| 单词 | connive at |
| 例句 | Painters in particular are often supposed to be either stupid or vapid, and in any event inarticulate, unable or unwilling to explain themselves; some painters connive at this deception. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z A document released to the Scott inquiry revealed how one top FCO official told a colleague: "I confess to innocent reluctance to connive at impeding the course of justice." The arms-to-Iraq court case that became serious miscarriage of justice 2012-10-15T06:00:32Z Jo also accused Washington of "conniving at and fomenting" military strikes at Gaza while "shielding Israel's hideous massacre of civilians." North Korea criticises G7 as 'remnant of the Cold War' 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z "This shows that the U.S. is an accomplice who connived at and fostered Israel's genocide," the spokesman said. North Korea says Israel bombed Gaza hospital, calls US 'accomplice' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z His adoring worshippers would probably be emboldened by this additional proof of the iniquity of the evil forces conniving at the "Great Replacement." Did the Jan. 6 hearings even matter? Maybe to history — but they haven't turned the tide 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “We will not give in to provocations and connive at discussing within the Kimberley Process a critical international issue, which is beyond the scope of the Kimberley Process,” the Russian statement, seen by Reuters, said. U.S. boycotts conflict diamond meetings chaired by Russia 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Lamela, conniving at the tip of the visitors’ midfield diamond, sent a neat pass through to Son, who dragged a shot wide of the far post from 10 yards. Leicester’s fast start continues as James Maddison sinks Spurs with late stunner 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z It is not hard, after all, to picture him conniving at the Congress of Vienna, or plotting murders in the Medici court. The Machiavelli of Maryland: adviser to presidents, prime ministers – and the Dalai Lama | Thomas Meaney 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z On the Hellenic left, it is axiomatic that Greece suffers from being a pawn in western strategic games which connived at military rule from 1967 to 1974. A semi-guided missile 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He added: “If the U.S. administration connives at and patronizes the screening of the film, it will invite a strong and merciless countermeasure.” Intrusion on Sony Unit Prompts a Shutdown of Messaging Systems 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z “If the U.S. administration connives at and patronizes the screening of the film, it will invite a strong and merciless countermeasure.” Inside the Ring: N. Korea on The Interview: Kill Kim? Die, USA! 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z But tourist fun connives at all the flag-waving. Why everyone wants a piece of Antarctica 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z For Jeremy Paxman, though, it is an art form that has "connived at its own irrelevance", as he believes that poets today have stopped talking to the public and are only addressing each other. Jeremy Paxman says poets must start engaging with ordinary people 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z It also pitches him against a U.S.-based Turkish cleric with strong influence in the police and judiciary, accused by Erdogan's backers of conniving at the investigation. Erdogan rallies Turks to thwart 'plot' against nation's success 2014-01-01T15:37:04Z What is to be done now is rendered doubly difficult, and I suppose I must of course connive at your escape. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z How English officers can reconcile it with their honor to connive at such a deception—even though it be to please the Brahmins—I leave them to explain. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z It has been suggested that he willingly connived at this hypocrisy as the only means by which the Elector could obtain money, but Charles Louis' own letters to his mother disprove that view. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z "I think poetry has really rather connived at its own irrelevance and that shouldn't happen, because it's the most delightful thing," said Paxman. Jeremy Paxman says poets must start engaging with ordinary people 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z That he made his escape after being captured, and that I connived at or assisted in it,—I forget which,—you have probably heard. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Thus decidedly does he press God’s command on those whom he had hitherto encouraged or connived at. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z And yet the Lord was with him, and connived at all his baseness! A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Nor was the mode of resistance more honorable—the plunder of private houses, and custom-houses, and mob violence, connived at and unpunished. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z By heavens, I could deal with you for conniving at this, which may earn salt tears from us all, if the savages take it amiss and retaliate on us. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z "You do not forget, ma'am, that this is the same man Major Stapylton was said to have wounded; and whose escape scandal hinted he had connived at, and who now 'does not exist.'" Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Can we with any proper sense of propriety and right connive at falsehood and uphold and strengthen it by our silence and cowardly negligence in failing to expose it? The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The Quakers accused the Presbyterians of conniving at the act of384 murderers, of perverting Scripture for their defence, and of aiding the rioters with counsel and money in their audacious attempt against the public peace. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z It must be admitted that in building a navy the government connived at the building of cruisers, such as the Alabama, in British shipyards, for which they had to pay dearly afterwards. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z This was in defiance of the spirit, if not the letter, of Booth’s promises, and Mr. Smith would not connive at what he considered a deception. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z Her first thought was that the cavasse had come for her husband; he must be bribed therefore to connive at his escape. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Technically the presence of reporters in the gallery is even to-day connived at rather than constitutionally sanctioned. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z He remained neutral, as far as he could, in the quarrel between Henry and Becket, but he at least connived at the rebellion of 1173 and William the Lion’s invasion of England in that year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It added it "was left completely in the dark - it never permitted, tolerated, condoned or connived at this publication, and it rigidly dissociates itself from it". Joyce children's book sparks feud 2012-02-10T12:24:13Z But the gulf continued notwithstanding to swarm with pirates, who were openly encouraged or connived at by the son of Hansraj, who had succeeded his father, as well as by Fateh Mahommed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z "You mean that she lives there in—in—well, in a manner not quite orthodox, and that Lord Level connives at it?" The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z "It is impossible to suspect them of attacking, or conniving at the attack on Lord Level." The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z Who had drawn it, who had connived at its delivery, who had supplied the information buried in the legends of more than three hundred years! The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z There without any declaration of war, in a formal and legal state of peace, hostilities were carried on, openly and yet treacherously, by incursions connived at by the French Government. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Discovering that the Floods, next door, had connived at her enemy’s descent by way of their fire-escape, she included them in the siege by prompt declaration of war upon the whole floor. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z I asked no further questions, being fully satisfied that he connived at the dark deed, which was consummated without delay. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The enraged savage heard of this, and doubtless believing that the missionaries had connived at the elopement—certainly harbored the fugitives against his wish—attacked the station and murdered the missionaries. 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 Quinn and Milczarek were found guilty of conspiring "with any other person for the commission of, or connives at any other person being guilty of, any corrupt or fraudulent practice." 4 British jockeys convicted of race-fixing 2011-12-14T19:45:10Z And yet, be it remembered, our blessed Master never flattered sinners, or connived at sin. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z To keep silence on the non-intervention of Providence would be to connive at the fate of those who come to destruction by such dependence. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z The command was heeded at once; and the merchants, and the officials who had connived at the misdemeanour of removing the bullion, were conveyed under a strong guard to Simancas. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Moreover he obliges—or connives at woman doing likewise, in respect of her allotted part. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z The officials in Buenos Aires itself connived at evasions, and the very governors made great fortunes in partnership with smugglers. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z If the government forbid it, it will be carried on clandestinely; France can more easily connive at a contraband trade than England. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z He uttered loud threats for vengeance on whoever had connived at the escape of his captive, and his roars were so loud that the animals in the jungle trembled with fear. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z It would be mean and shabby to borrow if you refuse to lend, for it would be conniving at a vice which you decline to commit. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z Where they would connive at wrong occurring, I did the wrong with my own hands, and cleared away the evidence of it. Carlyon Sahib 2011-10-23T02:00:21.590Z Could she connive at such a wicked thing? Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Whenever they have defended, or connived at the extortions of the tyrants who have flattered or supported them, they have quoted this imposition as their authority. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z Through his countenance, Sir William was protected, or connived at, in bringing forward certain interludes and operas, even during the rigid sway of fanaticism. 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 "No," faintly answered the queen, "but I connived at it!" 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 Nash, no rank could protect the offender, nor any dignity of situation influence him to connive at a breach of his laws. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z And Roger, who had connived at its resistance, forced it slowly, reluctantly, to do his bidding. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z If Constantius had not directly ordered it, he was thought to have connived at it. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z For conniving at the crimes of notorious robbers, eleven of the detective officers of Moscow have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment—five of them to hard labor in the Siberian mines. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z The Lords Grey and Cobham, Sir Walter Raleigh, two Catholic priests, and several others were accused of conniving at it, and arrested for high treason. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z After a couple of years in prison the authorities connived at her escape, in pursuance it was believed of orders from Versailles. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z Mackenzie made some further inquiries, and found that all sorts of irregularities prevailed, which Stayner in the weakness of his position was fain to connive at. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z He would not desert his principle of toleration; he never ceased to enunciate that to the last; but he would connive at violations of it. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z He would have connived at anything so that he could hold it for the Empire in the hollow of his hand. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z And the Cid replied that he would never render him homage until he had sworn with twelve of his hidalgos who were likewise suspected, that he had not connived at the death of Don Sancho. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z He had an air of having connived at Raridan's fling at them. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z He had connived at many a raid on his father's own preserves—to such a pitch had the quarrel grown between them—and kept our pot boiling with bird and beast. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z The basis on which the jurisdictional power of the Shogun had rested was nothing but the fait accompli connived at and acquiesced in by the Emperor. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Sylvia's been restored to you as the result of your son and Nigel conniving at what you hope and believe to be a crime. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z That in itself was bad enough, but it was made much worse by the knowledge that his beautiful cousin had been conniving at his escapade. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z The Prussians threatened with the galleys whosoever should connive at the flight, as they called it, of these volunteers, whether by giving them money, or supplying them with guides, or by any other means. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z Do you mean to say that you accuse the Countess of conniving at perjury! The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z There exist penal laws against all who do not stand on the side of faith, which Nonconformists as well as Churchmen connive at, profit by, and maintain. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z I am loth to believe that you would wilfully connive at either my 251 capture, or anything that would bring harm to the cause.” Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z If she thus in the first outburst of her anger rejected the idea of bringing punishment upon him, she might, when more composed, be brought to connive at and share his flight. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z He was too Bountifull to his Servants, and either too confident of their Honesty, or too conniving at their Falsehood. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z At Cempoalla he connived at a revolt against Montezuma's tax gatherers. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Did he simply look on, or was he basely conniving at his own dishonour? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z My father has done us the honor of looking us up, to accuse me of conniving at the kidnapping of Mrs. Masterson's boy. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z "Pray do," she begged, "out of pity for poor Frau Willmers, who will have to bear the whole burden of my uncle's displeasure if he should learn that she had connived at our meeting." Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Sooner would I fall on my sword here and now than that I should connive at the giving of information to an enemy which should lead to the destruction of my men.” The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z "Then why did you invent—or connive at the invention of—this story?" A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z De Scavenius had lied again, and I had connived at it. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z “I recognized him at once, and fearing lest, by arresting him, we might do harm to you, or bring to light the secret I had promised to help you keep, I connived at his escape.” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Yet Shakespeare, if he had connived at these publications, could never have revised the press; another evidence of the utter recklessness of the poet of the fate of his dramas. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Why not, she argued, connive at the Englishwoman’s escape, and let it become known that she had fled back to Meerut? The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z "Mrs. Admaston, if that is true, why were you afraid to talk to him upon the night of the 23rd March, and why did you connive at a deliberate lie on the following day?" A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z He is such a decent man, and I shall always be grateful to him, but I was forced to connive at his losing a great 'scoop.' Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z In July, 1782, Lord Shelburne came into office; but he "always complained that the King had tricked and deserted him," and had "secretly connived at his downfall." The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z It cannot be allowed that Joshua, Samuel, or Ezra, could connive at such a deception. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z But they nevertheless connive at the abuse of their names. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z To connive at the perpetuation of slavery is to disobey the commands of Heaven. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z De Montfort also feared the effect this thing would have upon William, if once he learnt that his subject was conniving at an incipient rebellion, which might ultimately threaten the peace of the kingdom. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The book sometimes paints an unflattering portrait of Mr. Gates as ruthless and rude, conniving at times to reduce Mr. Allen’s influence in the company. Seattle Journal: Long After Microsoft, Allen and Gates Cast Shadows Over City 2011-04-27T02:37:07Z Death would be the reward of any of the band who might aid him in escape, or even connive at it—death sure and cruel. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z In countries where armies are raised by voluntary enlistment all kinds of deception and art are practiced by recruiting officers, and connived at by their governments, to induce the heedless youth to enlist. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z It was often connived at by the Governor, and other high officials at Havana, who thus increased their popularity, and their private fortunes. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Many influential Greeks were conniving at the act of brigandage, and matters were at this time in a very disturbed condition in high quarters.—E. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z His minister, Sully, remonstrated against the practice; but the king connived at it, supposing that it tended to maintain a military spirit among his people. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z And I should not call it helping any one to connive at a marriage when one of the parties is already married. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z Still more astonishing is it that some ministers of the gospel not only connive at but approve of the spirit and practice of revenge by war. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z He forgets how widely duels are practised and connived at even now by the law on the Continent, and that men die, conceivably, in consequence of a sword-thrust or a pistol-shot. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z This senate connived at the attempt to prevent the count of returns. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z Any general who was in position to connive at this traffic, had a fortune at his command; and it was claimed that Banks was eager for some of the spoils. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z The watchmen in the streets leading to this warehouse were bribed to connive at the villainy, often under pretence that it was a smuggling transaction, and thus the object was effected. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z If they found him, they should never know that she had for a moment connived at his concealment. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Her conscience smote her for conniving at which she now saw to be a persecution. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Permitting an enemy to remain within the lines, perdu, unsuspected, to gather information, and make off with it—conniving at the concealment, and assisting the escape of an enemy? The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z We shall not enter into tedious details of the measures taken to pursue, or endeavours to discover the prisoner, nor yet of the surmises thrown out that his escape had been connived at. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:26.590Z Acts that would draw a yellow card in one competition are connived at in another. The rugby union season needs some slack - but where do you find it? 2010-12-23T15:39:23Z The Lehman case reveals that right at the heart of the world's biggest banks was a culture of unethical financial practices that were, right up to boardroom level, connived at, condoned and rewarded. Gordon Brown book extract: Chronic recklessness powered by unchecked greed 2010-12-07T07:00:00Z Her father, never intending to keep faith, had connived at her escape, and knowing of these campers, had hired her for a serving maid, and they would inevitably take her out when they left. The Girl From Tim's Place Lee’s charge against Franklin was that he had connived at the acts of his nephew and done everything possible to shield him and enable him to get possession of the balance of money he claimed. The True Benjamin Franklin There certainly are occasions when such a course is the only honest one, when a man has to make his protest and refuse to connive at any circumlocution or whittling away of principle. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Kept well informed by his spies of all that was going on, he connived at the scheme which brought you and me to the forefront of the rebellion. The Great Mogul While engaged in teaching prisoners at Montaigu, he fell under the suspicion of having connived at the escape of two of them, and was thrown into the prison of La Force. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" It is not the exclusion law that causes hardship, but the steamship companies that connive at evasions of the law. Races and Immigrants in America Adams afterwards described very concisely the situation, and how he, with the others, was compelled to connive at peculations under the absurd system. The True Benjamin Franklin How well his father's old enemy had availed himself of the opportunity of doing what probably he had long connived at, putting the son under the same ban as the father. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Horrible were the basenesses practised in this man-hunting, and connived at by the governments. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. The regent was now accused of conniving at this rebellion, and the opposition of the chamber of deputies became so violent as to necessitate his resignation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" I received my rent regularly every quarter, could walk over the beautiful carpets in the empty rooms if I chose, and was not even obliged to connive at a breach of morality. The Children of the World A government which connives at that cannot be a government that is waging war really in earnest. Stand Up, Ye Dead You must not expect an official to connive at an open breach of the ordinances. The Progressionists, and Angela. Was such childish obstinacy and weakness to be connived at in our country? History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 In the remote, interior provinces, poppies were grown surreptitiously, connived at by corrupt officials who made money from the crops. The Opium Monopoly But the Catholic Church continued to cling to it as almost the central principle of its being, and continued likewise to connive at an inveterate system of escape from its harsh conditions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 While prohibited by the Government it has been connived at and sanctioned by the local authorities. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade But this is the whole amount of the evil; an evil never felt by those countries where the exportation of silver is either allowed or connived at. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation The passages of the New Testament which seem to connive at the married relation were interpreted by the Cathars as spoken in regard of Christ and the church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Prizefighting, though often connived at, was never legal. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded "And yet I can assure you, monsieur, that we had the best reasons for believing that you were conniving at his escape." The Red Rat's Daughter “And the officer who connived at the escape?” asked Curtis. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The French flibustiers continued long after—far into the eighteenth century—some of them with commissions as privateers, others as forbans or unlicensed rovers, but still connived at in Martinique. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The latter had already been accused of poisoning Louis VIII.; it was now added that this crime had been connived at by his paramour, Blanche. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Gladstone had declared that he and his friends had not been charged with conniving at Obstruction. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 The governor connived at this state of things. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Saint Columba, even, was visited with her displeasure because he refused to connive at her faults with the award of his blessing. Women of Early Christianity The large fortunes which used to be brought back by the fortunate Captains-General who could connive at the slave trade were no longer attainable; those good days are gone. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses He owed his rapid preferment to James, then duke of York, whose favour he had gained by conniving at the duke’s leanings to the Roman Church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Nor is it likely that the men who would have renounced P. T. if he had been a principal in the business, would have connived at his becoming an accomplice. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition But the prince asserted that the duke had connived at his escape, so as not to be compelled to kill his best cook; and the prince accused the duke of breaking his word. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace On that very island, about nine years before, Pizarro had butchered the people, Vincent conniving at the crime. Elsie in the South The lord of the foreshore who connived at their acts was to suffer a dire fate. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war But while you bear with his faults, you must not connive at them. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Mistrusting the ability of Athens to maintain its independence, he connived at the dominion of the Macedonian kings. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition They have therefore chosen to connive at slavery, to insinuate, intimate, and imply their approbation of it, rather than risk an affirmative enactment declaring that one man may be the property of another. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery These, while they do not permit divorce, connive at a man living with another woman, as far as he does not marry in church the second, as he did the former still living. Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America And by the Metropolitan Police system every man promoted is transferred to another division, so that the rank and file would have to induce a continually changing series of strangers to connive at their malpractices. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police This seems strikingly true in our conniving at the faults of our children. Coelebs In Search of a Wife He had connived at their small deceits, the preposterous hypocrisies wherewith they protected themselves. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur It will not add to his popularity to have it believed in America, as I am inclined to think the Committee believe here, that he connives at my imprisonment. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 An attendant connived at one patient's escape, was prosecuted, and convicted. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles Or, most likely, he is from the Havana, or from some port on the Spanish Main, and comes to make investigation about the piracies which our Governor is thought to connive at. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Is it a habit to be encouraged or connived at? Talkers With Illustrations Robert would have liked it well enough, but he knew that two persons were quite sufficient for the business; he rather connived at the younger brother's holidays; he must abide by the axe. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement He apparently had lost all confidence in him, and regretted that he had connived at his escape. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks No opposition was shown; and doubtless the rescue was connived at by Brandeis, who had gained his point. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Strict laws which pronounced penalties for profaneness and for not attending church, connived at the systematic defrauding and swindling of the Indians of land and furs. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Had he any right to connive at the procrastination of some wicked secret—for he had the clue—when a trivial sacrifice of self-respect might bring it to light? When Ghost Meets Ghost She was the most popular chaperone in the school because she was "dead easy" and connived at much that might have resulted scandalously. Clark's Field This crime you connived at, though you did not advise it. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller "I therefore remembered the rule which Hauge had left for our guidance: "'The elders must not connive at any depravity among themselves, but must duly rebuke it. Skipper Worse It is not outside the realm of reasonable conjecture to suppose that he either helped to debauch, or connived at the corruption of legislatures, just as in another way he debauched Indian tribes. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times That means that he deliberately connived at a crime against his country. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Saddest of all, they often become so depraved that they not only connive at the evils of the system, but actively promote them. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Smuggling was connived at by the venal authorities, and the laws, which were so stringent in the letter, were practically null and void. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The Dreyfusarde papers declared that the government had connived at his discharge from prison. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life "The thefts of knowledge in our sex are only connived at while carefully concealed, and if displayed punished with disgrace." Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Another cause of discontent was the belief that the government proposed to connive at the assassination of Scott and to allow his murderers to escape punishment. The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion "What was there astonishing in that King James, not wishing to shed your blood on the scaffold, should connive at your escape?" A Romance of the West Indies Though these places of confinement are conducted with apparent looseness, still the escape of an inmate rarely takes place unless it is connived at by the officials. Aztec Land We will NOT sell our birthright, we will NOT connive at the destruction of Britain's greatness, we will NOT have Home Rule. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule They connived at the crimes of any chieftain who would join their faction. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Martial had constituted himself Miss Hamilton’s special attendant, and though Nasmyth fancied Mrs. Acton connived at this, it was by no means as evident that the girl was pleased with it. The Greater Power Having no valuables of course but his money which he carried in his pockets there was no danger from unprincipled persons had she been disposed to connive at dishonesty. The Vagrant Duke None of us ever says so, but it's the common belief that Texas connives at this yere 87 threatened Oscar's escape. Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories That is the mark of my husband's hand, and I am leaving him forever because I would not connive at Geoffrey's ruin. Thurston of Orchard Valley The French Emperor connives at the violation of the Treaty. Pius IX. And His Time I'm very grateful to him, but to connive at his escape is itself a punishable act. They of the High Trails Solomon Barzinsky made himself the spokesman of the general dissatisfaction, and his remarks to the minister after the Sabbath service almost insinuated that the reverend gentleman had connived at a breach of contract. Ghetto Comedies Mr. Coleridge also says that the masters connived at the systematic bullying of the town boys. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Do you suppose that either I or my cousin, Dr. Ross, would connive at such deceit and falsehood? Lover or Friend “You have cheated justice and connived at his escape.” Wee Wifie But it is clear that the employer is to pay a daily fine for injury done to the slave, or for loss to his owner, caused or connived at by him. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Is repeal to be openly patronized, or only covertly connived at? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 They say you are conniving at the escape of a tramp, even. The Brass Bound Box Doubtless Biddy, who was a stanch Romanist, had connived at this. Lover or Friend If we’ve all got to get together and connive at marrying her off there won’t be any comfort in having her.” Turn About Eleanor I know there will be always a mixture of hypocrites, but that cannot excuse the conniving at gross and scandalous sinners, &c. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies The homes of the people were at the mercy of thieves, burglars and incendiaries, and the police were either absolutely incapable of preventing crime, or connived at it. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. I know that every woman who submits in such matters is not only a party to her own degradation, but connives at the degradation of her whole sex. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius He was accused of conniving at the attempt of the king and queen to escape. Lafayette The parents connive at these, because they do not understand the significance even of their own caresses. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts This plot was frustrated by Oto's wife, Kusu, a woman too patriotic to connive at treason in any circumstances. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The charges against Lord Stanhope, that he aided in, or connived at, the slaying of Kaspar, because Kaspar was the true heir of the House of Baden—are as childish as they are wicked. The True Story Book The God who connived at the torment of Job could not be the God of her salvation. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius “I mean to suggest that the murder might have been connived at by one of the household, if the man we suspect were not the actual assassin himself.” The Seven Secrets Perplexity of Nero's ministers.They determine to connive at Nero's new connection. Nero Makers of History Series Shigetada would never have connived at any measure inimical to the interests of his deceased master. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era We give you this information, not out of any particular friendship for you, but because we do not wish to be suspected of conniving at an assassination—a crime which we detest and abhor. Pyrrhus Makers of History "Then you mean to connive at his escape?" The Tin Box and What it Contained And till the church, the whole church, do their duty on this subject, they cannot be freed from the guilt of conniving at the evil. Select Temperance Tracts “You connived at the meetings between my daughter and the rascally adventurer who has married her?” The Cattle-Baron's Daughter If in the mountain precipice I doubt my right to risk a leap, I actively connive at my destruction. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Unless the man "Four-Eyes" deliberately deceived me, Black would connive at the murder of fifty British seamen before another twenty-four hours had sped. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea That the master should return in a car at this hour of the morning seemed surely to be connected with the sin she had connived at. Simon Each individual ought, without delay, in view of eternity, to clear himself, and neither by precept nor example, ever again encourage or even connive at this deadly evil. Select Temperance Tracts What Mr. Eldred did not see was the effect upon Mr. Tanqueray of Rose's taking herself away, or he would not have connived at her departure. The Creators A Comedy Yet those three were men who had hitherto been above suspicion, and there were few soldiers in the regiment who would accept the theory that any one of the three had connived at the escape. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters Edward accused her, also, of having connived at his brother Alfred's death. William the Conqueror Makers of History She told him that the truth was often cruel to hear; that she but spoke these things because he let himself drift into weak conniving at the intrigues of Johanna Elizabetha. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg I will not by practice encourage, or by silence, or having men in my employment who take ardent spirits, connive at this deadly evil.” Select Temperance Tracts Corporal Phillips brought the menu with the air of one who connives at a felony. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions And Marishka must have connived at the plan for her escape! The Secret Witness The insinuation that they did so, or connived at such slaughter, is a stupid or a malicious falsehood. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan A statement which he made under oath in 1872 indicates that he did not connive at the destruction of Columbia. Historical Essays This may be the case with other churches; and while it is, the whole church is conniving at the evil, and the whole church is guilty. Select Temperance Tracts And finally, if both could have acquiesced, our sense of consistency was revolted by what met the public eye; since, if the weak were to be punished, why should the strong be connived at? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Is such a man, knowing the military record of the burghers, the sort of man to connive at the invasion of their country by 500 policemen and two guns? The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct Yet thus farr they prevailed, in sounding his majesties mind, that he would connive at them, & not molest them, provided they carried them selves peacably. Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts It is no wonder, then, that Southern writers, smarting at the loss caused by Sherman’s campaign of invasion, should believe that Sherman connived at the destruction of Columbia. Historical Essays But don't suppose for a moment that the 'weak brethren' thought he was conniving at their weakness. From a Cornish Window A New Edition It has been found impossible to enforce the Brazilian statutes on the subject, the authorities charged with their execution, almost without exception, conniving at the traffic. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Sometimes parents connive at child-begging, but often they know nothing of it until the children have grown incorrigible. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers The postmaster-general under Jackson, Amos Kendall, wrote to the local postmaster who had connived at the act: "I cannot sanction and will not condemn the step you have taken." The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Our own citizens do not connive at the escape of slaves. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 De Maistre, whose intense attachment to his own creed was well known, fell under suspicion of having connived at these conversions, and the Emperor himself went so far as to question him. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre Those gentry are still very irate and sulky, but I do not expect they will connive at the overthrow of the Government; they know better than to open the doors of office to the Tories. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) We shall never cast out the devil while conniving at his crimes. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet I know there will be always a mixture of hypocrites, but that cannot excuse the conniving at gross and scandalous sinners. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning "Charges, madam," sternly, "as a rebel spy, and, as such, conniving at the death of Captain Lloyd and stealing the paper which proves your guilt." The Lost Despatch There only remained Mr. Jellicoe, who had certainly connived at the misdrawing of the will for some purpose of his own—some dishonest purpose. The Eye of Osiris I merely say," I replied, "that I will play with no man who deliberately connives at the slaughter of his fellow-citizens. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 Or it was that “Hospital” meeting where she thought certain members were secretly conniving at her removal from the presidency which she had held for so many years. At Fault If I had accepted Cecilia’s hand, and treated her as a friend, I should have felt as though I were conniving at an insult to my father. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow He repudiates and denounces his son, and connives at the escape of the Hungarian. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry It is certain that she and Hastings felt a warm attachment for each other; it seems certain that Imhoff connived at, or at least winked at, the attachment. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III On the 15th of November, Las Casas addressed a letter to the India Council repeating his grave charges against Maldonado and explaining the reasons why he connived at resistance to the New Laws. Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings The man who has connived at Richard Darke’s escape, and made money by the connivance, is now more than repentant for his dereliction of duty. The Death Shot A Story Retold Few of the higher classes, it may be presumed, connived at these nefarious transactions: one memorable instance, proved that no class is absolutely safe in an atmosphere of guilt. The History of Tasmania , Volume II In contrast to his predecessor he connived at some irregularities of discipline in the Puritanical clergy. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See At the same time, letters from Formosa had also been received by the Chinese in Manila, and the Government at once accused them of conniving at rebellion. The Philippine Islands "But surely"—and now there was mounting incredulity and indignation in Miss Smith's tone—"but surely no one dares to assert that my cousin is conniving at anything improper?" From Place to Place He had connived at her escape from her enemies in Pinega, who, when the Americans left, would have ousted her from the hospital and thrust her back into prison. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The South could never quite forget that it had been charged with conniving at crime in maintaining slavery. Union and Democracy The early persecutions were like Russian ‘pogroms’, instigated or connived at by the government as a safety valve for popular discontent. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield It is said that west of the Blue Ridge the votes of non-freeholders are often connived at, the candidates finding it unpopular to object to them. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 A small bribe would tempt the average blockade-running sailor to connive at this means of escape. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner Aurelian, in authorizing or conniving at such horrors, has cut himself loose from the honor and the affections of all those in Rome whose esteem is worth possessing. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century Here she met Lassalle at a concert, and the friendly lawyer connived at their being more than once together. Immortal Memories “Is the man who knows of a crime, and connives at it, and does not reveal it, a much better ‘lot’?” demanded Fred, with some indignation. Twice Bought "And it was Franklin who connived at your change of clothing there, and advised or allowed you to dress yourself in a new suit from Altman's?" That Affair Next Door Moral obliquity such as the maintenance of disorderly houses is a corrupting influence, and the police departments of cities have frequently been charged with conniving at immoral practices. Society Its Origin and Development One of his sisters married a German, the English conniving at her escape from Zanzibar in a gunboat. Southern Arabia "Won't this be very serious for you, if the authorities find that you have connived at the escape?" she asked. The Angel of Terror The supposition is that interested parties connived at its improvisation. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 He sayd, another Holiday woulde be given them; and that whether or no, we must not connive at Evil, which we doe in permitting an holy Daye to sink into a Holiday. Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary They are accused of having connived at the escape of your companions, and I can probably help them by explaining how it occurred.” The Three Lieutenants Not only had this been connived at by the proprietaries, but=95= sometimes these payments had been shared between the proprietaries and the governors. Benjamin Franklin "I not only suggest that she connived at it, but I stake my life that she planned it," said Jack carefully. The Angel of Terror The original free traders were not disposed to connive at Derbyite operations any more than were the whigs. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 If the master of the house ever suspected what was going on, he connived at it, thinking that probably no very dangerous amount of art-poison could be imbibed under such difficulties. Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians The Willoughby Parliament was an institution which the masters of the school wisely connived at, while holding aloof themselves from its proceedings. The Willoughby Captains So long as he connived at smuggling, he reaped a harvest in that way; when Grenville's sternness inspired alarm, it was his study to make the most money out of forfeitures and penalties. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 "Do you suggest that this girl has connived at a murder?" The Angel of Terror He had been arrested in his bed by the civil power on a charge of horse-stealing, and conniving at the escape of a negro from his master. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Thrice he tried to murder Arden, but was baffled, and then frightened Alicia into conniving at a most villainous scheme of murder. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Or most likely he is from the Havana or from some port on the Spanish main and comes to make investigation about the piracies which our governor is thought to connive at. Short Stories of Various Types So, as things were, it might take some days for me to establish my real personality, and even when that were done I should still be held responsible for conniving at the prisoner's escape. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Claiborne was alternately accused of conniving at this smuggling and abused for trying to suppress it. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Even governors like Frontenac connived at the traffic and shared its profits. The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin As a matter of fact, taxation so far from solving the problem leaves it essentially unchanged, and really connives at and recognises the practice. The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade There was an official who scandalously connived at an abuse of justice by which innocent women were condemned to transportation, though taking measures that the Government should indirectly hear of the transaction. Historical and Political Essays After conniving at my captive's escape I deserted. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Feigned indignation of a man who has connived at the murder of a relative. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia I say again, sir," began Devers, "that you have deliberately sought to deride my authority and have connived at the disobedience of my orders. Under Fire This view is discernible in the Tory speeches in Parliament and in the Tory press of England, and was the motive which inspired so many Englishmen to connive at the destruction of the American Union. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 That Boëthius, the Master of the Offices under Theodoric, should have connived at this correspondence, naturally exasperated the master who had so lately heaped favours on this disloyal servant. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation The Queen sends Lord Melbourne a letter from the Queen of Portugal, all which tends to show how wrong it is to think that they connive at the restoration of the Charter.... The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 The most recent complaint was that France had connived at the equipment of a force by Thomas Stafford, a refugee, who had invaded England with thirty-two followers and had surprised Scarborough castle. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 Every social worker is familiar with the daily truth that young womanhood connives at its own ruin under the influence of alcohol, where otherwise it need not have fallen. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles And Felicita, the very soul of truth and honor, had connived at it! Cobwebs and Cables A party in the city tried to get parliament to remove Exton from the mayoralty on the ground of his having connived at the curtailment of the City's liberties and franchises. London and the Kingdom - Volume I He effected his escape, which was undoubtedly connived at by the authorities, in 1846. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 The evidence of history leaves little or no doubt that Elizabeth connived at a plot for the removal of O'Neil by assassination. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 With the best of intentions, and hoping to save a life, he had connived at turning a murderer loose upon the community. The Colonel's Dream It was generally believed that as Italy was determined to keep the Greek islands, she was conniving at the Greeks finding compensation at Albania's expense. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle For to suppose that Christ—the Truth—would sanction or connive at any such sacrilegious deception, is at once to deprive him, not only of his divine character, but of all claim to common honesty. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Shall he speculate about the petty political calculations as to the effect on one party or the other which induced his judges to connive at the escape of the great public criminal? Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Should I bind myself, once for all, to the brotherhood of law-breakers—the submerged minority—by shielding this man and conniving at his escape? Branded I have only to take care that the rectitude of my own behaviour shall refute every suspicion that I am conniving at, or even apologizing for Henry's errors. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel I hope you don't expect me to connive at the abduction of my own daughter. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension By this law, the exercise of the Catholic religion, which had formerly been prohibited under lighter penalties, and which was in many instances connived at, was totally suppressed. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. He secretly encouraged Baliol in his enterprise; connived at his assembling forces in the north; and gave countenance to the nobles who were disposed to join in the attempt. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. Will the King connive at this nefarious prowler and permit him to carry out his design? The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life He retained too much of the gentleman to practise extortion, or to connive at the rapacity by which his subalterns tried to make the most of their brief authority. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel "Do you mean to tell me that the Italian police would connive at kidnapping?" said the millionaire. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Did he really connive at your romantic passion for his wife? Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Know you not that to assist or connive at the escape of this man was wrong? Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 More the rector could not say, except that its parents evidently wanted to get rid of it, and had connived at placing it on the shepherd's doorstep. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. If the soldiers connived at the escape of Athanasius, they were all the less disposed to spare his flock. The Arian Controversy No wonder that they should connive at, and even encourage, the shameful destruction of fish in close time, since that is the only time they are allowed to have any. Essays in Natural History and Agriculture The two friends concert a plan with the priestess to throw the young people in each other's way and to connive at a secret marriage. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists Mackenzie and Mackay watched him by turns at night; but the fellow got away under cover of darkness, the crew conniving at the escape in order to compel Mackenzie to turn back. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The Viceroy might perhaps have connived at Hawkins's escape, but again by ill-fortune he was himself under orders of recall, and his successor was coming out in this particular fleet with De Baçan. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 I will show that he did not,—that he knowingly and willingly connived at it,—and that that connivance was the principal cause of all the disorders that have hitherto prevailed in that country. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) It was proved to demonstration that Brissot had connived at the sending into France, and the propagation of, odious pamphlets by Morande. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Now there was space to view it calmly, I saw how foolish was the thought that Margery would connive at any breaking of the marriage bond. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady I fear," he said, "it will have to be done secretly—by conniving at his escape rather than by an order for his release. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth That it is probable the queen-dowager knew her second son was living, and connived at the appearance of Lambert Simnel, to feel the temper of the nation. Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third Nay, he tells you, that, if corruption did not exist, if it was not connived at, that the India Company could not exist. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) He might even accuse her of having connived at the whole affair, especially during his absence in Philadelphia. Sunrise We were conniving at an almost unlawful expedition, and Jan was very doubtful if we could cross the Montenegrin frontier. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The inducement was that it gave them better opportunities to be together—an arrangement connived at by the queen, I think—and they were satisfied. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth The prospects of a country whose princes connive at, and whose ministers commit murder, cannot be very brilliant. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels I will show that they were systematic, that Mr. Hastings did uniformly profess that he would connive at abuses, and contend that abuses ought to be connived at. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) He lacks money for the most pressing needs, it is necessary to turn to great financiers, who have an established credit, and he must at the same time connive at their malversations. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil "Are you aware, my dear, that you are conniving at—some might call it instigating—the death of your husband?" he asked. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars There is good ground to believe that he connived at their escape, and purposely held back from the attack as a traitor in connivance with some influential persons in the Durbar. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Royal officers sometimes protested against smuggling and sometimes connived at it; but at no time did they succeed in stopping it. History of the United States "No," says Mr. Hastings, "the conniving at it procures a majority of votes." The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) Catholics, as individuals, may be, and have been, guilty of grave crimes and scandalous immoralities; but does the church countenance or connive at their conduct? The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. Beware lest thou be led to connive at injustice. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh The Amil is so weak, that, in despair, he connives at their atrocities and usurpations as the only means of collecting the Government revenue, and filling his own pockets. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II The priest connives at the Indian's hunting on Sunday—the minister strictly forbids it: the priests are single—the ministers are generally married, and their maintenance of course involves a far heavier expense. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. Thoughtful, sober people will not entrust power to men who sanction mob law, and who rise to high honor by conniving at or participating in assassination and murder. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South "Ah, you connived at it, anyhow," he went on. A Comedy of Masks A Novel What of your second-rate Press and its pin-pricking policy, connived at, if not actually encouraged, by your Government? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30 It was suggested, and widely believed, that Germany had connived at the systematic corruption of the Russian bureaucracy and the Russian army, to serve its own imperialistic and economic ends. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy Affairs of state here do not justify murder, and an elected public official cannot, even in the name diplomacy, connive at it. Charred Wood Beyond all question, an honest man who has sworn to uphold the law may neither connive at crime nor shield a criminal. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush If open vice be what you drive at, A name so broad we'll ne'er connive at. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 I am surprised that the city council permits this and connives at it, and that our dear friend Lang keeps silent. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation But the king was not easily persuaded, and he promised only that "he would connive at them and not molest them, provided they carried themselves peaceably." England in America, 1580-1652 It is scarcely possible to believe that a man of the rank and profession of Lord Bristol, could have been base enough to connive at his wife's marriage with the Duke of Kingston. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Is it, then, the idea of Christianity itself, that it ought to have establishments, that it ought to have laws against Dissenters, but the breach of which laws is to be connived at? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) She exercises all her powers of fascination upon the soldier, José by name, who is told off to guard her, and succeeds in persuading him to connive at her escape. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. For wherever you allow such a thing when you could prevent it, or connive at it as if it did not concern you, you are as truly guilty as the one perpetrating the deed. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation Marion was so appalled that a woman carrying her baby should connive at the death of another's that she stood quite still and stared at her, until the boys behind her thrust her with sticks. The Judge In her whole life, she said, she had never connived at anything more utterly shameless than this! Marietta A Maid of Venice Do you know I could indict you for conspiracy and conniving at theft?' Uncle Max Neither can God be pleased with the conduct of the sovereign, in conniving at or acquiescing in all the demands of the disobedient. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power For this reason he was often forced to connive at outbreaks of drunkenness and gross cases of neglect, which no sober man would suffer in those whom he employed. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Meanwhile Louis XIV. was dying; he died on August 30, and the Regent d’Orléans, at the utmost, would only connive at, not assist, James’s enterprise. A Short History of Scotland England connived at the fitting out of armed vessels, to prey on our commerce, to attack our navy, and to kill our sailors. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 You have connived at theft; that will be sufficient to criminate you.' Uncle Max "I have connived at nothing, Madame, and I know of no adventurer." The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man It seems that this woman connived at their meeting; and when strictly questioned, said, that she had believed he was a gentleman, and that he had called himself Captain O'Brien.' Gladys, the Reaper Edward III., of course, connived at their preparations. A Short History of Scotland The whole matter must ever remain a blot on the great Admiral's fame, even though his host appeared to, or really did, connive at it. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon Then, turning upon Albert, he cried: 'And for you, who pretend to love her, to connive at his guilt! The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century It is also pretty plain that Laud was anxious not to offend Buckingham, yet, at the same time, wished to guard against any possibility of being accused of approving, or even of conniving at, witchcraft. The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck A Scandal of the XVIIth Century She mistook wholesome justice for tyranny, defied discipline, and not only connived at treason, but prayed for the extinction of him against whom it was directed. The Tragedy of St. Helena With the players the trunkmaker was naturally a favourite; they not only connived at his obstreperous approbation, but cheerfully repaid such damage as his blows occasioned. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character If F.B. thought it wrong, she knew it to be inevitable, and in the conviction that it was so, she and her father had connived at the secret preparations for it in the preceding May. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings You cannot suspect the house of Stramen of conniving at such a cowardly assault; they are too powerful in the field to resort to such a pitiful stratagem. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century The confederates thought fit to connive at this transaction, satisfied that Alvarado was a man of invincible courage and wise conduct; yet resolved upon executing their design against the Spaniards as soon as possible. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time It was thought, however, best to connive at his escape, and he landed on the coast of France at Christmas. History of Holland There must have been much skill among the players; much simple good faith, contentment, and willingness to connive at theatrical illusion on the part of the audience. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character She so bewitches the lieutenant, however, that he connives at her escape and succeeds in effecting it, while she is led away to prison by the soldiers. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers "Anyway, they can brew tea there if they are lonely," added Drina, ushering Selwyn into the big sunny nursery, where he stood, irresolute, looking about him, aware that he was conniving at open mutiny. The Younger Set It has come to the notice of the Committee that many parents are conniving at the practice of having liquor at adolescent parties. Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents Although ecclesiastics were then under the penal laws, and liable to suffer at any moment, Ormonde connived at the meeting, hoping that his ends would be thereby attained. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 It has been suggested that gag is leniently, and even favourably considered by audiences; and it should be added that dramatists often connive at the interpolations of the theatre. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character A retainer of the Duke's, whose chivalry her position had aroused, connived at her escape, and tells the story of it. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) The fact was that both the loud men, being unalterable Tories, had been very willing to connive at Jane Foley’s scheme for the affliction of a Radical Minister. The Lion's Share The Committee deprecates the growing practice of parents conniving at the consumption of liquor at young people's parties. Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents What would become of the League of Nations if such secret and selfish doings were connived at? The Inside Story of the Peace Conference The resident, with becoming spirit, reprimanded the soldiers; but it produced so little effect that I could not help entertaining suspicions that Le Cerf connived at these practices, and shared the advantages which they produced. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time I mean, madam, that in conniving at the perfidy of this unprincipled girl, your niece, you imagined that you were safe. The Missing Bride Parents, through their misguided sympathy, often connive at filial disobedience. The Christian Home Compared with thee, What are the labors of that Jumping Sect, Which feeble laws connive at rather than respect? The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 For the opinions on that subject held by the average man, and connived at or approved by the authorities, were wholly fantastic, just as were some of the expectations of other Allied states. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference We might to connive at the faults of our friends, and all offences are not to be ranked in the catalogue of crimes. The Works of Horace Nothing less than the King's own piano, an upright one, though it did connive at deception, as you will see. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Liszt connives at the suicide, but with Chopin it is a murder. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Then with his neighbours, one so free At all times will connive at me. Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Next morning, the armoured train was out early; but the Boers discreetly connived at its effrontery—having, doubtless, still in their minds unpleasant recollections of its volley-firing. The Siege of Kimberley It was true she had made her an offer and she had connived at the police being made to think she had accompanied the eccentric dame. The Son of Clemenceau Will the preacher of righteousness connive at wickedness? Sketches of the Covenanters But don't suppose for a moment that the "weak brethren" thought he was conniving at their weakness. The Bed-Book of Happiness In the view of one side, he had not had pluck enough to go to it; in the view of the other, he had disgracefully connived at it. The Testing of Diana Mallory Was it not Robin who had connived at all the halts upon the way in the morning, Robin who had advised pushing on, and had undertaken to find the way by day or night? Tom Tufton's Travels In some respects he dealt harshly with the English clergy, and connived at their wholesale deprivation. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune They would never connive at this second sowing of the dragon's teeth of Cadmus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 They put him in prison, but two days afterward he had vanished, and with him his jailer, who had connived at his flight. The Youth of the Great Elector Nay, think not that I will connive at their escape. The Lord of Dynevor It was a curious scene; these folk, whose one idea at rehearsal is to get it over as soon as possible, conniving at their own retention in the theatre. Evelyn Innes Persons, and even teachers maintaining most dreadful blasphemous errors connived at, patronized, or but slightly censured, and still kept in communion, without any open renunciation of these heresies. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive "I cannot believe, however," said Tom stoutly, "that Mr. Girdlestone connives at such things." The Firm of Girdlestone He believed Europe banded for his destruction, and America corrupted to connive at it. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I I cannot go back and connive at a blasphemous lie. Back to Methuselah If he has a weakness for very pronounced collars and shirt-cuffs in mufti, it may be connived at, provided he be honestly nothing else but the man in collars and cuffs. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series By a miracle of Providence, which does not occur once in ten years, the season seemed to connive at our happiness, and to conspire with us to prolong it. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty Whatever had been done was certainly connived at by her guardian. The Firm of Girdlestone He denounced in strong language the "anonymous assassin" who he thinks accused him to His Grace of conniving at the trading he was endeavouring to suppress. The Naval Pioneers of Australia I not connive at your proceedings, if I do not? Pamela, Volume II It is incredible that men, if all these things were stamped on their minds, could deliberately offend against them; still more, that rulers should silently connive at such transgressions. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics They do not care a farthing for the Ameers, who also secretly connive at their proceedings, in order to draw recruits from them on any emergency. Campaign of the Indus At the same time these expressions by no means indicated that the President intended to have, or would connive at, any sham or colorable process. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II Such conditions naturally led to extensive smuggling which was connived at by most officials, high and low, and even by the monks of the missions themselves. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado Father Francis has solemnly sworn," he replied, "that neither he nor any of his brethren had connived at an act of such especial disrespect to the sovereign power, and of injustice towards the Queen. The Vale of Cedars Philip and Alba were ready to connive at her murder; the Protestants in Holland and France were powerless, and this match with Anjou seemed the only way to meet the danger. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters Insignificant as it was, it was yet scattered here, there, and everywhere,875 Cooper conniving at its desultory dispersion. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War It must be confessed that she knows the art of courts, to be so received at Dresden and so connived at in Leicester-fields. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Of course the sheriff's office must connive at naming the talesmen; therefore it was necessary to elect the sheriff; consequently all the lawyers were in politics. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado The fact that his sword had done the deed, convinced him that his destruction had been connived at, as well as that of Morales. The Vale of Cedars But Nelson's star was then in the ascendant; the presence and notorious influence of Emma Hamilton in these frightful transactions, was unaccountably connived at by the British nation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 He was exceedingly indignant when the Government laid a tax upon claret, having previously long connived at its introduction into Scotland under very mitigated duties. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Drunkenness, smoking, dicing, card-playing, and every kind of licence were permitted, or connived at; and the stronger prisoners were allowed to plunder the weaker. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance She had seen in Juliet some signs that self-abhorrence was wanting, and self-pity reviving, and she would connive at no unreality in her treatment of herself. Paul Faber, Surgeon We shall upon the one hand, endeavour to keep ourselves, as far as we can, from all partakings in other men's sins, by consenting unto associations, incorporations, combinations, compliance with, or conniving at, their sins. The Auchensaugh Renovation of the National Covenant and Solemn League and Covenant With the Acknowledgment of Sins and Engagement to Duties, as They Were Renewed at Auchensaugh, Near Douglas, July 24, 1712. (Compared With the Editions of Paisley, 1820, and Belfast, 1835.) Also, The Renovation of These Public Federal Deeds Ordained at Philadelphia, October 8, 1880, by the Reformed Presbytery, with Accommodation of the Original Covenants, in Both Transactions, to Their Times and Positions Respectively To all appearances there she had been hand in glove with the conspirators, willing even to connive at the Captain's murder if necessary to the success of their crime. The Case and the Girl These and many more corruptions of the theatre, peculiar to our age and nation, need continue no longer, than while the court is content to connive at or neglect them. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 And the grandfather, so far from forbidding the marriage, seems to have connived at it and sanctioned it. The King's Cup-Bearer Yet the South confidently expected so to wheedle or bully us into dragging our common sense through the mud and mire of momentary expedients, that we should connive at the commission of this execrable crime! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 Macrinus connived at his promotion with the definite intention of blinding the public in regard to his own record, which would have shown that he had seized the imperial office while yet a knight. Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus The fierce and hardy frontiersmen were goaded to anger by them, and were ready to take part in, or at least to connive at, any piece of lawless retaliation. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 But they at least connived at the measures of their subordinates. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Whether this familiarity of theirs was contrived or only connived at by the Duke of Monmouth himself, is hard to determine. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author "For some time the nonconformists were connived at." The Grammar of English Grammars The latter took refuge with Gabinius and persuaded him to connive at his restoration. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Lord Baltimore was charged with having connived at these evasions, and with obstructing the collection of the royal revenue. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 In buying and selling, the law of nations connives at some cunning and overreaching in respect of the price. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 543, Saturday, April 21, 1832. You have connived at the escape of a criminal from justice--" "That lady? The Rome Express A judge is guilty who connives at guilt. The Grammar of English Grammars It was a sanguinary affair and undoubtedly connived at by the officials. In the Claws of the German Eagle Wyche, Mr., discharged the Company's service; his escape connived at by Matthews. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago I am not concerned to enquire, whether what I have suffered flowed from you by design or otherwise; whether you were the author of my miseries, or only connived at them. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are It was much the safer thing to connive at kidnapping. Martin Hewitt, Investigator It is probable that the jailor might have connived at his escape, or even that, in the hurry of this alarming contingency, he might not have observed it. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V By means of a heavy bribe, they prevailed on one of the officers to connive at my escape. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire The Players do not only connive at his obstreperous Approbation, but very cheerfully repair at their own Cost whatever Damages he makes. The Spectator, Volume 2. I have connived at no man's fate but that of the Hawkinses: they could no otherwise have been saved, than by my acknowledging myself a murderer. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are I could never make myself heard by knocking at a window now; and even if I could, no one would be bold enough to connive at my escape. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The public looked upon them as gallant fellows; the merchants gave them underhand support; and even the authorities in maritime towns connived at the sale of their plunder. Men of Invention and Industry Out of reverence to Cato, he for a while connived at her impurity and immodesty, but at length dismissed her. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans They added, also, that princes who connived at duels, should be deprived of all temporal power, jurisdiction, and dominion over the places where they had permitted them to be fought. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Nevertheless I left prison, with the understanding that the Government would connive at the circulation of the Scriptures in a quiet manner, not calculated to produce disturbances nor to give scandal to the clergy. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society And all this is being done in Missouri and the rural press connives at it. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 No opposition was shown; and doubtless the rescue was connived at by Brandeis, who had gained his point. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa These were men whom it was equally dangerous to prosecute publicly according to law, and to connive at. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Not long ago a retired tradesman, happening to be in a public-house, where such things were connived at, allowed himself to be induced to play at Tommy Dodd with two low sharpers. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) Changes had crept in, Marilla conniving at them resignedly, until it was as sweet and dainty a nest as a young girl could desire. Anne of Green Gables Haley saw that I hesitated about selling this child, and he'll think I connived at it, to get him out of the way. Uncle Tom's Cabin In the former event, if I remained silent, I should be conniving at a marriage which would make her miserable for life. The Moonstone The king was almost speechless on hearing his son, but after a time assured him most solemnly that he knew nothing whatever about the lady in question, and had not connived at her appearance. The Arabian Nights "What, Elsie disobeying orders, and mamma conniving at it!" he exclaimed in a tone that might mean either jest or serious reproof. Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" Abraham's deceit was brought about by cowardice, while Sarah connived at the fraud for love of her husband, being besought to do so to save his life. The Woman's Bible This must be inquired into closely, gentlemen; there is no outlet but the door, and there he could not pass, unless the sentinel connived at his escape, or was asleep at his post. The Spy The love towards the neighbour, said Luther, must be like a pure and chaste love between bride and bridegroom, where all faults are connived at, covered, and borne with, and only their virtues regarded. Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther True, the great princes and cardinals of those days not only connived at corruption and ruled by it, but often even professed it. Albert Durer At this crisis, the base falsehood which denied that union was authorised by the prince, connived at by Sheridan, who partly gave it out in the House, and consummated by Fox. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire Acting according to the customs of the day, Sarah connived at her own degradation. The Woman's Bible The government was ever in need of money and to secure the same violated its agreements by seizing certain revenues to pledge them to local merchants for advances, and by conniving at customs irregularities. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Carlyle began his siege by talking German to her, now extolling Schiller and Goethe to the skies, now, with a rare stretch of deference, half conniving at her sneers. Thomas Carlyle Nor is that all: the prince asks me to connive at the abstraction of a novice from a consecrated house. Calderon the Courtier, a Tale Now if it were only one subject—however important—on which we disagreed, I might still do my best, though the responsibility of all you make me connive at is certainly heavy. Delia Blanchflower I believe you are attempting to bribe me into conniving at his escape. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship For us they are not married—and we should be conniving at an offense and a scandal, if we accepted them as married persons. The Coryston Family A Novel The murderers were never traced out, and the remissness on the part of Philippe and Charles left an impression on Edward's mind that they had connived at the murder. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II I agree with you, however, my child, that we must not connive at any thing of the sort. The Vicar's Daughter In two long letters, composed after his release, under Monroe's roof, he accused Washington of conniving at his imprisonment, to keep him, Paine, "the marplot of all designs against the people," out of the way. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Then they, must be punished for conniving at his outlawry. The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy "We should be aiding and abetting—what we believe to be wrong—conniving at it indeed; while we led people—deliberately—to believe what was false." The Coryston Family A Novel He says you must either have taken the money, or connived at its being taken: to believe otherwise, would render your manner perfectly inexplicable. The Channings Not for all the provinces of Savoy, of France, nay, not for the whole empire, would I connive at deceit. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales The scholiast says that clerks were sometimes bribed to alter the laws and decrees which they read to the Court; and a magistrates' clerk had doubtless plenty of opportunities for conniving at petty frauds. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 A thing which must not be done to-day, on penalty of the loss of the forthcoming sugar toys, is connived at, perhaps with a kiss, to-morrow. The Young Woman's Guide Sometimes he may meet with a husband, who, conniving at his wife's infidelity, will shew him every mark of attention. Paris as It Was and as It Is The circumstances of the case are such as to lead to the belief that the planters in the vicinity connived at his death. Report on the Condition of the South But the Syrian pashas, equally deficient in inclination and vigour, still permit the grossest extortion, and sometimes connive at the most savage atrocities. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time "Is it possible that you suspect me of conniving at the theft of my own property?" The Brass Bowl He either did not know, or connived at the practices, of sundry illegal distillers in his neighbourhood. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Then it is as I suspected," returned the Emperor, "the monks must have connived at my capture. The Strong Arm Hitherto in all her gloom and grief she had regarded it as a mere mockery—a brutal kind of practical joke, devised out of pure malignity, and perhaps instigated or connived at by Wiggins. The Living Link It was a street in which duels were tacitly permitted, or connived at, in Malta, and were suffered to pass as accidental encounters. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies But to have connived at Sawney's tricks, and to be detected in it, was too much for his proud spirit to bear! Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 Pompey himself had entertained and supported him in Rome when he was driven from his throne, and had connived at the murder of the Alexandrians who had been sent to remonstrate against his restoration. Caesar: a Sketch Your unsisterly heart will prompt you to intercept rather than to aid or connive at my flight. Jane Talbot It is patent that they are too apt, from a false sense of class-honour, to connive at such now, instead of being, as they ought to be, the first to denounce them. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography I would, on no account, connive at or participate in the slightest irregularity. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker The magistrates connived at these irregular and riotous proceedings of the people. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 The priests connived at profitable falsehoods because by these their rule was confirmed. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Pleasure in our son's presence, pride in a new kingdom, and shame at knowing both purchased by wrong done or connived at, like thorns dragged two ways, would lacerate our bosoms. The Fugitive Her last hopes for her son's future, now that she was forced to admit the sad necessity of conniving at his continued absence from home, rested one and all on Mr. Blyth alone. Hide and Seek They read proper novels, knit wristlets, discuss fevers and their remedies, raise their eyebrows at gossip, connive at matrimony, and take tea. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived The squire was a stanch politician of the old school, and he did not like to think that, in repairing the stocks, he had perhaps been conniving at revolutionary principles. My Novel — Complete The squire was a stanch politician of the old school, and be did not like to think that, in repairing the stocks, he had perhaps been conniving at revolutionary principles. My Novel — Volume 01 Other accomplishments might more easily be connived at, but the talents of a great general were truly imperial. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Yet they all probably felt the same curiosity about what was going forward, for it was plain that Mr. Wilmington and Colonel Marvin were conniving at the same point. Annie Kilburn : a Novel What was then done for America must be effected in secret; and at most, only connived at by the French government. Memoirs of General Lafayette : with an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United States; From His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824. And do not connive at your officials doing injustice for money, and denying right to the poor: but be to the poor a father, a distributer of what God has given you. Letters of Catherine Benincasa You are doing your brother no good by conniving at his conduct. Chantry House A long struggle has gone on, to implore public men not to connive at drunkenness—a national pest which for more than a century was greeted with merriment though politically avowed to be criminal. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman He scrupled not to swindle the British government, by conniving at smuggling, while assuring them of his zeal in putting it down. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 O Lud, sir! if people who want to listen, or overhear, were not always connived at in a tragedy, there would be no carrying on any plot in the world. Scarborough and the Critic The chief charge against Senator Smoot is that he encourages, countenances, and connives at the defiant violation of law. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft Either the magistrates now changed their minds, or the people forced them to let Marius go, or perhaps Fannia connived at his escape. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History While we complain that authorities are negligent and connive at vice, after accepting and assuming the duty to prevent it; the sellers of the drink are open to a severer charge. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman To make public the conduct of the traitor was to provoke him to farther disclosures: to conceal it, was to connive at the destruction of his friends, and the ruin of his own prospects. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 There is evidence to show that when they were arrested their escape was often connived at. A History of Freedom of Thought |
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