The time passed wearily and drearily enough whilst the Patrick Henry lay at anchor off Mulberry Island.
Whilst preparing for the defense of Callao, the Peruvian Government determined to place its naval establishment on such a footing that it would be able to meet any force Spain could send to the Pacific.
His next duty was as Ordnance Officer of the Norfolk Navy Yard, and it was whilst he was employed on this duty that the secession of Virginia caused him to forward his resignation to the Secretary of the Navy.
The anchorage is good at all times, and vessels, whilst discharging or receiving cargo, can lay in security alongside the high bank that lines the whole front of the town.
Officers of the Peruvian Navy, who were themselves opposed to giving foreigners high rank in their service, admitted that the fleet had never been in so good a condition for effective service as whilst it was under Tucker.
A feeble attempt at mutiny broke out on one occasion during the temporary absence of Tucker, but it was easily quelled without bloodshed, and no similar attempt was ever again made whilst Tucker was in command.
Sand bars are constantly forming and shifting in the channel of the river, and for a steamer to run on one of them whilst the water is falling endangers the detention of the vessel until she is floated off by the annual rise in October.
In the absence of wharves on the Upper Amazon and its tributaries, vessels lay alongside of the banks whilst discharging or receiving cargo.
From the 15th of July to the 18th of September the Hydrographical Commission was on shore at Iquitos, employed making charts of the surveys of the late expedition, whilst the steamers were being refitted for further service.
Unfortunately, she was run aground whilst coming out of dock, and so much injured as not to be able to render any service whatever.
The boats were prepared for the service, and the boats' crews and officers held ready whilst the Patrick Henry steamed in towards the Congress.
Then came another song, like lullabies Of ocean, mingled with the airs of night: Whilst a mother's only child 430 Rests in short and sweet repose, All her troubles are beguiled When its placid eyelids close!
Around, around, around, Dance we to the dismal sound Of dying cries and mortal woe, Whilst mocking imps shout, Ho!
And now, in distant light, the pinnacles Of a gray fane appeared, whilst on the woods Still evening shed its parting light.
She raised her right hand, and her dark hair fell Upon her neck, whilst all, scarce breathing, heard: My spirit labours!
Whilst a deep voice was heard, Now sleep in peace, I am avenged!
Around, around, around, Dance we to the dismal sound Of dying shrieks and mortal woe, 40 Whilstantic imps shout, Ho!
Whilst father, mother, children go, And seek the house of prayer.
Of Richard's unresisted sword A noble minstrel sung, Whilst to an hundred answering harps The blazing gallery rung.
Whilst all around, from earth and air, streamed the ceaseless voice of universal melody and song.
This conversation took place whilst Bryan was proceeding to Fethertonge's, Hycy being also on his way home.
Hanna, whilst the tears came to her eyes, "who can blame her for defending so good and affectionate a brother?
Hanna here pressed her again and wept aloud, whilst her spotless and great-minded sister consoled her as well as she could.
Since they were held, some have been added to our churches, who state that it was whilst attending them that they first felt the importance of religion.
They all heard with eager attention, whilst I pointed out the dreadful nature of sin, showing that nothing but the blood of the Saviour cleanseth from it.
A particular instance of this occurred under my own immediate observation, whilst pastor of a Baptist church in the city of Albany, state of New York.
Saying this, the doctor retired, lamenting his hard fate in not having been born in those halcyon days when cooks drew nothing but their poultry; whilst the gentle Celestina's breast panted with indignation at his complaint.
Whilst I, a sort of Franklin, drew My pleasure from the sky!
The scarlet-rash stands out a day or two less than the measle-rash, and comes off in laminæ, whilst the latter comes off in small scales or scurfs.
However, nothing of value to the physician has been omitted, whilst much has been said, which though he does not need it, seemed to me indispensably necessary for people not initiated in the medical art.
I have tried to remove these dangerous symptoms by packs, affusions, baths, but almost always in vain; whilst the sitz-bath has never failed to insure success.
Græfenberg and other hydriatic establishments, and I scarcely remember a case of accident, whilst those treated in the usual mode by the best physicians would die in numbers.
Thus, whilstthe fact that vast tracts of the soil had been put out of cultivation compelled the country to buy food abroad, the unjust and selfish destruction of her trade and commerce by England left her without the money to do so.
In one of those miserable dwellings he could not procure a light, to be used whilst administering the Sacraments to a dying woman; and such was the general poverty around, that the loan of a candle could not be obtained in the neighbourhood.
Whilst thousands of acres of reclaimable land lies entirely neglected and uncultivated, there are thousands of men both willing and anxious to obtain work, but unable to procure it.
Whilst this very extensive system of medical relief was established and carried out under the second Bill, the guardians of the poor continued to use the powers granted to them in the former Bill, of giving medical relief.
Soyer's dearest soup was the least nutritive, whilst his cheapest soup was the most so: a proportion which held through all the soups analyzed; their nutritive qualities being in an inverse ratio to their prices.
His ears were buzzing, his legs staggering, whilst his brain throbbed violently.
One cannot put it on one side and say that it exists on one side by itself, whilst Science does the same on the other.
Whilst he breakfasted, Victorine who, showing an active bravery amidst her despair, had not been to bed at all, told him of what had taken place in the house during the night and early morning.
He told you, no doubt, as he tells others, that whilstin substance he will make no surrender, he will readily yield in matters of form!
These twain ever stood face to face, at either end of their city, alone rearing their lofty figures above the horizon, whilst awaiting the future.
Pierre could scarcely perceive the dim, silent facade of St. Peter's; whilst of the dome he merely divined a gigantic, bluey roundness faintly shadowed against the sky.
When the drafting of one of the latter impassioned him he would have spent days and nights over it, just as formerly, when claiming proficiency in Latin verse, he had often let the dawn surprise him whilst he was polishing a line.
All the heavy mysterious things which had weighed the young priest down whilst he was waiting in the ante-room, now became more and more clearly defined.
He effected much in the great work of the reformation; but his manners were so severe, and his temper so acrid, that whilst he may be equally respected with Luther and Melancthon, he is not equally beloved.
Though opposed by the bishop of Constance, his doctrines were adopted by the full senate, and he was exhorted to preach the word of God, whilstall pastors were forbidden to teach any thing but what could be proved by the gospel.
Allah, whilst the share of Allah reacheth their "partners"!
Y: But Allah was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wast amongst them; nor was He going to send it whilst they could ask for pardon.
S: Those who said of their brethrenwhilst they (themselves) held back: Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed.
Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.
One morning whilst in her bedroom putting on her hat in readiness for a walk Alexandra was startled by an impetuous knock at her door.
Whilst being a good judge of precious stones he had a great liking for paste when it was old and good, but what he saw now was merely a product of the modern manufacturer.
Whilst in her lodgings she had had to put up with dinginess and discomfort: Albert Place was the antithesis of everything unpleasant.
It has been said that Van Eyck, even when painting religious subjects, only awakes earthly ideas, whilst Memling, even when painting earthly scenes, kindles thoughts of heavenly things.
Much of the instruction given in schools at that time was often only within the reach of those who could pay for it, whilst there was no little defect in imparting it.
Dey ain't been no turbine took from nowhar whilst we was heah, neither.
So it's easy wuth a few dollars for me to have help whilst I'm learnin'.
Maybe he's lettin' his wife and children suffer for food whilst he un-burgles away his substance.
And so you came up here to my office to hide whilst bathing in so-called ice-water at Mister Gribble's?
By rights she ought to sort of ooze out from under whilst I'm movin' the shells around, and I'd ought to sort of catch her in between my fingers and hold her there so you don't see her.
If it is of a social, society sort, I'll have to ask to be kindly excused whilst I assume my pants.
Then the jealousy which had been silent whilst he was confounded with the crowd, was unchained against him.
With his head leaning on his right hand, a pensive brow and a thoughtful eye, he examined his friend attentively, whilst twisting his long, silky light-coloured moustache with the other hand.
Whilst labouring on thus, the noise of horses' footsteps reached them from a distance.
The Indian bowed respectfully to his chief, and pressing his knees whilst shortening the bridle, he made his horse perform a curvet, brought it to the ground with an extraordinary bound, and went off caracoling.
Peons, mounted on half wild horses, were driving out the cattle to the artificial meadows, whilst others were running about after the horses they were getting together, in order to lead them to the drinking place.
Don Pedro bowed in his turn, whilst Don Gregorio, approaching a flambeau, looked attentively at the bill of exchange, put it into his pocket, and took some money from his purse.
Whilst the ceremony we have described was being accomplished, a terrible event was passing not far from it, on the banks of the river, in the camp of Don Tadeo de Leon.
Whilst explaining to you the manner in which you should set about it, I will produce it: follow my reasonings closely, and observe attentively the manner in which I mingle the various ingredients which enter into the composition of this dish.
As the Division will shortly be leaving the Fourth Army I desire to express to all ranks my warm thanks for the excellent services they have performed whilst under my command.
Later in the day this gallant soldier was killed whilst bombing a counter-attack from the parados of our trench.
Whilst talking to him we both fell asleep and slept until about 5 p.
Then one dark morning, the 13th of April, they assembled silently and lay down in the field, whilst dawn broke with singing of birds, and the shriek and whistle of the barrage.
For five and a-half years whilst I was at the University I never spoke to anyone about it.
Professor Gurney, the President, lost his life whilst mountaineering at Arolla.
This is a perilous state of affairs, in which hatred and bitterness have every prospect of increasing, whilst the pre-existing bond of affection (8) is likely to be snapped.
And whilst we rank those who are self-disciplined in all these matters among persons fit to rule, we are bound to place those incapable of such conduct in the category of persons without any pretension whatsoever to be rulers?
Thereupon a capital was provided; wools were purchased; the good man's relatives set to work, and even whilst they breakfasted they worked, and on and on till work was ended and they supped.
Whilst shaving a severe jerk of my right arm caused me to gash my face; very strange, but I ought not to have tried to do this.
And these strongly reminded me of some feeling a proving of Gelsemium caused, only that has sweat, whilst this has no moisture, everything being dried up.
Upon our return home several of the sailors, otherwise healthy fellows, were prostrated by what was called Panama fever, whilst I myself, who had formerly suffered from tubercular disease of the lungs, was totally unaffected.
He liked, above everything, to direct the affairs of war whilstseated in his easy chair, in the cabinet of St. Cloud, and to dictate in the camp his decrees relative to civil administration.
Whilst we experienced this check in Spain the English were attempting an expedition to Holland, where they had already made themselves masters of Walcheren.
He was struck in the head by a ball, not in storming the walls, but whilst heading the attack.
Whilst we were at sea he seldom rose before ten o'clock in the morning.
This system, however, embroiled us with Sweden and Russia, who could not endure that Napoleon should enact a strict blockade from them, whilsthe was himself distributing licences in abundance.
Smuggling on a small scale was punished with death, whilst the Government themselves carried it on extensively.
Whilst I made the shopkeeper exhibit before us the articles which I appeared anxious to buy he played his part in asking questions.
Without a navy it was ridiculous to declare the British Isles in a state of blockade, whilst the English fleets were in fact blockading all the French ports.
I recollect once that when walking the quarter-deck with him whilst we were in Sicilian waters I thought I could see the summits of the Alps beautifully lighted by the rays of the setting sun.
Whilst Duroc was on his mission to the King of Prussia I was myself negotiating at Hamburg.
This was his sole habitation, whilst the Emperors occupied the two portions of the town, which is divided by the Niemen.
Since that period Pichegru's name possessed no influence over the minds of the soldiers, amongst whom he had very few partisans, whilst the name of Moreau was dear to all who had conquered under his command.
In this cocoon of silk no point touches the water; whilst the tent of leaves, lined with silk, has been constructed underneath the water.
Some of these are without any aperture, whilst others are in form of an inflated vesicle, with a narrow opening on the under side of a leaf, and expanding (for the most part irregularly) into a rounded knob on its upper surface.
Fahrenheit, the moultings will be hastened; and only five days will be consumed in moulting the third or fourth time, whilst those worms that have not been hastened take seven or eight days.
He hansels not his new experiments on the bodies of his patients, letting loose mad receipts into the sick man's body, to try how well nature in him will fight against them, whilst himself stands by and sees the battle.
Their blunders, their negligences, would not count against them whilstin a state of pupilage.
Somebody says (but we do not believe him) that by a strong effort of will, a man can rid himself of hydrophobia, and even preach eloquent sermons whilst suffering from Asiatic cholera.
He will tell them that their Emperor has for fifteen days eaten nothing but potatoes and meat, whilst bivouacking in the midst of the snows of Poland.
If all these forts were properly garrisoned, they would take every disposable musket in the regular army of the United States; whilst at present they have, in consequence of the protracted Florida war, scarcely sufficient men to do the duty.
The consequence is, that in aristocratic States the rulers are rarely accessible to corruption, and have very little craving for money; whilst the reverse is the case in democratic nations.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whilst" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: when; whereas; while
