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Pompey also, as was afterward known, at the unanimous solicitation of his friends, had determined to try the fate of a battle.
In the end the Boer women passed a unanimous resolution that rather than submit to English rule they would emigrate once more.
Such a one was found in Perez, who accordingly received the unanimous vote of the electoral college and was inaugurated in 1861.
Bernard, whose warm interest in the order secured for it papal patronage and the unanimous approbation of the whole West.
At the preliminary proceedings, as point after point was put before the jury, their strict and unanimous uprightness was extraordinary.
All the accounts are unanimous in this respect, and they carry such a stamp of sincerity that their veracity is indisputable.
Explorers are unanimous in the opinion that neither burnt nor sun-dried brick was ever left without something to cover its nakedness.
The active members of this club shall be engaged in agricultural pursuits, but honorary members may be elected by unanimous vote.
They were achieved, too, amid many difficulties, for there was anything but a unanimous support of the government in its Indian affairs.
The Northern press, as Lyons had reported, was unanimous in rejection of European offers of aid, however friendly, in settling the war.
In such good time did they reach the promontory, that by unanimous vote they agreed to finish their journey that same day.
Clergymen of lax life, and whose neglect of parochial duties was notorious, were unanimous in declaring that charity should begin at home.
Before that time the minds of all men seemed to have been unanimous in the consideration of space as an illimitable and infinite quantity.
You are divided on new propositions and plans, but you are unanimous in rejecting and denouncing the old policy of the fathers.
"Therefore I think we had best decide that our hopes and wishes shall be unanimous in favor of a continuance of westerly winds."
For instance, they are practically unanimous in accepting Aristotle's contention that it is not the metrical form that makes the poem.
The resolution proposed by the Ministers has received the unanimous assent of both Houses, and the approbation of the whole kingdom.
"Gentlemen and fellow soldiers, how am I transported with gladness to find you thus unanimous, bold and daring, brave and gallant!"
By the unanimous and unquestioned verdict of all tourists, this rock is one of the grandest and most beautiful even in Yosemite itself.
Answered the chattering clerks, with unanimous fierceness; and I heard the front shop-door shut slowly, as by a tired, feeble hand.
The meeting with unanimous palm and hoof signified its approval of this grand proposal, obviously one which had been discussed before.
The unanimous verdict of the best growers in El Cajon is that want of moisture is the greatest drawback to raisin culture there.
This million of peasants and workmen, merchants, manufacturers, priests, artists, idlers, and the nation behind them, were unanimous as never before.
This was the opinion of a unanimous court, in which five out of the seven judges had been nominated by a Republican President.
If a debate can be closed only by unanimous agreement, it is possible for a single opposing politician to obstruct the law-making machinery.
Whatever may be the division of opinion as to methods, we are surely unanimous in wishing to protect the interests of the centennial celebration.
With a whirl of excitement all the States followed, and the nomination was made on the twenty-second ballot by a unanimous vote.
He hoped to see a unanimous vote in favor of a respectful answer to the Chief Magistrate, whose services we ought zealously to acknowledge.
To what cause then shall we ascribe the almost unanimous consent of the English and Americans, in lavishing praises upon Gibbon's history?
The vote of the quorums was called for in their order, and their nomination passed through the whole house by unanimous voice.
Their mutual feelings towards each other were a quantity unknown to either; but about a third person they were equally outspoken and unanimous.
At a general meeting of the inhabitants, the town passed a vote, purporting to be unanimous against fixing a salary on the governor.
He bears arms exulting who never had comrades till now; his will is absorbed in confederate joy and human force unanimous.
Nothing is more unanimous among historians of the period than expressions of commiseration for the condition of the French people before the Revolution.
No living man, possessed of a tincture of scholarship, would dream of setting up testimony exclusively modern against the unanimous voice of antiquity.
Even at the June military congress of the Poles, fairly unanimous and unambiguous speeches were heard which defined the aims of these formations.
That it is possible to explain all mental phenomena in terms of physics is by no means the unanimous verdict of scientific men.
The whole party were unanimous in this respect, and after a brief morning prayer, breakfast was expeditiously served by old Nan.
The decision was unanimous that the nature and intended effect of his speech was to obstruct recruiting and enlistment in the army.
The resolution therefore to retreat was unanimous, and tho' formed late in the day was executed the following night with unexpected success.
A century of almost unanimous European disapproval, particularly of our artistic estate, finally converted us from this attitude to one of deprecation almost abject.
It was then seen how far the people were from being unanimous in including in their devotion to the Queen toleration for her religion.
In 1885 the nation entered into the war with Serbia with unanimous enthusiasm and a bloodthirsty spite almost inconceivable between brother nations.
About one thing the objectors seem to be unanimous, that general mental cultivation is not useful in these employments, whatever else may be so.
Men fight about their philosophies and religions, there is no certainty in them; but their contempt for women is flawless and unanimous.
The motion was voted with noise enough to make it at least seem hearty, and with no outspoken negatives to prevent its appearing unanimous.
On the other hand, the unanimous affirmative answer will be that the return to nature and socialism are diametrically opposed to each other.
They were unanimous in saying we were too late, which was very depressing news, but I don't suppose they knew much about it.
At the unanimous request of the committee Miss Anthony remained in office and during the year canvassed the entire state with her speakers.
The testimony of the Confederate officers, alike in the forts and afloat, is unanimous as to the singular accuracy of the mortar fire.
Nowhere would she have passed for beautiful; that was the unanimous opinion of all who professed to have any technical knowledge of beauty.
No portion of the judicial prerogative could now be surrendered without not merely "distinguishing" but flatly overruling a unanimous decision of the Court.
"We must be unanimous," observed Hancock, on the occasion of signing the declaration of American Independence; "there must be no pulling different ways."
That he was imbued with true genius, with its failings as well as its powers, is fixed by the unanimous verdict of posterity.
Poets who indignantly repudiate any and all charges against their moral natures have not been unanimous in following the same line of defense.
The whole house was unanimous for an encore, and she came back smiling and bowing with a certain look of elation and pride.
The whole English nation, "all orders and ranks of men are now unanimous and determined to risk their all on the contest."
Admirers have not always been unanimous as to his special claims; but there has been no lack of enthusiasm, no questioning of his genius.
The French Cabinet ceased, at length, to persist in the face of the clearest evidence and against the unanimous voice of the national conscience.
Traits such as originality, judgment, clearness and quickness, on which judgments are most unanimous and consistent, are usually omitted from these blanks.
There is no conflicting evidence on the personal life of the reformer; but rather unanimous agreement on the sweetness and beauty of his character.
And the unanimous feeling of the Roman people which at present pours itself into our cause, if we cool upon it, must inevitably be damped.
The peasants were unanimous in these statements, and asserted that they could sleep in the cave without sheepskins in the depth of winter.
The speech was received with unanimous applause, those to whom the election did not commend itself being wise enough to hold their tongue.
The rump that remained true, not to their principles but rather to their vendetta, could make no headway against a virtually unanimous nation.
This work, as we have shown, fell by common consent to the parson, Felix Brush, though his choice at first was not unanimous.
Neither the unanimous opinion of the non-official Indian members, nor the entire public opinion and feeling outside has met with the least respect.
That counsel belongs to the superior order in which the counselors with their judgment reinforced by a knowledge of political ethics, are unanimous.
Whenever a death seems inexplicable, either by reason of its suddenness or the tragic circumstances which attend it, the unanimous thought is poison.
To encounter and overcome the unanimous hostility of the world, she boasts no political stratagem, no disciplined legions, no outward coercion of any kind.
"Then since the vote is unanimous, we'll proceed to run a line along the mountain side where it will collide with these new homesteads."
While the snubbing to which he was subjected was general enough to make his situation extremely unpleasant, however, it was by no means unanimous.
I lingered a moment in curiosity, looking to see the accuser with all his boldness give way before the almost unanimous expression of disapproval.
He insisted once more that the public opinion of this country was unanimous that the restoration of the American union by force was unattainable.
The cheering was long continued and unanimous, and burst forth at intervals during the speech, which was of surpassing ability and eloquence.
Jed was embarrassed by the decided disfavor of the crowd where he had expected unanimous support, but he stood his ground doggedly.
At length, by unanimous consent, he was decreed to be a nuisance, and a few days would have revoked his license at the Club.
This body manages the finances, and carries on the temporalities generally, but it acts only with the unanimous consent of its members.
I beseech you to do him that justice, which can now only be done by the strong expression of your unanimous assurance of absolute innocence.
Even here, in the quietness of the country, people took sides, and public opinion was by no means so unanimous as poor Helen had supposed.
At times, individual cries followed one another in quick succession, culminating in a unanimous roar that seemed to shake the vessel from stem to stern.
My clothes, being of heavy waterproofed duck, had stood the hard usage in a manner to bring forth the unanimous admiration of my companions.
The English Roman Catholics with whom he was in the habit of taking counsel were almost unanimous in favor of the Act of Settlement.
In such case clearly no presumption could arise and in such case the Council could not ever immediately determine the aggressor by unanimous vote.
He said that the fleas were so numerous and so ferocious that if they had been but unanimous they would have pulled him out of bed.
It evidently was a unanimous vote, for five gold thimbles went up, and five blooming faces smiled as the five girlish voices cried, "Aye!"
He had relied and reposed on the dicta of newspaper critics; who are sometimes unanimous, and are then taken for guides, and are fatal.
We were unanimous as to that, but unanimity brought no comfort, until we all together hit on a notion that did ease our feelings a trifle.
On the very subject which the philosophers deemed the most important their unanimous conclusion was the extreme antithesis of the teaching of Catholicism.
The law requires that the jury shall be unanimous in their verdict, and it is their duty to agree if they can conscientiously do so.
The result of the vote being unanimous in favor of going, they hastened to shut the windows, and fasten the padlock on the door.
Was the unanimous answer; for all loved and respected her very much, and felt that their presiding officer should open the ball.
The critics were unanimous, too unanimous, indeed, for the author, who detected in their chorus of praise a reiterated condemnation of much of his previous production.
The adjournment to the bar was almost unanimous, where enough money was taken for fancy drinks to make good Hacking's stake had he lost.
At length, after many disputes, the colonists were unanimous, and selected one among them to tell Charles de Laville the result of their deliberations.
Of the immorality of these instruments there can be little doubt, and there is quite as unanimous an opinion as to their inefficiency as fiscal instruments.
They risk nothing by taking grounds in doubtful positions in advance, and the consequence is that the results of most Indian councils are unanimous.
As a matter of course, the little scene drew unanimous cheers from all sides, showing the appreciation of the crowd for the gracious impromptu.
Was the unanimous answer; for all loved and respected her very much, and felt that their presiding officer should open the ball.
The seventy, preferring to die with the defendant rather than be held answerable for his destruction, brought in a unanimous verdict in his favor.