A dethroned sultan of Morocco, named Mulai Ahmad (Mahommed XI.), offered to acknowledge Portuguese suzerainty if he were restored to the throne by Portuguese arms, and Sebastian eagerly accepted these terms. The flower of his army was in Asia and his treasury was empty; but he contrived to extort funds from the " New Christians," and collected a force of some 18,000 men, chiefly untrained lads, wornout veterans, and foreign free-lances.
A few lads in positions similar to his own began to look up to him as an intellectual leader, and their correspondence with him shows remarkable interest in literary matters.
And if you do get highjacked, remember lads, Thamesway never gives in to threats.
And in Dundee, lads even gave it a two-finger salute - silly really, as the flag ca n't answer back.
And in Dundee, lads even gave it a two-finger salute - silly really, as the flag can't answer back.
April 26 th 1916 Easter was duly observed in Foxearth in spite of 40 brave lads away from the parish on active service.
Are the lads asleep? asked Petya.
Blantyre Works (pop. 1683) was the birthplace of David Livingstone (1813-1873) and his brother Charles (1821-1873), who as lads were both employed as piecers in a local cotton-mill.
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Did n't they make most of our lads look puny in comparison?
Everyone wants the pretty girls or the strapping lads.
Geordie lads and they were pretty good in Manchester but here they sounded so much better.
He ransacked his father's shelves, dipped into a multitude of books, read what was interesting, and passed over what was dull An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way; but much that was dull to ordinary lads was interesting to Samuel.
Hurrah lads! he added, addressing the men with a rapid movement of his chin.
I could lift the most, but it was Mary riled the lads, bragging as how she could better them.
I had to tell lads I'd worked with over the last four years they had to go.
I think the Kelso Lads will be kicking themselves, but as they say that is sevens Rugby.
I think the Kelso Lads will be kicking themselves, but as they say that is sevens rugby.
I was slinging mud and pinecones at my lads between scenes and one of the Assistant Directors shouted " Oi you come here!
I was told that two lads who jumped into the water after me had been hit by gunfire.
In fairness to both teams these lads do not shirk a tackle, they play for real.
In the latter case the only persons spared were young girls and growing lads who could serve as carriers for the army.
It must have been a terrible job for the crew of the ship, actually getting the lads onboard.
It must have been worrying for the lads still onboard; they really where " sitting ducks " .
It seems these lads ' mags are rather more explicit than I thought!
It's heavy, lads--solid books.
It's wonderful what a lot of our troops have gathered, lads!
Lads and girls, and even children, are gathered together; efforts being made to organize for them not only educational and religious opportunities, but harmless recreation, while the dwellers in the settlements share in the games and identify themselves most sympathetically with all the recreations.
Lads were practicing for one of the coveted international titles, the Bells Beach Surfing Classic, held over easter.
Military training is compulsory on all lads over ten attending government schools.
Most lads on the street had the backside out of their trousers.
Most platoon officers were first class and well liked by the lads, even cracking jokes with us.
One day him and Nelson were boxing, The compass, like sailor lads do.
Orphans of respectable parents have a home at Birmingham, and the reformatory school has done splendid service for lads who have committed a first offence.
Practical instruction is given in various subjects, but the main object is to provide recruits for the armed force of the state, and only such lads as are unfitted to be soldiers are drafted into other occupations.
Renaming the band Oasis, the lads embarked on a year of rigorous rehearsing, and began gigging in small pubs and clubs.
Shall we just wring our hands at what the local lads get up to?
Some of the lads decided to change places midstream.
The establishment at Rakow was suppressed in 1638, two lads having pelted a crucifix outside the town.
The girls and lads hanging round Quarry Green off license and other hangouts can be an absolute nuisance.
The lads did 3 encores on the night, which finished with a great firework finale.
The lads first manual guillotine, they want to try all of them on your own!
The needy scholar was generally to be seen under the gate of Pembroke, a gate now adorned with his effigy, haranguing a circle of lads, over whom, in spite of his tattered gown and dirty linen, his wit and audacity gave him an undisputed ascendancy.
The state has established agricultural and technical colonies for lads up to the age of fourteen.
The young Brits Bush seems to regard as the embodiment of evil are ordinary lads, neither especially political not devoutly religious.
Their experiences made us foot patrol lads look very mundane.
Then in February '71 the lads were joined by bassist John Allen, allowing Brian to concentrate on lead guitar.
There is no reason to doubt that they were secretly smothered on or about the 15th of July by his agent Sir James Tyrrell, or that the bones found buried under a staircase in the fortress two hundred years after belonged to the two unhappy lads.
There was a cellar down below which the lads were covering with old blankets they had found strewn around.
There was one such king who had four sons, Ethelbald, Ethelbert, Ethelred, and Alfred. The three older boys were sturdy, half-grown lads; the youngest, Alfred, was a slender, fair-haired child.
There's nothing like a night in with the lads watching the footie with a few dozen cans.
They've killed a man, lads!
This was also released in the UK and rekindled old flames for the Stax pranksters - the lads are back in town!
We have had a good time--now farewell, lads!
We lost two goals in the two minutes which cost us and knocked the stuffing out of the lads.
We only fooled about with the lads for fun, you know!
We were in there one night when a group of three or four lads came in and began chatting up the said barmaid.
Well, we could get them to cheer the English lads on.
When I was there, he got on with all the lads and would never say anything detrimental about any player.
When lads trained like himself entered school and college they came in contact with that religious revival which characterized the last half of the 15th century.
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