Victor and the rearguard staunchly kept them at bay; but at one point the Russian army of the Dwina temporarily gained ground and swept the bridges and their approaches with artillery fire.
This rendezvous he kept, as later he staunchly kept troth with Wellington at Waterloo; and we may detect here, as in 1815, the strategic genius of Gneisenau as the prime motive force.
Never prone to petty malice, he now received with equal graciousness those officers who flung themselves at his feet, and those who staunchly served the King to the very last.
He esteems those who staunchly oppose him, and seeks to gain them over by generosity: for those who come over he ever has a secret contempt; for those who desert him, hatred.
Democritus or the Epicureans might dream of other worlds, but the Stoics contended for the unity of the cosmos as staunchly as the Mahometans for the unity of God, for with them the cosmos was God.
The three staunchly approached the door of Mrs. Trent's private study.
This was no situation of Conny's choosing, but she was always staunchly game.
The scabs were inclined to make light of her achievement, but Conny and Priscilla staunchly fanned enthusiasm.
It was pleasant indeed to stroll along the narrow trenches and see how staunchly the men forgot their privations.
The officers whom he tempted were, however, staunchly loyal.
Why are they so recklessly anachronistic and "up-to-date" with the corslets and greaves, and so staunchly but inconsistently conservative about keeping the huge shields?
Blanchard, who inherited a good deal of the Puritan steadiness of temperament, held staunchly by the old ways, notwithstanding the fact of his having married an Episcopalian wife.
Nor was he like them in any other way, except that he inherited old Lad's staunchly gallant spirit and loyalty, and uncanny brain.
Iron-firm of purpose and staunchly loyal to his master, Tam was as steady of soul as a rock.
For five hours the British troops held their ground staunchly against overwhelming odds, but at length they were forced to retreat.
Mary was removed to Chartley, near the home of Gifford, whose family was staunchly Catholic.
If he obeyed love he must disgrace the girl with broken vows, for like a staunchly taught Christian of somewhat stern and primitive mould he stood in honest awe of things spiritual and ecclesiastic.
She felt his bridle-arm staunchly about her like a girdle of steel.
A staunchly loyal and generous friend, he was also exceedingly ambitious on his own account.
He was a wild, reckless fellow, soft spoken, and of dauntless courage and boundless ambition; he was staunchly loyal to his friends, and cared for his men in every way.
I defend my addictionstaunchly because it is the healthiest addiction I know of.
The majority of mankind believe, and will continue to believe, most staunchly in what they wish to believe.
We have altered our opinions respecting the proper place and surroundings of our dogs here; and many of us are not ashamed to confess that we hold opinions staunchly regarding their place and surroundings hereafter.
Iowa, hithertostaunchly Democratic, was carried by the Whigs.
With the personal tastes of aristocrats and the domestic habits of despots, they were staunchly Democratic in their politics and had full control of the party.
All Rhineland, be it remembered, was then still staunchly Romanist.
She often dreamed too of Herr Dehnicke, the faithful, loyal little business man, who was ready to stand by her so staunchly through thick and thin.
The district in which the castle was situated had always, from ancient times, been Teuton, and staunchly Teuton it had remained through the Slav invasion.
When the supreme test came, and we credulous ones all rushed out of the office, and craned our necks, and searched the ancient sky for the miracle, the old Captain stood staunchly by his faith.
The Whigs of Michigan were as a rule of New England extraction, and the masses of the party were always staunchly anti-slavery in sentiment.
During the quarrels between Rome and the Hohenstaufen, Schwyz staunchly upheld the cause of Frederick II.
And so staunchly fighting they died to a man, that gallant group,--died to live for ever.
So staunchly and steadily did they fight, that they were able to keep their assailants at bay until the English cavalry came up from the next post, and, falling upon the Egyptians in flank, completely routed them.
Judge Dunne, until the last, stood as staunchly for effective prosecution of the graft cases as had Judge Lawlor.
