The immediate foes of the Syracusans were the Mamertines.

But of King David's foes be this the doom, May all be like the young man Absalom!

Their most powerful and bitter foe was a woman,the mistress of Louis XV., the infamous Madame de Pompadour.

It may be that our foe is merely the military caste, though I am inclined to believe that we have the entire German nation on our hands.

But the great and most powerful foe of justice, in cases of this sort, is SLANG; and SLANG in this instance came very near being too much for law.

This to me In dreadfull secrecie impart they did, And I with them the third Night kept the Watch, Whereas they had deliuer'd both in time, [Footnote 1: Dear is not unfrequently used as an intensive; but 'my dearest foe' is not 'the man who hates me most,' but 'the man whom most I regard as my foe.']

Among Slavonic peoples it appears that the foes whom the need-fire is designed to combat are not so much living witches as vampyres and other evil spirits, and the ceremony, as we saw, aims rather at repelling these baleful beings than at actually consuming them in the flames.

Their great foe is the jaguar, but unless he exercises much caution they will turn the tables on him.

Many a foe is a friend in disguise, Many a trouble a blessing most true, Helping the heart to be happy and wise, With love ever precious and joys ever new.

Pride's worst foe,I mean its greatest obstacle,is vanity, which courts the applause of the world in order to gain the necessary foundation for a high opinion of one's own worth, whilst pride is based upon a pre-existing conviction of it.

If he gave assistance to the Greeks, whose religious faith was the same as his own and whose foe was also the traditionary enemy of Russia, he would violate his promises, which he always held sacred, and give umbrage to Austria.

The second hypothesis appears the most probable; for that deeds of violence and cruelty had been committed alternately by the burghers and their foes is an ascertained fact, and that the charter of 1128 was really a work of liberal pacification is proved by its contents and wording.

An almost equally dangerous foe to cultivation is a moth whose larva entirely destroys the ripe cacao beans; and which only cold and wind will kill.

but my foe to be my guide, None but my foe to be my guide

" Death also, the last foe of man, was the victim of this hour.

The foes were now face to face.

Their most powerful and bitter foe was a woman,the mistress of Louis XV., the infamous Madame de Pompadour.

But foes are gatheringLiberty must raise Red on the hills her beacon's far-seen blaze; Must bid the tocsin ring from tower to tower!

Their friends my foes, their foes shall be my friends.

The worst animal foes of man, indeed the only dangerous foes, are insects; and this is especially true in the tropics.

For as at home, so there, his foes were deceit and oppression.

De Foe was always my darling; but what darkness was I in as to far the larger part of his writings!

"Our foe is simply time.

Other dreaded foes in the forest jungle are the Bhowra or ground bees, which are more properly a kind of hornet.

Without speaking of mortal man, if his foe were even the ocean or the hills, he should be guided by such motives.