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He promised, but with secret uneasiness, for already it seemed that his judgment was being influenced. For that reason he had postponed a final decision until the following day. Mrs. Northover departed with grateful thanks and left behind her, though she guessed it not, problems far more tremendous than any she had brought.
You understood General Patterson to be influenced to make that attempt because he felt there was a necessity for detaining Johnston? "Answer. Yes, Sir; to detain him as long as he possibly could." "Question. That order was not countermanded until late on Tuesday, the 16th, was it? "Answer. That order never was published.
Her mother turned to me, and said, 'What do you think of this, madame? 'I think, I replied, 'that we can perform our devotions equally well in any place and that all depends on our own preparations; but hearing my words, Mademoiselle de Chartres redoubled her prayers, and with so much earnestness that I said to her mother, 'It is for you to decide. 'Oh, replied the duchess, 'we cannot prevent this poor child from performing her devotions. 'Let her go then, I replied, 'and may God grant that she goes in that intention. 'I swear to you, madame, said Mademoiselle de Chartres, 'that I go for God alone, and that I am influenced by no worldly idea. Then she embraced us, and yesterday morning at seven o'clock she set out."
Their small-arm fire, however, was most effective, and the final outcome of the engagement was strongly influenced, if not wholly determined, by their presence. At first the two forces circled at the same altitude, pouring broadside after broadside into each other.
Whether or no the recollections of those who saw her that evening were influenced by the strange events with which she was subsequently connected, so it was that her figure ever after recurred to them as marked by something wild and unnatural, although at the time the general whisper was of her exceeding beauty and of the indescribable charm which her mantle threw around her.
But, influenced by the entreaties contained in Rhimeson's note, and by the arguments of the young Northumbrian, he at length changed this resolution, and determined on accepting the situation of surgeon in the whaling vessel for which his present companion had been about to depart.
The strategical value of the victory was, of course, not influenced by this action. After the fall of the fortress the combined forces of the Germans and Austrians did not rest on their laurels. Without wasting any time they immediately took up in all directions the pursuit of the retreating Russians.
Before leaving the personality of the Buddha, we must say a word about the more legendary portions of his biography, for though of little importance for history they have furnished the chief subjects of Buddhist art and influenced the minds of his followers as much as or more than the authentic incidents of his career . The later legend has not distorted the old narrative.
Whether it was the stinging pain of the small shot in its flank, or the indignation in its breast that influenced it we cannot tell, but in a moment it wheeled round with a furious roar and charged its pursuer.
And though this may not have been the only reason for his violent antipathy to everything Hungarian, there is no doubt that the episode influenced his mind considerably. The Archduke was a "good hater"; he did not easily forget, and woe betide those upon whom he vented his hatred.
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