The very next day the triumph of the Germans received its consecration, not only by the battle of Saint-Quentin (already mentioned), but by the repulse of the last offensive movement from Paris.
Beyond even the natural ecstasy of first love, the natural triumph of a brilliant engagement, what visions of untold splendor danced hourly, day and night, before her dazzled eyes!
At last he was captured, and with the execution of the last of the lords of Dynevor, the triumph of Edward became complete.
It was a veritabletriumph for Edward, when Gregory X.
As the Calais treaty of October alone had the force of law, it was a realtriumph of French diplomacy to have suppressed so vital a feature in the definitive document.
But the second triumph of the king assumed a more complete character than his earlier snatched victory.
The triumphof the Welsh prince is the more remarkable because Edward and his ally, Mortimer, were the chief sufferers by the treaty.
Yet his triumph had taxed all his resources, and left him, overwhelmed with debt, to face the irritation of subjects unaccustomed to such demands upon their loyalty and patriotism.
To the last the most fervently English of the barons were steadfast on the French prince's side, and the triumph of the little king had largely been procured by John's foreigners.
The same spirit led him to challenge Philip of France to decide their quarrel by single combat, and to win a personaltriumph when masking as a knight attached to the service of Sir Walter Manny.
A minor result of Louis' triumph was the well-deserved ruin of Hugh of Lusignan and Isabella of Angoulême.
The full triumph of the new style is apparent in Wykeham's twin foundations at Winchester and Oxford.
Thus the constitutional struggle was ended by the complete triumph of the baronial opposition.
Admiral Rodney was sent with a strong fleet to the Mediterranean, the Spanish blockading fleet was defeated, the garrison relieved, provisioned, and reinforced, and Rodney sailed in triumph for the West Indies.
During the following month Gonsalvo entered Naples, the main prize of the war, where he was received with acclamations of joy and given the triumph which his brilliant exploits so richly deserved.
The king returned triumphantly to Malaga with the remainder, rejoicing in his triumph over the Duke of Medina Sidonia, and having taught King Ferdinand that the game of ravaging an enemy’s country was one at which two could play.
The nobility of Spain sought in numbers the scene of action, eager to be present at the triumph of her arms.
Despoiling the slain, and taking with them some thirty horses, the victorious Spaniards rode in triumph back to Castellar.
At the same time the great Ottoman banner was drawn down, while that of the Cross was elevated with cheers of triumphin its place.
Satisfied that for once Pedro de Vargas had been foiled, the old king called in his detachments and started back in triumph with his spoils.
A single cavalier, Alvar Nuñez de Lara, stole in between the negroes and the camels, in some way passed the chains, and with a cheer of triumph raised his banner in the interior of the line.
Pouring suddenly down on the lower levels, the daring marauders swept away in triumph to the mountains the flocks and herds of their Christian foes.
At this moment of his highest triumph the tragedy of his life began.
Ever since that brilliant day in Spanish annals, the sixteenth of July has been kept as a holy festival, in which the captured banners are carried in grand procession, to celebrate the "Triumph of the Cross.
Terror filled the Christian ranks; a shout of triumphrose from those of the Moors.
Garcilasso despoiled his victim, raised the inscription "Ave Maria" on the point of his sword, and bore it triumphantly back, amid shouts of triumph from the Christian army.
A smile of triumph lighted up Kennedy's pale face.
By thus connecting together these two passages of Scripture he gained, as he considered, a marvelous victory, and he publicly displayed his triumph as if he had discovered a treasure hitherto unknown to the world.
I see no other cause for the repetition, unless we receive it as intended for emphasis, and as designed to signify the joy and triumph of the Creator in this most beautiful work of his hands.
There was as much of welcome and even of triumph as befitted the innocent child, whose death had in it the element of testimony to the truth.
Mary, who had been prowling about the banks, and now held up intriumph one of the poles with a bill-hook at the end used for cutting weed.
She had quite a triumph the next day, as old friends dropped in for the chance of seeing her.
Robespierre, who feared in war the opportunity for the soldier, saw in republicanism merely the triumph of a Cromwell; to him La Fayette was a tangible danger, the word republic an empty formula.
Her head was hoisted on a pike, as also other parts of her dismembered anatomy, and carried in triumph to be displayed under the windows of the prisoners at the Temple.
Roger failed to notice the gleam which came to the Spaniard's eye, failed to watch the triumph written on his face.
Was there a faint gleam of triumph in the Spaniard's eyes as he heard the news?
But since variety seems generally to enhance the pleasure of most things, another time the illustrious Prince sought with a different show to satisfy the expectant people by means of his so much desired Triumph of Dreams.
Vacations were spent at La Grange, where he pursued the varied interests of his many-sided life, particularly enjoying, in his character of farmer, the triumph of his beasts and fruits in neighborhood fairs.
Madame de Staël said that his belief in the final triumph of liberty was as strong as the belief of a pious man in a future life.
The difficult rôle fell to his son George, who had neither the interest of novelty nor of personal triumph to sustain him.
Voltaire declared that a Roman general on the day of his triumphnever approached the luxury to be found here.
From four till eight that morning I looked on, and saw the retreat of the Russians and the triumph of the French and Sardinians.
No more American ice was to be had at Kamiesch; and this was indispensable for the crowning triumph of the affair, upon which I relied so much--viz.
From the gallery the sounds of joy and triumph reached him, and soon heavy oak benches and iron collars of torches began to fall upon the nobleman.
Danveld had invited them purposely, to witness his triumph over a threatening foe, and at the same time to enjoy the fruits of the treason which they had plotted together, and in the accomplishment of which they had assisted.
Mr. Nolan paused, and then his face glowed withtriumph as he answered his own question.
At six o'clock that superior butler was chuckling intriumph at having played a fine and original practical joke on his rival, Mr. Christian.
Men like such captives, as they like horses that champ the bit and paw the ground: they feel more triumph in their mastery.
We could hardly doubt that, if pursued to the utmost, its palaces, its temples and store of wealth would be destroyed in the fury of contendingtriumph and defeat.
This enthusiasm is now spent, I know not why; I seem to myself to be entering a darksome gulph; the ardent spirit of the army is irksome to me, the rapture of triumph null.
Images of destruction, pictures of despair, the procession of the last triumph of death, shall be drawn before thee, swift as the rack driven by the north wind along the blotted splendour of the sky.
The smile of triumph shone on his countenance; determined to pursue his object to the uttermost, his manner and expression seem ominous of the accomplishment of his wishes.
Henry of Navarre's triumph over the Guises half emancipated us from her influence.
It could not be worse," the cardinal said gravely; "you will have the whole of the adherents of the house of Vendome banded against you, and even your bravery could not long triumph over such odds.
