The commander of the Spanish fleet agreed to this readily, not only because (knowing the disposition of his adversary) he feared further loss to his own side by prolonging the fight, but because he greatly admired the valour of Sir Richard Grenville, and desired to save his life.

And because they found everything desolate, without people by land or sea, they agreed unanimously not to enter any more rivers, but to run ahead, and thus they did; for by day they ran under full sail, drawing so near to the land as possible to see if they could make out any village or beach, which as yet they had not seen; and by night they stood away to sea and ran under shortened sail.

' She heartily agreed, and they began to get on beautifully again, when she suddenly said to him: 'Is it true you were seen talking in the park to that girl Miss Turnbull, on Sunday?' 'If you say I was seen, I was.

He agreed willingly to receive the package addressed to him, which proved to be a grand piano.

We mutually agreed to cease fire, and all night we sang and shouted to each other.

However, as neither Avoglia nor the Sergeant Major had yet returned with a new tractor, and as the Italians said that they would pull us on, I cordially agreed to the attempt being made.

" She gladly agreed to this and went away, after telling him that the bird's name was Dick.

How preposterous do such stories as these make warfare appear!and others, such as the two opposing forces tacitly agreeing to fetch water at the evening hour from an intervening stream without molestation on either side; or the two parties using an old mill as a post-office, by means of which letters could pass between France and Germany in defiance of all decent war-regulations!

The next day they went eight miles out in slush and in alternate rain and sunshine, to Little Minóok Creek, where the biggest paying claims were universally agreed to be.

Finally the government and the unions reluctantly agreed that women must be employed; both wanted them to be skillful, but not too skillful, and above all, to remain amenable.

Out of two hundred and seventy-five in all which may be considered to be quotations from the Old Testament, fifty-three agree literally both with the LXX and the Hebrew, ten with the Hebrew and not with the LXX, and thirty-seven with the LXX and not with the Hebrew, making in all just a hundred that are in literal (or nearly literal, for slight variations of order are not taken into account) agreement with some still extant authority.

" "It is unique," he agreed eagerly, his eyes burning like two coals of fire, so intense was his interest.

With this inference the indication of my barycrite substantially agreed.

And if they had put the same question to Bull Hunter, the giant would have agreed with them emphatically.

"Oh, yes," he assented; "but I didn't know whether you would; men and women so very seldom agree upon the question of looks.

" "Certainly I do," Gifford agreed promptly.

Now, the old recorder and my lord Understanding, with some others of the chief of the town, came together, and jointly agreed to draw up a petition, and send it to Emmanuel while he sat in the gate of Mansoul.

" "Now how about lunch?" he asked, and Billie, appetite sharpened by work, enthusiastically agreed.

" "That I am, sir," Parks agreed, warmly.

We cheerfully agreed.

When a Pronoun has two or more antecedents connected by or or nor, it must agree with them singly, and not as if taken together.

There are, indeed, skeptics who fear that even at the next general election both parties may find a way of circumventing woman suffrage by secretly agreeing to keep it off both programs; but the country itself is too sick of the question to endure this, even if the Women's Liberal Federation and the corresponding Conservative body permitted it.

Consequently they agreed to make a kingdom which might act as a buffer between France and the rest of Europe; and to this end they decreed that Belgium and Holland should be one.

The date ultimately agreed upon was Tuesday, June 6, and the train selected was that leaving Charing Cross for Folkestone at 2.45 in the afternoon.

" To this proposal Hermia joyfully agreed; and she told no one of her intended flight but her friend Helena.