No just or honest use of it can be made, in opposition to the plain intention of its framers, except to declare the contract at an end, and to refuse to serve under it.
It was not to be expected that his opponents in the Cabinet, whether on aristocratic and personal or on political grounds, would consent to serve under him.
Seeing the impossibility of himself assisting Savoy, he had contrived to persuade the King of Prussia to allow 8000 of his troops to proceed to Italy, and to serve under Eugene, who had been despatched thither.
If they are willing to serve under him, he must respect their independence according to the laws of the country.
If so, certainly we shall be glad to accompany you, if you will allow us to serve under you; for nothing would please us so much as the opportunity of paying off a small share of the vengeance we owe them.
One who when but sixteen can make his mark in an Order like ours is certain to rise to high office, and you and I may, before many years are over, be proud to serve under him.
You don't mean to say that you have put down your name to serve under me, Ralph?
That he should be called upon to serve under him is regarded as an injustice, more particularly because Ducrot is an intimate personal friend of Trochu.
Such a command was met by Lord John with the response that he was willing to act if his colleagues were prepared to serve under him.
Palmerston had declined to serve under him, and he might, with even greater propriety, in his turn have refused to serve under Aberdeen.
Any feeling of reluctance to serve under a Captain of the Company's army, which had at first been felt by some, had been completely overcome by his wonderful personality.
Campbell, who technically speaking had the right on his side, was not to be appeased, and requested me to inform the Brigadier of his determination not to serve under an officer whom he considered to be his junior.
At this time I was about three miles off, where I had some fourteen or fifteen men over night that I had just enlisted to serve under me as regulars.
Elder and better sailors than I may like to serve under such a lubber, but I beg to be excused for my own share, Captain--that's all I have got to tell you.
This is what the Tories are anxiously looking to, desiring no better than to serve under him, and flattering themselves that in his heart he personally dislikes his colleagues, and in political matters agrees with themselves.
He laughed very much, and said: 'I am not at all surprised at that, but whom will he get to serve under him?
I said that I had reason to believe that Lords Palmerston and John Russell were ready to co-operate with one another, while I doubted whether either would consent to serve under a younger man of such small pretensions as myself.
Seeing, then, that Mack declined absolutely to serve under Coburg,[346] nothing but the presence of the Emperor could end the friction in Flanders.
Rose also refused to serve under a man whom he accused (unjustly, as we now know) of worming his way to office; and the high-spirited Canning declined to give to Pitt any pledge except that he would not laugh at the new Prime Minister.
Morris were at his request appointed to serve under him, and it may be truly added that two officers better qualified to support his plans could not have been found.
All, therefore, that remained in Syracuse, had to serve under a tyrant, who at the best was of an ungentle nature, and exasperated now to a degree of savageness by the late misfortunes and calamities he had suffered.
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