Heisley moved to strike out of that resolution all after 'will be resisted by the people.
But the expedient has never made much progress, and it has been resisted and rejected by the people at every opportunity.
The House of Commons, in which the Whigs governed, resisted Charles I.
Louis of Bavaria, the Visconti resisted the pope, the king of Naples, the Florentines, and the whole Guelphic party.
Thank God," said he, "we have resisted with a sacerdotal heart unworthy collusions.
On returning to enjoy his riddance from a rival he was invited to a conference, at which he resisted a proposal that he should admit partners with him in the government.
An attempt was now made to obtain his arms and ammunition, but this he resisted sturdily.
Having thus resisted Kritavarman who resembled the thousand-armed Arjuna of old, or Ocean himself of immeasurable might, Satyaki proceeded onwards.
Vivinsati resisted the heroic Sutasoma of great prowess, as the latter advanced towards Drona, scattering showers of arrows.
Alambhusha, O king, resisted Arjuna, that foremost of car-warriors, as the latter advanced.
Saivya, the chief of the Govasanas, with a thousand foremost warriors, faced the son, of great prowess, of the king of the Kasis and resisted him.
Satyaki also, resisted them all with showers of arrows.
Somadatta's son, for enhancing the glory of Drona, resisted king Manimat of great activity as the latter came to fight.
The noble Kripa, son of Saradwata, with many small arrows resisted Vardhakshemi of the Vrishni race who was the embodiment of wrath (in battle).
Partha then, of great intelligence, smiling the while resisted the preceptor in that battle who was incessantly shooting sharp arrows.
Indeed, Kritavarman, with his arrows resisted those two Panchala princes as they advanced, following Arjuna for protecting his wheels.
Seeing those shafts shot from Drona's bow, swiftly coursing towards him, Vrihatkshatra in that battle resisted them with as many sharp shafts of his.
The Japanese resisted the Disney temptation by building their own lands of technological marvels.
So far, very few of those who study the matter have resisted the temptation to fasten blame on television watching or on the intimidating intrusion of electronic and digital contraptions for the decline of literacy.
The emerald of the trees and the grass had gained a maturer hue, and only the darker pines resisted the searching sunlight.
The girl resisted a little, but at last she gave in, for there was no help for it.
As she has not been worked before she resisted a bit.
Flanders alone successfully resisted them during the life of Baldwin Bras-de-fer; but after the death of this brave chieftain there was not a province of the whole country that was not ravaged by these invaders.
But we must remark that it was only the population of the low lands (whose sturdy ancestors had ever resisted foreign domination) that now took part in this opposition.
The Frisons successfully resisted the payment of tithes; and as a punishment (if the monks are to be believed) the sea inflicted upon them repeated inundations.
But some years later Ghent was in its turn oppressed and punished for having resisted the payment of some new tax.
The Duke of York and his brave army resisted to the utmost; but, borne down by numbers, he was driven from position to position.
Ghent, which long resisted his attempts, was at length reduced by famine; and the count projected the ruin, or at least the total subjection, of this turbulent town.
Yet his wife and friends entertained so great an anxiety for his safety, that they strongly importuned him to seek an asylum under the calmer skies of America, but he resisted their importunities.
This was resisted by the men, who appealed to Colonel Harvey to mediate between them, which he consented to do.
The Norwich corn merchants demanded of the farmers a month’s credit, instead of paying ready money for their corn as heretofore, but it was resisted by the growers, and ultimately abandoned by the merchants.
It has been assailed from without, and it has successfullyresisted the shock; it has been disturbed within, and it has effectually quieted the disturbance.
This can be done only when oppression weighs heavily and grievously on the whole people, and is then resisted by all because it is felt by all.
Mr. Hastings made a violent protest against it, andresisted it to the best of his power, always in favor of Munny Begum, as your Lordships will see.
When Mr. Hastings went to Bengal in the year 1772, he had a direction exactly similar to this which he has resisted in his own case: it was to inquire into grievances and abuses.
What though she has resisted temptation under the most alluring form, when her thoughts were collected and all around was silence?
When the weaker or less skilful was overthrown, he tumbled like a vast and mountain oak, that for ages had resisted the tumult of the winds; and the whole plain resounded at his fall.
In vain she resisted his violence; in vain she strove to escape from her betrayer.
On her husband's death some of Mrs. Dobbs's friends had urged her to remove to a newer and more cheerful part of the town, but she had resisted the suggestion with some contempt.
Mrs. Bransby had, indeed, successfully resisted him on many occasions; but always through the medium of her husband.
And he gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and took away all uncleanness out of it, and there was none that resisted him.
But the prince of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me one and twenty days: and behold Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, and I remained there by the king of the Persians.
And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power.
Then Simon resisted and fought for his nation, and laid out much of his money, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages.
He dragged me about from one gambling-place to another, and I saw that if I resisted he would go without me.
Vizard felt the water come into his eyes; but he resisted that pitiable weakness.
She resisted forcibly: what was the stupid boy thinking of?
Calonne no longer resisted her appeal, but wrote the necessary order.
Livingstone resisted the inclination to laugh, and then to get angry.
His explanation satisfied the nun, and her fine nerveresisted hysterics and tears.
He had resistedevery natural temptation to show his love.
Here they were defeated in a slight skirmish by Rhoemetalces the Thracian, despatched in advance against them by Severus, butresisted Severus himself vigorously.
The emperor no longer made any concessions to the populace, opposing instead absolutely everything it wished, and consequently the people, too, resisted all his desires.
It was somewhat hazardous to get dinner so near a large body of Rebels, with no Union troops near at hand, but the flavor of roast turkey, after weeks of camp fare, was not to be resisted under the circumstances.
He could have covered his real attack by feints on distant parts of the line, and Magruder's force was so small that he could not have resisted an earnest attack.
The President resisted all the importunities of those who desired his removal when the affairs were so disastrous in front of Washington.
In 1806 a French battery on Cape Licosa, of only two guns and a garrison of twenty-five men, resisted the attacks of a British eighty-gun ship and two frigates.
In the first place, the cattle had to be driven across the river, the which theyresisted with great vehemence, never before having seen a stream of the same magnitude.
On this occasion Wilfred had resisted the idea of mounting any of the strayed horses, still numerous upon the enticing pastures of Warbrok.
He refused the Norwegians a separate national flag; but when he attempted to alter the constitution to suit his own views, the Storthing resolutely and successfullyresisted his interference.
Its guns command the harbor, and it is regarded as a place of great strength, for it has successfully resisted several sieges.
If they could ever have been trusted to resist the people, they would then have resisted it.
These grave defects would have been at once lessened, and in the course of years nearly effaced, if the House of Lords had not resisted the proposal of Lord Palmerston's first Government to create peers for life.
It was amongst this portion of the nation that the old Sumerian animism lingered longest and resisted the purer teaching of the educated class.
Those whoresisted them were his enemies, those who submitted were incorporated into his empire, and became his subjects and worshippers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "resisted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
