"How they portioned out the country, what revolutions they experienced, or what wars they maintained, are utterly unknown.

He is so much older, and it is so much more difficult for him to portion out his employments with any regularity, which is his best preservative against fuss.

He who ordained, when first the world began, Time, that was not before creation's hour, Divided it, and gave the sun's high power To rule the one, the moon the other span: Thence fate and changeful chance and fortune's ban Did in one moment down on mortals shower: To me they portioned darkness for a dower; Dark hath my lot been since I was a man.

Many cases in which individuals and states have portioned girls may be found in Malthus.

When he heard the voice of Florence speaking to his master, who was portioning out the usual food, his tail wagged and his eyes sparkled, but he did not get up, for he was on duty.

I claim to portion thy husband, that he may at least make an appearance that becomes the son-in-law of Melchior de Willading.

When they had finished portioning off the lettuce-leaves and salad on the plates, they swiftly set each one on a fresh crêpe-paper napkin.

Mr. Fairfield, as general manager, portioned out the luggage, and then, each picking up his individual charge, they started off.

Bacha Filina portioned out large pieces of the best kind of cheese to everybody.

Of course you excuse yourself by acknowledging "your share of responsibility" for the unpleasantness of conditions, but if you will examine carefully you will find that your portion of the responsibility includes most of the good things in your conditions, whilst you have portioned off almost all the responsibility for the bad things among your protestingor indifferentrelatives.

Chatterton was as much at a loss as his friend, to understand the affair; but it mattered not; he could now offer to Emilyit was a patent office of great value, and a few years would amply portion his sisters.

"It was by this suit," exclaimed he, "that my father was enabled to provide for me, and to portion your wife, and with the exercise of common prudence it would have furnished you with the means of providing handsomely for your children and grand-children.

Soon she will come to count our sheep, our cattle, To portion out the Alps, e'en to their peaks, And in our own free woods to hinder us From striking down the eagle or the stag; To set her tolls on every bridge and gate, Impoverish us, to swell her lust of sway, And drain our dearest blood to feed her wars.

He spent his whole fortune in acts of the most disinterested charity; he saved entire families from ruin and portioned off many a young woman who was deprived of the gifts of fortune and enabled them to form happy matrimonial connections; in short, doing good seems to have been one of the most ardent passions of his soul.

Every year she portioned off a bride, giving a dowry to some respectable young lady of the neighbourhood, while to the poor she was a liberal and untiring benefactress.

She held a half-burned paper in her hand; Dr. Jallup stood near the bed, portioning out some calomel and quinine.

" I have already observed, how differently agriculture was considered by the heroes and wise men of the Roman commonwealth, and shall now only add, that even after the emperours had made great alteration in the system of life, and taught men to portion out their esteem to other qualities than usefulness, agriculture still maintained its reputation, and was taught by the polite and elegant Celsus among the other arts.