Yet was there no enduring enmity between them; and ever after war and battle came peace; and all blood-wites were duly paid and no long feud followed: nor were the Dalesmen and the Woodlanders always in these wars, though at whiles they were.
Yet was he in nowise evil-looking; he seemed some thirty summers old.
Wild-wearer was but of few words, and those somewhat harsh; yet was he as a man striving to be courteous and blithe; but of the others Bow-may was the greatest speaker.
This man was faithful to my father; and therefore do I lament him, as one whose loss is a sore misfortune; and, infidel though he were, yet was he of the faith of my ancestors.
This person almost satisfied the admiral that Cuba was an island, and he reported that a cacique who dwelt farther towards the west, gave all his orders to his people by signs, yet wasobeyed by them.
The address against the dispensing power was expressed in the most respectful and submissive terms; yet was it very ill received by the king; and his answer contained a flat denial, uttered with great warmth and vehemence.
This was a strain of authority, it must be confessed, quite inconsistent with law and a limited constitution; yet was it supported by many strong precedents in the history of England.
And albeit the said Edgar was both neerer to King Edward then the Duke of Normandie, and also ioyned to him in blood by the fathers side; yet was that no sufficient defence for Harold.
For albeit the same be found in the great Custumier of Normandie, yet wasit neuer practised in England before.
He hated flatterie, the poysoned sugar, the counterfeit ciuilitie and loue, the most base brokery of wordes: yet was no musicke so pleasing vnto him as well deserued thankes.
Now touching the state of his owne strength, albeit Normandie was but little in regard of England, yet was it neither feeble nor poore.
Yet was there a sort of indefinite, half-attained, unimaginable sublimity about it that fairly froze you to it, till you involuntarily took an oath with yourself to find out what that marvellous painting meant.
Though one was as the signet upon the Lord's hand, yet was he plucked thence.
Yet was it a perilous and hardening experience, and it was easier henceforward to live below his ideal, when once he had turned away from Christ.
Four several times the island of Tercera shook with such violence as if it had turned upon its foundations, yet was it not overwhelmed.
She was excited, and shed tears, at which he wondered a little, yet was compassionate of, remembering that she was a woman and worn out.
Her heart seemed to stand still: yet was there, was it possible, a certain relief in the sound?
Yet was he greatly changed, his skin having lost its freshness and healthful color, and his face much wasted.
For I could make out nothing of what I had seen; yet was I pretty sure that a climax was at hand--the more so because I presently heard Rodrigues speaking to Lady Biddy in the next chamber.
She managed to convey to us by pantomime, for our Spanish as yet was of the meagerest, that there were eight ladies from Madrid in the hotel, living upstairs in retirement as they were making a Retreat.
Of his own race essentially, he yet wascosmopolitan in the higher meaning of the word.
Yet was he sore vexed to hear Sir Gawain had discovered him, for he knew Queen Guinevere would be full wroth because of the red sleeve.
Yet was I loth to leave my brother swordless, and, bethinking me of this one, I came hither eagerly to fetch it for him, and pulled it out of the stone without any pain.
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