After resigning his Breslau appointment in 1765, he hoped for a time to obtain a congenial appointment in Dresden, but nothing came of this and he was again compelled, much against his will, to return to Berlin.
And from a letter of the earl of Lothian to his countess it appears that, whatever other reasons Leighton might have had for resigning his charge at Newbattle, the main object which he had in view was to be left to his own thoughts.
Owing to the influence of his friend, Ernest, duke of Cumberland, he became secretary for Ireland under Pitt in January 1805, resigning his office in the following September.
Mr. Lucas, resigning the reins to Lucy, alighted to give notice of the arrival of the party.
He said to himself that if she had assented cordially to the conditions of Fulkerson's offer, he would have had the courage to take all the other risks himself, and would have had the satisfaction of resigninghis place.
She would not allow that it had any significance, but she wished him to make an end of his anxieties and forestall whatever it might portend by resigning his place at once.
To that telegram the British representative could make no demur short of resigning his post, but at last the grudging admission was wrung from him that "Gordon would be the best man.
The Ameer in thus resigning reserved to himself the right of seeking, when occasion offered, restoration to his heritage and its reversion to his heir.
O thou who art patient and resigning thyself to the judgment (of God)!
O thou who art patient and resigningthyself to the.
When, therefore, he was confronted with the alternative of signing the decree removing his old companions in arms, or of resigning himself, he replied that Ministers would have to look out for another President, and M.
I feel very much like making him swallow it, but resigning myself to what appears to be inevitable fate, I wait and wait, and at precisely 8.
On Monday morning, November 15th, on my return to London, I saw Harcourt, and told him that I should follow Chamberlain in resigning if a special Irish Coercion Session without a Land Bill were to be called.
I noted on January 7th that I was very restive under Mr. Gladstone's Irish policy, but I found that if I were to go I should have to go alone, for Chamberlain at this moment was not in a resigning humour.
On March 27th I was in a resigning humour about Greece, but could not get anybody to agree with me, and Chamberlain said that not even Liberal public opinion in England would now support isolated action or Anglo-Italian intervention.
There was Léon Say, the best possible Ambassador at London, who insists on resigning the Embassy in order to become a bad President of the Senate.
All were quitting Paris, or resigning themselves to passive submission.
Meantime he gave them such refreshment as was at his disposal, resigning to the Vances his own headquarters.
I--I did not mean any harm," stammered the fellow, resigning the seat with alacrity.
Noblemen, besides robbing their victims of money, extorted from them, in return for a promise to spare their lives, deeds of valuable lands, or papers resigning in their favor high offices in the government.
It was merely stipulated that Ferdinand should indemnify him for resigning them; and this he was willing to do.
John Cassimer, worn out by misfortune, resigning his crown to the Diet.
Surely, my gracious liege, I do but right in resigning the high honor your highness bestowed.
I made a merit of resigning my pretensions to him, but I could not bear to be present at his nuptials; I retired to my father's seat, and brooded over my revenge in secret.
It is in your power to avert all this and save us from inevitable misery, by resigning the throne and ordering the surrender of the city.
Alexander saw the precarious condition of the desecrated Church, and resigning himself to his fate, determined to seek safety in flight.
Two years since, I got your son to tell you my intention of resigning St. Mary's, before I made it public, thinking you ought to know it.
The immediate occasion of my resigning St. Mary's, was the unexpected conversion of one of them.
The late Mr. Goldsmid aided me inresigning it in London.
He was appointed president of the court of session on resigning the office of lord-clerk-register.
He vacates the office when a trustee is appointed by the creditors, and certified by the Board of Trade, but again becomes trustee on the creditors' trustee being released, dying, resigning or being removed from office.
I wish to mention, sir, that I am desirous ofresigning the situation I now hold at Blackwater Park.
Christian consideration for the helpless position of Miss Halcombe and Lady Glyde, and for the serious inconvenience which my sudden absence might inflict on them, alone prevented me from resigning my situation on the spot.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "resigning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
