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There, after meeting his mother and wife, he made Caesar his enemy and cemented a friendship with Sextus.

The next three years Bismarck devoted himself to diplomatic intrigues in order to cement the union of the German States,for the Luxemburg treaty was well known to be a mere truce,and Napoleon did the same to weaken the union.

Mrs. Knippel had sent her an invitation in order to cement the bonds of friendship, and she had done the same with Bruno, who was to become her sons' close comrade.

Hence, the writings of Confucius have tended to cement the Chinese imperial power,in which fact we may perhaps find the secret of his extraordinary posthumous influence.

To cement this political alliance, Omri married his son Ahabthe heir-apparent to the throneto a daughter of the Tyrian king, afterward so infamous as a religious fanatic and persecutor, under the name of Jezebel,one of the worst women in history.

The envoys took oaths to cement the peace and departed homewards.

This was a great step in reform, and removed many popular scandals; it struck a heavy blow at the superstitions of the Middle Ages, and showed that celibacy sprung from no law of God, but was Oriental in its origin, encouraged by the popes to cement their throne.

It was not to cement a spiritual despotism that Basil forbade marriage, but to attain a greater sanctity,for a monk was consecrated to what was supposed to be the higher life.

His meeting with General Goffe and his love for Ester had more strongly cemented his love for liberty; but Robert held his peace, and the stepfather went on.

If we two cannot represent that very desirable unity, if we two cannot cement the relation between the two communities, I do not know who can.

And as I desire, when wendeth Hither great Numerianus, That he find them dead, arrest them On the spot, and fling them headlong Into yonder cave whose centre Is a fathomless abyss: And since one sole love cemented Their two hearts in life, in death

They do much to cement the good feeling between Germany, Austria, and England, which is so desirable.

Yet it is this temper which has given England her great place in the world and which has cemented the British Empire.

From their youth they had been companions, and although of very different characters and habits, chance had cemented their intimacy in more advanced life.

I earnestly beg of you, sir, not to lose sight of an object which, as I have already had the honor to tell you verbally, is of the greatest importance for cementing the future commercial connections between the two nations.

By the 10th of September the young ice cemented the floes of last year's ice together, and soon rendered the ice round the ship immovable.

They grind the corn, fetch the water, gather firewood, cement the floors, cook the food, and propagate the race; but they are mere servants, and as such are valuable....

Indeed he had ably cemented the foundations of one by his magnificent hospitality on that day of days.

But when the designs of Bismarck became more and more apparent to cement a united Germany, and thus to raise up a most formidable military power, Louis Napoleon sought alliances in anticipation of a conflict which could not be much longer delayed.

The affection between Theseus and Perithous was not greater than the affection between Swift and Sheridan: But the friendship that cemented the two ancient heroes probably commenced upon motives very different from those which united the two modern divines.' 'Dr. Sheridan was a school-master, and in many instances, perfectly well adapted for that station.

It was not merely the sacerdotal dignity which rendered them objects of awe and reverence to the illiterate multitude; the priests were regarded as the depositaries of science and learning; and proved themselves as skilful as they were successful, in cementing their influence by those arts which were best calculated to inflame the prejudices of the vulgar in their favour.

If in addition to these expedients an eligible plan could be devised for promoting civilization among the friendly tribes and for carrying on trade with them upon a scale equal to their wants and under regulations calculated to protect them from imposition and extortion, its influence in cementing their interest with ours could not but be considerable.

A new cement, the "Hercules glue," and its adaptation for cementing belt joints.

Thick gum-water, to cement the labels to the specimens.

Thereupon a treaty was concluded between the chiefs, and mutual greetings passed between the armies: Æneas was hospitably entertained at the house of Latinus; there Latinus, in the presence of his household gods, cemented the public league by a family one, by giving Æneas his daughter in marriage.

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