United States or Ethiopia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
And precisely this, in lieu of all else, it is my present purpose to show: that the keel of his craft is unsound, that his fundamental notions are fundamental falsities, such as no thinker can fall into without discredit to his powers of thought.
Then I will get together a crew who will be willing to go with me, taking a certain share of the proceeds of the expedition in lieu of wages and I believe I shall be able to raise such a crew without difficulty and I shall sail direct to San Juan de Ulua. Arrived there, I shall make a formal demand for my brother's immediate release.
But, as sovereign who had to reward great services rendered to the crown, Akbar required to dispose of large grants of land to men devoted to his service. Thus, he paid the Mansabdárs, or officers entrusted with high command, by temporary grants of land in lieu of a money allowance.
A considerable change seems to have taken place, as the latter are now no longer represented. In surveying the Opera Comique, one would imagine that, in lieu of one company, two separate ones had been formed to play in the same theatre. The former is the weaker in number, but the stronger in talent.
Be this as it may, I thought of my Uncle Toby and the fly; and so, in lieu of placing it upon the deck, and then putting my thumb-nail vertically upon it, I quietly chucked it amongst some baggage that was close by and recommended it to get ashore by the first opportunity.
When I returned home to dinner at 7.30, Mary waited upon us in sullen silence. After dinner I called her in, gave her a week's wages in lieu of notice, and told her to get out of the house as a nuisance. Kate went outside and wept. From that day the Bilger family proved a curse to me.
I'd rather show my ignorance than Hello, the doin's are goin' to commence." Lake, advanced to the desk, smote it fiercely with a gavel and demanded order. The hall, which had been buzzing like a colony of June bugs, gradually grew still. Then Mrs. Lake opened the meeting. She delivered a short speech. Mrs. Black, in lieu of the secretary, who was absent, read the minutes.
I recall with what enthusiasm I once heard this superior creature commend the doctor for having accepted in lieu of a fee a set of Calvin's "Institutes," with copious notes, in twelve octavo volumes, and a portfolio of colored fox-hunting prints.
Even under the Bland-Allison Act the Treasury Department had experienced great difficulty in keeping in circulation a reasonable proportion of the silver dollars and the silver certificates which were issued in lieu of part of them, and in maintaining a sufficient gold reserve to insure the stability of the currency.
I could have turned into the company my two ranches at fifty cents an acre, could have sold my brand outright at a fancy figure, taking stock in lieu for the same, but I preferred to keep them private property.
Word Of The Day