I was glad not to have to take possession of the mines on my own initiative by means of General Schofield and the regulars.
It is a plea for the survival of the fittest--for the strongest male to take possession of the herd by a process of extermination.
I am about totake possession of Richmond Hill for the reception of Theodosia and her boy, and shall go for them in about ten days.
The old lady is deaf, and upon my first coming to take possession of my lodgings, she with great civility requested that I would never attempt to speak to her, for fear of injuring my lungs without being able to make her hear.
It was, however, difficult to take possession of those which struck, because the batteries on Amak Island protected them; and because an irregular fire was kept up from the ships themselves as the boats approached.
Many of the latter were allowed to take possession of their temporalities --so far as they were within English power--by taking an oath of allegiance, specially drawn for them.
Soon after arriving from Rome to take possession of his see he died at Tuam in 1513, in the fiftieth year of his age--an early age to have won so colossal a reputation.
Five hundred soldiers and one hundred sailors must, he urges, take possession, without delay, of Port Royal and the Chesapeake.
Scarcely had Brother Gilbert du Thet arrived in France, when Madame de Guercheville and her Jesuits, strong in court favor and in the charity of wealthy penitents, prepared to take possession of their empire beyond sea.
That of one of the poor native princes, whose territories the English, lay waste, till the day when they can take possession of them against law and right.
Rodin, as, by an involuntary movement, he hastily placed his two hands upon the casket, as if to take possession of it.
You probably learned yesterday from your adopted mother, that you will perhaps be called upon to take possession of an inheritance, of which the value is unknown.
His last message to the Elector was an urgent advice to take possessionof Ratisbon, in order to maintain the command of the Danube, and to keep open the communication with Bohemia.
Both courts, as soon as the succession was vacant, proceeded to take possession; Brandenburg beginning, and Neuburg following the example.
His subsidies were withdrawn; and the Governor of Breysach and his principal officers were bribed, at least upon the event of the duke's death, to take possession of his conquests, and to secure his troops.
Curiosity had a good deal to do with it, and they profited by my impatience to take possession by selling their favours dearly.
He told me that he was going to Florence to take possession of his inheritance, and to get a wife to take back with him to London.
But if I happen totake possession of her place in your heart, no one, my sweet friend, shall turn me out of it.
There seems to be considerable misunderstanding about the recent movement to take possession of the "New Almaden" mine.
Thereupon it was considered the duty of the Government by the Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney-General, and myself to take possession of the premises; and the Attorney-General carefully made out the writ and I signed it.
Preparations were now made to take possession of the pole if they should reach it on the water.
Samuel, deliberately and distinctly, "I take possession of the north pole of this earth in the name of United North America.
He wanted totake possession of the pole in his own beastly name, most likely.
Now," said he, "the ring on the deck is exactly over the pole, and we may prepare to take possession.
And now, Sammy, if you are goin' to take possession of the pole, you ought to put on your best clothes.
It appeared that the Allies had landed enormous masses of stores at this port in far Northern Russia; and now that the Russians had dropped out of the war, the Germans were threatening to take possession.
If the great madness were to take possession of America, it would not be without his having done what he could to prevent it.
That monarch, who had not beheld his native land since he first joined the expedition of Alexander, now crossed the Hellespont to take possession of Macedonia.
He now sailed forth to take possession of the Athenian towns, which fell one after another into his power as soon as he appeared before them.
It was there that the Persian treasures were chiefly accumulated, and Alexander had despatched one of his generals to take possession of the city immediately after the battle of Arbela.
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