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Upon a trumpeter arriving from his Majesty with orders to adjourn the assembly for a week, the people were much incensed, and called out to the citizens to unite strictly with the Princes.
Before deciding whether to adjourn in an attempt to save 'the Street', I ask your consideration of this proposition: If the Exchange will suspend operations for thirty minutes, and allow me to address the members on the floor, I will agree to buy stocks all around the room, until they have regained at least half their drop all of it, if possible.
He had been on a Southern tour, and had just returned. "Oh, Doctor," exclaimed Mrs. Stillman, "I am delighted to see you. We were about to adjourn, but we will postpone action to hear from you." "Thank you," replied Rev. Carmicle. "I have not the cue to the meeting, and will listen while I take breath." "Pardon me," answered Mrs. Stillman.
When half-past seven arrived an hour on circuit at which I always considered it too early to adjourn the jury thought it looked very like an "all-night sitting," although I had no such intention, and one of their body or of the Bar, I forget which, raised the question on a motion for the adjournment of the house.
Cox proceeded: When the Chief Justice announced that he would proceed as an examining Judge to investigate the case of General Thomas, and not as holding Court, our first application to him was to adjourn the investigation into the Criminal Court then in session, in order to have the action of that Court. After some little discussion this request was refused.
Let us adjourn from the bowers of Baden to the wind-swept cliffs of Newport we can be there before the season is over. But I forgot, you thought you would not like Newport." "I am not sure," said Claudius. "Do you think the Countess would go?" "If you will call there assiduously, and explain to her the glorious future that awaits your joint literary enterprise, I believe she might be induced."
Old hands, who have fed at their leisure in callous indifference to all alarms, lounge about in great content, and a group of sheep farmers, having endeavoured in vain, after one tasting, to settle the merits of a new dip, take a glance in the "Hielant" quarter, and adjourn the conference once more to the refreshment-room.
So Albert, as he shook hands with Miss Fosdick, regarded her with unusual interest. And, judging by the way in which she looked at him, she too was interested. After some minutes of the usual conventional summer-time chat the young gentleman suggested that they adjourn to the drug store for refreshments.
You can't blame a dinge for stealing," and another: "Sure! Hogs and chickens are legitimate prey." Lee was helped back to his stand, and called for order; but the crowd poked fun at him, and began moving about restlessly till some one shouted a motion to adjourn, and there arose a chorus of seconders.
"'Well, returned Hornblower; 'first I motion to adjourn the Court and go drink all round, at your store; after which I further motion that Jacob and me go down into the cellar of your house "'Into my cellar! interrupted the Squire, suddenly: 'not a step! I'se settled the case, and there's no moving judgment.
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