"October 24" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... against the King. The office was conferred on Peyton, in some measure, perhaps, that he might be removed from the charge of Ralegh. The current belief was that his preferment was disgrace for connivance at communications between him and Cobham. To his successor, Sir George Harvey, Cobham wrote on October 24, desiring the grant of facilities to him to address the Council on Ralegh's behalf: 'Mr. Lieutenant, If that I may write unto the Lords I would, touching Sir Walter Ralegh; besides my letter to my Lord Cecil; God is my witness, it doth touch ...
— Sir Walter Ralegh - A Biography • William Stebbing
... a colored man, was seized near Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, by one Parsons, as a fugitive slave. Parsons could show no authority for detaining Green, who, with the help of some bystanders, released himself and escaped.—Hollidaysburg Standard, October 24, 1855. ...
— The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims - Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18 • American Anti-Slavery Society
... On October 24, 1914, about 5,000 German troops crossed the canal at Schoorbakke and next day there were more to come, so for the moment it looked as though the allied line on the Yser had been broken. The struggle ...
— The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various
... exercised by the judicial officers * * * of this territory * * * during the present emergency and until the danger of invasion is removed." Two days later the Governor's action was approved by President Roosevelt. The regime which the proclamation set up continued with certain abatements until October 24, 1944. ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin
... to pay tribute to him. In this he was successful. He then demanded a site on which to erect a fortress to be garrisoned by a Portuguese force. The foundations of this fortress were marked out on October 24, 1507, and the building was undertaken by native labour under Portuguese superintendence. Meanwhile, the disgust of {55} the Portuguese captains increased; they protested against the conduct of Albuquerque, and spoke openly of leaving him and going by themselves to India. In consequence ...
— Rulers of India: Albuquerque • Henry Morse Stephens
... interest, which you have peculiar opportunities of examining; and to enable you, if you should think fit, to draw to it the attention of the public also. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, CHAS. EDW. GREY. 20. Albemarle Street, October 24, 1840. ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 1 • Horace Walpole
... October 24, the Great Council met to elect his successor, and sat with closed doors till Sunday, ...
— The Works of Lord Byron - Poetry, Volume V. • Lord Byron
... pressure came to our ears. We waited for the next move of the gigantic forces arrayed against us. The 23rd brought a strong north- westerly wind, and the movement of the floes and pressure-ridges became more formidable. Then on Sunday, October 24, there came what for the 'Endurance' was the beginning of the end. The position was lat. 69 11 S., long. 51 5 W. We had now twenty-two and a half hours of daylight, and throughout the day we watched ...
— South! • Sir Ernest Shackleton |
