In that case the trail could not be discovered before the following morning, and with such a start, pursuit would be useless.
Both the sheriff and clerk were rangers in the same company with myself, and it seemed we were still ranging on equal terms in pursuit of the Indians.
Which brings the greatest happiness to mankind, pursuit or possession?
The title which he generously gave himself in early manhood, upon his return after a brief experience as a trooper in pursuit of a marauding band of Winnebagoes, stood him well in hand in all his future contests for office.
But I hold that notwithstanding all this there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
He often cast a nervous and startled look behind him; and whenever the road seemed at all practicable, showed symptoms of a desire to accelerate his pace, as if he feared some pursuit from the rear.
In the success of his repeated escapes from the pursuit of his powerful enemy, Rob Roy at length became wanton and facetious.
There was no mistaking the tone of MacGregor; he had escaped the pursuit of his enemies, and was in full retreat to his own wilds and to his adherents.
Each shifted for himself, but a bold dragoon attached himself to pursuit of Rob, and overtaking him, struck at him with his broadsword.
When he learned that Tom had gone in pursuit of the fleeing enemy, he was greatly troubled.
The Blacks, after chasing them away, stopped the pursuit and returned to their homes.
The new pontiff was but thirty-six years of age, a man of brilliant talents, and devoted to the pursuit of letters.
In the citadel of Prague, Belleisle had left six thousand troops, to prevent the eager pursuit of the Austrians.
As they had dispersed to all quarters of Greece, Antipater sent men in pursuit of them, the chief of whom was Archias, who was surnamed the Exile-hunter.
Cassius conjectured that they were enemies and were in pursuit of him; yet he sent Titinius, one of those who were with him, to see.
As soon as Antonius began to advance, the Parthians had intelligence of it, and contrary to their custom they commenced the pursuit while it was still night.
Observing that some barbarian horsemen in their pursuit paid no regard to the rest, but rode at full speed after Brutus, he resolved at his own risk to stop them.
Enraged at his inaction, Lydiades of Megalopolis charged at the head of the cavalry under his own command, but got entangled in the pursuit of the enemy in ground which was cut up by walls and watercourses.
This Sphaerus was one of the aptest pupils of Zeno of Kitium,[8] and he seems to have admired the manly spirit of Kleomenes and to have encouraged him in the pursuit of honour.
Thus, whatever it is which distinguishes the Cynics from other philosophers, this has no bearing on the choice and pursuit of that good which constitutes happiness.
For if it had any such bearing, then the same habits of life would necessitate the pursuit of the same chief good, and diverse habits would necessitate the pursuit of different ends.
Thus he was able to give almost undivided attention to the chief pursuit of his life.
Happily for you, there is nothing in your pursuitwhich need embarrass you in Paris.
The change in Michael Faraday's employment naturally made him more earnest still in the pursuit of knowledge.
Any system which saps the foundation of religious liberty, which forces itself between man and his Maker, cannot guarantee to us one of the main objects of all free governments--security in the pursuit of happiness.
He heard the sound of pursuit in the jungle behind him.
When they learned the truth, the pursuit had slackened; they let the few Long Knives go and applied themselves to the siege of the station.
The pursuitwas so hot that they threw aside their blankets, rations, whatever they might drop.
He left them behind, their pursuit whoops grew muffled and uncertain, he had the wide forest before him, and hope swelled; he had distanced bullet and horse and foot.
Mysticism, he says, is the pursuit of ultimate, objective truth, or it is nothing.
He seems, in his social moments, a scholar who is scarcely aware of humanity in his delicious pursuit of pure truth, a man who inhabits the faery realm of ideas, and drinks the milk of Paradise.
They were all panting for breath, fearful lest the wild man be still inpursuit of them.
When Wolf and Toby lost their canoe, they walked back in the woods to Willison's place and hired him to take them up river in pursuit of these boys.
Ireton was driven back by Rupert, who, having learned nothing since his headlong charge at Edgehill, dashed in pursuit without a moment's thought for the fortunes of the remainder of the King's army.
It remained to be considered what policy should be adopted towards the defeated Scots, and first of all towards the thousands of prisoners captured at Preston and in the pursuit which followed.
Lastly, it is new, or comparatively new, and possesses the charm of novelty--not the least consideration to the thousands who are in pursuit of that and that only.
The colonel was in hot pursuit of his adored Helen.
King Sacripant was too much attracted by his appearance to part with him so easily, and having laid aside his kingly ornaments, set out in pursuit of him.
The Emperor would listen to no conditions, and went in pursuit of Ogier at the head of a large body of soldiers.
His leisure time he used for further pursuitof the classical studies which he had begun at Harvard, and his chief pleasure in life lay in writing out the results of his reading, in simple, condensed form for young or busy readers.
The paladin thought this behavior very uncivil; and by force of blows made his horse carry him into the water in pursuit of the ship.
Honor had been his mistress, and in pursuit of that he had never found time to give a thought to softer cares.
Eager to go in pursuit of glory, he wandered in the country near Paris, and one day saw at the foot of a tree a superb horse, fully equipped and loaded with a complete suit of armor.
Just then Zerbino, whose extreme valor had urged him far from the camp in pursuit of the fugitives, returning, entered the wood in which they were.
Resolved, That all men are created equal, and all women, in their natural rights, are the equals of men, and endowed by their Creator with the same inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness.
If, for example, the Senate of the United States should be entirely composed of women, but two in each State would be withdrawn from the pursuit of domestic happiness.
Say that she is not created free and equal, and therefore (for the sequence follows on the premise) that she is not entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Those that most intimately affect us as human beings are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Rose came to this country, as she says, from Poland, whence she was compelled to fly inpursuit of freedom.
They objected to her raising her voice on this platform in the pursuit or diffusion of knowledge; but when she is employed upon the stage to minister to everything that pollutes and degrades man, no voice was raised against it.
They had no declaration of independence to appeal to, declaring that all men were created equal, and endowed with the incalculable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The female ever in pursuit of masculine honey feels this, and you are her idol, as is, in a different fashion, a tenor.
It was during one of these fascinating excursions in pursuit of ancient Latin hymnal literature that Ulick was presented to Remy de Gourmont, another of his favorite writers.
Ulick, who had foresworn further advances toward Mona, began his aimless cruising about town in pursuit of complaisant women.
Hector bowed, turned his horse and galloped off, while the general rode on, sending every officer he overtook in search of the cavalry with orders that they were to abandon the pursuit and return instantly.
The pursuit was indeed taken up again during the night, but Turenne succeeded in keeping his pursuers at bay, and reaching the frontiers of Hesse.
It is like enough that as soon as they find out that we have left they will send men off in all directions to find out which way we followed, though doubtless the chief pursuit will be directed towards Calais.
Enghien was still in pursuit of the Walloons when an officer rode up with news of the disaster that had befallen the rest of the army.
During the fight at Santina Hector remained behind Turenne, while the two young Frenchmen, carried away by their ardour, joined in the hot pursuit of the enemy.
The German cavalry, after routing those of l'Hopital, instead of following up the pursuit hurled themselves upon the infantry, who broke almost without resistance.
The systematic pursuit of etymology was not earlier than Chrysippus, when it became distinctive of the Stoic school, though Zeno and Cleanthes had given the first impulse (N.
If only an impulse were given at Rome to the pursuit of philosophy, already on the wane in Greece, Cicero thought it would flourish and take the place of oratory, which he believed to be expiring amid the din of civil war[122].
In short, he resembled those vagrant swallows that skim along the level of some pool or river, without venturing to wet one feather in their wings, except in the accidental pursuit of an inconsiderable fly.
I had had grounds enough for making a complaint against Meeker and Petrak when I found the little red-headed man sneaking outside my door in the hotel, and the supposed missionary blocking my pursuit on the stairway.
It must be admitted that the Indian is no sportsman in the pursuit of game, the claims of the pot being always paramount.
Just as the conscious pursuit of happiness is fatal to its attainment, so also the conscious aim at Divine promotion.
