Has it ever been said of him that he sent others to seize the booty, and stayed at home to think how it should be spent?
Let them expose a weakness,--I insist on my right to seize the advantage; let them defeat me, and I allow their right to destroy.
Mr. Hastings's order to seize thetreasures of the Begums of Oude, xii.
When they had resolved to seize the Begums' treasures, they propagated this report just in proportion to their acts.
And when he entered the house, the flies were asleep upon the wall, the cook in the kitchen was still holding out his hand to seize the boy, and the maid was sitting by the black hen which she was going to pluck.
The shoemaker, however, could not endure a joke; he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat.
Others believe that he intended to seize the government.
At Detroit, where Major Gladwin was in command, Pontiac hoped to seize the fort by a stratagem.
Prairie du Chien on the Mississippi was captured in this same summer by the English, and the Americans were repulsed in an attempt to seize the fort at Michillimackinac.
It became necessary to stop this bold attempt to provide the freebooters on Navy Island with the munitions of war, and a Canadian expedition was accordingly sent, under the command of Colonel MacNab, to seize the Caroline.
It was decided then to attempt to seize thetown by a piece of strategy, which was very simple though it had some chance of success.
It has eleven claws of iron with which to seize the granite on the bottom of the sea, and more wings and more antennae than winged insects, to catch the wind in the clouds.
She beheld Javert, the police spy, seize the mayor by the collar; she saw the mayor bow his head.
The lair was unearthed, the question now was to seize the beast.
Through these consuls the heads of the conspiracy intended toseize the government, to arrest the children of Pompeius, who remained behind in the capital, as hostages, and to take up arms in Italy and the provinces against Pompeius.
But Caesar could only be the object of hopes for the future; and the men who from their age and their public position would have been called now to seize the reins of the party and the state, were all dead or in exile.
It seemed to the Roman officers as if there was a design to seize the person of the commander-in-chief; Octavius, unarmed as he was, pulled the sword of one of the Parthians from its sheath and stabbed the groom.
Stuart, supported by Ewell, was at once ordered to seize the former; but when the cavalry reached Dispatch Station, a small Federal detachment retreated to the south bank of the Chickahominy and fired the timbers.
But to fight two battles in one day, to disappear completely from Fremont's ken, and to recross the rivers before he had time to seize the bridge, were manoeuvres of the utmost delicacy, and needed most careful preparation.
The first thing he did, as soon as he had alighted and entered his palace, was to command the grand vizier to seize the queen's two sisters.
When the proper time arrived, he would not fail toseize the crown; and would still cry, if necessary, "Vive la Liberte!
Bonaparte did not evince great impatience to seize the Crown of Italy, which he well knew could not escape him.
Orders were immediately given to Sir Amyas Paulet to seize the prisoner's papers and to move her to Fotheringay Castle.
Then you would but have awaited our departure to kill the viceroy we should have left in our place, and so seize the kingdom.
I met your wine merchant on the Place du Louvre, and he wasn't precisely enjoying himself: one of his creditors wanted to seize the chest, the wine, the whole kettle of fish!
Sulla also wished to seize the height, as he saw the Chalkaspides[229] of the enemy pressing on towards it, and as his soldiers exerted themselves vigorously, he succeeded in occupying the place.
That the Confederate success was not complete, seems to have resulted from the failure to seize the Round-Top Hill.
Roman aid repelled the attempt of Pharnaces king of Pontus to seize the guardianship of Eumenes' son who was a minor, and reigned in the room of his nephew, like Antigonus Doson, as guardian for life.
What they wished to do was to organize a more effectual mutiny, seize the ship, leave the captain and those who held with him on that island, and sail away as lawless rovers of the deep.
In the midst of the long-drawn-out oratory of the members he rose and stepped towards the table to seize the object in dispute.
The troops, elated with their temporary success, now pushed on briskly towards Concord, hoping to be in time to seize the stores.
So suddenly had all this happened that no hand had been raised to arrest it; but now Gaudisso cried out, "Seize the murderer!
While Orlando stood in silence contemplating her beauty he heard a voice exclaim: "Seize the fairy by the forelock, if thou hopest fair success.
Bradamante advanced to seize the bridle; the Hippogriff seemed to wait her approach, but before she reached him he spread his wings and flew away to a neighboring hill, and in the same manner, a second time, eluded her efforts.
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