1809 examples of regained in sentences

The Buddhists from time to time were subjected to great persecution from the emperors of China, in which their sacred books were destroyed; and in India the Brahmans at last regained their power, and expelled Buddhism from the country.

Well, on the occasion referred to, Angela had just regained her board after taking a toss, when a great beastly shark came along and cannoned into it, flinging her into the salty once more.

No one could remain embarrassed in Mr. Ralph's society long however; there was so much careless ease in his demeanor, that it was contagious, and so Fanny in a moment had regained all her self-possession, and returned the languishing glances of her admirer with her habitual expression of satirical humor.

" "You!" laughed Fanny, who had regained her good-humor.

" This proposition was enthusiastically seconded by Mr. Ralph Ashley, who had regained his laughing ease againand though Redbud would fain have been excused, she was obliged to yield, and so in ten minutes they were promenading up and down the old garden, engaged in pleasant conversationwhich conversation has, however, nothing to do with this veracious history.

Then, with a great effort, he regained command of himself.

The next year Milton began his Paradise Regained.

Undoubtedly the noblest of Milton's works, written when he was blind and suffering, are Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.

It was in response to this suggestion that Milton wrote the second part of the great epic, known to us as Paradise Regained.

Though Paradise Regained was Milton's favorite, and though it has many passages of noble thought and splendid imagery equal to the best of Paradise Lost, the poem as a whole falls below the level of the first, and is less interesting to read.

Describe in outline Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes.

CHAPTER XV Cissie Dildine's conviction that marriage would cure Peter of his mission persisted in the mulatto's mind long after the glamour of the girl had faded and his room had regained the bleak emptiness of a bachelor's bedchamber.

In the mean time ten thousand Turks entered the Principalities and regained Moldavia.

The Democratic party gradually regained its ascendency, which it retained with a brief interval till the election of Abraham Lincoln.

After an interval of anxiety and depression he had regained exactly the triumphant self-sure air which was her earliest recollection of him.

IV In search of a lost handkerchief, they regained the Clayhanger premises by an unfam

Every large city on the continent has been in the power of the people, and has had to be regained by bombardings and by martial law.

I said I feared whatever party predominated, even if the King regained his power, France would be precipitated into a war, for no party would be able to maintain itself in quiet times.

Not only was the fall of the empire, by a rational reliance on sea-power, postponed for centuries, but also much that had been lost was regained.

When they regained their feet, Peelo had shifted his grip so that one arm was passed under her chin, the wrist pressing into her throat and strangling her.

It was some minutes before he had regained his normal composure, and even then the sensitive nerves of his partner were offended by an occasional belated chuckle.

A cherished design of confining him in an asylum for the mentally afflicted until such time as he should have regained his senses was spoilt by the refusal of Dr. Murchison to arrange for the necessary certificate; a refusal which was like to have been fraught with serious consequences to that gentleman's hopes of entering the captain's family.

The good air and the charm of country life were specific, and the invalids regained their vigour and their good spirits, and all were eager for the sport.

He had accordingly fallen back on Adèle, and Mrs. Haggage had regained both her trust in Providence and her temper.

Hannah Straight Tree tried Cordelia's resolution to do good to her by stealthy persecutions that escaped the notice of the teachers, who remarked to one another in relief that Hannah and the other girls appeared in better humor toward Cordelia, and the fatter had regained her cheerful spirits.

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