"Very good," said I; "but what happens if the divisions are still narrow?"
Hence the Emperor was not unfrequently able to catch and slay off one of the minor divisions of the Turkish army.
Taking Ireland according to the registration divisions, the proportion of illegitimate births varies from 6.2 to 1.3.
Can we find a better than the traditional sort?--and this has two divisions, gymnastic for the body, and music for the soul.
Stamford being encamped on the top of a high hill near Stratum, they attacked him in four divisions, at five in the morning, having lain all night under arms.
On that day, the preachers, after many political prayers, took care to treat of the reigning divisions in the parliament, and ascribed them entirely to the selfish ends pursued by the members.
The divisions of Whig and Tory then shook England to her very centre, and a powerful party, engaged in the Jacobite interest, menaced the dynasty of Hanover, which had been just established on the throne.
The two rival divisions of the Christian Church, Protestant and Catholic, have always been in accord on one point, that is, to tolerate no science except such as they considered to be agreeable to the Scriptures.
The English fought desperately, but the odds of seven to one were too great, and they would have been overpowered had not the other two divisions arrived on the spot and fallen upon the enemy's flanks. After a severe and prolonged struggle the Genoese and Spaniards were completely routed.