I asked him whether he thought if his countrymen were to shake off the yoke of the English, they could maintain their independence?

The work of doing it gave solace to her heart, and when the words were set in placeit seemed to her that she had declared her independence, and besides, they reminded her of something very sweet and reassuringsomething which helped her to hold her head up against the current of ill thoughts her neighbors were directing toward her.

Battle of Bielawesch; the Nogay Tartars crush the Golden Horde and secure the independence of Russia.

Does it not already equal or exceed the paper currency of our Revolution, which became utterly worthless, notwithstanding our nation achieved its independence?

Athens recognizes the independence of the confederated states.

The inclination of each lesser lord was obviously to assert as much independence as he could.

Pius also wrote an earnest letter to the Emperor of Austria, entreating him to put a stop to the war by acknowledging the independence of Venetia and Lombardy.

A little later Novgorod established its independence as a republic; but within a few years we find this section controlled by a Varangian tribe from Rus, a district of Sweden.

He would be their mother's pensioner, and to lose his independence was hard.

But for the universal use of fire-arms, either for war or game, it is doubtful if the Colonies could have won their independence.

They had to decide whether the preservation of the Greek empire was worth the ecclesiastical sacrifices they were called upon to make in order to preserve their national independence.

The true policy of the nation was to gain economic independence, not a barren waste.

With a much larger force in the colonies themselves the king was confidently expected to master his unruly subjects, no matter how much they proclaimed their independence.

it is easier to feel high aspirations on such subjects, in a provincial town, than to succeed; for merely calling a place an Emporium, is very far from giving it the independence, high tone, condensed intelligence and tastes of a capital.

The princes of Wales had practically regained their independence, while the Norman lords who had carved out estates for themselves along its borders, indignant at Stephen's desertion of them, and driven to provide for their own safety, had formed alliances by marriage with the native rulers.

But when war is forced upon us by Russian Czarism, then, whatever the final decision may be, we must drop all class distinctions and differences of every kind, to form a single, determined people, prepared to defend Germany's independence and greatness against the enemyeven to the last drop of blood."

It is true that in a moment of temporary weakness after her defeat by Japan, Russia had signed a solemn convention with England whereby she engaged herself, as did England, to respect the independence and integrity of Persia.

We halted on a broad ledge of rock by the western verge of the bay of the Falls, glad of an opportunity of enjoying my independence to the last, unfettered by the conventionalities for which I was beginning to be imbued with a savage contempt.

If they had ceased for seven years to feel themselves degraded by arbitrary punishment, they must have acquired some little independence of mind.

Although a handful of men shut up in a fortress was not very formidable, he judged it necessary to punish their obstinacy, for fear that the Gauls should entertain the conviction that it was not strength, but constancy, which had failed them in resisting the Romans; and lest this example might encourage the other states which possessed fortresses advantageously situated, to recover their independence.

But only when it was known that the French Republic had voted an expedition, with the specious object of guaranteeing the independence of the supreme Pontiff, did the Romans and their rulers realize that the existence of Rome and her newborn liberties was seriously menaced.

What reason if any is there for denying the truth of this allegation? I will give in full Blount's statement as to what occurred at a meeting held at Singapore, to celebrate the early successes of Dewey and Aguinaldo, as it constitutes his nearest approach to a direct claim, that any one at any time promised independence: "First there was music by the band.

Belgium demands complete independence instead of guaranteed neutrality.

The Spanish colonies of South America were impatient of the yoke of the mother country, and sought national independence, which they gained after a severe struggle.

It did not long retain its independence, and the only prince who ever presided over it as a separate kingdom seems to have been Mohammed Ben Abad, the author of these verses.