir Launcelot was come among them, the king and all the knights made great joy of him.
When Elias the captain understood the death of his men he made great dole; and when he wist that they were loath to go to battle again he was wroth out of measure.
And when he was so delivered he made great joy of Sir Percivale, and so each one of other.
When the priest understood that it was Messire Gawain, he made great cheer to him, and was all ashamed of that he had recorded as concerning his birth.
When Lancelot knew Perceval and Messire Gawain hemade great joy of them and they of him.
He made great haste to complete his preparations for leaving the city, frequently reviewing the troops.
I made great lights on the banks of the river to see if any of the Inca’s runners had arrived.
At the same time the provincial congress made great exertions to clothe and pay the besieging army, voting a large sum in paper currency, for the redemption of which the faith of the whole province was pledged.
While all these events were passing, Sir Charles Napier, the governor of Scinde, made great exertions to render such service as he could to the policy of the governor-general of India.
In mine I found a young man, who turned out to be Cecil Hanbury of La Mortola, with whom I made great friends, and found, as I always do, that it makes all the difference if one has one special friend in a large party.
Saturday was an interesting day at Alet, a ruined cathedral, and pretty desolate place on the edge of the Eastern Pyrenees, with a very admirable old curé, with whom I made great friends.
Curzon, eldest son of Lord Scarsdale, the sort of fellow I take to at once, and we made great friends in one evening, unfolding ourselves in a way which makes me sure we shall meet again.
Then Messire Guillaume rode away forthwith; and he made great joy in that his uncle had said that he should of a sooth have to wife her whom he so desired,--of no other joy is he fain.
And there the king fell to the ground in a swoon; and when he recovered his speech he made great lament, and so did all the stranger folk.
Whereupon, Sir Kay becoming furious, made great ado to wound his opponent.
Gawaine had brought the other to earth at last with swift and mighty blow and such was the force of his stroke the fallen man could not rise although he made great ado so to do.
And so for us he made great medicine, And so for us he made great medicine, In the days of President Washington.
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