Thy father, too, is old, and near his end, And thou upon the eve of being crowned; And in thy heart thou knowest that I proffered, And proffer my allegiance and devotion, And would avoid the conflict.

Why not proffer these strangers his fairly expert services?

For him there was no place for repentance, yea, so black was his sin that to proffer peace would be but a jest.

He stretched his hand to proffer more; The surly dog his fingers tore.

Then Althea wiped her eyes, and said, with a trembling voice, 'I cannot think, however, why our cousin should make so strange a proffer to meone so unfitting for a well-taught maiden to accept.'

A certayne soft remorce Creeps to my heart, perswades me he was true, Loving and vertuous, but my selfe unkind Coyly to scorne the proffer of his mind.

The delegates of the League of the Republican Union of the Rights of Paris returned from Versailles to-day, the 14th April, and published the following reports: "CITIZENS,The undersigned, chosen by you to present your programme to the Government of Versailles, and to proffer the good offices of the League to aid in the conclusion of an armistice, have the honour of submitting you an account of their mission.

" A Hindu wife is her husband's truest friend; ever eager to share his sorrows and to proffer sound advice in times of difficulty.

" Could the good women, whose kind hearts had prompted them to proffer their sympathy, have heard these words they would not have been likely to obtrude any more on the hard, cold woman who held them in such low estimation.

He looked with delighted astonishment at an American speaking his language"a stranger in a strange land"and was ready to proffer any services in his power.

If art be kept a rare and tabooed thing, a specialty for the rich and powerful, it excites in the vulgar mind, envy and hate; but proffer it freely to the public, and the public soon learns to delight in and protect it as its rightful inheritance.

But against the dangers of unconstitutional acts which, instead of menacing the vengeance of offended authority, proffer local advantages and bring in their train the patronage of the Government, we are, I fear, not so safe.

The "proffer," made in my note to Mr. Calhoun, was not "unguarded;"nor was it singular.

When Hawkridge announced to Vesey that his proffer was rejected (for it was useless to report first to Capt. Asbury, as he had been told to do), the horseman said: "Dick, you would have been a cur to accept such terms, though I would do anything to even matters with that Asbury; but I want to get a message to Mont Sterry.

Proffer not goldI swear by my degree, From beauty's lily hand to take no fee; No glittering trash be mine, I scorn such pelf, The eye, when cured, will pay the debt itself.

Thou keep'st pace with my heart; old lore, old fancies, Buried for years, leap from their tombs, and proffer Their magic service to my new-born spirit.

From the Land of Fog And Mist I am come to proffer My crown and my sceptre to lay at your feet; It is not every day in the week you may meet, Fair Maid, with a Prince's offer.

Only thus far, for Count Reinold's sake, the successful prizer shall be a gentleman of unimpeached birth, and unstained bearings, but, be he such, and the poorest who ever drew the strap of a sword-belt through the tongue of a buckle, he shall have at least the proffer of your hand.

He felt hurt, and looked up to learn the reason; and was astounded to find her smiling at him as lightly and gaily as if nothing had occurred to interrupt her most whimsical mood; as if the question he had put to her had not been put, or were a farce, a jest, a mere pastime! 'Sho, Sir George,' she said, 'how silly you must think me to proffer you advice; and with an air as if the sky were falling?

When the nabob sent a French officer in his service to compliment M. de Suffren and proffer alliance, the commander interrupted the envoy: "We will begin," said he, "by settling the conditions of this alliance;" and not a soldier set foot on land before the independent position of the French force, the number of its auxiliaries, and the payment for its services had been settled by a treaty.

It may be presumptuous to proffer counsel to such authorized expositors of religion, but one can hardly help insinuating the humble suggestion, that it would be as well, if they must give up the principles of liberty, not to throw Christianity in.

Cease; I ask thee Not to proffer these excuses, Since I do not care to have them.

Sir, a very learned physician Comes to proffer his best service To Chrysanthus, led by rumour Of his illness.

Scarcely an hour passed that some one did not come to ask about Keith, to leave flowers, or to proffer kindly services.

Tour hand, Miss, with your heart in it, You to the Mother Country proffer.