Sidenote: The North Sea Inquiry] Meanwhile the unhappy Baltic Fleet protracted its embarrassing sojourn in Madagascar waters.
One gets out of the way of protracted ceremonies in those regions -- the shorter they are the better.
Framheim had had the sameprotracted storms with heavy snowfall.
The protracted blizzard had given the old fellow a relapse, and he proclaimed this distressing fact by incessant howling.
After a protracted interview, the Indians asked to be granted the same terms as were given at the North-West Angle.
I returned to Fort Garry on the 1st September, in the afternoon, my journey having been protracted by unfavorable weather, and by the fact that owing to the prevalence of shoals, the navigation of Lake Manitoba is difficult in stormy weather.
Special abatement in the case of incomes not exceeding L250 from all sources is given in consideration of education of children, protracted illness, maintenance of poor relations, serious accidents, &c.
Abatements are allowed for the education and support of children, support of indigent relatives, active service in the army and navy, protracted illness and severe accidents or reverses.
The Queen congratulates her Troops on the triumphant issue of this protracted siege, and thanks them for the cheerfulness and fortitude with which they have encountered its toils, and the valour which has led to its termination.
After frequent and protracted debates on this question, the Peers decided that such a patent conferred no right to sit and vote in Parliament.
This was the beginning of that protracted duel between him and Mr. Disraeli which lasted down till the end of the latter's life.
Yet the Castilian obstinacy and pride may overrule all these considerations, and determine them to try the issue of a protracted contest.
This is a meagre account of this terrible fight, more protracted and severe than anything seen at the Resaca, at Monterey, or the Cerro Gordo.
Her fears were by no means lessened by the young man's protracted silence.
A silence followed, which appeared to Richard protracted to the point of agitation.
Helen had gone to confession, on the present occasion, in much the same spirit as an experienced traveler visits his dentist before starting on a protracted journey.
One would have thought that so slight a thing could hardly have been worthy of such protracted attention.
That, however, was protracted till a day much later than he anticipated before he had become intimate with Madame Melmotte and Marie.
He first achieved national distinction in the thirty-fourth Congress, when after a protracted and exciting struggle, he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
It will be remembered that soon after his first successful experiment, Morse was harassed by protracted litigation, and that many attempts were made to deprive him of the just rewards of his great invention.
After a protracted and bitter struggle, Sargent, of the same political affiliation as Cushing, succeeded in defeating the confirmation by a single vote.
In closing the protractedand exciting debate just prior to the passage of the bill in the Senate, he said: "There is another reason why I desire to see this principle recognized as a rule of action in all time to come.
The protracted struggle which followed resulted in the choice of Jefferson for the higher office.
A protracted and at length hostile correspondence ensued between the two, and this correspondence resulted at length in a challenge from Barron, accepted by Decatur.
It was what is known in mountain parlance as a "protracted meeting.
The trial was protractedfor many weeks without jot or tittle of abatement in the public interest.
The warfare waged by these Filipinos against the United States, while having for the most part a desultory and guerilla character, was of a very protracted and troublesome nature.
I feel in honor bound to tell you of this loss, after a protracted search through my apartments and numerous inquiries and directions at my club.
I believe you are right, Cornelia," she at length replied, in her usual protracted and lingering style.
His revel was protracted throughout six days, and on each of these days he received at his table the representative members of some high social order or learned body.
After the squabble had been protracted through many months, Harris created a diversion by challenging Father Smith to make additional reed-stops within a given time.
We next went to Ashland, thence to Platte Bottom, Nebraska, where we held protracted meetings, baptized six, organized a branch and blessed four children.
During our protracted journey, the health of Brother Toronto had been considerably impaired, but the invigorating effect of this salubrious clime so restored him, that he became very anxious to visit his relatives in Sicily.
The debate was finally terminated by the caustic remark of a member who was ashamed of the protracted discussion.
At the close of this protracted trial, the cardinal was fully acquitted of all guilt by a majority of three voices.
On the whole, however, it is easier and less costly to wear out a Frankish army by skirmishes and protracted operations rather than to attempt to destroy it at a single blow.
But into the details of these long-protracted and inglorious hostilities it is unnecessary to enter.
This, after protracted opposition, was at length accomplished through the interference of the Triumvirs, and he was elected Tribune for B.
Pompey, at the head of all the best troops of the Republic, was prosecuting a long-protracted war in the East; there was no army in Italy, where all was hushed in a treacherous calm.
Yet the war was protracted three years without any decisive result; nay, the balance of success seemed on the whole to incline in favor of Perseus, and many states, which before were wavering, now showed a disposition to join his cause.
The decay of the peasant proprietors was an inevitable consequence of these frequent and long-protracted wars.
These painful and protracted conflicts affected my health, a deep and habitual depression preyed upon my spirits, and, surveying every object through the medium of a distempered imagination, I grew disgusted with life.
Does the engagement promise a favourable issue, or does it threaten to wear away the best period of life in protracted and uncertain feeling--the most pernicious, and destructive, of all state of mind?
This was a long speech for aunt Hannah, and it made Mary start and blush like a guilty thing, especially as it followed a protractedsilence that had been disturbed only by the click of aunt Hannah's knitting-needles.
Isabel's recovery was protracted till even the physician believed that she was sinking into a decline.
His countenance was haggard and careworn, exhibiting all the marks of deep and protracted suffering.
The bishop tried to mediate, and after protracted negotiations young Duchesneau was given up, whereupon Frontenac locked him in a chamber of the chateau, and kept him there a month.
