At this juncture, while the Dutch were threatened by a complete subjugation of their liberties, a champion arose who in the end proved more than a match for Philip both in diplomatic fields and in military operations.
He clearly saw that the greatest force which the princes of India could bring into the field would be no match for the small body of men trained in the discipline and guided by the tactics of the West.
The boards should then be taken out one by one and their edges should be carefully planed so that they will match together in the position in which they are laid.
Generally speaking, the re-finishing begins with the surfacing, which may be done with thin shellac coloured to match the stain of the furniture.
If several shades are used in the body of the rug, better results are obtained by using for the border or end decoration one or more plain colours which match or readily blend with the principal colours of the body of the rug.
After the stained surface is thoroughly dry, a filler, coloured to match the stain, should be applied and rubbed well into the pores, as already explained in the section on natural finish.
A thin Van Dyke brown alcohol stain was therefore applied and when dry this was followed by a very thin coat of shellac--mostly alcohol--coloured to match the stain.
The missing parts of the top were replaced by new pieces of baywood, fitted in, glued, and stained to match the original wood.
Then at least three fly leaves should be added, made up to match the other leaves of the folio.
A full-size drawing was made of the design for the glass panel and the glass cut in pieces to match the pattern.
A final coat of thin finishing varnish was then put on, which was lightly rubbed with rotten stone and water to give the half dull effect required to match the antique mahogany table.
Illustration: Method of fastening shelf] The top may now be set on and fastened by screws or by brads driven through into the posts and well set so that they may be concealed by putty, coloured to match the stain used.
He had made a desirable match last fall, and was now travelling in Europe with his heiress bride.
Sit down, sir," said the Doctor, and contributed his match to the ash-tray.
Harold had been in love with her from his knickerbocker days, and was considered to be "doing very well"; the match had been a most promising one.
In fact, such a match would really be very suitable, indeed, whatever cold-blooded eugenists like Mary Wing might think.
Then the Doctor's match caught the gas with a faint pop, and the little room filled with a high white light.
He knocked again and the flare of a lightedmatch illumined the window.
He got up, struck a match--and then blew the match out, and came and sat down beside Peter, and stroked him with his hand.
But he was no match for Rothesay's cunning, and readily swallowed his enemy's smiling professions of regard and good wishes for his married happiness.
Both were men of fine stature and great strength; and, indeed, Upaparu one day jestingly remarked that he and Captain Shelley's two officers were a match for three times their number.
MATCH'LESS, having no matchor equal: superior to all: peerless: unpaired.
LUC'IFER, the planet Venus when it appears as the morning-star: Satan: a match of wood tipped with a combustible substance ignited by friction.
He was nomatch for him in a fight, nor could he approach him in his peerless woodcraft.
At last he got behind a washing-tub, and then, fastening the match to the end of a long stick, set the piece of ordnance off gloriously.
But harke yee, What cunning match haue you made this iest of the Drawer?
Ile procure this fat Rogue a Charge of Foot, and I know his death will be a Match of Twelue-score.
And now, when the grooms brought the horses to the door, they were astonished that so famous a major should ride an animal so shattered in his appearance, and also travel with a pig who could match the devil in cutting up antics.
The cabin shook under a heavier blast, to match Bill's yarn.
Yet, on occasion, when the mountaineer is drawn out of his natural reserve and allows his emotions free rein, there are few educated people who can match his picturesque and pungent diction.
She had a watch, of course, as a teacher; but it had run down long ago, and even if it had not, we could not have lit a match in that place by which to look at it.
I gathered a little armful of dry grass, and lighted it with a match to the leeward of us.
Mrs. Formica had no suspicion that Lily was the cause of Osgood's disappearance; she would not have regretted his absence so much on these grounds, for a match with Lily was not desirable.
As a friend he was everything a mother could desire; as a match for Nancy almost unimaginable.
Barney followed him, with a quickness tomatch his own, to the door.
You must equip him with your opinions," said Oldmeadow, and his voice was a good match for hers in benevolence.
He put a match to the ranged logs, drew the blinds up farther so that the autumnal sunlight might more freely enter, and left him.
With all that money, it's an extremely good match for him.
Gathering fresh reputation with age, so long as their discipline remained unimpaired they were a match for the best soldiers in Europe.
The girl belonged to the county, and if not quite the brilliant match for Piers that he would have chosen, she came at least of good old English stock.
In a battle of wills, he was fully a match for Piers.
With all your learning and experience, he is more than a matchfor you.
I shall send to Paris to match it, and then wear a braid round my head as you do sometimes.
This crop is so unbecoming, and I can't match my hair anywhere, it is such a peculiar shade of golden-auburn.
The match excited much interest, because Dawson, who had already beaten North for the Billiard Association championship, was the first man for many years to play Roberts even; but Roberts secured the game by 1814 points.
As the match burned close to his fingers, Orme pulled out his watch.
Someone struck a match to light a cigar, and in the sudden light Orme found himself looking into the face of the Japanese minister.
By the light of a third matchhe looked more carefully at the other apparatus.
The match burned down to his fingers, and again he sat in darkness, wondering at the elaborateness of the medium's outfit.
He wondered what this secret place was for, and taking a match from his pocket, he lighted it.
With the girl, he avoided any reference to the possible presence of the Japanese among the trees, but knowing that he was no match for them unarmed, with their skill in jiu-jitsu, he resolved to be in some measure prepared.
Only half the matchwas gone before he turned from her, but in that time he had asked and answered so many unspoken questions--questions which at the moment were still little more than hopes and yearnings.
He struck another match and looked again at the ghostly paraphernalia about him.
He knew that here, away from her steeps and pinnacles, she was no match for him in speed, and he knew, too, that once she saw herself deserted by the flock her powers would fail her in sheer panic.
Lighting match after match, she hunted about for something to serve as fuel, for she craved the comfort, as well as the warmth of a fire.
This particular kind of owl, as he knew, was a most formidable antagonist; but with his substantial weight and his long, punishing jaws, he felt himself much more than a match for her.
As it fell, the girl scratched the match and set it to the dry stuff.
She moved over beside the broken stove, and stood, match in hand, ready to set fire to the pile of dry spruce tips.
He knew, he said, the appearance and habits of every English bird, but had never had the chance to match the bird to the song, and he was very anxious to do so.
In the old Southern days on such plantations there was almost always a colored “pickaninny” to match each white child, and they were actually considered as foster brother or sister.
But as that match died out I am almost certain I saw a face part the creepers and peer at me out of the mangroves.
The next minute the match burned his fingers and died out.
The stump of the match was still in his fingers and shed a yellow glow about them.
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The stranger struck a match and tried to light a cigar, but failed.
The three men had paused for a moment behind her, and the sound of a match struck reached her ears as she went listlessly forward to the door which was open to the broad garden path, and stood looking out into the sunshine.
She took another cigarette from the box on the table beside her, struck a matchand lit it carefully.
They seemed to her to match exactly the pure and ascetic light cast by the dawn over these bare, grey hills, and they stirred her abruptly from the depressed lassitude in which the dreary chances of recent travel had drowned her.
Her partner finds the match unequal, spends his time with more congenial society, and is out-and-out in favor of Moses' law of a galloping divorce.
There is no fear, however, that when a superior order of women shall grace the earth, there will not be an order of men to match them, and influence over such minds will atone for the loss of it elsewhere.
