By the middle of the century several had become free landowners, and at least one of them owned a negro servant who went to court for his freedom but was denied it because he could not produce the indenture which he claimed to have possessed.

They occur more frequently in poetry than in prose; and several of them are merely poetic licenses.

He knew most of the men personally, and was aware that several of them were old soldiers.

Several of the families of Amelia Island, according to the ex-slave, were large ones, and her own relatives, the Drummonds, were among the largest of these.

Several were Englishmen, who were mostly under feigned names, keeping their real names secret, from a natural unwillingness to disgrace their families.

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BARBERI`NI, an illustrious and influential Florentine family, several of the members of which were cardinals, and one made pope in 1623 under the name Urban VIII.

Now each of us is in his nature diverse, and several are the lots of life we draw, one this and one another: but that one man receive perfect bliss, this is impossible to men.

By the good providence of God all these plans were frustrated, and M. de Rancé not only brought his reform to bear, but several of his most violent persecutors became his most stedfast adherents; many were, after a short time, won over by his pietythe rest left the Monastery.

"As a matter of fact," I remarked, "they destroyed only private houses and innocent civilians, several of whom were women.

Several of Caesar's nearest friends were Epicureans of the Neapolitan bay.

The rest of us followed, carefully roped, and with the caution to rest our knees on the sides of the ladder, as several of the steps were extremely weaka remark which was equally applicable to one, at least, of the sides.

" A Second Reading was given to the Re-election of Ministers Bill, on the plea of the LORD CHANCELLOR that until it is passed several of his Ministerial colleagues will be nantes in gurgite vastoor, in other words, all at sea.

Several of these were full-lengths; and she waswith the help of her maid, both in long aprons, amid sponges and basins, soft handkerchiefs and varnish-pots and brushesbusy in removing the dust and smoke-stains, and in laying-on the varnish, which brought out the colouring, and made the transparent shadows yield up their long-buried treasures of finished detail.

Though it was not trained in the European manner, several of the chief officers were Armenians, who effected great reforms in discipline.

Of these knights, several were well-known champions, so that they maintained the field for a long while, to the great credit both of themselves and of Cornwall.

Later Lady Mary has more to say about Fielding's books: "H. Fielding has given a true picture of himself and his first wife, in the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Booth, some compliments to his own figure excepted; and, I am persuaded, several of the incidents he mentions are real matters of fact.

Several of these were scenes about Lake George and the Adirondack regions.

The name by no means implied, originally, a dealer in silks: for mercery included all sorts of small wares, toys, and haberdashery; but, as several of this opulent company were merchants, and imported great quantities of rich silks from Italy, the name became applied to the Company, and all dealers in silk.

Horace exalts it as a preparative exercise for the path of glory, and several of the heroes of Homer are its ardent votaries.

Several of these papers are models of their kind, publishing original articles written by the students and professors, and printed by the students with superior typographical skill.

Several of these children were daughters.

The physiological action of quinoline itself has been studied quite extensively by Donath and others, and it was found that several of its salts were quite valuable febrifuges, acting very like quinine, and capable in cases of being used as a substitute for it.

I have called the complex prepositions double rather than compound, because several of the single prepositions are compound words; as, into, notwithstanding, overthwart, throughout, upon, within, without.

Among them was not a single European; but there were many mestizos, of whom several were priests and lawyers.