There are not those ostentatious displays of wealth and generosity, which used to signalise certain political events, such as the coronation of a monarch or the enthronement of a primate; the mode of living has grown more uniform and consistent, since between the vilain and his lord has interposed himself the middle-class Englishman, with a hand held out to either. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Teresa, seizing this occasion to signalise her generosity, joined in the request, and the offender was pardoned, after having restored the purse, and promised in the sight of Heaven, that the devil should never again entice her to the commission of such a crime. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The extremity of the line to which she had attached herself, being assaulted in flank by a body of the spahis, wheeled about, in order to sustain the charge, and received them with such a seasonable fire, as brought a great number of turbans to the ground; among those who fell, was one of the chiefs or agas, who had advanced before the rest, with a view to signalise his valour. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Such a conduct cannot but be delightful to the Giaour; and if on thy march thou canst signalise thyself by an additional crime, all will still go well, and thou shalt enter the palace of Soliman in triumph. ❋ Unknown (2004)
On the other hand, it would be much better that wages should be rigidly fixed and deemed incapable of material changes, than that depressions should be accompanied by a gradual downward tendency of money-wages, a further moderate wage reduction being expected to signalise each increase of; say, 1 per cent in the amount of unemployment. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The desire to signalise any event, on the highest point of the neighbouring land, seems a universal passion with mankind. ❋ Unknown (2003)
During the nineteen days mentioned above, no incident of any kind happened to signalise our voyage. ❋ Unknown (2003)
He did this to signalise his disapprobation of royalty, and his preference for democratic equality. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
I have been told that she, and others, thought to pay their court in this way, and signalise their attachment to the King's person. ❋ Mme. Du Hausset (N/A)
Neither is the power of their kings unbounded or arbitrary: and their generals procure obedience not so much by the force of their authority as by that of their example, when they appear enterprising and brave, when they signalise themselves by courage and prowess; and if they surpass all in admiration and pre-eminence, if they surpass all at the head of an army. ❋ Caius Cornelius Tacitus (N/A)
From the effects of the hot sun, this rubbish was now as dry as straw; so, one afternoon, when Fritz had so far recovered from his injuries as to be able to crawl out of the hut and sit on a bench outside, which the two had constructed under a rude sort of porch, Eric determined to signalise his brother's convalescence by having a bonfire in honour of the event. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
This man, just out of the Praetorship, in estimation small, but hasty to signalise himself by some notable exploit however heinous, alleged against her the "crimes of prostitution, of adultery with Furnius, of magical execrations and poison prepared against the life of the Emperor." ❋ Caius Cornelius Tacitus (N/A)
_The Daily Mirror_, to signalise its eleventh birthday, produced a ❋ Various (N/A)
Mayor, in a gold casket, Lord READING in a touching speech announced, amid tempestuous cheers, that the Government had resolved to signalise ❋ Various (N/A)
I think I have already stated who Berwick was; but I will here add a few more words about him to signalise his prodigious and rapid advancement. ❋ Various (N/A)
In the midst of these reunions, consecrated to pleasure, and even to debauchery, he loved to signalise his lordly liberality; nothing could stop him, nothing was too extravagant for him. ❋ Various (N/A)
