In spite of the injunction, a volume entitled "Lord Byron's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, a Poem in Two Cantos.
In spiteof the laws of Constantine and Constans, gladiatorial shows survived the old established religion more than seventy years; but they owed their final extinction to the courage of a Christian.
He belonged to the new age, with its new message from nature to man, and, in spite of theories and prejudices, listened and was convinced.
But in spite of this assertion, "the numbers came," and on June 26 he made a beginning.
For poor Billie, in spite of all his good intentions, could not keep awake to save his life; and during the balance of the night he enjoyed quite a number of lengthy naps all to himself.
In spite of the scare you had when you fell into that rattlesnake den, eh, Billie?
The beards are equally profuse, quite magnificent, and generally wavy, and in the case of the old men they give a truly patriarchal and venerable aspect, in spite of the yellow tinge produced by smoke and want of cleanliness.
The gentleman unknown to fame sold Dramoffskys largely that day, and at last, in spite of Mr. Fricker, the price fell and fell.
In spiteof Tommy's protests--Childwick made none--she insisted on going alone.
Like herself then--in spite of a superficial remoteness from her, and an obviously nearer kinship with the company in life and circumstances--he was in spirit something of a stranger there.
She unfastened the bag, and he heard her fingers crackle the notes, as she sat with her eyes fixed on his; appeal had been banished from Peggy's words, it spoke in her eyes in spite of herself.
She understood his feeling, and argued against it; but it remained with him still, in spite of all she could say.
In spite of himself, he could never be quite content unless he knew where that dark-eyed woman was.
Her heart was not so heavy, in spite of the cold, as it had been the day before, since between that time and this she had heard the cordial voice of a friend.
Marriages took place in his circle, wedding chimes pealed, and brides were happy under their veils in spite of him.
She was unchanged--proud, graceful, and exquisitely attired as ever, in spite of her slow step and need of assistance.
Yet, oh, how easy all the past now seemed, inspite of its loneliness, toil, and care!
She hesitated, and then, in spite of a distinct determination not to do it, could not help turning her head and glancing backward and upward for a second behind her companion's broad shoulders.
But as there was not an angle visible anywhere, her fair slenderness seemed a new kind of beauty, which all, in spite of sculptor's rules, must now admire.
In spite of his weariness and his seventy-three years, he set forth on his journey, riding the old horse that was kept to carry him now that he could no longer travel on foot.
He rose at four o'clock to the very end of his life and spent the first hours of the day in prayer, and this in spite of the fact that the last years of his life were years of acute bodily suffering.
Yet, in spite of all that such a vocation meant of self-renunciation, year after year the Mission Priests increased in number.
His great desire was that Vincent should become a Mohammedan like himself, a desire which, needless to say, remained unfulfilled, in spite of the large sums of money he promised if his slave would only oblige him in this matter.
In spite of the weakness that oppressed him, he had help, advice and sympathy for everybody.
In spiteof weak health she gave freely of her time, her energy and her money.
Surprised and touched in spite of himself, he determined to make the preacher's acquaintance and, hastening into his presence, flung himself on his knees before him.
Then," his mind was saying inspite of him, "Esther did have the necklace.
In spite of her large tolerance, there were moments when she did speak.
She got on her feet and stood there a minute, a stately figure in spite of her blurred lines.
Madame Beattie, in spite of her cosmopolitan reign, was at least local enough to remember the feline similes Lydia put such dependence on, and she used this one with relish.
Alston began to have an uncomfortable sense that he might have to run for office in spite of every predilection he ventured to cherish.
She was not his sister, she was not his child, though the child in her so persuaded him; and in spiteof the dewy memory of her kiss she could not be his love.
A man must eat," he said at last, "and here in his own bailiwick and warren will I eat to spite him.
He assured his wife, with words of comfort, that inspite of all the gossip of the blind world she was his wife, and he exhorted her to rest solely on God's Word.
But a German he was not, in spite of his grandfather Maximilian; he had not even an ordinary knowledge of the German language.
In the outer world, meanwhile, the great movement that emanated from Luther continued to advance and grow, in spite of his disappearance.
His body, from his hardy training as a child, was well prepared for such austerities, but in spite of that, he had for a long while to suffer from their results.
In spite of delay and resistance, they were forced to pay the sum demanded.
Like Nelson, in warfare he always took the offensive if possible--took it, as at Quebec, in spite of smaller numbers and a less favourable position.
He was broken in body, but resolute to carry {286} through the expedition, in spite of the lateness of the season.
In spite of continued success Bute was resolved on peace, the negotiations being entrusted to the Duke of Bedford, who was one of the extreme peace party.
In spite of Roberval's remonstrances, Cartier left by night on his return voyage, and the Lord of Norumbega went on alone to the St. Lawrence.
In spite of the massacre at Schenectady, New York suffered less than New England from border war.
The seas and the skies, however, inspite of the time of year, were far less kind to the besiegers on the later than on the earlier occasion.
Her soul indeed seemed to have bled to death; she could not yet know how deeply it was wounded, and in spite of her intolerable grief she still thought only of the darkness about her.
And he felt as though he had spoken the words in spite of himself, or had meant to say something quite other than this compliment, but could not help it.
This garb accorded ill with the aristocratic elegance of his figure; the thin, pale, chiselled features, full of distinction in spite of the unkempt light hair and unshaven stubble of beard.
He felt utterly miserable, in spite of having found her again, and he covered the line of the scar with little kisses.
She was now in London again with her father, living very quietly; still feeling the past, in spite of her present gladness, still conscious of what had been, in all its misery and its horror.
The day on the sea by steamboat to Molde was like a party of pleasure, in spite of the rain which drove them below; and in the cabin, over a bottle of champagne, Miss Eva and the three men played a rubber of whist.
In spite of the disguising plainness of my dress, I suppose the word gentlewoman was clearly stamped upon me.
In spite of the length of the journey, Ella quite enjoyed the day; her father was so kind and took such good care of her.
The hall was pitch-dark, and the whole building redolent of the slum; but in the stuffy little room where the peddler lived there was, in spite of it all, an atmosphere of home that set it sharply apart from the rest.
An army-train of wagons is engaged in carting them away from early morning till late at night; but the green forest grows, in spite of it all, until in places it shuts the shipping out of sight altogether.
He tries to, by opening vents in the roof as soon as the pipe-men are in place and ready; but in spite of all precautions, he is often surprised by the dreaded back-draft.
Humanity has progressed in spite of the fear that has dwarfed our stature.
To Burns he felt his affinity, across a gulf of social circumstance, and in spite of a dialect not yet made fashionable by Scott.
Nor is Cowper's translation of part of the eighth book of Virgil's Aeneid bad, in spite of the heaviness of the blank verse.
In spite of some faults the lad was no coward, and he begged so earnestly to be allowed to keep on that the other consented, on condition that no greater danger presented itself.
These and other similar thoughts flashed through Derrick's mind as he tried to listen to Mr. Jones, and to overcome a feeling of disappointment that inspite of his efforts presently filled his mind.
He now sat beside Paul, and during the whole morning had steadily tormented him, in spite of the lad's entreaties to be let alone and Derrick's fierce threats from the other side.
In spite of living in a continual midnight, so far from pastures and the light of day, which some of them did not see from one year's end to another, these mine mules were fat and sleek, and appeared perfectly contented with their lot.
In spite of it he was troubled with some prickings of conscience, and a sort of pity that evening, as he reflected upon the unhappy condition of the lad whom he had left to wander alone amid the awful blackness of the abandoned gangway.
In spite of the fact that he and Derrick had been friends but a single day, Harry Mule appeared to recognize his young driver, and gave him a cordial greeting as he entered the stable.
They had not gone very far before they came to a closed door on one side of the gangway beyond which the mule absolutely refused to go, in spite of all Derrick's coaxings and commands.
Mrs. Shortridge had contrived to snatch a short siesta, in spiteof her fears.
But he seems to have suffered much from his wounds, poor fellow, and in spite of family interest, to have been very near leaving his regiment vacant for another aspirant.
Ten days had gone by when he again rode into Elvas, and in spite of the secrecy aimed at in military councils, many symptoms indicated that the campaign was about to open.
I have been told," said Lady Mabel, "that in spite of these pious devices, the people have lost much of their devotional ardor and fullness of faith.
Sir Rowland had striven in vain not to join in the laugh; but, in spite of himself, was much diverted at L'Isle's adventure.
Then Mabel shall summon him to attend her, according to promise, in spite of Sir Rowland's order!
The husbandman of this part of Alemtejo has grown rich in spite of the greatest obstacle to thrift, which the church has raised up in devoting more than half the year to holy days.
Sir Rowland uttered this speech with an air worthy of his Puritan uncle, of Calvinistic memory; but, in spite of the respect due to the speaker, it was too much for the gravity of his hearers.
The pasturage is poor and parched, yet the oxen are fine in spite of their monstrous horns; and I see corn land that might yield good oats or barley in Scotland.
In spite of its hardships," said Lady Mabel, "it has been so agreeable to me, that I would have it last a week longer.
L'Isle soon found that, in spite of his unsoldierly undress, the Don was a sturdy old fellow, who chafed at being shut up in a garrison, surrounded by defensive walls and moats.
And they will cry, egad, oh so touchingly, if the luck goes against them in spite of it all.
Nor, in spite of what his Lordship had said, was I quite easy on the score of the duke.
And your father makes a deal here and a deal there, and so gets rich in spite of his pittance.
But in spite of them all he contrived to get Patty for supper, when I took Betty Tayloe, and we were very merry at table together.
Motives of personal spite and of personal gain were laid bare, and even the barter and sale of offices of trust took place before my very eyes.
In spite of the doctor she says she is not ill, and must attend at Vauxhall, too.
But the doctor contrived to see her in spiteof difficulties, and Will Fotheringay was forever at her house, and half a dozen other lads.
In spite of Mrs. Manners, the chrysalis had burst into the butterfly, and Wilmot House had never been so gay.
In spite of my feeling I was fain to laugh at this, knowing well that she had culled it all from little Mr. Marmaduke himself.
The Tory gentry, to be sure, rattled about in their gilded mahogany coaches, in spite of jeers and sour looks.
I was twitted about the Beauty, most often with only a thin coating of amiability covering the spite of the remark.
He was a noble man, and was a friend to me, in spite of my politics, when other gentlemen of position would not invite me to their houses.
The doctor had been my tutor, and in spite of my waywardness and lack of love for the classics had taught me no little Latin and Greek, and early instilled into my mind those principles necessary for the soul's salvation.
Now it was: Dolly loved me inspite of all the great men in England.
I only wrote about the Lichfield whose existence you continue to believe in, in spite of the fact that you are actually living in the real Lichfield," Charteris returned.
We have been gentlefolk in spite of all, we have been true even in our iniquities to the traditions of our race.
Patricia sank back among the pillows, and inhaled the fresh air, which, inspite of herself, she found agreeable.
As I write, I recall two teachers of elementary schools, who, inspite of having to prepare their pupils for diocesan inspection, succeeded in quickening their religious instincts into vital activity.
When she was fourteen, and Iolita still astonishingly beautiful in spite of poverty and defeat, an engagement took them to the Argentine Republic, but ending up disastrously left them stranded and almost penniless at Buenos Aires.
Even in spite of Valdana's resurrection she would surely, had she been worthy, have kept Westenra's love?
In spite of his working like a bee from morning till night, the Sanatorium being constantly full, and operations always in progress, Westenra was harassed for money.
In spite of her good French she stammered so much from nervousness when confessing that the cure had arranged this method with her.
Spite of his frank, gay ways with her she knew well by the subtle and winding paths in which the minds of women travel, that behind his deep grey-green eyes there was another Garrett Westenra whom she had not yet reached.
He had realised that, in spite of her nerves, she was anything but a delicate woman, and it puzzled and vaguely disappointed him that she should knock under so soon.
He entirely withdrew his earlier supposition that she was a woman of the world, in spite of the evidence of travel and experience.
But, in spite of this injunction, she had lingered on from day to day in the expensive Durban hotel where he died.
She flew from the deck of the wheezy old steamer, and in spite of the Customs' officers' efforts to head her off, embraced Val over the ropes.
In spite of his original intention to do so he did not return to Jersey before sailing to America.
Celine, who was fond of Val, and felt for her none of the antagonism which the generality of Frenchwomen, in spite of the entente cordiale and Edward the Peacemaker, always will feel for Englishwomen.
Mary's eyes turned toward her in spite of her intention not to seem to care.
She went skipping slowly down the outside walk, thinking him over and saying to herself that, queer as it was, here was another person whom she liked in spite of his crossness.
When he held up his head and fixed his strange eyes on you it seemed as if you believed him almost in spite of yourself though he was only ten years old--going on eleven.
There were rich colors in the rugs and hangings and pictures and books on the walls which made it look glowing and comfortable even in spite of the gray sky and falling rain.
In spite of Mrs. Medlock's warning, Mr. Roach only just escaped being sufficiently undignified to jump backward.
In spite of himself, he could not keep his mind from reverting--and somewhat unpleasantly--to what he had heard.
There are some few diseases which bring death with them, in spite of human skill: will bring it to the end of time," rejoined Thomas Godolphin.
In spite of his blind trust in the unbleached good faith of Mr. Verrall, there were moments when a thought would cross him as to whether that gentleman had been playing a double game.
But he put his arm round her in spite of his hasty words.
In spite of the superstition touching this strange Shadow in which Thomas Godolphin had been brought up, he looked round now for some natural explanation of it.
A faithful servant was Margery, in spite of her hard features, and her stern speech.
But for his subdued tones, and the evident emotion which lay upon him all too palpably in spite of his efforts to suppress it, Margery might have given her private opinion of the existing state of things.
Mrs. Verrall must have been quarrelling with her husband, and so thought she'd say something to spite him.
And, inspite of its being pointed out to her that there was no tree, which could cast a shadow on the spot, Bessy obstinately held to her own opinion.
In spite of the compliments you pay my truthfulness, Janet, I meant what I said to you yesterday--that I did not intend to make her my wife.
I can hardly persuade our friends that there is need of deeds on our side; nor is this wonderful, for in other things they act foolishly in spite of my remonstrances.
From the point of Arvert, the Reformation spread into the adjoining islets, and there made numerous disciples, in spite of the rigours of the Parliament of Bourdeaux.
The new opinions made every day fresh progress in France, in spite of the rigour of the edicts, and the severity of the judges.
