Two of these, of Barbarian race were persuaded to execute a sacred and honorable duty, by punishing with death the assassin of their patron; and their intrepid courage did not long expect a favorable moment.
If it be proved that I have done evil, let me suffer for it; if I am guiltless, do not take upon yourself the responsibility, before God and man, of punishing me unjustly.
In her implacable vanity she might bepunishing him anew for presenting her so deplorably.
Have the readers of The Tribune so understood my protests against the injustice of punishing the innocent for the crimes of the guilty?
This is but another illustration of the difficulty of punishing a white man for a wrong committed against an Indian.
Against this charge you should defend yourselves by punishing this man, and should show all men that there is not enough money to weaken you so that you do not punish offenders.
And if they think they are noble for aiding their friends, they are evidently all the better for punishing their enemies.
Now, gentlemen of the jury, I think you are drawn, not only for punishing offenders, but that you may make other offenders more discreet.
She had wished to punish him, but in truth she was punishing herself.
As for calling out or in any way punishing the Prime Minister, that of course was out of the question.
And He is punishing you here rather than hereafter.
All these years he was lost to me, and mine the fault, the crime I should say, and it is God that is punishing me.
This is the earliest distinct notice I have seen of William's desire to deprive the church of the power of punishing nonconformists; but after he arrived in England his intentions became obvious.
In all countries, a power of punishing crime, and of framing laws, must reside somewhere; otherwise the nation is in a state of anarchy.
He was not slow either in punishing mutineers, in having the ringleaders seized in their beds "singly and without noise" and in recommending cavalry, "as men on horseback have been found the most certain Instrument of public punishment.
As to myself I love peace, and I am anxious that we should give the world still another useful lesson, by showing to them other modes of punishing injuries than by war, which is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferers.
Again, the Greek god takes a diabolical revenge, punishing the whole human race, with laughter on his lips and self-congratulation for superior cunning in his heart.
God is at least grand and consistent, justified by his own august counsels; and at the very moment of punishing his creatures, he promises deliverance through their own seed.
And now, I suppose, he is laughing up his sleeve at me for having taken him seriously, and thinks he is punishing me by ignoring me for being such a little prude!
And you think, you conceited man, that you werepunishing me by going to Spain for a fortnight or so without even having the politeness to say au revoir!
One of these boys was unpopular with the others, and they invented a method of punishing him for supposed offenses.
As a prefect, I discussed with other prefects the methods of checking it, and of punishing it when detected.
Its sculptures represented the monarch receiving prisoners, and either personally or by deputy punishing them: [PLATE XLV.
Should the Esopus Indians break it, the mediators were bound to assist the Dutch in punishing them.
A decree was issued, punishing with a fine those who neglected to pay these debts.
This was the first instance of the Bakufu punishingone of their own relatives.
The Danjo-dai, or Office of Censorship, This office had the duty of correcting civil customs and punishing and conduct on the part of officials.
The arrangement made was that China should indemnify Japan to the extent of the expenses incurred by the latter in punishing the aborigines.
The Yamato Court had evidently now abandoned all idea of punishing Shiragi or restoring the station at Mimana; while Shiragi, on her side, was inclined to maintain friendly relations though she did not seek frequent intercourse.
In the place of Jupiter, we bring you a revelation of the God and Father of Christ Jesus our Lord--creator of the universe, who will call all men into judgment at last, rewarding or punishing according to what they have done.
They have deemed it a possible thing to restore the ancient unity of worship, by punishing with severity, by destroying the lives even, of such as should dare to think for themselves.
See "Our absurd system of punishing crime," by Dr Robert Anderson, in The Nineteenth Century and After for February 1901.
Each office had a general duty of apprehending and punishing any criminals found within its boundaries, but had no connection with the Nightly Watch.
Footnote 1: Sir Sampson Legend in Congreve's play, which ends with the heroine's 'punishing an inhuman father and rewarding a faithful lover.
I even kissed her more ardently than I need have done, with the idea of punishing Armelline, but I made a mistake.
The Pope, Ganganelli, had the choice of punishing the writer and increasing the odium of many of the faithful, or of rewarding him handsomely.
As Le Duc was undressing me he said, "Sir, you are punishing me, but what makes me sorry you are punishing yourself in depriving yourself of the services of those pretty girls.
A pamphlet appeared in which the anonymous author declared that the archbishop had committed a great wrong in punishing a citizen in so shameful a manner without any of the proper formalities of justice.
Fanatic husbands may complain as much as they please that I dishonour them by punishing their wives; they are dishonoured already by the fact of the woman's infidelity.
Perhaps the captain had by some means learned who it was that had made the descent on the cook's galley, and had called him up for the purpose of punishing him.
It would be well for you to go down and see, before punishing the steward.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "punishing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
