How To Use Solemnly In A Sentence

Then, turning to the temple, he called solemnly and sternly to the madman, 'Thy hour is come! repent, confess, and save thy soul!' Antonina
He was anointed with oil and the crown of France was solemnly lowered onto his head. THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII
[Stops for a moment in doorway and speaks very solemnly.] A WICKED WOMAN (A CURTAIN RAISER)
In front the violin sang a strident tune, and the biniou snored and hummed, while the player capered solemnly, lifting high his heavy clogs. Tales of Unrest
What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew?

I do solemnly swear that I will obey all laws commands and dictates of our leader - for he has lovely teeth.
Yet he dreams of being king and solemnly publishes his intentions 169 to regain power and rebuild an empire.
Professor, solemnly examine yourself; 'in proportion to your fruitfulness will be your blessedness.' Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
I reckon," he continued, solemnly, peering at the other from under his rusty hat-brim, "I reckon when you see him, maybe you'll want to put a kind of codicil to that deed to the 'Herald.' The Gentleman from Indiana
But I call solemnly upon all countries to implement programs commensurate to recover sound fiscal situation. RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds
As each august eulogizer in turn stepped solemnly to the podium, one large, open-faced fellow in a ski jacket, carrying the Star as well as the Post, loudly asked from his seat a couple of rows behind the family, ‘Who's that?’.
We solemnly affirm that we pledge our time, effort, and resources to the fullest extent that we can, so that no one has to fight cancer alone.
Others were frisky, some downright mischievous, but Cisco was solemnly content.
In the shallows were many yellow egrets, while a _sarus_ crane stalked solemnly along the far bank, and everywhere bird-life, rare elsewhere in the State, abounded. The Jungle Girl
Some cat manuals solemnly instruct their readers in how to take their pet cats for a walk.
I would rather die than divulge anything," Charlotte protested solemnly, and her choice of the word divulge seemed to add considerably to the dignity of the proceedings. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
But the time when Cuculain should be knighted, that is to say, invested with arms, and solemnly received into the Red Branch as man to the high King of all Ulla, now drew on, and such a knighting as that, and under such signs, omens, and portents, has never been recorded anywhere in the history of the nations. The Coming of Cuculain
These gold obligations were solemnly reconfirmed by three sitting presidents.
Like leaves before the wind, the boys rushed out by a back door into the play-ground, while the master solemnly passed to his house, with a deep slow bow to the ladies; and there was poor Scudamore -- most diffident of men whenever it came to lady-work -- left to face the visitors with a pleasing knowledge that his neckcloth was dishevelled, and his hair sheafed up, the furrows of his coat broadcast with pounce, and one of his hands gone to sleep from holding a heavy Delphin for three-quarters of an hour. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War
Solemnly we counted down, and he connected the wire to the terminals of the lorry battery that powered the whole thing.
The little girl nodded solemnly, golden curls bouncing.
a small pigtail clubbed at the back of his head, like one of Goya's sacristans or a tabellion in an old play, Swann passed by an office in which the lackeys, seated like notaries before their massive registers, rose solemnly to their feet and inscribed his name. Swann's Way
Both have solemnly declared on our unsolicited behalf that we, the public, remain at ease and unworried when burglars receive non custodial sentences community service, even for a second offence.
The brolga has a taste for dancing; flocks of this bird may be seen solemnly going through quadrilles and lancers -- of their own invention -- on the plains. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia
The two sides solemnly declared, " The region must be made immune from any foreign interference.
Yes, only I disremembered for a while," said Mary Jane solemnly. Mary Jane—Her Visit
At his coronation on February 2nd, 1626, Charles I was solemnly invested with what was known as St Edward's Regalia.
The three perched solemnly on the foldout sofa, while Gretchen had the one comfortable chair in the room. IN A STRANGE CITY
Governments would have to undertake solemnly not to seek to influence it.
“I had the honour,” wrote Gulliver solemnly of Lilliput, “to be a Nardac, which the Treasurer himself is not; for, as all the world knows, he is only a Clumglum, a title inferior by one degree….” Alexander Hamilton, American
We shouldn't philander solemnly with that point of view. On the contrary,we should treat it seriously.
Solemnly he then pronounces her sentence, declaring she shall serve him as Walkyrie no longer, but shall be banished to earth, where she will have to live as Stories of the Wagner Opera
Having delivered this speech, standing and with great gravity, solemnly emphasizing the Latin words, and particularly rolling out the last ones with deep and swelling tones, Ben whirled a summerset, gave a shout, and, followed by the others, started in a run for the play-ground. Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment viii, 9-151, [1] p.
He frowned instead, kneeling down to speak to the boy, no more than seven or eight, who faced them solemnly from the rubble. â€œWeâ€ ™ re here to help, â€ Headley assured him. â€œAre you hurt? 365 tomorrows » 2005 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
He and his friends solemnly swear the oath of revenge.
That's a nice dress," said Michael. "Thanks," she replied solemnly.
The Blue Hawk leader nodded solemnly and passed her the speaker for the intercom.
Sir Antony held his head solemnly on one side, weighed him with puritanical scrupulosity to a quarter of an ounce on his delicate balance, listened attentively at the chest with his silver-mounted stethoscope, and perpended the net result of his investigation with professional gravity; then he gave Philistia
You mean, he may get himself up as a colly-something - a beetle-lover - and go and sit solemnly in the meetings at the Town Hall, while everyone is looking for him elsewhere. The Mystery of the Missing Man
Wiggs," he said solemnly, "if ever you can do anything to annoy that woman, such as making her an apple-pie bed, or _anything_ like that, I wish you'd do it. Once on a Time
Once standing inside, he paused to look up at his uncle and the members of the Royal Council, who all stood solemnly facing their prince with formal salutes, which he proudly returned.
It is necessary to demonstrate before the international community that we can solemnly impose the law.
Coming to the top of the staircase, up which he had been followed by a servant with a pallid countenance and a small pigtail clubbed at the back of his head, like one of Goya’s sacristans or a tabellion in an old play, Swann passed by an office in which the lackeys, seated like notaries before their massive registers, rose solemnly to their feet and inscribed his name. Swann's Way
And nicely plangent chords accompanied the mutiny leader's body solemnly being brought to port. Times, Sunday Times
The renunciation of its resolution, then made solemnly and in tears, compels us to regard the actions of its party members as nothing but a deceptive ploy to win public sympathy with the April 15 general elections in mind.
The sounds of a music box shifted into gusting wind as one group of dancers exited upstage while another solemnly entered.
As our protagonist solemnly tells the rabbi, "I've had quite a bit of 'tsuris' lately. Post-gazette.com - News
Solemnly the council once again echoed what the spokesman said.
Boe, meanwhile, is quiet and solemnly handsome.
The effect was irresistible; and as the final "nevermore" was solemnly uttered the half-suppressed titter of two very young persons in a corner was responded to by a general laugh. Stories of Authors, British and American
After elaborate preparations which extended over more than two years, at the beginning of which (1616) the term Manchu (etymology unknown) was definitively adopted as a national title, Nurhachu, in 1618, drew up a list of grievances against the Chinese, under which he declared that his people had been and were still suffering, and solemnly committed it to the flames, -- a recognised method of communication with the spirits of heaven and earth. China and the Manchus
Thus Mr. Sale informs me, the old Arab Tribes would gather in liveliest _gaudeamus_, and sing, and kindle bonfires, and wreathe crowns of honour, and solemnly thank the gods that, in their Tribe too, a Poet had shown himself. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.
I would that were the worst," replied Marmaduke, solemnly, and under his breath; and therewith he repeated to Nicholas the adventure on the pastime-ground, the warnings of the timbrel-girls, and the "awsome" learning and strange pursuits of his host. The Last of the Barons — Volume 01
I love to light upon such a one, especially after nightfall, as everything about a forge tells to most advantage at night; the hammer sounds more solemnly in the stillness; the glowing particles scattered by the strokes sparkle with more effect in the darkness, whilst the sooty visage of the sastramescro, half in shadow and half illumed by the red and partial blaze of the forge, looks more mysterious and strange. Lavengro
The homunculus stares solemnly at my sere soil.
Tonight we solemnly decree the sublimest sacrifice ever made by a nation for the salvation of humanity, the institution of worldwide liberty and freedom.
Over the years we sat in many a drizzly car park on the dark perimeter of some God forsaken industrial town, solemnly munching sandwiches and making snidey remarks about salesmen.
Mr. Dubster then walked up to her, and, with an air conspicuously aukward, solemnly said, 'So you want to dance, ma'am?' Camilla
On the left, the young artist looks solemnly at the camera.
They played Tschaikowsky first, the tender and passionate "Melodie"; then a lilting measure from Debussy's "Faun," followed by a solemnly lovely Brahms arrangement devised by the virtuoso himself. Success A Novel
Tickled, scarified, the unincarcerated viewer thanks his lucky stars and solemnly wonders after what fashion he might, if it came to it, do his own time. Prison Porn
‘And now,’ he solemnly announced, ‘let this day be forever marked in history as the renascence of our glorious kingdom's greatest legacy!’
Philpot rose solemnly to his feet, and, looking round upon the company.
For hour upon hour they bob solemnly, like survivors from a capsized cruise ship. Times, Sunday Times
Fra 'witches and warlocks," I solemnly intoned, "fra 'wurricoos and evil speerits, and fra' a 'ferly things that wheep and gang bump in the nicht, Guid Lord deliver us! The Prairie Wife
The first movement begins solemnly, but breaks into an appassionato. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and
And nicely plangent chords accompanied the mutiny leader's body solemnly being brought to port. Times, Sunday Times
The EU has solemnly declared its intention to make the European economy the most competitive in the world by 2010.
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise.
That's a nice dress," said Michael. "Thanks," she replied solemnly.
The short, stout, and rosy gentleman who, as soon as he had got well within the room, began to unswathe his neck from a voluminous white silk muffler, now completed his task and advancing upon Peggie solemnly kissed her on both cheeks, held her away from him, looked at her, kissed her again, and then patted her on the shoulder. The Herapath Property
Protestants of the present day, perhaps the most surprising feature of all may appear to be the title ascribed to the Pope by the judges, whilst publicly and solemnly dispensing the laws of the country. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
She is perhaps eighteen, not quite twenty, the same age Victor would have been had he lived, her freckly face solemnly riveted into an expression of grief and important, patriotic trauma.
Here, bound hand and foot they were thrown into an old wooden house; a priest confessed them, and he solemnly declared that they were innocent of the crime for which they suffered.
And in this way, every other minute some actor or actress would approach Dobek, who solemnly promised to "uphold" them all. Komediantka. English
They sat upon the ground, in groups, and solemnly smoked their long-stemmed chibouks.
That's a nice dress," said Michael. "Thanks," she replied solemnly.
They looked solemnly into the crepitant blaze of the new fire. The Judge
‘Women from all ages and walks of life took off their clothes, not because they are exhibitionists but because they felt it was imperative to do so,’ the organizers solemnly explained.
And we pronounced the word solemnly, with a reverence that was almost mystic. My Life
A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.
‘Both horses are frightened, Devin, let that be enough reason for you,’ Freddie stated solemnly and then abruptly closed the subject by remounting his horse.
The Miss Mutlows sat stiffly down on a form, one on each side of her governess, and all three stared solemnly at the boys, who began to blush vividly under the inspection, to unbutton and rebutton their gloves with great care, and to shift from leg to leg in an embarrassed manner. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers
A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.
If she were seen holding a stem of beardtongue blossoms to admire their color or stooping to touch the spikes of jimson leaves, some would solemnly call her mazed in the head not to know beardtongue when she saw it, and others would wonder, grinning, was she so wit-scoured as perhaps to eat jimson? Cold Mountain
His dark blue eyes gazed solemnly into hers, windows of tenderness.
The meadow, the solemnly playing Indians, and their gentle teacher were left behind, and the two men, passing the long college all astare with windows, the Indian school, and an expanse of grass starred with buttercups, came into Duke of Gloucester Street. Audrey
On Saturday morning my father solemnly dispensed pocket money to each of the children.
I had in my mind the spectacle of Okinawa island, where many thousands of Japanese, rather than surrender, had drawn up in line and destroyed themselves by hand-grenades after their leaders had solemnly performed the rite of hara-kiri.
She just lifted her head high, like a great begum who had been deeply offended in her own home, and solemnly retreated to the kitchen. The Hundred-Foot Journey
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise.
After a long and wearisome trial he was condemned on June 22, 1633, solemnly to abjure his scientific creed on bended knees.
Mr. Sale informs me, the old Arab Tribes would gather in liveliest _gaudeamus, _ and sing, and kindle bonfires, and wreathe crowns of honour, and solemnly thank the gods that, in their Past and Present
John, stalking solemnly and noiselessly in a long black coat, himself led the two women to the bedroom, where he left them; they sat down one on each side of the great fourposter. Australia Felix
Mr. Fulkerson," said the girl, solemnly, "Ah will stand bah you in this, if all the woald tones against you. A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete
On these occasions the offending clerks were brought across to the church, where the Archbishop in full pontificals would hear their avowal of guilt in the nave, and then solemnly divest them of their robes and of their office at the west door. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric
Though her English is fluent, I assumed this somewhat peculiar phrase was a Gallicism, and I merely nodded solemnly in agreement. Winners
Over in the far corner, near a blazing fire, two old men sat staring solemnly at a draughtboard. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE
_ "Ah, then she felt very solemnly that she was Queen; and moving softly to a chair placed between the Chair of Homage and the altar, she knelt down on the" faldstool "before it, and meekly said her prayers. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood
"Oh, I'm sure he did, Miss", Jenny replied solemnly, but her grin only grew wider.
Before Copernicus, medieval scholars solemnly concluded that the Earth couldn't possibly be moving and turning.
If we want to win -- and win big -- the exigencies of the election force us to solemnly swear that Mondale is the tax increase candidate and Ronald Reagan is the no-tax-increase candidate.
After marching solemnly round the idol three times this individual seated himself tailor-fashion before it, laid the instrument on his knees, and began to hammer upon it with a couple of sticks; whereupon we became aware that he was playing upon a rude imitation of a child's harmonicon, the keys of which appeared to be constructed of hard wood, out of which he managed to beat a very fair specimen of barbaric music. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
The artist solemnly sends up the studied self-absorption and inherent self-delusion that seem to be characteristics of the masculine gender.
I sat by Spotted Tail, exchanging civilities in my newly-acquired Siouxan-Wootton had never named me to him, evidently, and I was ill-advised enough to tell him my Apache handle of Wind Breaker, which he said solemnly was a brave and creditable one. Isabelle
One point he solemnly avers, which is, that he will never part with it under the price above - mentioned. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01
On Saturday morning my father solemnly dispensed pocket money to each of the children.
the judge sat there solemnly
Not only have reform groups solemnly pledged to bring facts and common sense to the debate, they propose societal acceptance of expanded, legal use of drugs by adults.
Carton admits he is shaken by Dr. Manette's inability to prevent the arrest, and Mr. Lorry solemnly agrees.
Thus the small Lucerne clover or medicago is often sold as "shamrock" to Irish patriots, and the watercress has been solemnly pat forward as the true shamrock simply because old writers tell us, as evidence of the barbarous state of the Irish, that they fed upon shamrocks and watercress. More Science From an Easy Chair
The tenor bell at Westminster Abbey will solemnly toll every minute for 101 minutes, echoing the years of the Queen Mother's life.
Even in the Tridentine world which demanded strict claustration of all solemnly professed religious women, these women monitored the finances of their families and insisted upon the prompt payment of various sums.
They wrapped it in brown paper, addressed it to ‘Hitler, The Palace, Germany’, and took it to the post office, where the postmistress solemnly undertook to see it was delivered.
On Saturday morning my father solemnly dispensed pocket money to each of the children.
Waving out of the roof in a slim-fitting gray Mao suit, he solemnly saluted soldiers with alternating expressions of "Tongzhimen hao" ( "Greetings, comrades") and "Tongzhimen xinkule" ( "Comrades, you've worked so hard!"). Roseann M. Lake: A Spoonful of Sugar
The solemnly ticking grandfather clock by the door said two minutes to the half hour when Charles heard the Bishop approaching.
Some cat manuals solemnly instruct their readers in how to take their pet cats for a walk.
No unfair advantage was taken of me; I plighted my word knowingly and solemnly, and no human power can release persons of honor from a solemn pledge. Love Me Little, Love Me Long
Austria, which had been solemnly created an archduchy by the emperor Frederick in 1453, was claimed by the three remaining Habsburg princes, and lower Austria was secured by Frederick, while Albert obtained upper Austria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
Yet he dreams of being king and solemnly publishes his intentions 169 to regain power and rebuild an empire.
For the final time, George solemnly recounted the story of the farm for Lennie.
Hundreds of uniformed children solemnly undertook a pledge to contribute to cleanliness in their habitat.
I hunched my shoulders and stared at the gravestones solemnly.
It was a cold mid-September evening, and the rain glistened on the pavements and splashed down from the great statue of Catherine in the leafy little square before the entrance of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, as the delegates filed past the long lines of soldiers, solemnly presented their cards and disappeared into the brilliantly lighted interior of the immense building. Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship
That's what I call thickened truth," said the American, looking solemnly round. Essays in Rebellion
Neverthelesse, having so solemnly ingaged your faith to me, and no way misdoubting your faithfull secrecy, I shall instruct you in some meanes to be observed; and it appeareth plainly to me, that being furnished with such plenty of Bookes, as you are, and other rich endowments, as you have before rehersed, you cannot but attaine to the full period of your longing desire. The Decameron
But -- though, when they got the chance, they went willingly three times to the kirk -- there were young men in the community so flighty that, instead of dozing at home on Saturday night, they dandered casually into the square, and, forming into knots at the corners, talked solemnly and mysteriously of women. Auld Licht Idyls
I once saw him strap a refrigerator to his back and carry it up a flight of stairs, but now if he didn't sag under the weight of his steel toolbox, carried solemnly from house to house like a box of jewels, his face would redden with the effort. Sam In Paradise
Past the familiar groups of grave, white-robed men solemnly washing themselves, then scooping up and drinking the noisome fluid; past their ladies squatting like frogs by the river-side, washing away at clothes which never seem a whit the cleanlier for all their talk and trouble. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
She kisses his lips; he kisses hers; they solemnly bless each other.
Eleven-year-old gamelan aficionado Morrison solemnly tapped out the steady beat on the kempli, a large kettledrum on which all the musicians in Balinese gamelan depend to keep time, especially when the rhythms get tricky.
The whole city solemnly assembled on the square.
I solemnly swear that I will try and actually post quasi-entertaining word-smithery here occasionally. Archive 2008-03-01
With a blast of bagpipes, the 78th Fraser Highlanders march out a side door, Scottish backswords raised, and solemnly lead His Royal Highness into the Winter Garden Show.
The Congress has solemnly and repeatedly declared its policy in regard to the rights of minorities.
In it my brother set forth that he had pledged his word solemnly and beyond recall to Ann and her parents, and entreated my lover to declare to the Tetzels and to his grand-uncle that henceforth and forever he renounced Ursula. Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works
He gazed at me solemnly over his toast.
He was anointed with oil and the crown of France was solemnly lowered onto his head. THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII
The protesters still burn with revolutionary zeal and solemnly proclaim their determination to fight until he goes. Times, Sunday Times
a company of players in Leipsic, he discarded Punch (Hanswurst), whom they buried solemnly with great triumph. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
On Chapman's code name, ZigZag, McIntyre solemnly intoned: "The name carried a hint of anxiety, because a man who could zig could also zag. TV review: Double Agent - the Eddie Chapman Story; Imagine … Alan Ayckbourn - Greetings From Scarborough
The Sonata No. 2 in A minor begins solemnly with the Grave movement.
There's a solemnly ungrammatical but sincere and oddly moving description of Baji Rout's role in the freedom movement that bears quotation.
For hour upon hour they bob solemnly, like survivors from a capsized cruise ship. Times, Sunday Times
When Alfonso left the city of the Cid he brought with him the body of the campeador, mounted upon his steed Bavieca, and solemnly and slowly the train wound on until the corpse of the mighty dead was brought to the cloister of the monastery of Cardeña. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII
Leaning closer to the microphone, the exobiologist lectured solemnly: ‘We are probably not alone in the cosmos.’
Table standing by, where hung a faire Crucifixe upon the wall; before which, and calling him to witnesse, that suffered such bitter and cruell torments on his Crosse, putting a Ring upon his finger, there she faithfully espoused him, refusing all the world, to be onely his: which being on either side confirmed solemnly, by an holy Vow, and chaste kisses; shee commanded him backe to his The Decameron
It's not what trekkers solemnly regard as Star Trek canon, it's called fanon, a tapestry of new plots and back stories endlessly embroidered by fans. The Tao of 'Star Trek'?
And then, in the middle part of the afternoon, we heard the first cryings of the storm — a far-distant moaning, rising and falling most solemnly. The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
-- But all his bloody schemes for overturning that covenanted interest that he had so solemnly bound himself to defend and maintain, proving abortive, he fell at last into the hands of Cromwel and the Independent faction, who never surceased, till they brought him to the block, Jan. 30. 1649. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies
Br. Benedict Joseph was solemnly professed as a Capuchin friar on September 1, 1955. Three priests
This you do with much the same air that you would walk into the 16)dock at 17)Bow Street, and then, feeling unutterably miserable, you stand solemnly staring at the child.
Why you invariably denounce Mr. Hammond when you happen to be displeased with me, I can not conjecture; but I tell you solemnly that he has never even indirectly alluded to the question of 'duelling' since I have known him. St. Elmo
On Saturday morning my father solemnly dispensed pocket money to each of the children.
For hour upon hour they bob solemnly, like survivors from a capsized cruise ship. Times, Sunday Times
He stared solemnly up at the image, clearly saddened by his loss.
Essentially he was caricaturing the age of the machine, and the self-importance of some of the people caught up in that age - creating complex inventions that achieved absurdly simple results, while the audience looked on solemnly.
I solemnly vowed that someday I would return to live in Europe.
And I again repeat solemnly Palacký's word that _Austria may exist only so long as her nations wish for it_, and that _she will cease to exist_ as soon as her nations do not want her to exist. Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty
Strong regressive and seclusive tendencies," Bassett explained, solemnly. This Crowded Earth
In present-day usage the words chrismal and chrismatory are taken indiscriminately and almost universally to refer to the vessels that are employed to hold the oils that are solemnly consecrated by the bishop on Holy Thursday, viz., oil of catechumens, oil of the sick, and chrism. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
I solemnly promise not to include this track on my CD.
As they watched the house crumble, they put a coin in the hollow of an oak tree and solemnly vowed to get it back. Times, Sunday Times
The two sides solemnly declared, " The region must be made immune from any foreign interference.
The world will be just as dangerous the day after we have solemnly pledged to ignore its dangers.
[Page 148] in matrimonial cases belongs to the Ecclesiastical Courts; under which last canon will come Lords Cranworth and Campbell, and all the Peers and Commons voting with them for reform in the piecemeal law of England; – of that country which publishes a Liturgy for its Established Church, containing a Roman Catholic ceremony for marriage; overrules the vows of that ceremony by Acts of Parliament; evades them by the Marriage Registration Act; solemnly quotes them, as an argument for keeping women to the indissoluble bond; and sets them at defiance (as a form involving no legal obligation), when the indissoluble bond is to be broken for men! A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cransworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill
They eyed me solemnly, all long, coltish limbs combined with baby cheeks and huge eyes. The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf
The two sides solemnly declared, " The region must be made immune from any foreign interference.
[Gertrude of Colmar, the chantress at Unterlinden] made sure that she was the first to come into the choir, and devoted a great deal of care to ensuring that all the sisters sang their psalms to God harmoniously, loudly and solemnly, in whatever way was fitting to each solemnity and season. Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
The whole thing was so thin as to deceive nobody, but Mr. Purdy, as each talesman took the witness-chair to be examined on the voir dire, solemnly asked each one: Courts and Criminals
But tak care, Alec -- "here Thomas paused from his work, and turning towards the boy with a trowelful of mortar in his hand, spoke very slowly and solemnly --" tak ye care that ye beir no malice against the maister. Alec Forbes of Howglen
They'll visit young Abe's law office, stand in the crowd at the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and shuffle solemnly up to a coffin where a Lincoln doppelgänger lies in state.
He was anointed with oil and the crown of France was solemnly lowered onto his head. THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII
It was wound solemnly each Sunday morning, checked against the BBC time signal, adjusted, and the glass cover snapped gently back for another week.
Michael nodded solemnly as he cautiously roped the bull, then tied the other end to Starlight's saddle, he mounted her and slowly had her back up.
The big boots lumbering into the shallow water caused sea-eggs of green and lavender to move solemnly on the bottom with raylike prickles erect. Where the Sun Swings North
On Saturday morning my father solemnly dispensed pocket money to each of the children.
Tight Eyez solemnly vows to protect Baby Tight Eyez from the lure of the gangs.
“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear …” The audience is rapturous as “Hail to the Chief” plays admidst a 21-gun salue. Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Yesterday his widow solemnly placed a wreath at the spot where he was attacked. The Sun
Rising, Tyrande solemnly said, If Elune grants it, what power I wield both with my glaive and through my prayers to her will I offer! WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
For my first course, I would be solemnly presented with a glass tumbler of tomato juice, sitting on a paper doily, in the middle of a china plate.
He too, gets the credit for the most unintentionally funny scene of recent times when he solemnly confesses Gracie is his biggest achievement and flirts with the idea of having a daughter like her.
Lederer says solemnly "As a word-bethumped language guy, I adhere firmly to the blooper snooper's code, taking only what I find and contriving nothing," but I believe him exactly as much as I believe a teller of tall tales who swears that this really happened. Languagehat.com: BLOOPERS.
A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Twirling a lock of his long white beard around a finger, the old man looked solemnly at me as his dark liquid eyes gazed at me intently.
We solemnly remember the soldiers who lost their lives fighting in these two campaigns.
He forgot that she had made life a burden to him, and when she disported herself around him he responded solemnly, striving to be playful and becoming no more than ridiculous. The Call of Kind
I solemnly affirmed that the Consul had forbidden all American citizens to carry armsespecially in the neighbourhood of the Russian intelligentzia. Chapter 5. Plunging Ahead

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