"Convening" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of wood in the form of a halberd, circulated for the purpose of convening the inhabitants of a district in Sweden ...
— Pictures of Sweden • Hans Christian Andersen
... that all of the data possible should be collected pertaining to the Constitutional Convening as I regard it the most important Convention ever held in which colored men participated. I was very fortunate in finding a copy of the Proceedings of the Convention in the Public Library in this city. I have given only such names as I could positively identify as colored. No doubt some names ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 • Various
... Bee, of Texas, sitting in his committee-room half an hour before the convening of Congress, waiting for his negro familiar to compound a julep, was suddenly confronted by a ...
— Tales of the Chesapeake • George Alfred Townsend
... the United States Supreme Court on his engagement were extended to the President this morning when the Justices called formally to pay their respects on the occasion of the convening of the court for the fall sittings. The Justices were received in the Blue Room. They were in their judicial robes and all members were present except Justice ...
— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer
... Labour Association, which was the organisation of the labourers, unanimously adopted the scheme, and commissioned their Secretary, Mr J.J. Shee, M.P., in their name, to solicit the co-operation of the Directory of the United Irish League in convening a friendly Conference of all Irish parties and sections for the purpose of securing the enactment of a Labourers' Bill on these lines as a non-contentious measure. If common ground was to be found anywhere ...
— Ireland Since Parnell • Daniel Desmond Sheehan
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