Some of the reforms and retrenchments were marked by the spasmodic haste and severity which are apt to defeat themselves.
This appears to us to be evident, since we shall see subsequently Caesar inclosed his fleet within the retrenchments contiguous to his camp.
He entrusts, therefore, the care of the retrenchments on the Rhone to his lieutenant T.
The towers, the covered galleries, and the retrenchments of the barbarians, excited his astonishment.
The Spanish cavalry makes a successful sortie, and the enemies retire, deceived in their hope of carrying the retrenchments by storm.
The Sicambri spread themselves round the camp, to discover another passage; but, fortunately, the nature of the locality and the retrenchments render access impossible everywhere but at the gates.
As to the camps of the army of succour, it is probable that the Gauls did not form any retrenchments on the hills where they established themselves.
Having skirmished opposite their retrenchments and the hills on which they were encamped, he exasperated and excited them to such a degree of rage, that they descended and fought desperately.
Coventry within, with whom we discoursed, and he did largely discourse with us about our speedy falling upon considering ofretrenchments in the expense of the Navy, which I will put forward as much as I can.
The finances were managed on a fixed plan; all the various in-comings and out-goings of the state were entrusted to a single direction, and retrenchments introduced to pay off the state debts.
Retrenchments in the Papal establishment were introduced; money was scarce; the Court grew meaner in appearance; and nepotism may be said to have been extinct in the days of Pius V.
At the same time, frequent family meetings are sought; and the expense, thus incurred, is cheerfully met by retrenchments in other directions.
The reduction of the Military Establishment creates considerable savings; other retrenchments are contemplated in the Navy and civil administration.
He who, under present circumstance, attempted to say to what length our retrenchments would go, and what taxes we could spare, might indeed be called a prophet.
Have gentlemen shown, can they show, that with propriety these taxes can be dispensed with from any retrenchments that can be made in our expenditures?
Each of these subjects again divided itself into two great branches, the former into retrenchments in the Staff, and retrenchments in the Army Departments; the latter into reductions in the European troops, and reductions in the Native army.
In Lord Mayo's minutes on proposed retrenchments in the Native army, two considerations constantly came to the surface.
The examination will lead to beneficial retrenchments or produce a conviction of the wisdom of the measures to which the expenditure relates.
When the works were completed the legions were placed before the retrenchments and the cavalry distributed with their horses bridled at the outposts.
The retrenchments in the Upton household had taken place and Mary found her friend putting her shoulder to the wheel with melancholy courage.
He easily secured the co-operation of the king and queen, Louis cheerfully adopting the retrenchments which he recommended, though some of them, such as the reduction in the hunting establishment, touched his personal tastes.
Mr. Bunn sought an interview with the Chamberlain, urging a reversal of the judgment, and undertaking to make any retrenchments and modifications of the work that might be thought expedient.
The German engineers desired a simple trace, a strong fortification withretrenchments and keeps, bomb-proof accommodation and an organization suitable for an offensive defence.
But the greatest and most incessant labor was that of repairing the breaches, or of constructing retrenchments to defend them.
By a strange fatality, the most brilliant theoretical retrenchments crumble into dust when reduced to practice.
The ladies were not pleased at being thus deprived of a large part of their income; but this, with the few other retrenchments made by the royal family, was right.
All these retrenchments were nothing, however, in comparison with what was wanted.
What made it the more easy for him was that in these retrenchments no European salaries were cut down.
The scarcity of stores, and of pleasant little dinners, were the only retrenchments that directly disturbed her comfort, and she made the most of them, though the problems of housekeeping fell mainly upon Honor's shoulders.
His sole trouble in respect of these retrenchments lay in the fact that they must, to some extent, affect his wife.
To keep within the narrow bounds of his pay was already a difficult matter; and such minor retrenchments as could be achieved were inadequate to meet his present need.
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