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Updated: June 7, 2025
On the last day of October, the merchants of New York came together, and bound themselves to "send no new orders for goods or merchandise, to countermand all former orders, and not even receive goods on commission, unless the stamp act be repealed" that is, give up commerce at once, with all its wealth and benefits, rather than submit to a tax of a few shillings on paper.
News reached England that the mutiny was at an end, and the cable enabled the Government to countermand the orders, thus saving a quarter of a million dollars that would have been expended in transporting the troops. The engineers to whom the operations of the cable had been intrusted had decided that very high voltages were necessary to its successful operation.
It would give the lie to all the teachings of my life! It would be an acknowledgment of the worthlessness of chastity of honor! Oh, forgive me! My brain reels; I know not what I say!" "BUT I DO; and I have heard enough. I shall countermand the soiree, and seek another bridegroom for Mademoiselle de Blois. But Trier shall fall, and on your head be the fate of its inhabitants!"
A countermand, you know, is always a pusher and I would advise any merchant who really wants to get goods, to place an order and then immediately countermand it. Whenever he does this the credit man will invariably beg him to take the stuff. Oh, they're a great lot, these credit men.
George neither spoke to nor looked at Legree, who did not countermand his orders, but stood, whistling, with an air of forced unconcern. He sulkily followed them to where the wagon stood at the door. George spread his cloak in the wagon, and had the body carefully disposed of in it, moving the seat, so as to give it room. Then he turned, fixed his eyes on Legree, and said, with forced composure,
The sensation caused among the troops was great, and his partisans thronged round his tent, calling upon him to countermand his orders and form a settlement. Cortez, after due hesitation, gave in to their wishes, nominated magistrates, and proclaimed the territory a colony of Spain.
"Hold on!" cried the pilot, in a voice that reached the very hearts of all who heard him; "hold on everything." The young man turned fiercely to the daring stranger who thus defied the discipline of his vessel, and at once demanded: "Who is it that dares to countermand my orders? Is it not enough that you run the ship into danger, but you must interfere to keep her there? If another word "
He approached the table, bowing to each of them in turn. Pamela watched him intently, and, as his eyes met hers, Hassan's hands began to shake. "The waiter is bringing us ordinary coffee," Holderness explained. "Please countermand it and bring us Turkish coffee for four." The man had lost his savoir faire.
"But that is impossible, Citizen Representative," said he. "Impossible!" snarled Carrier. "A fool's word. The administration desires you to understand that it is not impossible. The sacred will of the august people " Phelippes interrupted him without ceremony. "There is no power in France that can countermand the execution of a sentence of the law." "No no power!" Carrier's loose mouth fell open.
The Ghilzai chief of Tezeen possessed a strong fort full of supplies, which Dennie was about to attack, when the wily Afghan sent to Major Macgregor, the political officer accompanying Sale, a tender of submission. Macgregor fell into the snare, desired Sale to countermand the attack, and entered into negotiations.
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