Engagements for marriage are made by the parents of the contracting parties rather than by the young people themselves.
Where the interested parties are rich they are frequently required to appear before the priest several times before a decision is given that he may charge them a larger fee.
Representatives of the contracting parties go to a priest and get two ceremonial letters, one for the bride, the other for the groom.
But the efforts of these were not of much use, for such was the destruction which accompanied the movements of the parties at war, that the estates were laid waste on each side of the line of march for some miles.
Our minds must be totally divested of all those impressions which the rebellion of the slaves at first created; and we must view the future operations of the contending parties abstractedly, and not as having any connexion with past events.
It is said, that “tears of sensibility and affection were shed at their departure by all classes of people, and the parties in arms appeared mutually disposed to submit their differences to the king and the national assembly.
Both these parties united in their resolution to oppose the tyrant, whom they equally detested, should he appear before Santo Domingo.
Instead of being actuated with the desire of conciliating the partiesopposed to each other, he secretly gave every possible aid and encouragement to the supporters of ancient despotism.
Lord Scilly always insists on our being asked to the picnics andparties they give.
He gives heavenly tea-parties and little suppers after the play.
Now the novel is finished, and the type-written copy, tied up like Christmas meat, is going the social round of all the literary men who have been asked to her dinner-parties with a view to their favourable opinion.
George can't in fairness advise as an author and command as a father, so the result is that Ariadne makes blunders at all these parties she goes to now.
The Queen, willing him well, both maketh the marriage and indoweth the parties with land.
The matter was so adjusted that both parties should be entitled to cast their nets in the contested waters, as it might suit them, and with no further restriction than the common use of the country.
Both parties proceeded at the same moment to execute the two distinct orders of their chief.
Now, however, there was an evident outburst of all parties into the passage; and there the struggle appeared to be desperately and fearfully maintained.
A long conference ensued, in the language of the Ottawas, between the parties just named, the purport of which was of high moment to the garrison, now nearly reduced to the last extremity.
So sudden and unexpected too was this fresh danger, that before the two parties had time to turn, and assume a new posture of defence, several of them had already fallen under the butchering blades of their enemies.
The funeral service was attempted by Captain Blessington; but the strong affection of that excellent officer, for three of the defunct parties at least, was not armed against the trial.
This movement occasioned a change in the position of the parties which was favourable to the pursued.
He remained a considerable time undergoing the process of initiation, and succeeded at last in being of the private parties that some of the important Jansenists then held once or twice a week at the house of the Duchesse de Brancas.
I had had no experience of the petty internal strifes, of the jealousies and human frailties which a closer knowledge of all political parties reveals.
A casual witness of these internal strifes might have imagined that the two parties were at the antipodes in their ideas and objects, rather than comrades and participators in a common belief.
It all depends upon whether the Reds have any parties operating from their post.
Thankful for the dark suit he wore which was protective covering in the night, he twice ducked into the brush to allow parties of refugees to pass him.
One of their field partiesran into trouble and yelled for help.
The division of parties in an American State is governed not by questions concerning the internal affairs of the State, but by the questions which divide parties at Washington.
Hence until quite recent years English parties have not been formed according to sectional divisions.
The nationalparties have engulfed the State parties.
Assume, however, that the constitution works properly, and that all partiesrespect the spirit of its provisions.
Will not Irishmen of all creeds and parties come to hate the constitution which subjects Ireland to English rule when England shall have in truth been turned into an alien power?
Unionists have every reason to feel confidence in their cause; their only policy, their one path of safety is to make it, as they can do, absolutely plain that they rely upon justice, and that they appeal from parties to the nation.
Nothing can be more dangerous than a compact between England and Ireland which the contracting parties construe from the very beginning in different senses.
As he pursued his way westward, he met parties of young rakes and roisterers setting out for the theatres, the play being then an earlier function than it has become of late years.
He is to be seen at the parties standing with his arms folded, leaning silently against the wall for hours together.
He has several grown-up sons and daughters married, and, with a very sumptuous palace and great liberality of style, he has made his parties more than usually valued.
I have been at most of the parties during the fortnight that I have been here, but find them thronged with priests, and with only the resident society which is dull.
I was surprised (and I have been struck with the same thing at several parties I have attended in London), at the neglect with which the female part of the assemblage is treated.
A broad fringe of shade is flung by the trees along the eastern side, and at their roots cluster the different parties of the nobles and the ambassadors.
They arrived without adventure at the back of the yamen, and at once set to work on the lock, as it was now perfectly dark and the streets were already deserted except by parties of Boxers.
Those on guard at the Chien Mên did not interfere with parties of sight–seers who went out there.
It would, of course, be better for us to go through in two parties and join when we have passed the skirmishing–line.
We might even count in the two smallparties of Austrians and Italians as going with us.
Those who have been attacking Tientsin are still in that neighbourhood, but you may come across other parties marching down to join them.
There was practically no fear of trouble, for after the capture of Pekin strong parties had been sent down and had dispersed the Boxers along the line of railway.
As soon as they had passed, the fugitives issued out, and presently overtaking one of the parties journeyed on in company with them until they reached the gates of the city.
By six oʼclock the storming parties were near the north forts, and a heavy fire was already opened upon them; but they pushed steadily forward until at eighteen minutes past six the main magazine of the south forts blew up.
The Chinese troops alighted and fired several volleys at parties of Boxers, but apparently without doing any execution, their ineffectual efforts exciting much merriment among the allied troops.
When a few miles from the town they saw fires burning, and made another detour to avoid these, knowing that they marked the position of parties of Boxers.
Rex rode with their advance guard, which was moving along on the road with flanking parties in the woods close by.
Occasionally they saw parties of Boxers on the banks of the river, and had to make detours to avoid them, but by morning they saw the towers of Pekin ahead.
Verily Pharaoh exalted himself in the land of Egypt, and divided its inhabitants into parties to serve him.
This second recension was conducted with the same careful fidelity and scrupulous impartiality as the first; and it was accepted by all the different parties that were then disputing the supremacy.
All parties were therefore willing to receive Mohammad and at least try the experiment of his influence.
Between the pagans and Jews, and then between the two pagan clans, there had been deadly wars; and now there were many parties in the city, and no one was master.
Then which of the two parties is the more worthy of safety?
Hath the story of the two opposing parties come unto thee, O Mohammad, when they ascended over the walls of the oratory of David, having been prevented going in unto him by the door, because of his being engaged in devotion?
For some time the efforts of the authorities to detect its editors, or the place of its publication, were ineffectual: but both were finally betrayed by parties who had become acquainted with them.
In a communication which Napoleon made to the legislative bodies just before the rupture, he said: "Two parties contend in England for the possession of power.
The Romans attempted to mediate; but their envoys returned without success, and announced that both parties were equally bad and that their animosities were not to be restrained.
Chapter XI The Government and the Governed Formation of New Parties The fall of the patriciate by no means divested the Roman commonwealth of its aristocratic character.
Parties indeed fermented there as before; but, after the withdrawal of the extraordinary man who had wellnigh changed the destinies of the world, the patriot party was not of much more importance in Carthage than in Aetolia or Achaia.
The conflict lasted long between the first ranks on either side; at length in the extremely bloody hand-to-hand encounter both parties fell into confusion, and were obliged to seek a support in the second ranks.
The formation of these new parties began in the fifth century, but they assumed their definite shape only in the century which followed.
Both parties were busy during the winter in preparing for the next campaign.
At last the Roman senate was summoned by all partiesto arbitrate on all these doings --an annoying task, which was the righteous punishment of the sentimental policy that the senate had pursued.
In fact both parties had an interest in coming to terms.
In Nola the struggle between the popular and senatorial parties as to whether they should attach themselves to the Carthaginians or to the Romans, was still undecided.
Newman, whose means of observation were greater than mine, told me that the men had their parties together, and the ladies theirs, which I should consider a very bad arrangement.
In most instances, both parties have been born to the position they occupy, and cannot help themselves.
With similar feelings the Swedish knights and nobles regarded the young King Berger and the little Danish Princess Merete, who, also, as parties affianced, sat side by side, witnessing the tournament.
The assembly broke up in the greatest order; but the knights of the various parties regarded each other with a silence at once unusual and painful.
The colors of these fourparties were white, red, green and blue.
But it was too late: besides, at the point to which both parties were now arrived, that ultimatum necessarily led to war.
Proceeding afterwards with more animation, he exclaimed, "Why menace my absence with the different partiesstill alleged to exist in the interior of the empire?
She looked upon him as a pleasant sort of boy whom she occasionally met at lawn-tennis parties and flower shows, and things like that, and she knew perfectly how to talk to young men.
During this time they speak to no one, except to challenge parties who cross their beats.
So Captain Quincey, knowing that, gave this order: "Parties who fired those guns will remain standing.
When she had once entered two houses of distinction, she was easily admitted into more, and in ten weeks had all her time anticipated by parties and engagements.
As soon as this determination was made known, the parties began to move off.
He saw also the king of Barbesin send out his parties on expeditions of a similar kind, and he saw them return with slaves.
If women made mistakes this year, they would remedy them next year, and in time she believed they would become the balance of power between the two parties in all social, moral and educational questions.
Women never will be heard and heeded until they make themselves a power, irresistible in numbers and strength, moral, intellectual and financial, in all the formative gatherings of the parties they would influence.
Do you not see that if it will lose votes to the parties to have the plank, it will lose votes to allow women to advocate the amendment on their platforms?
Many social courtesies were extended in the towns around the bay, among them being dinner parties by Senator and Mrs. Fred Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. A.
How to persuade the parties and the individual men to risk defeat until they succeed in the enfranchisement of women, which alone will destroy the absolute domination of this oligarchy, is a problem yet to be solved.
So, you see, I can be of no help to you, but I do know that no one of the reform political parties ever will amount to much standing alone, and that it would be a good thing for all of them to come together in one body.
All three parties ignored it, and the press of the State joined in a conspiracy of silence.
I consider both partiesequally committed by their platforms this year, and by their votes in the legislature.
Again, with what decency can either of the parties ask women to come to their political meetings to expound Populist or Republican doctrines after they have set their heels on the amendment?
By this means the two parties will run your amendment campaign, and you will not be compelled to make a separate suffrage campaign.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "parties" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
