Baron von Stein, born in 1757, of an old imperial knightly family from the country near Nassau, was as a youth well-educated, and at the age of twenty-three entered the Prussian service under Frederic the Great, in the mining department, where he gained rapid promotion.

To the Senate of the United States: I nominate the officers named in the accompanying list for brevet promotion in the Army of the United States, for gallant conduct in the actions at Monterey.

Meanwhile accept my love and every wish for your speedy promotion, although it cannot be obtained in the way which you suggest.'

For all that, however, Hunyady had a good deal of trouble with the chief aristocrats, Garay, Czillei, Ujlaki, who, envying the parvenu his sudden promotion and despising his obscure origin, took up arms to resist his authority.

VELDE, THEODOOR HENDRIK VAN DE. Fertility and sterility in marriage; their voluntary promotion and limitation.

Besides this mission of putting limits to causal derivation and of filling the gap in knowledge by a necessary, although subjective, way of looking at things, the Idea of ends has still another, the direct promotion of knowledge from efficient causes through the discovery of new causal problems.

And above all, how could he discard his uncle's entreaties, and refuse an unexpected promotion, without arousing suspicion in high quarters?

" "Just in time to spoil a nate little promotion, too," put in Terrence.

In point of power and revenue, such a deanery might be esteemed no inconsiderable promotion; but to an ambitious mind, whose perpetual view was a settlement in England, a dignity in any other country must appear only a profitable and an honourable kind of banishment.

There is no linear promotion indulgent to mediocrity and inferiority which are satisfied to keep step and harassing to those whom nature and application meant to lead.

This would have the effect of ensuring good discipline and judicious promotion.

There is no linear promotion indulgent to mediocrity and inferiority which are satisfied to keep step and harassing to those whom nature and application meant to lead.

It had been a lucrative promotion.

The inhabitants were quite happy through the equity of my administration; and once a month I used to go to the temple and the king's levee; his majesty, from time to time, conferred on me additional promotion.

" "Just in time to spoil a nate little promotion, too," put in Terrence.

McNair knew these attributes of the Indian Government, and never troubled his head about preferment or official promotion.

As centuries passed in which the land came under the control of the Incas, whose chief interest was the peaceful promotion of agriculture, it is likely that this fortress became a royal garden.

A party arose which was composed of men of every condition and shade of opinion,those who were galled by the exclusiveness of the aristocracy,those who had joined the opposition to Washington,the young men who had made their reputation during the war and were eager for professional and political promotion,and all those who were converts to the new doctrines of government which the dispute with England had originated.

Its reward is prompt promotion, and its punishment, in war time, is swift and without honor.

This offers a constant temptation to the reckless and unscrupulous promotion of banking enterprises, as has been repeatedly shown (notably in America in the days of "wild-cat" banking before 1860).

Of sincere patriotism and of blameless personal rectitude, he had reached political eminence by slow promotion through seniority, not by brilliancy of achievement.

[Footnote 3: The Act of Uniformity, passed May 19, 1662, withheld promotion in the Church from all who had not received episcopal ordination, and required of all clergy assent to the contents of the Prayer Book on pain of being deprived of their spiritual promotion.

" For these services Lee received steady promotion.

The one fact of uncertain tenure of position and uncertain promotion has profoundly affected living conditions, ownership of the family abode, and, incidentally, marriage.

But the section under which mere promotion of disaffection is a crime.