If he does not get his fee, he will throw such impediments in the way, raise such obstacles, and fashion such delays, that he completely foils every effort to procure justice through a legal channel.

Time after time the Belgians foiled with their heavy fire the attempts of the Germans to cross by means of pontoons.

From that moment Washington distrusted Lee, who henceforth was his bête noir, who foiled his plans and was jealous of his ascendency.

The legislature furthermore created a permanent guard for the capitol, and it liberated at the state's expense Tom and Pharaoh, slaves of the Sheppard family, as reward for their services in helping to foil the plot.

When this device is about to fail of its purpose the masters may foil the intention of the slaves by changing them into serfs, attaching the lands to the laborers as an additional thing to be purchased as a condition of freedom.

Harriet S. Adams & Edna C. Squier (Co-authors); 27Sep61; R282406. Tom Swift and his ocean airport; or, Foiling the haargolanders, by Victor Appleton, pseud. of Harriet S. Adams & Edna C. Squier.

In swinging round to Petersburg, and again at the springing of the Petersburg Mine, Grant thought himself sure to make enormous gains; but Lee's insight into his purposes, and lightning celerity in checkmating these, foiled both movements, giving the mine operation, moreover, the effect of a deadly boomerang.

R564502. Zee foils Tarzan.

"There are a hundred thousand veteran warriors in the service of Arjásp in the fort, with abundance of supplies of every kind, and streams of pure water, so that nothing is wanted to foil an enemy.

In swinging round to Petersburg, and again at the springing of the Petersburg Mine, Grant thought himself sure to make enormous gains; but Lee's insight into his purposes, and lightning celerity in checkmating these, foiled both movements, giving the mine operation, moreover, the effect of a deadly boomerang.

But Washington had learned, meanwhile, that General Phillips had been sent from New York to reinforce Arnold,and so Lafayette met orders at the head of the Chesapeake to return, take command in Virginia, and foil the English as he might.

General McClellan had thus foiled the generalship of Lee, and the hard fighting of Stonewall Jackson.

It was the darkness that foiled himthis and the eel-like struggles of his adversary.

With its greeting smile of welcome, Its holy voice of prayer, It forgeth heavenly armor To foil the hosts of care.

" Just by the low-hanging skirt of wood The guard, remiss, had given a chance For a sudden sally into the cover But foiled the intent, nor fired a shot, Though the issue was a deadly trance; For, hurled 'gainst an oak that humped low over, Mosby's man fell, pale as a lover.

We should do wrong if we did not recognize how honorable is the conduct of several among them; in watching over their legislatures, in enacting that the vote of secession shall be submitted to the ratification of the whole people, certain frontier States seem to have already shown themselves resolved to foil the intrigues at Charleston.

Lewisham was not quite clear what course he meant to take in the high enterprise of foiling Lagune, and indeed he was anything but clear about the entire situation.

In the exercise of the powers intrusted to him he often encountered the fierce opposition of party interest and stubborn prejudice, and was sometimes driven to heroic and despotic measures in order to accomplish a desired result,as when he foiled the machinations of the Jena professors in his determination to save the University library, and when, in spite of the opposition of the leading burghers, he demolished the city wall.

We completely foil by our audacity all the poor Japanese officials.

That mode of carrying on the war was necessary, because the single element which Hannibal had to throw into the scale against so many disadvantageshis military geniusonly told with its full weight, when he constantly foiled his opponents by unexpected combinations; he was undone, if the war became stationary.

"And all that," he kept up, "and Roy foiled his prosecutersI mean persecuters" "You mean executers," Doc said.

But then two things occurred, either of which happening alone would probably have foiled the project.

He met the game too late, falling half back upon one knee, hoping thus to foil my purpose, yet my greater weight saved me.

The guard on the bridge would foil that quest.

Fierce Roderick felt the fatal drain, And showered his blows like wintry rain; And, as firm rock or castle-roof, Against the winter shower is proof, The foe invulnerable still Foiled his wild rage by steady skill;