What irritated Miriam was that Wright had told the papers about a reasonable offer he had made, which he considered she would accept `` when she tires of publicity ''.

The latter tried to arbitrate through a delegation from Providence, which offer was declined by the invaders.

It was a very tempting offer.

Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.

Since ordinary breakfast-table conversation was impossible, it was at least something that they were able to offer Eugene the sugar bowl with their sugar in it, and the plate of bread and butter, and that Eugene could return the pitcher of hot milk to them handle first.

Eugene offered Harold his car, to use at any time he cared to, and when this offer was not accepted, the armchair creaked.

It was hoped that the facts concerning the characteristics and practices of the respondents would offer clues to the reasons why they took the positions and made the recommendations which they did.

The `` Poems of 1912 - 13 '' offer a good example of Hardy's style as it was manifested in the later productive decade.

This had a pleasant effect upon the Sunday gate receipts as well as upon the intake of the rail and bus companies, some of which began to offer special excursion rates, including seats at the park, just as the trolley and ferry companies had when baseball was new.

About the 4th century BCE, the paean became merely a formula of adulation ; its object was either to implore protection against disease and misfortune, or to offer thanks after such protection had been rendered.

However, the committee of this French Missionary Society was not ready to accept his offer, considering his Lutheran theology to be " incorrect ".

She is one of a few characters who played a major part in the original cause of the Trojan War itself: not only did she offer Helen of Troy to Paris, but the abduction was accomplished when Paris, seeing Helen for the first time, was inflamed with desire to have her — which is Aphrodite's realm.

left In keeping with his democratic ideals, Mackenzie refused the offer of a knighthood three times, and was thus the only one of Canada's first eight Prime Ministers not to be knighted.

In 1943, he founded the University of Lawsonomy in Des Moines to spread his teachings and offer the degree of " Knowledgian ," but after various IRS and other investigations it was closed and finally sold in 1954, the year of Lawson's death.

After some delay Sigismund assented to the offer, with the provision that Prussia should be treated as a Polish fiefdom ; and after this arrangement had been confirmed by a treaty concluded at Kraków, Albert pledged a personal oath to Sigismund I and was invested with the duchy for himself and his heirs on 10 February 1525.

On his arrival at Ephesus a three months ' truce was concluded with Tissaphernes, the satrap of Lydia and Caria, but negotiations conducted during that time proved fruitless, and on its termination Agesilaus raided Phrygia, where he easily won immense booty from the satrap Pharnabazus ; Tissaphernes could offer no assistance, as he had concentrated his troops in Caria.

Hippias refused it and Iolcos as well, the Thessalian offer, as Amyntas probably did not possess Anthemous at that time, but was merely suggesting a plan of joint occupation to Hippias.

A group of the aristocrats of his court, scandalised by Andrew's generosity towards his wife's relatives and followers, planned to offer the throne to his cousins, who had been living in the court of the Emperor Theodore I Lascaris of Nicaea, but their envoy was arrested and Andrew could overcome the conspiracy.

Andrew, who was now with Saint Louis, interpreted David's message to the King, a real or pretended offer of alliance from the Mongol general Eljigidei, and a proposal of a joint attack upon the Islamic powers of Syria.

This provision was repealed early in Queen Anne's reign, as many councillors ceased to offer advice and some stopped attending meetings altogether.

AIX / 370 was IBM's third attempt to offer Unix-like functionality for their mainframe line, specifically the System / 370 ( the prior versions were a TSS / 370 based Unix system developed jointly with AT & T c. 1980, and VM / IX a VM / 370 based system developed jointly with Interactive Systems Corporation c. 1984 ).

However, in 1778 Gluck turned down an offer to compose the inaugural opera for La Scala in Milan ; upon the suggestion of Joseph II and with the approval of Gluck, Salieri was offered the commission, which he gratefully accepted.

While Agamemnon, the son of Atreus, was absent on his expedition against Troy, Aegisthus seduced Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon, and was so wicked as to offer up thanks to the gods for the success with which his criminal exertions were crowned.

Schemes based solely on check cashing usually offer only a small part of the check's total amount, with the assurance that many more checks will follow ; if the victim buys in to the scam and cashes all the checks, the scammer can win big in a very short period of time.

However with no big names playing in the Second Division, they turned down the offer and remained in the Northern League, stating " gates would not meet the heavy expenses incurred for travelling ".

Shipping is big business, although Nantes and Saint-Nazaire offer much larger docks and attract more of the larger vessels.

The Irish offer to make peace and build a house big enough to entertain Bendigeidfrân but hang a hundred bags inside, supposedly containing flour but actually containing armed warriors.

The Irish offer to make peace and build a house big enough to entertain Bendigeidfrân but hang a hundred bags inside, supposedly containing flour but actually containing armed warriors.

The Irish offer to make peace by building a house big enough to entertain Bendigeidfrân but hang a hundred bags inside, supposedly containing flour but actually containing armed warriors.

The Irish offer to make peace and build a house big enough to entertain Bendigeidfrân but hang a hundred bags inside, supposedly containing flour but actually containing armed warriors.

A big Letterman fan, Carvey rejected the offer, causing embarrassment for the network, which had publicly floated his name.

In 2000, a " big offer " enticed all four original Meters to reunite for a one-night stand at the Warfield in San Francisco ; by this time Modeliste wanted to make the reunion a permanent one, but the other members and their management teams objected.

The idea was to gain volume for the years ahead, but that target was missed: Packard simply was not big enough to offer a real challenge to the Big Three, and they lacked the deep pockets a parent company could shelter them from as well as the model lineup to spread the pricing through.

In 2009, big city libraries have multiple branches and offer numerous services.

Prager's lycanthropy appears to be a different strain, as it is brought on only by the full moon, but he declines the offer to see if it can be cured: " real big buzz once a month, I can tell you.

No2EU — Yes to Democracy stood for a Europe of " independent, democratic states that value its public services and does not offer them to profiteers ; a Europe that guarantees the rights of workers and does not put the interests of big business above that of ordinary people ".

In 1901 when Ban Johnson formed the American League, one of the first acts was to raid the National League and offer their stars big contracts.

Four big telecommunication companies offer telegraph, telex and telephone services.

This makes for big business for establishments which offer valet parking and for franeleros.

In order to take advantage of this, virtually all retailers in the country, big and small, offer various sales.

While Saue is close to nature, it still provides the kinds of entertainment, jobs, and other big city amenities that Tallinn has to offer.

Gorillaz were a virtual band for which Hewlett reportedly received a " big money " offer from Dreamworks for the film rights.

The population growth was big due to the offer of lands with accessible prices and due to the industrial development.

The idea was to offer a Mac-like experience on " big iron " systems, a common theme in the early 1990s.

The food provided can vary widely with pilots often offering very limited food, while big budget shows often offer generous food and drinks.

Superintendent Jensen ( Hermansen in Norwegian ) tells his younger colleague, inspector Holm: " The only thing the police can do when the real big criminals come by is offer them protection!

With big investments by these companies, they could continue to offer the products, but why?