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This meant resisting the clamour in the British Parliament to withdraw the British garrisons from the St. Lawrence.

MacDonald's Greatness in His Times 1965

Our talk that morning must have closely reproduced the talk in English garrisons before the Sepoy mutiny; the sturdy doubt that any mischief was in prospect, the sure belief that (should any come) there was nothing left but to go down fighting, the half - amused, half-anxious attitude of mind in which we were awaiting fresh developments.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

On his approach, with a great army, the Persians withdrew their garrisons from the cities which they had already taken, and retired from the

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

He restored to the Parthians the election of an independent sovereign; withdrew the Roman garrisons from the provinces of Armenia,

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Their generals are recalling our garrisons aboard.

Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

Suchet had already withdrawn from Spain, and at last recalled the garrisons from those

The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) John Knight Fotheringham 1867

He maintains that this will lead to concrete steps, as yet unidentified, to remove slum neighborhoods known as garrisons from the political landscape.

The Seattle Times 2011

He maintains that this will lead to concrete steps, as yet unidentified, to remove slum neighborhoods known as garrisons from the political landscape.

KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

Had he made examples of those only who had abused his ambassadors, or advised or assisted in it, that being a violation of the law of nations, it might have been looked upon as a piece of necessary justice for terror to other nations; but to be thus severe with all the cities of the children of Ammon (that is, the garrisons or soldiers of the cities) was extremely rigorous, and a sign that David's heart was not yet made soft by repentance, else the bowels of his compassion would not have been thus shut up -- a sign that he had not yet found mercy, else he would have been more ready to show mercy.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721

Police did claim victory Friday in taking control of the Tivoli Gardens slum, Mr. Coke's stronghold, saying it marked the most significant attack Jamaican police have dared to take on one of Kingston's "garrisons" where powerful crime bosses hold sway.

After Jamaican Siege, a Bigger Battle 2010