The reasons for the Whig joy on this occasion are found to be their expectation of regaining control of the government, their delight at the prospect of a new war, their hopes of having the Tories hanged, and so on.

The Acropolis had been scheduled for the treatment too, but apparently it was to take place at the time of the full moon when the Athenians themselves, out of respect for the natural beauty of the occasion, were wont to forgo their own usual nocturnal illumination.

`` You haven't dressed for the occasion ''!!

And those without beards would have stood out as not dressed for the occasion.

But this we know: Here is a great life that in every area of American politics gives the American people occasion for pride and that has invested the democratic process with the most decent qualities of honor, decency, and self-respect.

The occasion for this marathon: Angel's long-awaited reissue in its `` Great Recordings Of The Century '' series of the Schnabel-Pro Arte version.

If it failed on occasion to elect its candidates for general state offices by majorities, the failure was due to a lingering remnant of the Know-Nothing party, which called itself the American Republican party.

The exuberance on this occasion set a standard for subsequent Dartmouth gatherings.

and a policeman asserted he had found a pair of brass knuckles in Art's pocket once when he had occasion to collar the Great First Baseman for some forgotten reason.

The Chickasaws finally were the occasion for the most disastrous wars during the French control of Louisiana.

the bridegroom's parents, the Barrett Wendells, who are returning from a winter holiday in Sarasota, Fla., for the occasion ; ;

Meanwhile Russia took every opportunity to meddle in the Congo, sending Lumumba equipment for his `` wars '', dispatching `` technicians '' and even threatening, on occasion, to intervene openly.

Look in this book for weak mortals and only on occasion for virtues and vices on the heroic scale.

There was too little occasion beforehand for resistance, the brave strong delights of emotional clash and meeting.

The first occasion was in 1988 for a museum tour as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations ; the second was for the 2006 / 7 Ashes series.

Except for one occasion, the Project never played live during its original incarnation.

Throughout her life, Agrippina always prized her descent from Augustus, upbraiding Tiberius for persecuting the blood of his predecessor ; Tacitus, in writing of the occasion, believed this behaviour to be part of the beginning of " the chain of events leading to Agrippina's end.

The identification of Ajax with the family of Aeacus was chiefly a matter which concerned the Athenians, after Salamis had come into their possession, on which occasion Solon is said to have inserted a line in the Iliad ( 2. 557 – 558 ), for the purpose of supporting the Athenian claim to the island.

* Drinking songs: According to the grammarian Athenaeus, Alcaeus made every occasion an excuse for drinking and he has provided posterity several quotes in proof of it.

The Laudes Regiae, or song commending a ruler, that was performed at Matilda's coronation may have been composed by Ealdred himself for the occasion.

Pierre Cartier, a visiteur de longue durée (" long-term guest ") at the IHÉS, wrote a piece about Grothendieck for a special volume published on the occasion of the IHÉS's fortieth anniversary.

He compares this to the work of the historian Thucydides, who found it difficult recording speeches verbatim but instead had the speakers say what he felt was appropriate for them to say on the occasion while adhering as much as possible to the general sense.

Later, as his legend had grown, he was able to be rude to the press, on one occasion in the Boer War bellowing: “ Get out of my way, you drunken swabs ”.

In his memoirs, Khrushchev recalled an occasion when Stalin, during a drunken rage at a party, dragged a crying Alliluyeva onto a dance floor by her hair.

The drunken nobility was also not a stranger to fights, which could on occasion lead to fatalities.

Hercules is seen working with Damage Control, on one occasion serving a community service sentence levied as punishment for a drunken rampage.

They saw the Games as revitalising traditional English social life, and they countered opposition from the critics of such events, who complained of " drunken behaviour and sexual licence ", by stressing the " peaceful and well-behaved " nature of the occasion, and even praising the Games as " a gesture of loyalty to the king ".

On one such occasion, business friends cajole him into joining them on a drunken retreat to a dacha in the Moscow woods near Peredelkino.

On one occasion six dukes, two marquises, twenty three earls, four Viscounts, and fourteen barons from the House of Lords joined members of the House of Commons in a procession to honour him, followed by one of these banquets.

For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.

He is most effective in the ordinary business of the House, and in the legislative accomplishments of this session, he easily rose to great occasion -- even at the height of unpleasantness and exciting legislative struggle -- and as the Nation witnessed these contests, he rose, even as admitted by those who differed with him, to the proportions of a hero and a noble partisan.

I should like at this time, Mr. Speaker, to pay warm tribute to Arthur Hays Sulzberger and Charles Merz on the occasion of their retirement from distinguished careers in American journalism.

a lovely Epiphany party at Errol Flynn's, on which sacred occasion Letch stole away with an unknown `` starlet '', leaving me `` high and dry '' to get home as best I could.

On the third occasion -- another Big Four summit session at Paris a year ago -- there was no problem of an illusory `` spirit ''.

On the occasion of a pestilence in the 430s BCE, Apollo's first temple at Rome was established in the Flaminian fields, replacing an older cult site there known as the " Apollinare ".

The one occasion where the band was introduced as " The Alan Parsons Project " in a live performance was at Night of the Proms 1990 ( at the time of the group's break-up ), featuring all Project regulars except Woolfson who was present but behind the scenes, while Parsons stayed at the mixer except during the last song, where he played acoustic guitar.

1000 and 1500 are regularly encountered as jury sizes and on at least one occasion, the first time a new kind of case was brought to court ( see graphē paranómōn ), all 6, 000 members of the jury pool were put onto the one case.

Both Absalon and Valdemar narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of Sweyn on this occasion, and escaped to Jutland, whither Sweyn followed them.

On these occasions the reliable and yet unimaginative tactics Charles was fond of were not sufficient, except on one occasion at Aspern-Essling, to defeat the unpredictable Corsican.

In later episodes, Tom Anderson uses the Hollings mispronunciation once, and on at least one occasion refers to them as " Penis and Butt-Munch.

The birthday of Queen Draga was 11 September 1901, and in honour of this occasion preparations were being made to hold a celebration at the palace Kolarac.

( However, on at least one other occasion it is used to refer a woman who is not a wife-specifically, the handmaid of Jacob's wife.

It was the first time the Rams wore white at home since ( moving to St. Louis ) their existence in Los Angeles where they also used to do the same on some occasion against Dallas.

The book was originally made as a gift by papersera. net for Rosa himself upon the occasion of Rosa's April 2011 visit to Turin, Italy, and is available as a print-on-demand book from Lulu. com ( see link at papersera. net site on the book )

Much of this complexity is required at least on occasion in the modern Indo-Aryan languages, due to the large amount of clusters allowed and especially due to borrowings from Sanskrit.

He was threatened with debtor's prison on at least one occasion, and was at times reduced to borrowing money and calling in old debts to make ends meet.

It was the official painting of the occasion and, hence, resides at Buckingham Palace.