' Tellwright belonged by birth to the Old Guard of Methodism; there was in his family a tradition of holy valour for the pure doctrine: his father, a Bursley man, had fought in the fight which preceded the famous Primitive Methodist Secession of 1808 at Bursley, and had also borne a notable part in the Warren affrays of '28, and the disastrous trouble of the Fly-Sheets in '49, when Methodism lost a hundred thousand members.
I opened the door, I entered, I closed it behind me as quickly and quietly as a rather unsteady hand would permit; for to be slow or bustling, to rattle a latch, or leave a door gaping wide, were aggravations of crime often more disastrous in result than the main crime itself.
I thought at first it was from home, and trembled, expecting I know not what disastrous communication: to me, however, no reference was made, and the cloud seemed to pass.
At the present instant one of the most revered names in England is being besmirched by a blackmailer, and only I can stop a disastrous scandal.
The flow of volcanic matter is not always disastrous, and the island had already undergone this trial, as was shown by the streams of lava hardened on the northern slopes of the mountain.
It would have been very successful if, all of a sudden, one of the rowers had not "caught a crab" with disastrous consequences.
And it is because I know the difficulty, it is because I know the almost disastrous effect of failure in such an enterprise, that I earnestly advise a very humble beginning.
He would perhaps not so thoroughly have understood all the dubiousness of Maggie's appearance with Mr Stephen Guest on the quay at Mudport if he had not witnessed the effect it produced on Tom when he went to report it; and since then, the circumstances which in any case gave a disastrous character to her elopement had passed beyond the more polite circles of St Ogg's, and had become matter of common talk, accessible to the grooms and errand-boys.
There got to be a saying that whenever there was a disastrous fire in the poor districts of a city the fire chief's buggy reached the scene first, next the "Aglaia" flour wagon, and then the fire engines.
The question we have to ask ourselves is: What steps can be taken to prevent a military contest of which the issue must be disastrous to all sides?
, The report emphasizes the disastrous impact of population growth and rising demand.
While it has been known for a while that we are more likely to splash the cash when we are paying by card than by coins, the study results found that paying with plastic also has disastrous results for your waistline, as people are more likely to buy junk food and "vice" products – which tend to be impulse purchases – when paying by card.
After a disastrous 98–80 loss in Carmelo's return to Oklahoma City last week, D'Antoni circled the wagons, cutting his rotation to eight players and forgetting any idea of diversifying the offense.
For example, you may know the disastrous witch-hunt in the Western history.
Winston Churchill · Winston Churchill began his love affair with painting in his 40's, a mid disastrous circumstance.
Trade wars leave no winners, only disastrous outcomes for the two countries and the rest of the world.
Recent surveys gave the SPD only 16 per cent of the vote, more than four points below the party's disastrous showing at last year's inconclusive general election.
Nail polish remover A manicure spill can be disastrous but nail polish remover can be a fast-acting way to remove the stain, as long as it's small.
While it has been known for a while that we are more likely to splash the cash when we are paying by card than by coins, the study results found that paying with plastic also has disastrous results for your waistline, as people are more likely to buy junk food and "vice" products – which tend to be impulse purchases – when paying by card.
Yet the period from 1989 to 2007 was exceptional — history is littered with economically successful dictators and economically disastrous liberal democrats.
