Which preposition to use with order
It is awful to dine so late and to wait so long," to which he replied: "Ah, madame, no one can be more desirous than I to change that order of things, for when the minister dines at nine-thirty, the chef de cabinet gets his dinner at ten-thirty."
Here were found C. Silius consul elect, Juncus the ex-praetor, Sextus Traulus, M. Helvius, Trogus, Cotta, Vettius Valens, Fabius, Roman Knights whom Narcissus had ordered for execution.
When he condescended to give an order in his own person, the men fairly jumped to execute it.
There should be, in order to its full appreciation, a mixture of weariness with a due proportion of laziness.
"I have orders from Darrow to get to a good berth, to land, to build shore quarters, and to snug down for a stay of a year at least!" We stared at each other.
His voice had been used to shout orders on shipboard, and not one of us could stop his ears against it.
But Germain, in his haste to leave town for a holiday, forgot to sign Howe's orders at the proper time; and afterwards forgot them altogether.
"He would start from some particular point and work his way point by point down to the minutest detail, not bewildering by a multiplicity of facts, but keeping them all in order with perfect handling, until the framing of the whole thing stood out luminously clear to the dullest comprehension.
The Curtain must be let down, and soft Musick must play: The Curtain being drawn up, discovers a scene of a Temple: The King sitting on a Throne, bowing down to join the hands Alcippus and Erminia, who kneel on the steps of the Throne; the Officers of the Court and Clergy standing in order by, with Orgulius.
Your duty is to see that my orders as to sailing are carried out.
It was not altogether a rest, as there were always so many people at the house, and W. wanted to put order into his papers before he left.
With a few well-chosen words he brought order out of chaos.
And he packed off one here and another there for necessaries, and commenced trying every restorative means with the ready coolness of a practised surgeon; while Lancelot, whom he ordered about like a baby, gulped down a great choking lump of envy, and then tasted the rich delight of forgetting himself in admiring obedience to a real superior.
"So would I bring order among them, Giles.
If we be, I have taken order against a Discovery.
Things gits out of order without him.
This force taken by surprise, was compelled to retreat, which they did in good order under a galling fire.
"I never saw troops march to battle with greater sang froid and order than these three Highland regiments.
From all I can hear it isn't once in a camel's age that a fellow so reported, and ordered before the Board, gets off with anything less than a hard, wet bilge.
The only establishment belonging to that Order within the county of Susses was at Shoreham, founded in honour of the Blessed Virgin, by Sir John de Mowbray in 1316.
But the Latin mind often follows a thread of order through what an Anglo-Saxon is apt to mistake for a mere hurricane of confused commotion.
Arnold, moreover, could devote his whole attention to the work, makeshift as it had to be; while Carleton was obliged to keep moving about the province in an effort to bring it into some sort of order after the late invasion.
" The disturbances at Bologna were quelled; but the bonds of law and order throughout the Papal States were now loosened, and it became evident that a more determined minister must be placed at the helm, or the experiment of the existing form of government must be abandoned in despair.
Order followed order like the rattle of quick-fire, and was obeyed with something more than the Wolverine's customary smartness.
CHAPTER II DIVERS WORRIES Before the mother went off to church on Sunday morning she always glanced into the living-room to see if the children were quietly settled at their different occupations and to hope that everything would remain in order during her absence.