But the text cannot be so construed.]

Every innocent word and sign that passed in the group, in which he did not seek to make himself one, Wesley construed as a gird at him or his family.

But lord Capulet was deaf to all her excuses, and in a peremptory manner ordered her to get ready, for by the following Thursday she should be married to Paris: and having found her a husband rich, young, and noble, such as the proudest maid in Verona might joyfully accept, he could not bear that out of an affected coyness, as he construed her denial, she should oppose obstacles to her own good fortune.

It is true I had a few scruples, that it might, should it come to the knowledge of Ann, be construed into something very like a breach of confidence.

as he interprets it; which I, ignorantly, construed "Unlock or open it!"

He denied that his friendly reception of the Christians could be construed as any offence to the zamorin, as it was the custom in the ports of Malabar to favour all merchants who resorted thither for trade; and declared his resolution to maintain his engagements inviolate to the Portuguese, who had brought great sums of gold and silver, and large quantities of merchandize into his dominions in the course of their trade.

The treaty was most strictly construed.

Some authors also relate, that he read the decree of the senate before he beheaded them, but that as there was a clause in it, to the effect, that if he thought proper he should refer the entire question to the senate, he construed it that the decision as to what was most for the interest of the state was left to himself.

But if this article should be so construed as that France should enjoy, of right, and without paying the equivalent, all the advantages of such conditions as might be allowed to other powers in return for important concessions made by them, then the whole character of the stipulation would be changed.

They were commonplace enough, containing nothing that might be construed into a reason for the disappearance.

She was intensely averse to anything that could be construed as a flirtation, even of the mildest, he could certainly see that.

Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall in any wise be construed to extend to the Hunters, who have our full Licence and Permission to enter into any Part of the Town where-ever their Game shall lead them.

In fact, in certain circumstances it might be construed as an advantage to the child.

In 1802, 1804, and 1809, respectively, the State passed, in the interest of the poor, acts which although interpreted to exclude Negroes from the benefits therein provided, were construed, nevertheless, by friends of the race as authorizing their education at public expense.

To say that I am opposed to slavery in the abstract, are but cold and unmeaning words, if, however capable of any meaning whatever, they may fairly be construed into a love for its existence; and such I sincerely believe to be the feeling of many in the free States who use the phrase.

2. Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall be construed to vest in the United States any right of property in the soil, or to affect the rights of individuals therein, otherwise than the same shall or may be transferred by such individuals to the United States.

The negro made some reply which the master construed into insolence, and in a great rage he swore if he did not come to him immediately he would shoot him.

Even if it can be construed to mean something else, without violence to its language, such construction is not to be tolerated against the wishes of either party.

His youth, high spirit, inexhaustible gaiety, and extraordinary personal beauty rendered him peculiarly agreeable to Marie, who displayed towards him a condescending kindness which was soon construed by the Court gossips into a warmer feeling.

Opposition to the Government had to betake itself to the political platform provided by the successful introduction of the new system of government, and was obliged to distinguish itself from official Federalism by attacking not the Constitution but the way in which the Constitution was being construed and applied.

The woman, true to her life training,as James Rutlidge had been true to his schooling when he approached Sibyl Andrés in the mountains,construed the artist's manner, not as a splendid self-control but as a careful policy.

The Act of Uniformity is to be construed by the same rules exactly as any Act passed in the last session of Parliament.

Table of statutes construed.

We'll go there too!" Choosing a moment when they were not observed by the others, lest it might be construed as a withdrawal in the face of force, they slipped away from the logs.

Here the Legion was, hemmed and pent by countless hordes of fanatics whom any chance word or look, construed as a religious insult, might lash to fury.