| 单词 | stratagem |
| 例句 | If more is said that Marie-Laure cannot overhear—if there is a pantomime going on between them, notes passed, stratagems agreed upon—she cannot say. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was no stratagem that he was not equal to, no danger that he could not foresee. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The result of this new determination and new vision was the stratagem of the wooden horse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Interestingly, the advised stratagems are exactly opposite for grizzly and black bear. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Abolitionist lawyers erected barricades of paperwork, every week a new stratagem. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was complacent and insecure, daring in the administrative stratagems he employed to bring himself to the attention of his superiors and craven in his concern that his schemes might all backfire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Others, clinging still to that brief glimpse of post-Civil War freedom, employed a thousand ruses and stratagems of struggle to win their rights. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Lot’s slowly approaching army was so much more numerous than the King’s forces that it had been necessary to resort to stratagems. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time they followed his example, he retreated with concern and racked his brain for some new stratagem that would enable him to turn upon them scornfully again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Clanker Lords had devised a stratagem to prevent that; they chained their troops together in groups of ten, wrist to wrist and ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He is tolerated by the gods, perhaps because his stratagems and plans save them as often as they get them into trouble. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Another method is to keep the calves and kids near their mothers, but prevent them by various stratagems from suckling too much milk. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And as to stratagems, no man would claim Odysseus’ gift for those. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Think: we were there nine years, and we tried everything, all stratagems against them, up to the bitter end that Zeus begrudged us. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It had to be a stratagem, designed to lull Volantene suspicions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You might imagine, from a comfortable distance, that people who live, year in and year out, on $6 to $10 an hour have discovered some survival stratagems unknown to the middle class. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It now appeared that Snowball had not, as the animals had previously imagined, merely attempted to lose the Battle of the Cowshed by means of a stratagem, but had been openly fight-ing on Jones’s side. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z And even if the Sapiens lost the first round, they could quickly invent new stratagems that would enable them to win the next time. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So he occupies himself with theoretical stratagems: what would he do if he were in their place, the place of the men with pillowcase heads? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I followed Hanover Street to Dock Square, musing upon stratagems. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He read and reread the works of Stephen Potter—the English writer who coined the terms one-upmanship and gamesmanship—not as social satire but as a manual of practical stratagems. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He would say nothing that gave them insight into his intelligences and stratagems. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Think it's time the stratagem was moved up to the next level? The Bay – first look review 2012-09-26T09:23:35Z Performing one song each, they grasped at some strands of Mr. Bowie’s achievements: his bounding riffs and encompassing melodies, the aphorisms and enigmas of his lyrics, his arty stratagems, his fashion sense. Review: Remembering David Bowie, With One Artist and One Song at a Time 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s a stratagem, but Fawcett’s curiosity is boundless and he sees accomplishment and complexity in this world, which sharply goes against bigoted orthodoxies back home. Review: Hearts of Darkness and Light in ‘The Lost City of Z’ 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Numerous stratagems were rumored to be under consideration this week. Don’t believe the spin: Donald Trump will absolutely use the White House to attack LGBT rights 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Pujol and his handler spent all day, every day, "inventing a world of spies, devising stratagems, cooking up new chicken feed, and composing messages." 'Double Cross': A spy story with high stakes 2012-07-25T21:47:09Z She thinks he’s married, which he doesn’t know, misunderstanding being a routine Astaire and Rogers stratagem, but she’s as drawn to him as he is to her. Escape With Me Into the Trippy World of 1930s Musicals 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z There are adventures, sword fights, betrayals, armies, cunning stratagems and monsters killed, but these things are told distantly, without the book’s pulse ever beating faster. Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z They hatched their stratagems in London's gentlemen's clubs and could mix a daiquiri that would melt the elastic in a contessa's foundation garments. Truly, fangs ain't what they used to be 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z He’s guilty, he admits, even if he was a junior partner in a stratagem he dimly understood. A Filmmaker Put Away for Tax Fraud Takes Us Inside a British Prison 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s a stratagem he perfected as far back as 2004 with “Confessions,” which became his best-selling album. Review: Usher’s ‘Hard II Love’ Uses Regret as a Selling Point 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The second stratagem is to close the microscopic pores — stomates — found mostly on the undersides of the leaves. Trees can’t escape the extreme heat. But they do have some impressive coping mechanisms. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z But the point of such stratagems should be to expand audiences’ horizons, to introduce them to new works through appealing connections, either with other art forms or with more familiar music. NSO and Eschenbach venture to Spain, taking the well-trod route 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z For years I have used the European stratagem of putting a slash through the zero. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Rummaging through some hints 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Hence, Ms. Knight Pulliam’s dismaying deployment, seemingly, as an instrument of stratagem. How to Think About Bill Cosby and ‘The Cosby Show’ 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Shanley must resort to some exotic stratagems to keep Rosemary and Anthony from coming to an understanding. Theater Review: ‘Outside Mullingar,’ by John Patrick Shanley, Opens 2014-01-24T03:00:03Z More troubling than apparently unintended irony is that Akpan’s stratagem doesn’t imbue him with enough confidence to give free rein to that historical war story in any of the fictionalized iterations with which he toys. Review | In ‘New York, My Village,’ the long shadow of Nigeria’s civil war is impossible to escape 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Marcus Claudius Marcellus displayed his uncouth Roman side by killing the native Greek genius Archimedes, whose defensive stratagems and machines had made the siege a prolonged one. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z I imagine this wasn’t an easy performance to make work: cunning, stupors and stratagems — how do you act all of those? Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z And on Nov. 8 those women who intended to vote for the first female president adopted both sartorial stratagems, and went to the polls in pantsuits or white or both to cast their votes. When Politics Became a Fashion Statement 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The game is often compared to chess for its variety of stratagem and tendency to produce new scenarios, even for the seasoned player. ‘Real Tennis’ May Be Obscure, but It Has Fans in Britain 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z All the little denials, all the stratagems of not feeling by which most of us endure from minute to minute were unavailable to her. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Things have taken such a turn into this sort of self-consciousness that the charisma and racial stratagems of the flamboyantly ideological Johnnie Cochran have reappeared in two different O. J. Simpson television events. Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z This last extraordinary stratagem leads to months in which Jones, maniacally insisting that he has become a Turk, scribbles anti-British treatises, while an almost robotic Hill spends all his time fasting and reading the Bible. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The exhibition begins with a wall-size photo of Hitler’s crowded, much-publicized 1937 show of condemned art — a pop propaganda stratagem to excoriate Jews and Bolsheviks as cultural aesthetes threatening the nation. Editorial Notebook: The Regeneration of ‘Degenerate Art’ 2014-04-25T00:59:21Z He didn’t like implementing his stratagems—the technical aspects of trading—saying later it wasn’t his strength. Hedge fund’s wild side: The man who lost $8 billion 2013-06-01T20:30:00Z The sculptor will resort to any stratagem to achieve his ends, although the conception of this character, with his overweening egoism masking uncertainty about his own future fame, edges into cliché. Review: Doug Wright’s ‘Posterity,’ a Portrait of Ibsen 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Those other formalities, like obtaining clearance from the Vietnamese province chief before you bombed a hamlet, were stratagems to avoid responsibility, because he almost never refused permission. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In fact, Cage forged his own friendship with Duchamp by playing him regularly; they were both fascinated by the complex stratagems of chess, finding them a useful channel for communication. Marcel Duchamp's gift to New York 2013-01-06T17:59:01Z But Mr. Dobson is most galvanizing at ground level, when he’s talking to activists and explaining their stratagems. Books Of the Times: ‘The Dictator’s Learning Curve,’ by William J. Dobson 2012-06-10T20:56:47Z But the re-assertion of differences is more than a dubious political stratagem. The Future by Al Gore – review 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z “In le Carré’s world of cunning stratagems, the question is not only whether they will work but whether they will be worth it, Joseph Finder writes in his review. “ 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z They’re all stratagems to try to get closer to the texture of lived life. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z Never mind that most of us will find little practical use for information on quantum mechanics, the military stratagems of World War II or the private lives of British aristocrats. Can you identify? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z What government officials present as a control measure for anger and suffering is, in fact, an underclass-eradicating stratagem deployed by the élites. Watching “The Purge” in Our Year of Nightmare Politics 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The play’s comic touches also receive their due — most notably Melora Marshall’s antics as the clown Launcelot, and a whimsical musical adaptation of the famous gold, silver and lead casket stratagem to dissuade unwanted suitors. Shylock, revisited, in Theatricum's 'Merchant of Venice' 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Though he was aware of the stratagems mountebanks used to hoodwink the gullible, Crookes was unable to retain a healthy scepticism and indeed became infatuated with Florence Cook, a teenage medium. All that is unseen 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z However, his prey devise stratagems to punish and expose the old reprobate. Review: A wise Mistress Page and a well-rounded Falstaff shine in Seattle Shakes' 'Merry Wives' 2011-04-27T21:33:07Z Whether or not a reader cottons to this stratagem, it levies some costs along the way. The Bohemian Life of the French Composer Erik Satie Imagined as a Novel 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z The stratagems — fake crop circles; dressing as aliens and putting on a show for the camera crews; and, apparently, musical production numbers — grow desperate, much like the humor. Movie Review: ‘Joker,’ a Bollywood Comedy by Shirish Kunder 2012-09-02T21:59:49Z It is not immediately clear how we, being humans, ought to react to such alien stratagems. The Fate of the Self in the Age of Clicks 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z It doesn’t fully succeed and the movie still leans toward the men, their actions and stratagems. ‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Younger siblings are better at empathy and, having much less up-front power, they are better at developing subtle and devious stratagems as ways of holding their own. Who do you think you are? 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z She is as insightful about the stratagems taking shape on the court as she is about the emotional currents in the locker room. In Praise of Doris Burke, Basketball’s Best TV Analyst 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Held each year in multiple cities around the world, the Global Citizen Festival applies the old Live Aid stratagem on an even larger scale. Afropunk and 8 Other Outdoor Concerts to Put on the Calendar 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Indeed, one of the play’s cagey stratagems reduces the father further, to a piece of furniture: an empty recliner with a blue-check blanket, which Louis, now 29, occasionally talks to or curls up in. Review: In ‘Who Killed My Father,’ an Inquest and an Indictment 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z It seemed that perhaps we’d come to accept lip-syncing as a necessary bit of stratagem, given our hunger for instantaneous and collective judgment. Mariah Carey’s Rather Perfect Farewell to 2016 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Further, Mr. Donnellan and Mr. Ormerod employ stratagems they have used in their own first-rate Shakespeare interpretations for their Cheek by Jowl troupe, including the most exciting “As You Like It” I’ve ever seen. ‘Shakespeare in Love: The Play,’ in London 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Dr. Timothy Pylko, a psychiatrist who has worked with Lucas, described some stratagems that interventionists use to persuade people with mental illness to accept treatment as “theater.” A last resort: Families turn to private contractors to help children lost to the street 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Western governments should intensify their scrutiny of such stratagems and penalize them where possible. Opinion | How to make the sanctions on Russia really hurt 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z In this case, the shrinkflation stratagem serves a second purpose by seemingly responding to rising childhood obesity rates. Opinion | Less candy equals more revenue 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The tapes were leaked to hurt Martinez, not chosen by her as a political stratagem. Opinion | ‘Gaffes’ aside, I once assumed GOP goodwill on race. I was wrong. 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z We’ll know more about whether the stratagem accomplished anything when the preliminary injunction case goes to a hearing in December. Meta refuses to give up on campaign to disqualify FTC chair 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z But they acknowledged Mr. Biden looks older than just a few years ago, a political liability that cannot be solved by traditional White House stratagems like staff shake-ups or new communications plans. At 79, Biden Is Testing the Boundaries of Age and the Presidency 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z “Blaming the target” might be less disgraceful than blaming the victim’s lack of firearms — a stratagem difficult to pursue when the victims are fourth-graders. Opinion | Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, NRA 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Today’s autocrats are savvy, with new stratagems fit for a world upended by technological change. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Nothing about the Texas stratagem limits it to abortion rights. Column: Love Texas' SB 8 because you hate abortion? Wait until a copycat law comes for your gun rights 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z "Under the guise of 'opposition research,' 'data analytics,' and other political stratagems, the Defendants nefariously sought to sway the public's trust," says the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida and reported on by CNN. Trump sues Hillary Clinton for tying him to Russia 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z In fact, silencing is now a routine Republican stratagem. LGBTQ kids, raise your voices and make haters hear you 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Also, raptors can’t read, so I am not overly concerned about them finding this post and discovering my brilliant stratagems ahead of time. No one should fear Jurassic World Dominion’s dinosaurs or its raptor infested future 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z If we look at the science—the psychographic segmentation, the influence stratagems that will lead a person to make a decision and the mapping of that—we’ve now transcended what’s possible in that feedback loop. Cyberattack Misinformation Could Be Plan for Ukraine Invasion 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z And if “Station Eleven” relies a little much on coincidence, the Bard of Avon was no stranger to that stratagem. 'Station Eleven,' like the Shakespeare that sustains it, is something of a miracle 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z The first Democratic stratagem: Devalue your own accomplishments. Opinion | The Democrats’ agenda is right. But the strategy’s all wrong. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Otherwise, human rights and democracy serve as buzzwords and stratagems, too easily wielded by a military establishment that believes global problems require military solutions, which in return require half of Congress' discretionary spending. The war Afghanistan was a huge victory — for the military-industrial complex 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z According to what stratagem would many Republicans fight basic health measures to defeat a deadly virus, thrusting the country back into crisis through their own defiant ignorance? Opinion | Why traditional conservatives should root for Biden’s success 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z As I’ve reported before, the branding of progressive programs, especially those proposed by Democrats, as “socialist” is not a new stratagem. Column: Here's why the GOP smears everything it doesn't like as 'socialism' 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z It's possible that sentient robots won't need to devise ingenious stratagems for taking over the world. Artificial intelligence wants you (and your job) 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z They treated Mr. Karger’s boycott not as a stratagem but as a breach of decorum. Opinion | Cancel Culture Works. We Wouldn’t Have Marriage Equality Without It. 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Such laws are a cynical stratagem aimed at depriving unions of resources. Column: Sen. Joe Manchin pushes a sweeping pro-union labor law one step closer to reality 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The top 1% are able to use stratagems unavailable to other taxpayers. Column: Who are the biggest tax cheats? The 1% — and here's how they get away with it 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z "The Apprentice" used TV stratagems to trick Americans into believing Trump was a successful businessman. Impeachment sends Republican senators scrambling: Trump makes the GOP squirm with a flailing defense 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z After a few frantic hours, the stratagem worked, and the migrants were picked up and taken to Sicily. In Dark Times, I Sought Out the Turmoil of Caravaggio’s Paintings 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z This is a familiar stratagem aimed at making it uneconomic to bring so-called tort lawsuits. Column: In GOP proposal, you can't sue employer for giving you COVID — but they can sue you 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z At the same time Xi Jinping, who effectively awarded himself power for life in 2017, was moving China inexorably away from the “peaceful rise” stratagems of his presidential predecessors. Bullying Xi, predatory Trump: where does Britain turn in a divided world? 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z The United States calls these stratagems by another name — political warfare. Perspective | Putin still plays by the ruthless rules of the Cold War. Because Trump lets him. 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Olmedo Álvarez thinks the organism may offer a glimpse of the stratagems used by early microbes to adapt to their new environment. Pools in the Mexican desert are a window into Earth’s early life 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Among their stratagems is the invention of categories of abuse for their opponents, to convey with a single label why such people should not be trusted to have India’s interests at heart. How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Nor is the climactic battle scene that will hinge on a one-chance-in-a-million stratagem. Review | ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ may give fans what they want, but not what the story needs 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Democrats should not be dissuaded by any of these stratagems, although from Trump’s perspective, they offer a chance for avoiding the humiliation of impeachment and a bipartisan majority in favor of impeachment in the Senate. Opinion | Trump’s terrible tactics for avoiding the inevitable 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z "Fear nothing that they try to do, fear nothing of their schemes and their stratagems," he said. Three Brexit champions hammer home PM's message 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Another case, he said, involved the time-honored stratagem of getting the right jury and a twist on a line from the English poet Alexander Pope, “Wretches hang that jurymen may dine.” James Robertson, federal judge who took stand against warrantless surveillance, dies at 81 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Critics called this stratagem “greenmail” and condemned it for ignoring the interests of employees, customers and management. T. Boone Pickens, Texas oil tycoon who led legendary corporate raids, dies at 91 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z It was precisely that stratagem that brought his downfall. Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z These slimy stratagems attracted the attention of the Department of Justice. A Racist in the White House 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Speaking to parliamentary supporters in the capital, Ankara, on Tuesday, Erdogan employed a favorite rhetorical stratagem: turning accusations of wrongdoing back at his accusers. Many in Turkey see voiding of Istanbul vote as latest sign of Erdogan's autocracy 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z One stratagem they did not apparently resort to was sneaking across the Mexican border between checkpoints—the gaps that a wall would fill. Trump Says That His Wall Will Stop Opioids—Two High-Profile Legal Cases Suggest That He’s Wrong 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z But he had a reputation among colleagues as a skilled political tactician adept at using procedural stratagems to cool the passions of hot-button issues. John C. Culver, Iowa Democrat who served in House and Senate, dies at 86 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Deducing that the Tesla Model 3 was running on Autopilot, the officers called for backup and prepared to employ a stratagem. CHP uses Autopilot to stop a Tesla Model 3 with a sleeping driver at the wheel 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z A massive change in economic policy was avoided — not by some brilliant stratagem — but by swiping a piece of paper and trusting in Trump’s minuscule attention span. Opinion | We are a superpower run by a simpleton 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z But she knows that he is probably sitting in his cell, playing a similar game of conjectural chess, trying to anticipate how she will react to his stratagems. How a Notorious Gangster Was Exposed by His Own Sister 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Long Beach officials say that’s just what happened when they used the mathematics lesson plans and teaching stratagems from one particular middle school at other schools. California Editorial Rdp 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Parker had brought a corporate stratagem to the public sector, with troubling results. A Crisis Management Guru Bungles a Crisis 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Decades after the Cleveland Indians used a defensive shift against the slugger Ted Williams, Major League Baseball is inching closer to legislating against that stratagem. Rob Manfred Addresses the Shift, Gambling and That Viral Terry Collins Video 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z So it seems likely the behavior is an active fungal stratagem to improve its reproductive potential. Zombie Cicadas' Bodies Are Literally Falling Apart 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z To be sure, various objections could be made to the Sirica stratagem. Opinion | How the courts — not Congress — could protect Mueller’s investigation 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Longtime U.S. champion Frank Marshall was legendary for his late-game swindles, saving a hopeless position with an ingenious stratagem just when all seemed lost. A Hail Mary leads to answered prayers at the chessboard 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Restrictive voter-ID laws and other such stratagems are the GOP’s main means of fighting the electoral consequences of long-term demographic trends empowering minorities and other constituencies that tend to favor Democrats. Opinion | Trump’s voter fraud panel is gone, but the threat isn’t 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z It’s yet another stratagem a la the soda tax, etc., to pick pockets to fund an ever more bloated city budget. Seattle income tax: ‘Ill-advised’ 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The stratagem is that by allowing full “cost recovery” for those plants, the government is helping to keep them economically viable whereas normal market forces might have led to their closure. Radical Proposal Would Prop Up Coal Power Industry 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The Republican establishment, like the House of Lords a century back, has the feel of a fated and superannuated institution that no stratagem can save. Men of honor such as Jeff Flake should stay and fight 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z As with earlier versions of AlphaGo, DeepMind hopes Zero will act as an inspiration to professional human players, suggesting new moves and stratagems for them to incorporate into their game. DeepMind’s Go-playing AI doesn’t need human help to beat us anymore 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Rather, they’re often recruited as independent contractors through third-party staffing agencies — a common and increasingly transparent stratagem for companies looking to slash labor costs and skirt the obligation to proffer worker benefits. Silicon Valley’s techno-capitalists have a low-wage worker revolt on their hands 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z It is not the result of some bold, secret, Nixonian foreign policy stratagem — the most laughable possible explanation. Opinion | Trump’s breathtaking surrender to Russia 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The story, though, with its muddled layers of stratagem and longing, remains opaque. Isabelle Huppert enlivens otherwise flat theatrical exercise 'False Confessions' 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z A stratagem effectively employed against a large and cyber-conscious company could also be successfully directed against critical U.S. infrastructure. Opinion | Don’t underestimate the cyberthreat from Syria and North Korea 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z It is a stratagem grown so common that one can foresee a day when no one will bother to think up original characters at all anymore or write about anything but show business. Light on laughs, TV Land comedy 'Nobodies' offers up familiar show-biz premise 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z In fact, everything – like the stratagem of the handmaids – has happened somewhere before. Dystopian dreams: how feminist science fiction predicted the future 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z More astute police try this stratagem, to get offenders to agree with each other’s confessions, even in part, thereby implicating themselves. Anita Cobby murder: 'Everyone in the car that dreadful night had a passport to doom' 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z “That’s why I do this,” Mr. Willis said in the “Haters” video, referring broadly to his stratagems. Unhappy Customers Make Him Happy, and Rich 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Come to think of it, Casey’s stratagem to slip Wakefield back into the game was better than the goofy stuff being proposed now. Soccer and Baseball Just Can’t Leave Well Enough Alone 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Nor am I joining the chorus of incessant video pundits clamoring for you to pivot from voter-resonating slogans to Presidential policy stratagems. Gerald Levin to Donald Trump: 'Have You No Sense of Decency?' 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Vietnam’s prime minister has dismissed revelations of party corruption as “despicable stratagems by hostile forces” and pursued a policy of aggressive prosecutions of journalists and bloggers. Yes, Donald Trump is free to dismiss the press. But that spells trouble | Suzanne Nossel 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z For Trump’s stratagem to work, foreign leaders must continue to believe that he’s erratic and prone to irrational overreaction. The Daily 202: Donald Trump embraces the risky ‘Madman Theory’ on foreign policy 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z It was while working as an economist in the Truman administration that Professor Schelling became intrigued by the stratagems and negotiating ploys that he observed in international bargaining. Thomas C. Schelling, Master Theorist of Nuclear Strategy, Dies at 95 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z In a carefully planned stratagem executed without so much as a hint to Lee, Joe has named his brother to be Patrick’s guardian, a scenario that shocks both uncle and nephew. Casey Affleck's searing performance cuts deep in Kenneth Lonergan's 'Manchester By the Sea' 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z To publicly suggest otherwise, Lawrence wrote, is merely a "stratagem" calculated to win the women's vote. A Lady for President? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump was particularly proud of a stratagem he employed in 1982, when he was trying to entice Holiday Inn to invest in a casino he was building in Atlantic City. Trump Business Career Shows Persistent Patterns in Bending or Breaking the Truth 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z The winner’s final stratagem is diabolical, which is both amusing and apt. ‘Cold War 2’: A satisfyingly low-key tale of intra-police rivalry 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Some cosmologists say that this was more of a necessary stratagem than a well-justified assumption. Expansion of early Universe modelled in unprecedented detail 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Hello Fresh had the best packaging stratagem by far — everything I needed for each meal was placed naked into one of three smaller cardboard boxes, inside the big cardboard box. I spent 5 weeks eating meals planned for me by startups 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z His bawdy remarks at the Makati business forum did not woo the suited brigade looking for a sober stratagem for long-term growth. How Rodrigo Duterte Got to the Brink of Philippines Presidency 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Not only was this a personal inclination, but the stratagems developed for dealing with the civil rights crisis seemed to demand it, and the prevailing prosperity promised to permit it. How the Great Society Reforms of the 1960s Were Different From the New Deal 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Moreover, the U.S. turned to supporting terrorism as a Cold War stratagem before things got started in Afghanistan. Put the blame where it belongs: Bush, Reagan, Kissinger and the real history of the rise of ISIS 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z It was all a devious stratagem by the dastardly British to make themselves look good in the eyes of the world and keep the Irish from rebelling one more time. Wealthy Irish rebel of 19th century who fought in his homeland and America 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Nothing he has seen since compares to the fist fights, vote-switching and stratagems that spit out Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon as the nominees. Donald Trump fuels contested convention fantasies for C-SPAN nerds and political junkies 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z But here’s a preview of some other stratagems Donald will probably try to narrow the rest of the field. Trump’s birther strategy expands 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z It fell to Jeb Bush, who called Trump out again and again, to pronounce this particular stratagem “just crazy.” The GOP candidates’ appalling hypocrisy on Christianity, refugees and war 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Apple still pursues many of the same stratagems. Why the U.S. should cut corporate tax rates 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The last stratagem is so vile most Republicans are in denial about it and the rest are rarely caught on tape. We might really elect a loon: Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and a GOP gripped by wingnut fever 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Potentially even more confounding for the Sunday viewer is the sport’s commitment to secret stratagems. The Comprehensive Illusion of Football 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z It also cautions the party against "endlessly discussing the leadership, spinning destabilising stories in the media, fostering plots and stratagems to remove the incumbent... it will only benefit the Conservatives." Newspaper headlines: Jeremy Corbyn 'looking forward to Labour job' - BBC News 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z But he tempered his raffish ways with stratagems of genteel respectability, which his mother’s presence supported. Why Is “Whistler’s Mother” So Iconic? 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z There has been constant talk of stratagems and counter-stratagems, bluffs and double bluffs. A Point of View: Why Greece and the eurozone aren't playing games - BBC News 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z But in escaping from prison a second time, he opted not to devise some out-of-the-box new stratagem, but to stick with his predictable, and effective, M.O. El Chapo Escapes Again 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z “We want to defend our faith,” one of them said, “against the stratagems that have been devised against it.” ‘It’s not like Argo’: the trials of a tour guide in Iran 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z In February 2015, he denied that he was "busily devising bluffs, stratagems and outside options" using game theory to "improve upon a weak hand". Can game theory explain the Greek debt crisis? - BBC News 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z There is no ball-dominant guard, no coach calling out set stratagems. The Obtuse Triangle 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Rather, it is an appallingly cynical stratagem that pits present profits against the future well-being of humans and other species. Letters to the Editor 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z You keep trying to enable your citizens to vote themselves rich by various stratagems, like unlimited credit to people who don’t deserve credit, which is really a dumb idea. Charlie Munger's 2015 Daily Journal Annual Meeting - Part 2 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Love recommends young adults stay away from a high-rolling stratagem, and find one with a smooth equilibrium. Millennials: How to Become a 401(k) Millionaire 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps more character development or motivation would be beneficial, although the play contains several clever stratagems. A Review of ‘Guadalupe in the Guest Room’ in Red Bank 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Would that he would ever provide such forthcoming analysis of his path-breaking football stratagems. Bill Belichick, The Patriots, and The Big Seep 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z This defense is talented at all three levels; it’s built to simply line up and play, and the Patriots’ stratagem is the ultimate “line up and play” challenge. Seahawks vs. Patriots: National media pump up Russell Wilson, deflate Tom Brady, make early predictions 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z I deduce a stratagem: one thing in thought that is another in reality, forcing a pause in the information tornado of our time. The Timely Sculpture of Rachel Harrison | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z But, more importantly, owning your small press means that you’re allowing others to benefit from these stratagems. When Photographers Become Self-Publishing Companies 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In The Daily Beast two days before Thanksgiving, Clive Irving described airlines’ sophisticated, inch-by-inch stratagems to “engineer you out of room,” and they sounded like experiments in orthopedic torture. Just Plane Ugly 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z There’s the middle-aged woman whose lungs are failing and who refuses to wear her oxygen mask, whose terrifying breathlessness defies the brand-new resident’s stratagems on his first night in the hospital. Three books by doctors on greed, empathy and end-of-life care This stratagem enabled the Wild Weasel aircraft to damage or destroy enemy defenses and to divert attention away from other U.S. forces. James E. McInerney Jr., major general who received the Air Force Cross, dies at 84 Second, Chinese technocrats can resort to even more state stimulus, but that stratagem has already lost much of its effectiveness. "Dangerous Scenario": Strong Dollar To Take Down Weak China 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z We should resist political stratagems that depend on meek acceptance, and choose our values instead. Guest: Debate climate policies without undue influence from people like Tom Steyer 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The stratagem was a personal success for Potemkin. IBM's Potemkin Prosperity 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z As for the UK’s David Cameron, although he likes to sound Churchillian, the London financial district is probably already working 24/7 to devise stratagems to get round the EU’s attempts to isolate Russian banks. The EU's New Russia Sanctions Look Tough, But How Rigorously Will They Be Enforced? 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z It involves hundreds of skillful moves and stratagems, yet each team averages only a dozen shots, and the outcome is decided by several quick and often random events. Soccer, a Beautiful Game of Chance 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z When not fighting to keep the world from ending, Ford is shepherding lost children out of peril — the cheesiest stratagem for an audience’s sympathy. REVIEW: Godzilla: The Monster Gets a Reboot, and the Filmakers Booted It 2014-05-11T05:00:13Z As is the noun honey trap, a stratagem by which an attractive woman entices a weak and foolish man into revealing information. Oxford English Dictionary Adds ‘Bestie,’ ‘Crap Shoot,’ ‘Bathroom Break’ 2014-03-13T19:07:17Z The poll's headline findings suggest that, if anything, the "no" side's stratagem has not only failed to deliver any immediate boost to the Unionist cause, but has actually backfired. Polling analysis post-currency speech 2014-02-20T11:29:12Z In that light, one wonders whether Donziger’s stratagems, while seemingly clever, really serve the long-term interests of his clients. Did Chevron's Lawyers Double-Cross the Oil Company? 2014-02-19T10:55:09Z Any number of thrillers or action movies should convince us that the first and most important stratagem in defeating an enemy is getting inside his fortress or camp. Why drug discovery is hard - Part 3: Vacuum cleaners that make Sir James Dyson weep 2014-01-12T13:45:05.980Z Based on his research, Wang does support some tools and stratagems for a home campaign against bedbugs. Bedbugs! Many DIY methods of getting rid of them don’t work, but some do. 2013-11-25T21:41:20Z Rivals base their moves on the assumption that America will head off their wilder stratagems. Economic power: Time to pay the piper 2013-11-21T16:03:55Z Everyone has their own sort of stratagems for staving off the human condition. Moby on Innocents, Failure and L.A. Traffic 2013-08-27T11:05:25Z Sharapova There was a time not so long ago that clay court tennis demanded patience and guile, and the accepted stratagem was a war of attrition. Straight Sets: Breaking It Down: Williams vs. Sharapova 2013-06-10T04:02:17Z It also points to the Sri Lankan government's "stratagem of intimidation", including "control of visas to sanction staff critical of the state". UN 'failed Sri Lanka civilians' 2012-11-13T14:03:39Z Several readers wrote to suggest a stratagem for dealing with sales reps who claim to have run out of stock when customers make clear that they want the hardware and nothing else. The Haggler: Blowing the Whistle on Foot Locker Returns - the Haggler 2012-09-22T20:28:58Z "The stratagems - fake crop circles; dressing as aliens and putting on a show for the camera crews; and, apparently, musical production numbers - grow desperate, much like the humor," Mr. Webster wrote. India Ink: Aliens With Dance Moves and the Midas Touch 2012-09-03T05:51:30Z This 'hitchhiker' stratagem has also hindered scientists' quest to fully understand how HPV triggers the development of cervical cancer. Pathology: Three questions 2012-08-29T17:51:27.637Z They both seem more comfortable twisting the arms of wavering colleagues and scouring the rule book for new stratagems than they do courting public opinion. Lexington: The very odd couple 2012-06-28T15:03:25Z Farmer, meanwhile, said he had been "cajoling, guilt-tripping, begging and employing all of the usual Catholic stratagems" to get the project moving. Architect designs a beacon for health care in Haiti 2012-05-26T04:34:00Z But after all, in love and war, every stratagem is fair, they say; and I'll work for him, that I will. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z If they have seen me once, they are quite surprised if I cannot remember all about them, and often I have to resort to stratagem to find out their names without exposing my forgetfulness. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z While a military clique may one day challenge or even overthrow Kim Jong-un, the notion that the military wields a veto now is a mirage that plays into North Korea’s stratagems. Op-Ed Contributor: Why North Korea?s Rocket Mattered 2012-04-14T00:38:29Z Once he lost his weapon, or tool, and with it his power, by stratagem however he regained both. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Give me a woman, after all, for stratagem. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z If this be the true view, the stratagem of Jonathan had availed nothing; the plain truth would have served the purpose no worse. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The stratagem succeeded, and the British made a rush for their boats, leaving their killed and wounded behind. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z It probably saved more battles than if, by stratagem or superior force, General Brown had succeeded in capturing Drummond's entire army. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Again he joined the Earl of Cumberland in 1591 on an expedition directed against Spain, off the coasts of which he successfully took two caravels by one of the stratagems for which he was famous. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Doubtless they would have all been hanged but for a stratagem of Brasiliano, which saved their lives. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Hence the earnest conversation which the two friends had on the subject; and hence the curious but crooked stratagem by which they tried to find out the truth. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Remus was taken by the stratagem of these shepherds, and dragged to Alba as a robber. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z At last the lover had recourse to stratagem, disguised himself as an aged crone, entered Pomona’s garden, and inquired how it happened that such a very charming young woman should remain so long unmarried. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z This just suited Monson, who had a particular aptitude for stratagem. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Nuñez emerged like an apparition from his cask, to the great surprise of Enciso, who had been totally ignorant of the stratagem. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z To escape this stratagem, the sovereigns decreed that, immediately after the death of a prelate, the ring and crozier should be transferred to his successor only in investing him. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z By a clever stratagem Trentham wrecks the German raider and outwits the crew, who make an attack on his party. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z Men and chiefs, impatient of further delay, now joyfully hailed Ulysses’ proposal to take the city by stratagem. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Monson, when an old man, used to chuckle over his boyish share in this exploit, and includes it among “stratagems to be used at sea” in his “Tracts.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z It was part of a preconcerted stratagem to insure the surprise and destruction of the garrison. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z This stratagem succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectation of the New Lights. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z And but for a clever stratagem on the part of two brothers, members of that band of intrepid young nobles who so ardently supported their valiant leader, the Moors might have held out interminably. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z He therefore resolved to have recourse to a stratagem. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z “When we saw their people thus employed,” says Monson,3 “and not to have time to take arms, we suddenly boarded, entered, and took her by this stratagem.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z We must on this occasion use every stratagem in our power to reduce them.” The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Had Frances known of Amy's determination, or even of her contemplated ride, she would not have been walking so quietly along the lane rejoicing in the success of her stratagems. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z Give her time to think of some fresh stratagem! It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z Theseus, who had already heard of the giant’s stratagem, skillfully eluded the danger, and finally caused Sinis to perish by the same cruel death which he had dealt out to so many others. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Monson’s stratagems and rapidity of action paralysed the commanders of the galleys, and the men rowed about wildly to avoid him, not knowing what to do. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z In the midst of the confusion he conceived a masterly stratagem. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z In a word, savage fierceness and brutal strength must not pretend to stand in competition with finesse and stratagem. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z "If I were you, Chief," he said, "I'd try a little stratagem." Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The man swore when he learnt that his customers were suspected to be spies, and readily agreed to remain in the miller's house and await the issue of the stratagem. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z My stratagem might react on myself, and the two, to put an end to this difficulty, agree to put an end to me. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z His warfare is full of ambuscade and stratagem; and he never rushes into battle with that joyous self-abandonment, with which the warriors of the Gothic races flung themselves44 into the ranks of their enemies. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z He taught me all the subtleties of the art; he made me acquainted with all the stratagems and dodges which the intelligent animal employs to baffle these subtle snares and make its escape. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z By this stratagem Mrs. Van Alstine secured, without opposition, all the articles she could find belonging to her, and put them into the sleigh. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z I at last discovered that a German groom, who had charge of the prosperous animal, had recourse to this vile stratagem. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z By this stratagem he succeeded for a time in deceiving the enemy as to his movements. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Thus the dead body might have been carried off either by force or by stratagem; and, perhaps, it had never been deposited in the tomb at all. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z General Draper being informed of this, thought himself justified in availing himself of stratagem. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z In his history of the Conquest of Florida, Mr. Theodore Irving repeats, very interestingly, the story of Juan Ortiz who, with three other Spaniards, fell into the hands of the Indians by stratagem. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z The inhabitants, thus shut up to suffer the pangs of starvation in addition to those of pestilence, made the best of their way out of their prison by every possible stratagem and bribery. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z This is one of their principal warlike stratagems. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) 2012-03-01T03:00:25.290Z It was altogether like thinking by stratagem, and the tension of working against time became so irksome, that he issued a notice to the subscribers that successive numbers would come out when they were ready. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Was he too late?—had his stratagem succeeded? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Meanwhile the General was also thinking, and devising a stratagem by which to frighten away the kidnappers. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z She went to see Sahwah first and Sahwah worked the little stratagem which brought them all down to her house in such a hurry. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z I had managed her by stratagem, and extracted the truth from her under false pretenses. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Antalcidas compelled the Athenians to give their assent to it only by making himself master of the Hellespont by stratagem with the aid of Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z He consulted with his friend, Count Olivarès, embassador from the court of Spain, and they resolved to attempt to obtain by stratagem what had been refused to their prayers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z I retired to my sleeping quarters and slept the sleep of the just, and next morning started in the best of spirits, though continually haunted by the fear that my little stratagem might be discovered. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Buffeting in a sea of knavery, wherein fraud and chicane and stratagem and pitfall boil into a seething broth, what wonder if the true and single-minded grow bewildered and confused? The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z It is one of the most voracious of its tribe, preying indiscriminately upon all who approach it, and who it is enabled, by stratagem or open warfare, to overcome. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z De Beaune was one of the first afterwards committed to the flames; the supposition is natural, that the letter was a stratagem of the king and his ministers. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z They had recourse therefore to the following stratagem. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z But such is this animal's extraordinary fleetness and wind, that a single horse has no chance of outrunning it, or tiring it down; and the hunters are therefore obliged to resort to stratagem. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z When this occurs, the ape has recourse to a stratagem which proves how intelligent he really is, and which makes him appear, as I have said, one of the most amusing and ridiculous of creatures. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z On the occasion of an expedition which Lucero made to Taulan, the Spaniards obtained by a clever plan and stratagem a crowd of captives, both men and women. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century 2012-02-03T03:00:18.817Z The stratagem of the cup was cunningly devised to test their feelings. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z NBC saved the day with a last-minute Friday morning stratagem: playing all its national commercials in “Today’s” higher-rated 7 a.m. hour — meaning its less-watched second hour did not count that day. Networks Resort to Trickery in an Attempt to Lift Ratings 2012-02-02T01:32:30Z Her ingenious stratagems of the evening to discredit the ballad and save her fair fame would be of little avail if the world once got wind of those pretty outpourings of Smilinda's heart. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z Full of chivalry, he at once proposed to sail, although informed that the place was impregnable, and could only be taken by stratagem. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Accordingly they made use of the following stratagem. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century 2012-02-03T03:00:18.817Z A stratagem was suggested, appealing strongly to Spanish superstition, and, as it happened, successfully. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The next day the Buccaneers escaped by a stratagem. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z With the subsequent passage of Ulysses' stratagem in the cave of Polypheme, we shall dismiss the Odyssey, and add a few observations.—Odyss. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The Spaniards, astonished at this apparently passionate desire to be drowned, began slowly to discover the successful stratagem. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z What plans, what projects, what infernal stratagems occasionally bubble up, in the overheated crucible! Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z But when the Buccaneers spread further inland, a body of soldiers was despatched to the coast, to practise a stratagem, and to form an ambuscade. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z But Davis had determined to plunder the island by means of the following stratagem. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z So saying, they went, and in my heart I laugh'd; That by the fiction only of a name, Slight stratagem! The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The wild boars, when much pressed, adopted the same military stratagem as the oxen. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z So a stratagem, most likely invented by the fertile brain of Elias, was decided upon and succeeded admirably. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z The Spaniards, deceived by a stratagem, had expected their approach by the road, and not by the woods. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z But Roderic, suspecting another fiendish stratagem, shook his head, and requested Julian to accept the leadership of the Gothic army himself, as his vows did not permit him to engage any longer in worldly affairs. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Lorimer was watching from behind a screen the working out of his stratagem. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z He at once resolved, by a stratagem, to capture the armadilla, and then the whole fleet would be his own. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z If the loveliest of women will pardon the stratagems I have practised on her unsuspecting mind, I will rise, and rise the happiest of mortals. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z When the terrified messengers returned and told Morgan, he replied, "If Alonso will not let me pass, I will find out a way without him," resolving to use either force or stratagem, and perhaps both. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z The Soldan, however, after the manner of the baffled in romance, broke the rules of the tourney and carried off Onoloria by a stratagem. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Her uniform selfishness, her pitiful cunning, her feeble stratagems to compass baby ends, filled me with unconquerable contempt; a contempt which, indeed, I scarcely strove to repress. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Captain Montbars determined to wait for them there, and to capture them by the stratagem of sending the captured vessel with its Spanish colours out to meet them, as a decoy. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Nizam-el-Moulk humbly kept himself in one corner of the audience hall, awaiting the result of his stratagem. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Afraid of a stratagem, some Buccaneers loaded their muskets with ball, and held themselves ready for any danger. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z But the place was well guarded, and he saw that if he were to penetrate its defences it must be by stratagem and not by fighting alone. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z A new set of stratagems was vainly tried to quiet my obstreperous inviter; and then mamma, as usual, gave up the point. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z On the other hand, the victorious adventurers lost no time in following up their ambush by an ingenious stratagem. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The English, seeing little prospect of conquering him by force, or outwitting him by stratagem, tried to bribe him to their interest. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z On leaving, Davis gave them one of his prize ships, and a quantity of flour, and released the priest who had helped him in his first stratagem. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z But, mark you, in the end all his pernicious wiles and stratagems shall prove ineffectual against the prevailing edge of my sword.” Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Failing to capture the brigand by force of arms, the Government had recourse to stratagem. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z I afterwards got him in by a stratagem. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z In the traditions respecting V�lund, Wieland, or Wayland the Smith, that hero captures a wife by a similar stratagem. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Lady May acquiesced with true feminine sympathy with the baronet's stratagem, notwithstanding an imploring glance from Alice! and Lady Mary Maypol, exchanging a glance with Lady May, expressed equal interest in the Derbyshire thistles. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The King, in dread of his nephew’s popularity and warlike ability, at last had recourse to a stratagem of the most dastardly kind. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z But, now the deed was done, it was necessary to invent a stratagem, for the Roman people were somewhat partial to their warlike king. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z There were no seals visible,—they have retreated before the attacks and stratagems of their insatiate pursuer the seal-hunter, and for a long period have ceased to frequent the island. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z In the use of stratagems and ambuscades he certainly surpassed all other generals of antiquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Paul Davies was, indeed, a man of that genius which requires to proceed by stratagem, cherishing an abhorrence of straight lines, and a picturesque love of the curved and angular. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The stratagem which reduced Namena from a powerful tribe to its present condition of serfdom is worth narrating for the light it throws upon Fijian methods of diplomacy. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z I weave stratagems all night, and watch my time all day, day after day, patiently, to execute them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Whether they credited my narrative or not one cannot say, but they—perhaps wisely—did not seem actually anxious to get me away by stratagem. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Every stratagem will be used by my persecutors and by that portion of the Press which adheres to them to excite a feeling of prejudice against me. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Deceit and stratagem rather than open conduct are their characteristics. The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z Stanley, who was equal in stratagem to an American Indian, played them a trick that night which took all their bravado out of them. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z To win his point at all hazards moved Bismarck to a stratagem worthy of his evil genius. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z We must joyn the Wisdom of the Serpent, to the Innocence of the Dove; and endeavour to compass that by stratagem, which we cannot gain by Argument. Citt and Bumpkin (1680) 2011-12-21T03:00:27.683Z It is well known by its plaintive cry and the stratagems it employs to decoy intruders away from its nest, or rather eggs. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z In short, while there is anything expected of him, while there are spectators to be fooled, the stratagems of the fellow prove inexhaustible. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z He, therefore, had resorted to stratagem, and caused it to be reported that Stanley was going to come and live among them. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z I was desirous to have one of them, and resorted to stratagems learned years ago in the days when I used to snare rabbits and net pigeons on the old farm in New England. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z As time went on, my steady intention to remove our family into the country, and my other plans of reform, roused my domestic antagonists to various pettifogging stratagems. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z He must have felt that he had been duped out of his own will by the cunning stratagem of his unrelenting paramour. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Shakespeare says, "The man that hath no music in himself is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils." Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, on H. R. 11943, to Amend Title 60, Chapter 3, of the Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to Copyrights May 2, 1906. 2011-12-08T03:00:30.010Z The unfortunate wife employed it as a stratagem, indeed, that she might provide for her own safety. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z The wolf even contrives to get the better of his natural enemy, the dog, using stratagem and cleverness in the place of strength. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z As the roads were guarded, he invented the following stratagem: he prepared a hare by cutting open the belly without further injury to the skin, inserted a letter, and then again closed the opening. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z The next day, a downpour of rain just at the critical moment—when game and other wild beasts are returning to their lairs—obliterated every rastro, and a fresh stratagem had to be employed. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He related with senile malice a past of struggles in the huerta, a past of ambuscades and stratagems, and of complete contempt for the life of one's fellow-beings. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Some mysterious consultations are there, bent on merciful conspiracies and Heaven-approved stratagems. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z A mere sneaking stratagem of priestly artifice, held out as an alluring but offensive bait. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Claire, driven to bay, did what her sex is sometimes held by a few renowned cynics as having a special talent for doing; she employed stratagem. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z As their enemy had the advantage in numbers, they adopted a stratagem devised by Ḥárith. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Having failed to obtain her by offering all he was worth, he sought to effect his object by stratagem. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The Duke Theodomir, unlike most of his peers, offered a strenuous resistance to the Moslem arms, and when defeated in battle and besieged in Orihuela, succeeded by a stratagem in preserving his territory. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z It will be seen that the stratagem of Goëzman was baffled and his crime cruelly punished.” Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z The stratagem brought down Papandreou, now set to hand over to an interim leader to run an emergency government with the power to enact austerity measures and pave the way for new elections. EU Eyes December Start for Bigger Fund, Pressures Greece 2011-11-09T06:17:00Z The stratagem brought down Papandreou, who prepared yesterday to hand over to an interim leader to run an emergency government with the power to enact austerity measures and pave the way for new elections. EU Eyes December Start for Bigger Fund, Pressures Greece 2011-11-08T04:56:00Z The writer, from whom Mrs. Bowdich quoted the above story, gives a graphic account of the success of a stratagem he employed to rid himself of the unwelcome visits of his monkey friends. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The stratagem brought down Papandreou, who prepared today to hand over to an interim leader to run an emergency government with the power to enact austerity measures and prepare the way for new elections. EU to Roll Out Bigger Rescue Fund, Keeps Pressure on Greece 2011-11-07T22:49:01Z The stratagem brought down Papandreou, who prepared today to hand over to an interim leader to run an emergency government with the power to enact austerity measures demanded by the euro area. EU Seeks Time on Fund Boost, Demands Cuts in Greece, Italy 2011-11-07T17:48:29Z Through these scenes and other skillfully deployed stratagems, like using Tesla to narrate events, the playwright cogently distills a complex story. | New Jersey: Edison and Tesla Spat in ?The Dangers of Electric Lighting? ? Review 2011-11-06T00:42:48Z Forgetting God's ability to protect his wife, he has recourse to the same stratagem which, years before, he had adopted in Egypt. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Even now he could scarcely realize that his stratagem had succeeded. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z This stratagem against the south was admirably executed throughout the 12th and until the afternoon of the 13th, when it was too late for Santa Anna to recover from his delusion. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z In the meantime the master would make several efforts, both by force and stratagem, to regain his lost authority. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z As these symptoms denoted an unusual extremity of distress, Tracy felt the strongest desire to administer some relief to the sufferers; but by what stratagem to accomplish his purpose it was not easy to discover. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Yielding, I know there's no excuse in them— I was accomplice to the stratagem. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z Then in her purse by stratagem I thrust some bills of small amounts— She'll think she had forgotten them, And smile again at her accounts! Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z In the morning the Britons set forward along the same road with their prisoners, and were now approaching the place in perfect ignorance of the cunning stratagem of the enemy. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z When you saw his 221 eyes, all full of perils and stratagems and deceits, all for her sake, you know you longed to have a man do all that for you! The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z But Tracy was active, and making a leap, he eluded the stratagem. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Deep in her heart, however, was the conviction that she had strength enough to resist had she chosen; that a single cry would have sufficed to thwart a desperate stratagem. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z But let us say that the young man is bold and ingenious, and bethinks him of a stratagem whereby to make acquaintance with the damsel. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Brutus was pleased with this stratagem of Corineus, who according to his engagement got out cunningly with three thousand men, and put himself under the covert of the woods. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Formerly she had seen stratagems in his eyes; now, as he dipped the umbrella for a moment and stood full in the light of another lamp, she looked only into grave, candid depths. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Without being a partisan, his sympathies are decidedly on the popular side, and the clearness of his judgment cannot be blinded by any of the feints and stratagems in which the period abounded. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z His usual foes are Bolivia's white, conservative economic elite in the east, whose stratagems he's almost always overcome while emerging politically stronger. Bolivia's Long March Against Evo Morales: An Indigenous Protest 2011-10-18T22:20:00Z She had heard of lovers' stratagems in plenty; she knew of one or two of such that had been resorted to in this same quiet town of Stratford. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z This night I design to invade the camp of the Greeks, and fall upon them unawares, but am afraid of being hindered in the attempt if the watch should discover the stratagem. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z This strange stratagem would seem incredible, if we had not on record one or two occasions on which it was actually practised. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Our foes are too near us, and too well mounted, to make it by any means certain we shall escape them,—unless by stratagem.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z That the Commanders were suspicious, considering the stratagem Prevost had practised after being summoned, is not strange. Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review 2011-10-11T02:01:07.053Z Though Tatius had been the last, he was not destined to be the least of those taking part in the Sabine war; and he determined to rely less on strategy than stratagem. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z After several stratagems had been considered, he judged it most feasible, to impose upon the nation by making show of peace. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Your affairs are now put into an excellent posture, thank your incomparable discretion; this was a stratagem my shallow wit could never have reached, to make a confident of my rival. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z But in this I see none, unless, indeed, it could be accomplished by stratagem. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Rushing to the edge of the cliff the four defenders gazed upon the result of their stratagem. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z When his monastic revenues proved inadequate to satisfy her caprices, he ran into debt, and when his credit was exhausted, he had recourse to stratagems to obtain money from his mother. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z A fifth shall succeed those that are slain, and by various stratagems shall destroy the rest. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Thanks to this diplomatic stratagem, Jacob joined them, and engaged in a lively conversation. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z This point he had expected to take by stratagem and would no doubt have succeeded but for the betrayal of the plot by an Ojibway maiden who was in love with the British commandant. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z So it was finally agreed that stratagem, not force, must be resorted to, in the first place, at all events. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z In Sterling-speak, all batters who reach base with no outs should be moved over one base, and managers, or players, who do not follow this stratagem incur the host’s contemptuous ire. Voice of Yankees Draws High Ratings and Several Critics 2011-10-01T16:50:12Z At this unexpected, though much desired meeting, they spent some time in joyfully embracing each other, and then began to consider various stratagems for their delivery. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z The insulted sovereign thus freed the people, for a time, from the artful stratagems and devices arising from the charnel house of oppression. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z From this it may be inferred that the Theseion was at no great distance from the Propylaea, though sufficiently removed for the success of the stratagem. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z I never knew whether his vodka had been stolen, or whether it was only a stratagem invented to save us. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z And not only the father but the fifteen brothers and their spouse laughed at the stratagem and were happy.... The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The police, goaded by ridicule and incensed at the way they had been made game of, were undoubtedly exerting every effort and using every trick and stratagem to ensnare their quarry. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Geoffroy, foreseeing their certain destruction if they remained in the hands of the revolutionists, determined if possible to secure their liberty by stratagem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z "I'm not going to get angry at a matter which doesn't concern me; but on great occasions it seems to me that stratagem is often better than valor." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z I was by no means free from suspicion of some new stratagem of Elinor; for, fatigued with concealment, I was then publicly at my house upon Bagshot Heath, where the note had reached me. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z When she wearied of their eagerness to love her, she devised a stratagem. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Have you developed my stratagem to surprize you by a view of what, perhaps, you thought impossible, something curious, and worthy of attention, though more antique than myself?' The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z No! he shall see that she is frank without weakness, and free from every species of dissimulation or stratagem.' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z The success of this stratagem appears to have been complete. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Assure yourselves that you will never devise any stratagem that will turn me from my purpose; though you may render ridiculous in its execution, what in its conception was sublime. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z But the Prince had used a stratagem, and had caused the steps to be covered with cobbler’s wax. Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z He was obliged, therefore, to join the expedition against Troy, but he never forgave Palame´des for having exposed his stratagem. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z He meditated for whole days how to effect this; he formed plans, he framed stratagems. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z By means of the stratagem she had first employed, she never failed to be present when her father was so mysteriously recalled to life, and then dismissed again into the shadowy border-land of death. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z But I always suspected it was a stratagem on his part to avoid playing, and that nothing really ailed him. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z If Boguslav were here, surely I should find more than one; but at that distance, not only a stratagem, but a cannon will not strike. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The giants at one time obtained his hammer, and he was obliged to use a very singular stratagem to recover it. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Along the road Lusnia was framing plans and stratagems, which in his opinion Pan Adam should adopt if he wished to outwit the enemy in fact and successfully. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The greatest poet and dramatist the world ever knew says that whoever "has not music in his soul is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils." Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z "You used to blame the stratagem," said Charles, "and now——" "It is accomplished," she put in. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z My head has been working since May over stratagems, and I have never racked it over anything in vain. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Ulysses was sent to discover his retreat, which he effected by the following stratagem. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z That was the so-called "method with Tartars," in which each side vied with the other in stratagems, tricks, and ambushes. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z A stratagem sometimes employed was to place letters in the midst of a bundle of paper and sticks of wood, the freight of the bundle being less than the postage on the letters it contained. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z He apprehended that without following the purpose of the stratagem. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z "What are stratagems good for?" exclaimed Pan Michael; "the sabre is the main thing." The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Of course I used stratagems innumerable, and more than once she went half-way to meet me, but the long desired t�te-�-t�te never came to pass. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Mr. Pennington reports to me on the work of the linemen; Mr. Barrett advises me each day as to the backs; Mr. Wells is my authority on—er—stratagem.” The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z No, madam, I'll consult my own safety, for the sake of yours; I'll work by stratagem: have you courage enough to stand the appearance of them? The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z They knew that there was no lack of adroit reason and stratagem in Zagloba, but they did not suppose him to be such a statesman and judge of public questions. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Here both young men sprang to their feet and asked,— "Have you any stratagems?" The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z He will delight in flouting us, should the thought cross his brain that we are practising some coarse and foolish stratagem. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z In every chamber there was to be found some pretty decorative stratagem whereby a maximum of graceful and even brilliant ornamentation had been won from a minimum of pecuniary expense. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z I have since honourably resolved not to be guilty of facetiousness when we are married, but at the moment I was rather pleased with my little stratagem. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z My head is somehow heavy, and I cannot think out a stratagem. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z But do you think it is as easy to take a stratagem out of the head as a sabre out of the sheath? The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z His behaviour in this situation marked the cunning and malignity of his mind, so that he was always attempting some mischief either by violence or stratagem. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z When she looked back to judge of the success of her stratagem, the three brown babies were invisible in the grass, but the white one could be seen all over the field. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Puck had made a pretence of living at the shop, but this stratagem did not avail for long. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z When strength and bravery are of no avail, he escapes through stratagem. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z I must talk with him too; from what he tells me of the person and ways of Prince Boguslav, stratagems may be important. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The wolf at first started off as though he had decided to depend upon speed to save his pelt, disdaining to employ his usual stratagem, and the hounds gained but little upon him. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z By this stratagem, they surprised, and, with the loss of five men, became masters of a ship mounting 36 guns, which was victualled and stored for a long voyage. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z I was gathering my wits for another stratagem, the which might take him off his guard, when suddenly, and to my great amaze, he leaped aside from my attack and sprang behind a tree trunk. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z He is as capable of stratagems as the wagon on which he is sitting. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Tell me, have you ever come into evil plight yourself with Zagloba's stratagems? The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z A man of plots and stratagems, he was always more or less suspicious of others. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Still there remained the castle to be passed; which he effected without loss, by a stratagem which deceived the Spaniards from their guard. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Lacking him and his stratagem we might still be hammering at the walls of Tournoy and our whole campaign be sore delayed.” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z "Well," said Zagloba, "we have gained time anyhow, and perhaps a chance will serve us, and some stratagem may come to my head." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z "Oh, son of Laertes, famous for stratagems!" exclaimed the Prince of Hesse. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z "Never," wrote Lord Howard, "never since England was England was there such a stratagem and mask made to deceive us as this treaty." Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z But before he risked engaging in open war with the natives, he thought it prudent to weaken their means of resisting by what he called stratagem. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z A dozen lusty swordsmen—men still young and light on the feet and with heads to understand a stratagem. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z "He said he would get away by stratagem." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Franklin, who had a relish for practical jokes throughout his life, fell in readily with Ralph's stratagem. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z It happened, however, that the ascent on the side next Mary’s troops was the steepest, and a stratagem suggested by Grange secured the vantage-ground to the Regent. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z A thousand stratagems crowded into Zagloba's head; but for the very reason that they were a thousand no one of them presented itself clearly. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The Abbot, after a searching glance at his host as though he feared some stratagem, quickly mounted, looking eagerly the while for the eye-hole in the wall. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z With much labour and stratagem I contrived to dress you in it, and to drag you along with me. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z He had a stratagem in mind to frighten the enemy. Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z They take horses by stratagem or secretly, by the usual, and to them legitimate, methods of warfare. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z In the mean while he lay in the stable alone, and could in the midst of the quiet night think of stratagems. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z As they rode swiftly through the night Lean Wolf asked White Otter to tell about his daring stratagem against the Crows. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z Dark apprehensions arose within me, that perhaps the powers of hell were more than ever on the watch, and laboured by new stratagems to draw me into destruction. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z You are weak and unable to cope with one, even; so bear in mind that your best way of helping her we love is by stratagem.” Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z They make a fair pretence; it is a stratagem to send you to the hotel to sleep. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z You have no lack of stratagem, but he is more cunning. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z They wondered if he were trying to fool them with some wily bit of stratagem. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z In order to do this, he used finesse and stratagem. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z The only thing he could decide upon was that they should endeavour to find out the convicts’ plan, and then try, by stratagem, to deliver their prisoners. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z It must be confessed that these old soldiers of the Empire had a diabolical talent for stratagem! The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z Only with such an army, old and trained, could the prince use such stratagems, and feign flight which in any other ranks might become real. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The Sioux suddenly realized that the wild flight of the Blackfeet had been a clever bit of stratagem to deceive their foes. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z I believe a better planned or more successful stratagem was never practised. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z No, they must use stratagem, and that too as soon as the night fell; for it seemed that it would be practicable to elude the convicts’ vigilance, and to take the prisoners from amongst them. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z Not to be balked, he resolved, as a last resort, to try if he could accomplish by stratagem what he had failed to do openly. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z If a pig lay here in this stable, he would have more stratagems than I, for they would not tie him crosswise to a sabre. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z He realized that if the bold stratagem failed, the warriors with the ponies were doomed. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z He preferred accomplishing his objects by stratagem and in secrecy rather than by open force. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z He had more than once stood in wonder at the apparent absence of their usual stratagems and devices. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z On her face was an expression of shy, discreet triumph as of one who has gained a victory by stratagem. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z But after a while Zagloba thought that if he had his hands and feet free, he might more easily use some stratagem. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Armour for offence, and armour for defence; armour to meet every device and stratagem with which we may be assailed. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z But this was only a stratagem to gain his breath for a moment. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Generally he tries little stratagems to induce Esau to get up, dressing operations having a tendency to quiet him. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z The king's pride is aroused; he despises stratagem; he will and must through the gate, or over the stormed walls, and both of us cannot here be spared. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z You are a man of thought and full of stratagems. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z “Well, as we are here—thanks to your disgraceful stratagem—I suppose we must make the best of it.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z And the only way that I am allowed to administer consolation through the pen is by stratagem. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z In battle, they cannot stand before armed men, therefore their warfare consists more in stratagem than bravery, and in attacking, seizing, and escaping with all speed. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z This little stratagem answered perfectly, and at once brought her near to the solitude for which she was pining. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z But now there are too many of us for stratagems and too few for defence. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Although the prices of admission to most of the Paris theatres are moderate, they are occasionally raised by illegitimate stratagems. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Having obtained a considerable booty by these two stratagems, he returned to his companions, where he was received with great applause; and, as a mark of their respect, seated him next the king. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z I have seen the Editor of the Mercury, and by a stratagem I became possessed of an advanced copy of the paper. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z From the house came a burst of laughter—Tankerville exultant in some successful stratagem at cards. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z I would rather be alone, for when alone a man trusts to stratagem. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The priest, however, is forced to use stratagem for the indulgence of his passion. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z These successful stratagems gained him high applause and honour in the community of gipsies. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z He therefore decided to carry on, escape by a stratagem if possible, if not, fight in a final bid for liberty. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Some day, when the frost was quite dispelled, they would laugh over it together—over her fears, her innocent stratagems for the accomplishment of her object, Orrin's stateliness, and Roy's blindness to her perturbation. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z And again stratagems began to bustle in his head; but there were so many of them that he could not choose. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z In regard to this Emperor's political career, full of ambition and stratagem, we can only re-echo his dying words to his confessor:—"God must be merciful to kings?" The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Our hero, though a king, was as active in his stratagems as ever, and ready to encounter any difficulty which seemed to promise success. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z In parallel, HCV uses diverse stratagems to mask its surface from antibodies that might neutralize infection. Vaccines: A moving target 2011-06-13T13:20:41.413Z Hitherto, the modern writers who have appealed to a public less prejudiced than that of young girls and upper-form boys have resorted to a laborious stratagem the hypocrisy of which is displeasing to me. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Finally Hmelnitski determined to try negotiations, with the idea too that in the mean while he might accomplish something by stratagem. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z "Heavens!... thought I had a swap for a cup of coffee," she said, beginning to laugh again at the thought of her exploded stratagem. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Mr. Carew being in the town of South Molton, in Devonshire, and having been ill-used by an officer there called the bellman, resolved on the following stratagem by way of revenge. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z I immediately proceeded to join my mistress, and congratulate her on the complete success of our stratagem. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z You'll hold him as hostage for his sister's favor—fair stratagem, I suppose. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z Zagloba exerted himself savagely, and was continually inventing new stratagems which the little knight put into practice at once; both of them consoled the princess as best they could. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z She knows the insides of pawn-shops, has secret treaties with tradesmen and by a hundred stratagems procures herself presents which may be converted into cash. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The forlorn hero had recourse to one of those prompt and petty stratagems in which he was often so dexterous. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The manner in which this stratagem had been accomplished came gradually to light. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z My nearness to her person would frustrate no stratagem, nor promote any other end than my own entanglement in the same fold. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z With my stratagem I have already brought him to challenge us. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z But since they were in the perpetual use of stratagems and artifices, it was allowable, he thought, to wield the same arms. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Did some Jew introduce himself into the city with that artifice, that pickpocket stratagem of which the Arabs and the peasants of Egypt and Palestine give, even in our days, astonishing examples? The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z The father might be sick, and what opposition could be made by the daughter to the stratagems of violence of midnight plunderers? Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Hence, her stratagems to undermine the reputation of my protector, and to bereave him of domestic comfort, were subtle and profound. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z He acted wisely, for in that region the only help is in stratagem. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z His companions believed that he was planning some wily stratagem to deceive his foes. Three Sioux Scouts 2011-05-27T02:00:18.760Z This was the same stratagem that killed off almost all subprime lenders when the Russian debt crisis rocked the world’s financial markets in 1998. It Teetered, It Tottered, It Was Bound to Fall Down 2011-05-21T17:46:40Z She intended to invade us, and regarded every stratagem as allowable in her sudden dash upon England, an expedition which promised to result in the most desperate war of modern times. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z There was no fortress, guarded by barriers of stone and iron and watched by sentinels that never slept, to which she might retire from his stratagems. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z For I, to begin with, by stratagem brought him to this, that he challenged us,--do you understand me? With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Having made preparations for the daring stratagem by which he hoped to save the women and children, Red Dog divided his little force into two companies. Three Sioux Scouts 2011-05-27T02:00:18.760Z How the delicate matter was ultimately arranged I forget; but in the end, when he had satisfied all demands made upon him, Giuglini could scarcely have gained much by his too elaborate stratagem. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z All the details of the flight were discussed with ignorant curiosity; accidents were invented which had never occurred; and the stratagems by which pursuit was evaded were described with exact inaccuracy. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z As the foemen lie thick around it, and have also, I doubt not, a strong water-guard, 'tis a matter of stratagem rather than open work. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Neither stratagem, nor treachery, nor evident preponderance availed. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z By persuasion—by stratagem—by force, even, if necessary? Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z But such is its extraordinary fleetness and wind, that a single horse has no chance of outrunning it or tiring it down, and the hunters are therefore obliged to resort to stratagem. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z But he himself had prepared for drastic means, if stratagem had failed. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The Sioux suspected that the crafty Utes had attempted to make them the dupes of a wily stratagem. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z "But what are stratagems for?--and one is now entering my head." With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z But how, how? was the question; what means could she take, what stratagems could she employ, while she was watched by the eyes of Adrian de Meyrand? Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z So there is ample scope for nations outside the region to devise stratagems as they seek to protect their interests. Out with the old? 2011-05-05T07:27:37Z Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z He instantly recognized the unexpected maneuver as a wily bit of stratagem to confuse the Sioux war party. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z We'll join our stratagems to your sabre; and now for it! With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z That is why they would seize me by stratagem and treachery. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Ay, ay: there's no living here with security; this house is so full of stratagem and design, that I must abroad again. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z "No miracle," cried Basil, "no miracle, but a stratagem." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z |
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