Parleys took place as to the form of the decree which must precede the absolution.
At the first parleys the king had said, "I am disposed enough towards peace; I am willing to grant it to Languedoc and the other provinces.
From the bottom of the slope, where the parleys had taken place, came the report of musketry.
With eye to keyhole the valet reporter saw the frequent innocent parleys of Maurice and Henriette, which he construed as an intrigue.
The governor, seeing that it is a losing fight, parleysand yields.
Speaking with consideration, I also earnestly hoped for the success in the British-French-Soviet parleys because it would ensure safety in Europe by safeguarding all lesser states.
At present, we are still enjoying these advantages, and the breaking-up of the British-French-Soviet parleys does not influence this situation.
In other respects, these parleys were not only attempts to preserve peace, but an additional ruse de guerre.
The year 1811 was wasted in parleysabout peace, and preparations for war.
She was pastparleys and preliminaries, past coquetry and artifice.
After introductory parleys with the heads of the house the searchlight of inquiry was turned on the servants.
Would the Allies consider parleysupon a basis of indemnity for Belgium and a cessation of militarism?
I believe if one could have started peace parleys in November, we could have forced the evacuation of both France and Belgium, and finally forced a peace which would have eliminated militarism on land and sea.
DEAR PAGE: The President desires to start peace parleysat the very earliest moment, but he does not wish to offend the sensibilities of either side by making a proposal before the time is opportune.
In a few hours the cannon were silenced, andparleys were opened.
The members of our regiment performed their full share of picket service, and, like all the rest of our troops, had frequent parleys with the Confederates.
These parleys were carried on without the knowledge of the officers on either side, and were finally forbidden.
That Germany, in abruptly declaring war against Russia for failure to demobilize, when the other Powers had offered to make any reasonable concession and peace parleys were still in progress, precipitated the war.
On the first day of February, 1918, the peace parleys were again in session at Brest-Litovsk, with Trotzky at the head of the Russian deputation, strengthened now by the Bolshevist deputation from Ukrainia.
Sifted down to essentials, and extricating their meaning from a welter of unctuous verbiage, the Teutonic answers merely conveyed an eager desire to reach a peace conference, withholding terms for submission until such parleys could begin.
I am sure that Dayton is respected by Louis Napoleon and by Thouvenel on account of his sound sense and rectitude, although he parleys not French.
It seems that such a change is contemplated in certain quarters, because the agent parleys poor French.
Next day parleys began between the councillors of the two princes.
The month of September passed thus in parleys without result.
Parleys took place between the leaders of the two hosts; and the Duke of Orleans made his way into Rennes, had an interview with the Duchess Anne, and succeeded in shaking her in her refusal of any French marriage.
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