This consideration and the obstinate perseverance of Mexico in protracting the war must influence the terms of peace which it may be deemed proper hereafter to accept.
The Faliscians, impatient of the hardships of war at a distance from home, and sufficiently confident of their own strength, earnestly demanded battle; the Veientians and Fidenatians placed more hope in protracting the war.
That by them also an opportunity was formerly given to the Veientians to burn the works for the sake of protracting the war; and that now the army was betrayed, and the Roman camp delivered up to the Faliscians.
As neither the letter nor the statement contained any thing new, the object in writing them probably was to cause delay by protracting the negotiation.
In regard to the effects of protracting the time spent in repose, many extensive and satisfactory investigations have been made.
Would you believe me if I told you that here, in Roccaleone, we have an agent of the Count of Aquila one who in the Count's interest is protracting this siege with the pretended aim of driving Gian Maria off.
What will this be less than making their bravery a crime or folly, and punishing them for not protracting the war by cowardice or treachery?
These are what man does not want, if the protractingfrom day to day his residence on earth be the sole object of his feeding.
Footnote A: Another reason for protractingthe service until the seventh year, seems to have been the coincidence of that period with other arrangements, in the Jewish economy.
Footnote A: Another reason for protracting the service until the seventh year, seems to have been, its coincidence with other arrangements, and provisions, inseparable from the Jewish economy.
But he played on, and was accustomed to insist upon protracting the sitting until his opponent had actually become so tired that his mind would not work; when Grant would comfortably balance the account.
He concluded with these words: “We fully recognise your patriotism, but protracting the war would be detrimental to the interests of the nation.
They accused Pompey of protracting the war unnecessarily, that he might have the honor of commanding such distinguished persons as themselves.
Cicero, it might be thought, had learnt his lesson, and there was no desire ofprotracting his penance.
Can you not see how they are protracting the war, when you consider that one man of the people, our own Minucius, when he commanded the four legions, was sufficient for the enemy?
Protracting the observed angles I endeavoured to fix, if possible, some prominent points, whereby I might obtain some knowledge of the structure of the surrounding country.
My horses being rather jaded, I halted rather early here, and laid down my journey, protracting also the angles I had observed of the points of distant ranges.
He now stuck still more closely to his plan of protracting the time, and he employed himself in getting into his camp a great store of provision, that he might have abundance himself, and so wait till the enemy was reduced to want.
While the soldiers were in this humour, they received encouragement from the demagogues at Rome, who envied Lucullus, and charged him with protracting the war through love of power and avarice.
Many wonders are related of the effects of abstinence, in the cure of several disorders, and in protracting the term of life.
We have now got our animal not only furnished with what is wanting for immediate existence, but also with powers of protracting that existence to an indefinite length of time.
They might not be available for the troops on the line of march to Caubul;[329] but there was no longer any excuse for protracting the halt.
The resolutions of the chiefs in this conjuncture surprised and delighted Pottinger, who was little prepared for the unanimity with which they determined on protracting the defence.
The king, after protractingthe time as long as he could, went into his coach and was safely conducted to the army, who were hastening to their rendezvous at Triplo Heath, near Cambridge.
The measurement of a base is made by such means as readily offer themselves (generally by pacing), and the trigonometrical points are fixed simply by protracting angles observed with a box sextant or compass.
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