The courts of Europe treated her as a revered guest; she was covered withlaurels and with jewels, but she was ever in disposition and character the same pure, simple Swedish girl.
Nor are we to look only for youthful greatness among those who have wonlaurels in war.
Alleging his advanced age and infirmities, the cautious nominee declined the honour, preferring doubtless to abide by his facile diplomatic laurelswon in Cairo.
Observation is the foundation of history, and Martyr was pre-eminently a keen and discriminating observer, a diligent and conscientious chronicler of the events he observed, hence are the laurels of the historian equitably his.
All her assembled hearers threw laurels and myrtle at her feet.
The laurels of war and that of the arts cultivated by peace, which were planted at the gate of Augustus, have both disappeared.
From this great work did Dante hope the end Of his long exile: and he call'd on Fame To be his mediator; but he died Too soon to reap the laurelsof his land.
The laurels of freedom were won; Let us think, as the banners of Greece we unfold, Of the brave in the pages of glory enroll'd, And the deeds by our forefathers done!
Wilson was far in advance of his former attempts, and Beauseant by Thomas Beck added laurels to his already established reputation as a first-class amateur.
The undertaking was a financial as well as a musical success and added one more wreath of laurels to our musical advancement in 1873.
My uncle's gardener always says the soil here is better than his own, and so it appears from the growth of the laurels and evergreens in general.
Happily, most old teachers have cleared the turf, and yielded their laurels to a host of youngsters, ranging in age from about sixteen to twenty years!
The unfading laurels that wreathe their brows had their root in the hearts of the people, and were nourished with their life-blood.
Then has my hope grown bold Till almost I could see how the near laurels Would tremble with thy trembling: but the sway Of bards who've wreathed thee with unfading chorals Has held my longing lips from this poor lay.
The angels would bring to her, Sadly a-quiver, Laurels she never had won in earth-strife.
He went down by the terrace steps to the shrubberies, walking quickly but stealthily, and moving along among the solid black masses of the clipped boxes and laurels and bay trees.
But know, a lesson you may yet be taught, With death alone are laurels cheaply bought; Not in the conflict Havoc seeks delight, His day of mercy is the day of fight.
They met valleys with laurels and cherries, with roses and primroses at once.
Out of the midst of nature's sea of joys theirlaurels grow and bear as well as out of the ice-sea of Germany and England, or out of Arabia's sand.
The garland becomes thee; the high laurels up on the summit thou wilt one day get for thyself," said she.
I promised to return; she promised to wait for me; and, all bathed in her tears, I tore myself from her arms, to rush to the laurels of Dresden and the cypresses of Leipzic.
They watched his glowing axles graze The goal, and rent the heavens with praise;- Yet the supremer heads have worn Laurels for song.
The evergreen glossy foliage of the common and Portugal laurelsrender them well adapted for shrubberies, while the racemes of white flowers are not devoid of beauty.
The victors in the Pythian games were crowned with the laurels of Apollo, and thus the laurel became the symbol of triumph in Rome as well as in Greece.
A host of children passing by, O Lincoln dear, Will sing to you their sweetest song, As they now proudly march along, For laurels unto you belong, O Lincoln dear.
How often are the laurels worn by those who have had no share in earning them!
He returns with the additional merit of laurels won at Yorktown by the capture of a whole British army.
Oh, may not an inglorious peace wither the laurels you have won!
The laurels among which we lay were immediately opposite the window and not more than a hundred feet from it.
Presumably he at once concealed his cycle among the laurels where it was found, and possibly lurked there himself, with his eye on the house, waiting for Mr. Douglas to come out.
But if any one should undertake to insult us in our rights or to wish to harm us, then drive in with the mailed fist and, as God wills, bind about your young brow the laurels which no one in the entire German Empire will begrudge you!
My great-grandfather gave the idea form and life, and new laurels crowned the newly established army and her recent flags.
