The Parliamentary sittings became stormy; for the rest of June the Socialists persistently obstructed the financial proposals of the Government.
Count Romanones loyally and effectively supported the Ministers in limiting the debates on political and diplomatic questions to a few sittings each week, so as to devote the rest of the time to the Finance Bill.
The sittings were held at Quebec; and many counsel, English, American and Canadian, were engaged.
McMahon, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, concluded its sittings at Delhi, but the result has not yet been made known.
The general debate on this had taken up almost all of the Friday sittings from January 20 to February 25.
Twenty-one members of the Commune no longer attend the sittings of that body, but remain in their Arrondissements.
The Court-Martial will commence its sittings on Monday.
I had been fortunate enough to receive one of these cards, but upon seeking for admission to the subsequent sittings of the congress, I was told that no ladies were admitted to them.
I feel tempted to introduce here one or two magic-lantern views of certain sittings of this renowned club, of which I cherish especial remembrance.
Other changes were made, with a view to preventing the complete interruption of the London sittings in the common law division by the absence of the judges on circuit.
The building by Cundy is handsome, in Early Perpendicular style, and has sittings for 1,800.
From that day the model came to the sittings alone, and Mrs. Gudgeon came at the end of every week for the money.
At the first few sittings Mrs. Gudgeon came with her, and would sit looking on with the intention of seeing that she came to no harm.
The magistrates removed their sittings from the Old Ship to the New Inn, now the Clarence Hotel.
Few ecclesiastical assemblies have seen stormier scenes than took place during these later sittings of the Council of Trent.
At its earlier sittings this terrible tribunal defined the crime of treason, and stated that its punishment was death.
The King's guards invaded the sittings of the States General to carry out these orders.
This ended the first part of the sittings of the Council.
He so far prevailed that the last two sittings of the conference (Sept.
The Court House having been destroyed by fire, the Quarter Sessions held their sittings on the 19th February, in the long room of the "Golden Ball," for the trial of offenders.
The House of Assembly held its sittings there in 1765, perhaps earlier.
The building was fully completed and finished, ready for thesittings of the Courts and Legislature, in 1820, at the cost of L.
Not lightly did my uncle forget his all-night sittings and endless perambulations through the lobbies.
The previous evening had been devoted to one of many all-night sittings on the interminable 1909 Budget.
A clever amateur caricaturist once wanted me to paint his portrait, and during his sittings gave me his views upon caricature.
Not long after, I received the honour of sittings from the Duke of Connaught.
Often when I have finished my work, I feel I should like to do it all again, for, although a general impression is in many cases the best, as a result of more frequent sittings we see characteristic within characteristic.
The Princess, whom I had previously seen, was at once charming in her manner, and although I am sure those sittings were not a treat for her to look forward to, she showed admirable patience throughout.
After several sittings I made one of the best drawings and characteristic portraits I have ever done, as he appealed to me as a subject, for he was individual in his dress, and his hat had a character which is rare nowadays.
Frequently one requires several sittings before one becomes familiar with one's subject, for different days and varying moods lend entirely different aspects to the same face.
At one of the sittings I met the Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg; I had not the honour of a presentation, but she entered into conversation with me.
The sittings were most interesting, for in the course of conversation, I gained a considerable insight into his character, and gleaned much information as to his opinions, method of working, and views upon art.
To the sittings at Ary Scheffer's some troubles as well as many pleasures were incident, and both had mention in his letters.
January came, and the end of the sittings was supposed to be at hand.
After a few of these fragmentary sittings his ragged nerves gave out completely.
Stefan obtained that afternoon a full-length canvas, and the sittings began next morning.
Theodore hadn't been up for a week, so I came down, to find Mr. Gunther thundering like Odin because I had promised to help him arrange sittings with you, and had forgotten it.
But afterwards King Arthur arranged the two next sittings so that he might have Beleobus as near to him as possible and Galahad as far away from him as could be managed.
He thus had B next but one to him on both occasions (the nearest possible), and G was the third from him at both sittings (the furthest position possible).
In the other games the stakes are commonly very small, but the sittings are often continued so long that a player may win or lose two or three pounds sterling.
The discussions occupied many and long-protracted sittings of the council; and Philip deeply pondered, in his own closet, on the results, after the discussions were concluded.
At first the sittings were held morning and afternoon, lasting sometimes seven hours in a day.
There have been sittings after midnight; sittings through Saturday; hot words bandied about; preparation for deadly duel in lobby.
The historian of Seville quotes the Latin inscription on the portal of the edifice in which the sittings of the dread tribunal were held.
Laveleye was present at severalsittings of these socialist clubs when he visited Spain in 1869, and he says: "They were usually held in churches erected for worship.
One of the personal accusations that disturbed the sittings of that congress was, that the leaders of the party had been discovered in secret conference with the delegates of the French socialists, MM.
Early in April sittings of the Housing Commission in Scotland occasioned Dilke's absence from a Cabinet at which important phases of the Central Asian question were discussed.
Every day he went through the whole bewildering mass of papers from which members are presumed to instruct themselves concerning the business of the sittings and to keep a check upon the general proceedings of Government.
The sittings of the congress were mainly held in the hall of the Temple, which is enriched with carvings and coats of arms.
I sought to obtain entrance to the subsequent sittings of this congress, but was told that no ladies could be admitted.
Here her mind seemed to have found its true level, and I cannot think of the sittings of the school without a vision of the rapt expression of her face as she sat and listened to the various speakers.
We were residing, at this time, in the house in Chestnut Street which was afterwards made famous by the sittings of the Radical Club.
Mr. Emerson objected strongly to newspaper reports of the sittings of the Radical Club.
They strive to get their pieces played; they previously submit them to the judgment of actors; they solicit a word of praise from the Mercure; they read fables at the sittings of the Academy.
Processes of chicanery, delays and willful complications in the proceedings, sittings at three livres the hour for the advocate and three livres the hour for the bailiff.
But we know that the sittings were invested with a certain solemnity and pomp.
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