But it was equally evident from the cordiality with which the proposal was received that, if Lord Reginald had not brought it on, some one else would.
It will be remembered that a great aversion had been expressed by the upholders of the Constitution to the proposal to change the law of succession within the imperial family.
The proposal was by no means approved of; for the military council of the insurgents were sufficiently sensible of the value of his services to fear to lose them, and felt somewhat conscious of their own inability to supply his place.
Rue "to take the rue," to repent of a proposal or bargain.
He did not know how to talk with him--what to reply to his rude consent to the proposal of marriage.
The duke flushed to the edges of his hair, but he repeated his proposal in plain words.
Of course he should never take up the proposal seriously; no, no, that was going a bit too far; but suppose Clem's husband were really contriving this plot on his own account?
To the Hewetts he had spoken impartially of Mrs. Tubbs and her bar; probably that was the right view; but now there came back upon him the repugnance with which he had regarded Clara's proposal when it was first made.
Having heard all, Joseph promised to think over the proposal which concerned himself.
When the tribunes reintroduced the proposal of redistribution of the land, and removing half the city to Veii, Camillus openly, without caring how unpopular he became, opposed the measure.
Now the queen made a secretproposal to him, that she should destroy her infant and that they should live together as king and queen.
But Aristeides came forward and told the people that noproposal could be more advantageous or more villainous; so that the Athenians forbade Themistokles to proceed with it.
Rhegium, a city of Greek origin and friendly to both parties; as this would conduce to his own safety, and they also would be the more bound to stand by their proposal about the Syracusans if they took the people of Rhegium as their witnesses.
Excited by these speeches, the people would not enrol themselves as soldiers for the war, and looked with suspicion on the proposal for the new colony.
Then followed a number of speeches, some for the one proposal and some for the other.
It finishes, however, with the proposal of Paralysis being carried, but adds that only men were to die, not women.
This proposal was laid before them in an earnest and eloquent speech by their President, who entreated them to consider the dangerous position of the Republic, and to face their difficulties like men.
The telegram ends thus: "Add, that if this proposal is accepted, you now are authorised to agree to suspension of hostilities on our part.
The morality of such a line of policy would be precisely on a par with that which is involved in the proposal to reinstate Cetywayo as a means of dealing with the Boers.
She had carried her head more erect, and there was a brighter sparkle in her blue orbs since the evening Mabel had come blushingly to her room, Fred's proposal in her hand--to ask counsel and congratulations.
I've a proposal to make to these children, with your permission, Marion," he said to his daughter.
My proposal is, Marion, that you lend me these children, Helen and the Ethels and Roger, for a few days' trip.
Mr. Clark was not at all pleased with his sister's proposal that they invite Mary Smith to make them a visit.
Thus he was again caught between two Union armies, and despairing of effecting his escape, he sent a proposal to General McClellan, offering a total surrender of his command.
The matter has had Mr. Roden's careful consideration, and I think we are ready to give our consent to any proposal which has received so marked a benefit.
When the "family prime minister" next pressed his master on the subject, Mr. Fujinami had to confess that the proposal had been rejected.
To his surprise, theproposal met with unanimous opposition.
After the forlorn supper the little group sat close together, saying little, yet loath to make a proposal of bed, for it had come home poignantly to all of them how very empty life would seem with Charmides taken away.
The Jew consented silently to the proposal and followed the high-priest into the temple, across its vast hall, and back into one of the small rooms used only by priests.
I make this proposal to all Governments of our star system, the common heritage of humankind.
The proposal that we should leave in a body for the Fort of Chunar was most wisely rejected.
Puddock did not value Dangerfield a rush, and Cluffe's mind was pretty easy upon that point from the moment his proposal for Gertrude Chattesworth had taken wind.
I feel certain that she would never consent to such a proposal even from a man she loved.
Hoseyn would not consider the proposal for a moment.
He allowed some days to elapse, and then, on the morning of the 20th, he sought out Queen Victoria and laid before her and Prince Albert his proposal of marriage.
That proposal the parents of the Princess Royal accepted in principle, but they requested him to say nothing to their daughter till after she had been confirmed.
I daresay she is wondering why the proposal doesn't come.
He was not ready, yet to listen to such a proposal coming from any person, however eligible, much less from one so sadly afflicted as poor Herbert.
Such were the arguments by which Hamilton supported his proposal that on letters between England and America postage should be charged--of 6d.
Their proposal to guard the horse and cross-post mails, though repeated again and again, continued to be rejected.
Barlow now proposed that these letters also should be placed under his control, and the proposal being approved, the dead letter office began to assume the shape in which, though under another name, we know it to-day.
We told you that the greater part of the postage on these letters was going into the pockets of the postmasters, and that to accept Mr. Allen's proposal was the only way to check the malversation.
The proposal was not well received by the House, and it was afterwards withdrawn in favour of an increase of postage.
Their proposal to raise the rates of postage was, there can be no doubt, dictated, at all events in part, by a desire to carry out the project of guarding the horse and cross-post mails.
The postmasters-general could not conceal their astonishment at the audacity of the proposal and the grounds on which it was based.
Their proposal to raise the rates of postage had met with ready acceptance.
Lord Midleton was the first to make a concrete proposal to this end.
We could not agree to the English proposal of a conference of Ambassadors, for it would doubtless have led to a serious diplomatic defeat.
It is somewhat surprising to find theproposal met in this way.
Disaffection spread rapidly, and issued in the proposal to take another leader and return to Egypt.
I do not say that the proposal for a secret ballot is open to no objections whatever.
