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...ore avert the inroad of pride and ambition, of folly and wickedness, from the seats and settlements of the blessed. Therefore, if ye will turn unto ... .... The last of whom came to Macedonia, where he made but a miserable appearance. Ptolemy fortified himself in Egypt, where Alexander had left him gov...

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...he gallery, had offered to take her to the party in question and had there fortified her, further, with two or three of those introductions that, at l... ... a little to explain. His father had been, in strange countries, in twenty settlements of the English, British chaplain, resident or occasional, and h... ...press Catherine’s famous progress across the steppes of Russia; improvised settlements ap- peared at each turn of the road, villagers waiting with add...

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...from the dangerous passes, within the safer boundaries of the more ancient settlements, armies larger than those that had often disposed of the scepte... ...ey thought the scout had even time to re- join his companions. “We are now fortified, garrisoned, and provisioned,” cried Heyward cheerfully, “and may... ...his ears had been accustomed to listen to similar sounds of praise, in the settlements of the colony. His roving eyes began to moisten, and before the... ...he horses. “I dare to say there are even stranger sights to be seen in the settlements!” he said, at length “natur’ is sadly abused by man, when he on... ...agues asunder! Gently, gently, Uncas, you are as impatient as a man in the settlements; you forget that light feet leave but faint marks!” “Hugh!” exc... ...erning the life that is to come, major; I have heard preachers say, in the settlements, that heaven was a place of rest. Now, men’s minds differ as to... ...lcome, and encouraged him to advance by similar indications of friendship. Fortified by these assur- ances, the dark figure left the brow of the natur...

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...n tolerable to be borne. Of an impulsive and passionate na ture, she had fortified herself to encounter the stings and venomous stabs of public cont... ...ng there; but the red men were not so infrequent visitors of the En glish settlements that one of them would have attracted any notice from Hester Pr... ...e voices, at that 119 Hawthorne period, were often heard to pass over the settlements or lonely cottages, as they rode with Satan through the air. Th... ...he people. The prejudices which they shared in common with the latter were fortified in them selves by an iron frame work of reasoning, that made it ... ...land or all America, with its alternatives of an Indian wigwam, or the few settlements of Europeans scattered thinly along the sea board. Not to spea... ... whose attire of deer skins marked them as belonging to some of the forest settlements, which surrounded the little metropolis of the colony. On this ...

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... in to us, with his family and treasure, and was passed over to the French settlements at Chandernagur. Bourquien took his command, and against him we... ...towns: the lower Cotwal, inhabited by the natives, and the upper (which is fortified slightly, and has all along been called Futtyghur, meaning in Hin...

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... and in his absence my lady had held out the castle (perhaps it was only a fortified house) against General Waller, hoping and hoping in vain for Lord... ...London, he had been trans- ported to the plantations, namely, the American settlements, and had fallen in with friends, who took him to Virginia. This...

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...le lines of African shore, with fires smoking in the mountains, and lonely settlements here and there. On the 5th, to the inexpressible joy of all, we... ... We passed out of the second court under The Sublime Porte—which is like a fortified gate of a German town of the middle ages—into the outer court, ro...

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...d that he would not have her going about the place after dark, but she was fortified by the curate’s prom- ise to escort her safely, and reduced him t... ...ng officers were apt to bring home from a superfi- cial view of them. Thus fortified, he demanded whether any reasonable person had tried to bring Hen... ...re was no absolute need of the young man’s concurrence in arranging Mary’s settlements, it was a good opportunity for distinctly stating his prospects... ...e with the glorious flowers of the bog. But where was Massissauga? Several settlements had been passed, the houses looking clean and white in forest o... ...this, as she repeated, smiling at her own spring of thankful- ness, as she fortified herself with a weight of waterproof, and came forth in the darkne...

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...e returned much less of a good fellow than he went away. His visits to the Settlements were not less frequent, but much shorter; and when there he was... ...e mats with which the chief had furnished a small bam- boo house outside a fortified enclosure, where a white flag with a green border fluttered on a ... ...de. The deepest shade of the night was spread over the ground of Belarab’s fortified court- yard. The very embers of the fires had turned black, showi...

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...h- ing remains but the gateway, which has a porch like the en- trance to a fortified town, flanked by two round towers with conical roofs. Above the a... ...e him.” Montcornet made Virginie de T roisville his heir in the mar- riage settlements. Completely under the control of his wife, as Blondet’s letter ...

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...broad. Promising to have all ready for the lady within an hour, Mrs. Berry fortified him with her card, curtsied him back to his cab, and floated him ... ...ncident to weddings where fathers dilate, mothers collapse, and mar- riage settlements are flourished on high by the family law- yer: and had there be... ... we love! He knew it was not magnanimous, but the cry of the world somehow fortified him in the conceit that in dealing perfect justice to his son he ...

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...o your’n, hold up your head and fight low, Polly, and you can’t go wrong!’ Fortified by this golden secret, Folly finally ran away to avoid any more p... ...ht have been brought up at Doctor Blimber’ s, she was such a Roman matron) fortified herself, at the first glimpse of him, behind the open street door... ...ies from swivel-bridges, soft roads, impassable canals, caravans of casks, settlements of scarlet-beans and little wash-houses, and many such obstacle...

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...ng into the state of your husband’s finances, or troubling your head about settlements, or anything of that sort?’ ‘I don’t think I should.’ ‘Well, be... ...ess,’ replied I. ‘Well, and I questioned this young spark on the matter of settlements,’ continued he; ‘and he seemed disposed to be generous enough o... ...onished enough to see me without that. Next morning, therefore, I not only fortified myself with as substantial a breakfast as my excited feelings wou...

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... adjoining the shop on the first floor. Daylight came in through a window, fortified by iron bars, and looking out on a small yard surrounded by such ... ...illaume prided himself in petto for his prudence in the matter of marriage settlements. In the evening, after a splen- did ball, followed by one of th...

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...at there are isolated spots along the line of the great lakes that date as settlements as far back as many of the older American towns, and which were... ...f as much can be said in favor of your lakes up hereaway.” “That towns and settlements lead to sin, I will allow; but our lakes are bordered by the fo... ...f God in any thing,” returned Pathfinder earnestly. “They that live in the settlements and the towns have confined and unjust opinions consarning the ... ...naturally. There are more or less whites passing between the forts and the settlements, and they are sure to be on their trails. The Sarpent has come ... ...t mention the woods and lakes to challenge her equals, but I would go into settlements and towns.” “W e had better leave the canoes,” Mabel hurriedly ... ...hought there were mockery and levity in this appeal, and its manner rather fortified than weakened her resolution to hold the place as long as possibl...

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... themselves, their towns, islands, and strong-holds, all which they had so fortified that they were almost impreg- nable, and scarcely even accessible... ...reat danger he passed back over the Cyrnus, which the barbarous people had fortified a great way down the banks with palisadoes. And after this, havin... ...ifferent countries there appeared the capture of no less than one thousand fortified places, nor much less than nine hundred cities, together with eig... ...elf could not but wonder that he, who was thus ingarrisoned in a city well fortified, who was in expectation of his forces from Spain, and was master ... ...t in person. Caesar ob- serving the left wing of the enemy to be lined and fortified with such a mighty guard of horse, and alarmed at the gal- lantry... ...he himself courted the people, and drew together the sol- diers from their settlements, till Antony got alarmed, and gave him a meeting in the Capitol... ...y to engage, by great offers, the old soldiers that lay scattered in their settlements, and to be the first to secure the troops that still remained u...

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...lever mind looked about for the means to maintain his foothold; for in the fortified city into which he had wormed himself, generals do not long keep ... ...dred. Believing that they could live on two thousand, they married without settlements, and started with the ut- most economy. They went to live, like...

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...for each other. For more than a hundred and fifty years there had been white settlements on our Atlantic coasts. These people were in intimate communi... ...ver between St. Paul and New Orleans—of two or three close corporations well fortified with capital; and by able and thor oughly business like manage... ...calamity, seems strange, and at first glance un believable; but the fact is fortified by so much unassailable proof that to doubt is to dishonor reas... ... been an important place, for it commanded the situation; and, being heavily fortified, there was no getting by it. It lay be tween the upper and low...

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...wall at its angle with the house. It was only latched, notwithstanding its fortified appearance, and, when opened, admitted him into the garden, which... ... side, he moved southwards, with those who adhered to him, in quest of new settlements, like a second Aeneas. The state of the Perthshire Highlands fa... ...rdly look back towards the Gothic battlements 423 Sir Walter Scott of the fortified gate under which he passed (for the place is surrounded with an o... ...se and Hookem. These worthy gentlemen had directions to make the necessary settlements on the most splendid scale of liberality, as if Edward were to ...

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...so far as to see his own man of business, with a view of ascertaining what settlements he could make and what income he might be able to spend. He had... ...ikes with me.’ ‘My father has nothing to do with it, and I don’t know what settlements mean. We never think anything of settle- ments in our country. ... ... something, and you see if I don’t butter them up properly. ’ Then having fortified himself with game-pie and a glass of brown sherry he went away at...