For a length of time he resisted the tempting offers of the emperor, and one of his refusals, for its wit, if not for its patriotism, almost deserves to be placed by the side of Andrew Marvel’s.
According to Posey, Wayne on the eleventh despatched an old Indian to the hostile camp with offers of peace; two days later an old squaw was posted off with a similar message.
Josiah Morrow offers this correction for future editions of Armstrong's Journal: "The printed journal of Armstrong's makes the first ten miles of the third day in a northwest course.
He offers the chance of winning so fair a may to his men, and no one dares say a word except Young Orm, who sits lowest at the board: he will be the man.
Ebbe's father offers his horse and a thousand mark as ransom.
Her husband goes to the shore weeping, and offers her captors her weight in gold; they will not give her up for a shipful.
The father then goes to the lord of the place and offers three hundred florins as a ransom.
The murderer offers himself to his former love in place of her husband, at the very moment when she is bowed in anguish over the dead body.
He offers the mayor a ransom for their lives, and is sternly refused.
He makes her great offers to abandon Christopher and lay her love on him.
Brunamons of Majorca, to whom the amiral offers his daughter after the defection of Karaheus, may be Bremer of Spain.
John, in great concern for his brother, offersto go a-wooing for him again.
More and more attractive offers were made, the portions to be ceded being increased, and those to be retained in a state of independence being proportionately diminished.
Now, in conclusion, he offers a fervent tribute of praise to Him who is a God of love as well as of justice, and who is as able and ready to protect those who cling to Him and serve Him as to punish those who murmur and rebel against Him.
As a natural consequence, all the unmarried and unengaged officers lost their hearts to Russian young ladies, and it was said that Feodorowna received certainly two if not three offers before the evening was over.
The governor was so frank, and apparently so sincere in his offers of assistance, that Murray told him one of his chief objects in coming to Mozambique was to obtain an interpreter who could thoroughly be trusted.
The superiority of Liege arms was recognized all over the world, and the gunworkmen received offers of high salaries to induce them to go to France, England, Germany and Austria.
I know him well enough to prophesy that my offers will be accepted.
Let us now look at the practice of Ibsen, which offers a sharp contrast to that of Shakespeare.
Here we behold the active intervention of a superior though perhaps imprudent will, which offers irresistible obstruction to the intelligent will of a life.
Still Isaura was unmarried, still she had refused offers of marriage from men higher placed than himself,--still he divined no one whom she could prefer.
In the rutting season they are so jealous of the cows, that they run at either man or beast who offers to approach them; and have been observed to run and bellow even at ravens, and other large birds, which chanced to light near them.
Meet life as it offers itself: it’s a bigger thing than avoiding it.
Even when I declared my love she only said, 'Life offers me nothing better than to be your wife.
I had nearly a dozen offers by the time I was Ella's age.
He was not a little uneasy over the profuse attentions and offers of help which Ella received from several young men.
Possibly at some distant day Mara may still think that life offers her nothing better than to be my wife; but she shall be free, free as air, and know, too, that I know all.
He has seated himself beside the major, and absently takes a cigarette from the case which his uncle offers him.
The Countess offers him her finger-tips with a gracious smile.
It was said that repeatedoffers had been made for it at a thousand dollars a foot, and promptly refused.
So long as a Chinaman has strength to use his hands he needs no support from anybody; white men often complain of want of work, but a Chinaman offers no such complaint; he always manages to find something to do.
NO sooner was Lyon completely in the power of the men he had wronged to an extent that left no room for mercy, than he made offers of compromise.
How often have words of similar import passed my own lips, when I spoke as a mentor, and vainly thought my own heart was not wedded to the world and the good things it offers for our enjoyment!
Mrs. Bradlaugh is too well known and too much respected to suffer by such a calumny; but for the pain so heedlessly given to a sensitive and delicate nature the editor offers this expression of his profound and sincere regret.
Science founded on truth can never be popular until mankind further evolves, since it offers nothing better than toil and difficulty, and after each achievement increased work as a reward for work.
In London he had accepted her offers of hospitality, and for ten years had occasionally stopped at her house, so haste can not be offered as an excuse.
Possessed of a small sum of money, the hard earnings of unremitted industry, she generously offers her purse for the liberation of her worthless favourite.
Masquerade; together with that of the earl of Peterborough, who offers Cuzzoni, the Italian singer, 8000l.
Though suspended, he is not reclaimed; though exposed, not abashed; for in this degrading situation he offers to stake his watch against money, in another wager on his favourite champion.
In the first group a young peasant, who aspires to a niche in the temple of Fame, preferring the service of Mars to that of Ceres, and the dignified appellation of soldier to the plebeian name of farmer, offers to enlist.
General intention behind the provision* The statement of the fair use doctrine in section 107 offers some guidance to users in determining when the principles of the doctrine apply.
Mr. Beecher illustrates this, in this wise: An employee offers his services by saving, "I have a pair of hands and one of my fingers thinks.
The hairy coat offers many facilities for harbouring dust and dirt.
It offers a parallel to the Arctic Hare in the fact that in some countries, such as Ireland, it only rarely turns white in winter.
Many leading zoologists, such as Professor Sars and others, have since adopted them, and though discredited by Professor Credner, the theory still offers the best explanation for the origin of marine animals in freshwater lakes.
And this again offers an explanation of the otherwise mysterious occurrence of the Caspian Dreyssensia polymorpha in the lower continental boulder-clay.
Kobelt, is the operculate Pomatias, which in its geographical distribution offers some interesting modifications from that of Campylaea.
Then he offers to measure swords with the rebel before all his men, shouting, "Let us settle this difference singly between ourselves.
Nothing has transpired which should affect the opinions formed and expressed by the author in favor of the attractions which Oregon offers to the energetic and industrious.
I told him who I was, and repeated your offersof service.
Heaven knows, this cannot be the case, for I would sooner perish than venture to insult the man my father has treated so ill with any pecuniary offers from me!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "offers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
