And thus much for the doctrine of Plato concerning the principle of things, and his immediate offspring, the great importance of which will, I doubt not, be a sufficient apology for the length of this discussion.

After Austria's monstrous and insulting dictation to Servia (23rd July), and Servia's incredibly humble apology (25th), Austria was still not allowed to accept the latter, and the conference proposed (26th July) by Sir E. Greythough accepted by France, Russia, and Italywas refused by Germany (27th).

Ample apologies indeed for fifteen years of persecution, tyranny, and falsehood!

Did I not, in your person, make the handsomest apology for absent-of-mind people that was ever made?

"My dear sir [the letter ran]: "I find that I made the mistake of underestimating you, and I present you my sincere apologies.

However, we don't know; and now let us dismiss these legal topics, with suitable apologies for having introduced them.

Did Willie know that his fine first effort had been reprinted, with proper credit, in the great New York Planet? True, too, the illustrious D.K.T. had written Miss Angelina an abject apology, most witty and poetic, taking all the blame to himself and more than exonerating his high-principled friend Mr. Sloan.

The sea-lion's ears are very minute, mere apologies one might think; but don't be hasty.

None can say; for at this moment the young Baron burst into the room, and, without the slightest apology for the liberty he was taking, passed his sword through Otto's body.

With profound apologies he asked me to excuse him for the remainder of the afternoon.

And while in this humour she bade me go to Simon, whose presence she would not tolerate in her house, and make him acquainted with her high displeasure, and furthermore, to command that he should make satisfactory apology to Dario upon his return.

Why then is there a total silence as to what Mr. Cholmondeley told her?that Johnson, who had known him from his earliest years, having been made sensible of what had doubtless a strange appearance, took occasion, when he afterwards met him, to make a very courteous and kind apology.

Felicia's acquaintances know her as the suitable wife of a distinguished man, a sensible, vivacious, kindly-disposed woman, helping her husband with graceful apologies written and spoken, and making her receptions agreeable to all comers.

" "What a very elaborate apology," said De Forest, as Denham went out.

Then he colored, and, with awkward apology, gave her the change.

Mrs. Hewel overwhelmed him with unnecessary apologies.

This puts him upon perpetual apologies, excuses, and defences, but still by way of defiance, in a kind of whiffling strain, without regard of any man that stands in the way of his pageant.

I was frightened and self-conscious, but I did it, and nobody seemed to notice me; then I was a flower opening its petals in the sunshine, and presently, a swallow gathering straws for nest-building; then, carried away by the spirit of the kindergartner and her children, I fluttered my clumsy apologies for wings, and forgetting self, flew about with all the others, as happy as a bird.

Miserable apology for caps.

"Don't do that!" said Jarvis, without pausing for the Professor's hasty apology.

In the morning Mrs. Turpin mumbled a shamefaced apology for this disturbance of Miss Rodney's repose.

He no longer looked at Lady Sue now, but straight at Sir Marmaduke, speaking the brief apology between his teeth, without opening his mouth, as if the words hurt him when they passed his lips.

He expected to be met with tears and reproaches, to which he would show himself hard till she made contrite apologies for her most unexpected and provoking proceedings.

Mere eloquent apologies for distrust, mere denunciations of Capitalism and appeals for a Socialism as featureless as smoke, are unsatisfactory when one regards them as the entire contribution of the ascendant worker to the discussion of the national future.

She felt a strange tenderness towards the little wilful thing, and, as she leaned over it, made in her heart a thousand fond apologies for every fault and error.