So the Colonel was alone, listening to the far-off roar of the Britons' choruses by an expiring fire, as he sate by a glass of cold negus and the ashes of his cigar.
When the Bohemians enter a pot-house we are too virtuous, presumably, to go in likewise, but we stand without, to get a tempting whiff of hot negusand a snatch of some genial jest or tuneful song.
Having lost sight of Prester John in Tartary, the Portuguese were delighted with the discovery of a Christian king in Africa, the Negus of Abyssinia; and transferred to him that popular fable.
Driven from this false notion, by a more thorough knowledge of Asia, the European nations fondly transferred the title of Prester John to the half Christian prince or Negus of the semi-barbarous Abyssinians.
But the Negusgave audience in the open field, seated on a lofty chariot, which was drawn by four elephants, superbly caparisoned, and surrounded by his nobles and musicians.
The Negus passed the Red Sea with a fleet and army, deprived the Jewish proselyte of his kingdom and life, and extinguished a race of princes, who had ruled above two thousand years the sequestered region of myrrh and frankincense.
Internal strife prevented the newnegus of Abyssinia from prosecuting the war, which thus, in spite of the Abyssinian success, resulted in the increased prestige of the khalifa.
The captain was endeavouring to make some broken reply, as far as his deep emotion would allow, when Mrs Major Negus interrupted him.
Maurice Negus said, and you will arrive at the conclusion that the combatants were not so very unequally matched after all.
The listless lotus eaters had to thank Master Negus for the excitement, in the first instance.
Amongst these latter was Mrs Major Negus and her son, "the Major" being extremely anxious to join her husband at Waikatoo as soon as possible.
Florry Meldrum, too, and Master Maurice Negus were not one whit the more alarmed by the critical condition of the Nancy Bell either; but, neither Maurice's mother nor Kate closed their eyes for a moment the livelong night.
Even Mrs Major Negus was so delighted to stand once more on terra firma that she did not mind getting her feet wet for once, and was almost one of the first to jump off the raft.
This thenegus refused to do, and at length Bermudez was obliged to make his way out of the country.
The interior limits of Italian influence were but ill defined, and the negus Johannes (King John) of Abyssinia viewed with anything but a favourable eye the approach of the Italians towards the Abyssinian highlands.
The chief judicial official is known as the affh-negus (breath of the king).
The emperor, styled negus negusti (king of kings), is occasionally assisted by a council of rases.
But Ubie, who was aiming at the crown, soon attacked Ras Ali, and after several indecisive campaigns proclaimed himself negus of Tigre.
His successor Mendez was a man of much less conciliatory manners, and the feelings of the people became strongly excited against the intruders, till at length, on the death of the negus Sysenius, Socinius or Seged I.
The title of negus negusti has been to a considerable extent based on the blood in the veins of the claimant.
Tom has eaten twelve, but he has had four more glasses ofnegus than Giles.
It was intended for that sort of negus which is offered at Christmas parties and of which ladies and children may partake with refreshment and cheerfulness.
Come away and have some negus on the stairs," he said.
What people drink at such times comes to nothing,--just a little negus and lemonade.
You look as if your negus was not nice," harmlessly continues Miss Hetty.
At all events this Negusmust be stirred up and taken down pretty sharply.
This Negus evidently is not so sweet as usual: a little punch-in' his head would do him some good.
The two principal American taffrail logs are the Negusand Bliss (Messrs Norie and Wilson).
With the intention of proceeding to Abyssinia, whose Negus (emperor) Segued had been converted to Roman Catholicism by Pedro Paez, he left India in 1624.
He sat placidly perusing the newspaper, with his little head on one side, and a glass of warm sherrynegus at his elbow.
The negus put me to sleep at last, or exhaustion did; I think the latter, for it was very late; and the rest of that night wore away.
My aunt and Miss Pinshon came and went and were busy about me; making me drink negus and putting hot bricks to my feet.
Prester John to the Negus Alexander of Abyssinia, but he was detained by that prince and never allowed to leave the country.
Gondar was a small village when at the beginning of the 16th century it was chosen by the Negus Sysenius (Seged I.
Later emperors built other castles and palaces, the latest in date being that of the Negus Yesu II.
They are brave warriors, thousands of them having fought in the army of Negus Theodore.
Anarchy reigned, overwhelming Gideon and Judith, the last of the Jewish dynasty, and proving equally fatal to the Christian empire, whose Negus Theodore likewise traced his descent from Solomon.
Thanks were voted to Mr. Jonathan Medley and Mr. Humphry Negus “for their great care in defending and preserving the Rights Priviledges and property of this Company on their Separation from the Surgeons.
Footnote 9911: The Negus is differently called Elesbaan, Elesboas, Elisthaeus, probably the same name, or rather appellation.
The Negus did not then know how short a time his fancied security would last.
The answer to the Negus ran thus: He was mistaken in his supposition that Freeland thought of receiving foreign troops.
All that the Negus did was to set his vessels industriously cruising off Massowah for several nights in order to prevent the six supposed mail-steamers from escaping if they should turn back from Suez.
This Job's message must have reached the Negus about the same time, for towards two o'clock we saw the enemy leaving the camp and preparing to give battle.
A few shots from ours put the enemy's vessels to flight, and the Negusat last understood the situation.
If theNegus had hoped to attract fresh troops on the way, or to inflame the national fanaticism of his subjects against us, he was disappointed.
It was fortunate that theNegus had posted on his left wing the troops that had learnt our mode of fighting at Ardeb.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "negus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
