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Many of the leaders were at once put to death, and the lives of all their partisans were in danger.
He could have given, of course, a partisan version of the struggle; but as to its real cause, or true result, he knew as little as the other five hundred men belonging to the regiment.
It does not become one of my profession to take any partisan view of the life of such a man, although it was my fortune to follow the same flag which he carried to victory upon so many fields.
The abandonment of the bill was naturally hailed as a triumph by the Queen and her partisans; but with the excitement of the struggle against the government the interest taken in her case died away.
He quickly obtained, for his skill, and not merely as a partisan reward, the public printing of his State, and retained it until, reaching the ordinary limit of human life, he withdrew from the press.
And the reason of the coldest partisan of order at any price, struggles in vain against the admiration which these men inspire as they march to their death.
Then the excitement became intense; there was much partisan cheering as one couple or another would execute a turn in extra elegant style.
And in this assembly, too, I saw that the partisans, on whose countenance my eyes are always dwelling, looked more sorrowful than usual.
That all this is represented with extraordinary force we need not say; and doubtless the partisans of "George Eliot" would tell us that Scott could not have written the chapters in question.
His object was to drive his enemy from the city to the camp of his partisans, and thus to bring matters at once to a crisis for which he now felt himself prepared.
She carries on a dozen small enterprises; she is at daggers drawn with some of her relations, and the keen partisan of others.
It would be difficult to imagine a better partisan leader, or one more fitted by his feats of prowess and individual skill, to impress the minds of his followers.
The shades were drawn at the windows, the house silent, and yet I felt convinced the old partisan was within, watching from some point of vantage.
This may seem to-day a bitter partisan accusation, but it must be the calm verdict of history when this comes to be written by impartial pens.
There was a religious streak in this jolly partisan, and he published several poems that breathed the sweetest and loftiest religious sentiment.
Never in her life, not even in the crisis over the Ladies of the Bedchamber, did she show herself a more furious partisan.
This laughter lasted till evening throughout the Union, an unusual thing in a country where any impossible enterprise finds adepts and partisans.
The duties of the offices held by them have been regarded as of subordinate importance to their partisan work.
No party in congress was ready to take it up as a political question and give it that impulse which could be best given by a strong partisan organization.
Both they and others like them were swept out, to be replaced by the partisans of the new order.
His writing is clear and vigorous, and his facts generally accurate, but he is a good deal of a partisan.
This grieves me, both on account of the duration of the English Alliance (of which you know that I have always been a great partisan), and no less, I own, for the sake of your free institutions.
Sulla received his young partisan, who was not more than twenty-three years of age, with distinguished honors, even rising from his seat and uncovering at his approach.
Rose evidently was not a favorite among his comrades, and it was hoped that he had not been able to make any real partisans.
This partisan appeared at the rendezvous without his party, and a sorrowful tale of disasters had he to relate.
The unlucky partisan, thus robbed of his horses, turned furiously on his prisoners, ordered them to be bound hand and foot, and swore to put them to death unless his property were restored.
We know all of Washington we will ever know; there are no more documents to present, no partisan witnesses to examine, no prejudices to remove.
If so, with the numerous parties, new and old, in France, what flower could a Frenchman wear or cultivate without danger of being mobbed by the partisans of some other emblem in politics?
Byrne is no half-hearted partisan; he hates well, but is not unjust, admitting alike the errors committed by his comrades and the decencies of his foes.
When the day of election arrived, he appeared with a strong following of devoted partisans from those two towns.
Sometimes they originate with the party "bosses," and are intended to promote some more or less important partisan purpose.
The practice of electing the incumbents of subordinate executive positions inevitably invites the evasion of responsibility and the selection of the candidate chiefly for partisan service.
And so it happened that the partisans of John Adams, and the partisans of John Adams's old Secretary of State, Timothy Pickering, were in 1824 doing a thriving business in this particular line.
Most of us, in the war, have entirely ceased to care for party; even the most fierce of partisans have changed, and the "party appeal," in itself, will be of little account in our country.
Or, when it was, there was always at hand a partisan to be provided for, who took the gift on the same terms as those upon which it had been held by his predecessor.
I became his zealous partisan, and contributed all I could to raise a party in his favor, and we combated for him a while with some hopes of success.
Both sides were sustained and encouraged by partisan papers, and on several occasions the antagonism spent themselves in riots and destruction.
Be this as it may, the part that he now played was bitterly resented, not merely by the Orange partisans, but by popular opinion generally in the United Provinces, and it was never forgiven.
At the height of his power his will could have over-ridden local or partisan opposition, for he had behind him the prestige of his name and deeds and the overwhelming support of popular opinion.
After peace was concluded, not only the Orange partisans but the great mass of the people, who had so long been excluded from all share of political power, desired a drastic reform of the government.
Those who remain faithful to his hypothetical system, while they abandon his method, may be the last of his partisans, but they would assuredly never have been the first of his disciples.
Although in the more modern periods the number of writers is greatly increased, we are too near to discern the entire period, and are in danger of becoming partisans, by reason of our limited view.
The partisans of the emperor in the provinces were very numerous, and could be rallied by a word from him; and no one imagined that the emperor had any idea of retiring so peacefully.
For partisan reasons, therefore, they are anxious to dissolve the Union, if it can be done without making them responsible before the people.
Paul listened in grave silence to these words, so foreign to his own hopes and the confident expressions he had heard from time to time uttered by hot partisans of the Red Rose.
This goodness gained him grateful partisans among the boys; but he had, also, disinterested ones among the girls.
Men who are cool and considerate on all other subjects, are frequently the most violent and unreasonable as partisans.
During the war of the Revolution he had, as a partisan officer, gained some distinction, and in the upper counties exercised considerable influence.
It is a weakness of young men, and of older men of partisan temper, to feel very sure of matters which, in the nature of things, must remain uncertain.
I regret the fact that the majority of these men are Webb partisans, but I wish to make these appointments for reasons entirely apart from politics.
For at this moment I am sensible that I have not the temper of a philosopher; like the vulgar, I am only a partisan.
According to Mesmer and his partisans, the cause of the crisis and of the less characteristic effects, resided in a particular fluid.
Of the high opinion held by her enemies of the Maid's influence, one could not ask for a more remarkable proof than this testimony, coming as it does from a partisan of her foes.
Its purpose, as Page explained it, was "to provoke discussion about subjects of contemporary interest, in which the magazine is not a partisan, but merely the instrument."
People knew that he was dreaming of gigantic projects, and his partisans considered him cut out for the accomplishment of great things.
In that matter, too, principle was plain, and it was imperative that we should live up to it if we were to deserve the trust of any real partisan of the right as free men see it.
Keener or more interested partisans I never saw; but at the same time I never saw a more good-humored crowd.
Somehow partisanship, up to a certain limit, beyond which the partisan appears a fool to all who listen to him, seems to give credit to the believer in it.
In several instances the reports of committees partook of a strong partisan character, in violation of all rules of propriety and correct legislation.
More than this, it has triumphed over the dangerous and destructive notions on State sovereignty, which traitors and partisans have dared invoke.
He was, however, sent to the Tower, with some of his friends and partisans, among whom was Cecil, afterwards so much distinguished.
The leaders came to parliament, attended not only by their servants, but by numerous bands of their partisans.
Among the generals, each has his partisans, and each seems to be of opinion that he himself is a mighty man of war, and all the others fools.
Some of those less interested strolled away, but the partisans of Bob and Jimmy remained at a little distance, eagerly watching to see what would happen next.
He announced himself as the mediator between those bitter partisans who, on the one side, would grant no rights to reason, and on the other, would leave no space for the exercise of feeling and faith.
This was then and has since been the course followed by the thick and thin partisans of Perry.
He loved the strong battles of art, backed by "commercial enterprise," and was friends with everyone though he could be such a keen and concentrated partisan.
Men must not creep in the dust of partisan strife and seek to make points against opponents as the means of evading or meeting the issues before us.
He was a Jeffersonian Democrat, and at the bar of his residence stood almost alone in his partisan position.
The partisans of high prices have obtained a triumph for their system, and it has fallen to defenders of natural prices to prove the advantages of their system.
His family, on the other hand, sought to restrain him from all connection with these dangerous partisans.
I became his zealous partisan, and contributed all I could to raise a party in his favor, and we combated for him awhile with some hopes of success.
His partisans, deeming his position and popularity now favorable to his elevation to the presidency, which he had long desired and once attempted to attain, placed him in nomination for that office.
I regret to say that, so far as the Reconstruction period is concerned, it is not only inaccurate and unreliable, but it is the most biased, partisan and prejudiced historical work I have ever read.
David Wilmot represented a district which had always given Democratic majorities, and was himself an intense partisan of that political school.
Nay, more; we can furnish the Government with sufficient proofs against you without any risk to ourselves, for we have many partisans who are still in office.
She might have dominated the girl, and would make her a firm partisan, while the girl would be convinced of it herself, and believe herself a free agent.
It was generally agreed that the views expressed by me on the 27th of May were sound in principle, but the strong partisan feeling that ran through the speech weakened its effect.
It is true that there are a few intensely partisan women, who can be held by party ties, but the rank and file observe no such allegiance.
Douglas, who at that time was usually affectionately referred to by his partisan followers as "The Little Giant."
If the minister did not distinctly array himself with the partisans of Nelson Haley, he expressed his full belief in his honesty in a public manner.
When this is done in a personal or partisan way it is offensive and always does more harm than good.
Weldon approached this subject with a cautious tread, but when he learned that the man in question was Claude Wheeler, he became more partisan than was his wont.
And especially it would have been the very greatest injustice to the younger officer, who has been our partisan from the first.
Political campaigns are a competition of parties and only the immediate partisans who direct and carry on the fight, grow very hot.
My mother approved of my zeal; a convinced partisan, she enjoyed that happy confidence in her own views which makes people certain that everybody can study their opinions only to embrace them.
A vast number of people were ignorant enough to cling blindly to one party and to believe every word published by its partisan papers.
One would hardly attempt to justify Taine by declaring that all journals are inaccurate, partisan, and dishonest, and that the omission was a merit, not a defect.
One woman, the only one we ever hear of who was not the partisan and lover of the Maid, does, however, make herself faintly seen amid the crowd.
Up to the last, in spite of his partisans, he has tried to diminish or, at least, not add to, the resistance the government had to overcome.
"Follow me quick," said the friendly partisan, and dived through a very narrow and dirty lane which led from the main street.
They bring retribution inevitable; nor can the blind and ignorant partisan of wrong entirely escape the shame of his misconduct, on the ground of erroneous judgment.
Some of his eager partisans formed plans and made preparations for a great public manifestation of feeling in different parts of the island.
He accepted the war office not as a partisan, for he had never been a Republican, but only to do all he could in "helping to save the country."
As he has so well said, we are here not as partisans, but solely as the representatives of the people.
The persistent advocacy of specific reforms has directed the thought of the members toward the larger issues that so often rise above the haze of partisan politics.
It is possible that in some states the influence of the organization was, in the early days, used for partisan purposes; but the penalty was fully paid in the disruption of the order in those states.
Besides, he, as well as Mazarin, would have had the Princes against him, and could not have resisted successfully their numerous partisans.
And it was also evident from the manner of the girl that she was by no means a strong partisan of her father in the quarrel.
If you make yourself so fierce a partisan you will keep the wound sore and prevent it from healing up.