And I bequeath to the same good gentlewomen, as a further token of my thankful acknowledgements of their kind love and compassionate concern for me, the sum of twenty guineas each.
Margaret looked, with dazzled eyes and bewildered thoughts, upon a token which confirmed the Duke's defeat, and the extinction of her last hopes.
Accept this token of friendship, and wear it for my sake.
On the other parte, when he troubles certaine houses that are dwelt in, it is a sure token either of grosse ignorance, or of some grosse and slanderous sinnes amongst the inhabitantes thereof: which God by that extraordinarie rod punishes.
I have been chosen by a certain society to make your father a present of them, in token of the society's feelings towards him.
He raised the point of his sword aloft in token that they should do likewise.
Stevens touched his greasy-peaked cap as a token of respect.
A greyhound appeared to think differently, for he had placed his fore-paws upon his young mistress's lap, and was attempting to thrust his lean muzzle between her arms and to lick her face in token of canine sympathy.
The diamond-studded locket with the pictures of his mother and father that he had worn always until he had given it as a token of his highest devotion to Jane Clayton before their marriage was missing.
After this the head of the family anointed the threshold with the same paste, and left it there as a token that the inmates of the house had performed their ablutions and cleansed their bodies.
It was a custom of the heathen to celebrate on the same twenty-fifth of December the birthday of the Sun, at which they kindled lights in token of festivity.
The skin in fact was kept as a token or memorial of the god, or rather as containing in it a part of the divine life, and it had only to be stuffed or stretched upon a frame to become a regular image of him.
When he and the king met, the monarch had to sit down on the ground in token of respect until his holiness had passed by.
From these misguided women sprang the Oleae and the Psoloeis, of whom the men were said to be so called because they wore sad-coloured raiment in token of their mourning and grief.
This is a token that the boy's head has been cut off, and that the devil has carried him away to the other world, there to regenerate and transform him.
The sticks are supposed to have been given to the lads by the devil at the time when he restored them to life, and they serve as a token that the youths have been in the spirit land.
The hard feverish pulse gave place to a gentler beating; the fever flush passed away; and the regular heaving of a quiet sleep gave token at length that all danger to the child was over.
Every day some new intelligence lighted her bright eyes, and Catherine could trace another token of resemblance to the absent one.
Then the master counterfeiter, realizing that his cause was hopeless, raised a hand as a token of surrender, and advanced slowly to receive the waiting handcuffs.
Wear this, Harold, a token from your grateful country.
It was the last token of her human life, the last gleam of her fondness for him.
Baron, wear this ring in tokenof my pleasure in your pie.
Maelgwn came to hunt in the neighbourhood, and being wearied seated himself on a rock, and adhered to it, and could not leave till Tydecho released him; but as a token of the miracle left the impression of his person on the rock.
In the graveyard may be noticed a token of a change of feeling towards the Welsh tongue.
The most ancient inhabitants of Britain had well-developed skulls, with plenty of brains in them; had delicate chins and finely formed jaws, every token that the race was one of a gentle, highly strung quality.
This was decisive as a token that Heaven accepted the punishment of the crew, and desired them to rest where they had landed.
I take the opportunity of his servant going direct to Rokeby to charge him with this letter, and a plaid which my daughters entreat you to accept of as a token of their warm good wishes.
My mother says he had wished my son Walter should have it, as his male representative--which I can only accept on condition your little Walter will accept a similar token of regard from his remaining uncle.
Let the outpourings of Thy bounty and blessings descend upon homes whose inmates have embraced Thy Faith, as a token of Thy grace and as a mark of loving-kindness from Thy presence.
Enable me, then, to obtain a seat of truth in Thy presence, bestow upon me a token of Thy mercy and let me join with such of Thy servants as shall have no fear nor shall they be put to grief.
Send down upon me, as a token of Thy grace, Thy vitalizing breezes, throughout the daytime and in the night season, O Lord of bounty.
It may be taken as a token of cowardice or weakness, whereas the blood-feud gives to its perpetrator an opportunity to display his courage and skill.
A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.
To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.
Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.
Cock's body, I have had with her the rarest sport ever man had with woman, more bytoken that I have gone upwards of six times into the country, since I left thee.
Ay do I,' answered Bernabuccio, 'and I was presently in thought thereof, more by token that I mind me to have lost a little daughter of the age whereof Giacomino speaketh in those very troubles.
Wherefore he began to suspect by that token that it must be he and bethought himself that, were he indeed his son, he should still remember him of his name and that of his father and of the Armenian tongue.
The princess received the messenger and the message with a glad flavour and answering that she burnt with like love for the prince, sent him one of her most precious jewels in token thereof.
To them Dublin Castle was the outward token of England's rule in Ireland, and their object was to destroy its existence.
And often he used to say, "Wanyana bade me ask you to accept this gift from her as a token of her esteem," showing them similar articles.
Wherefore accept, O Queen, this banana as a token of friendship from the hands of Kimyera.
I am not asking you to accept this as any compensation for my abominable treatment of you the other day, but simply as a little token of my sincere desire to help on your good work in however small a way.
However, the pleasure expressed by Harry, and a little present from Walter, as a token of thankfulness for their prompt appearance, sent them all home well content.
That I may wear it as a reward from you, and a token of victory in moral courage.
Don't be angry with me for saying this, but just each of you take one of these little papers from my hand as a token of good-will on my part, and read it when you are alone.
Others held up their hands in token of surrender, and the first line of the gallant Greys dropped the points of their sword and spared their lives.
On the morning of the 17th the Germans in the opposite trenches showed a white flag as a token of surrender.
To his conscience this token of affection was like molten lead, and leaving her he went directly to his own room, saying: "My God!
Presently the man arrived crouched up in token of respect, and shouting her titles.
There is the token of it," and she pointed to the dead cattle.
The man, who was quite unarmed, except for a kerry which he carried, crouched down on catching sight of heir in token of respect.
To-morrow I charge thee that thou tell these things to the Bishop, who will find a sign and token in the church of my hallowing.
Scotland in 1297, in token of the complete subjugation of that country.
