Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and the council chamber of thought. From LearnThat.org. [Saint Basil the Great (329-379).]
Emergency council. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Student council. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
council hearing on rent control -- council candidate debate at Ward 4 Dems event at Emery Rec Center. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: July 7, 2010] Reference
"This council is the synthesis of the church's history.". From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Söderblom - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Worry over local identity in Welsh council shake-up. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
I called a council of war at the office on Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2 (of 3), 1857-1870] Reference
Washington informed me he called a council, and sent for Reed. From Wordnik.com. [Nuts for Future Historians to Crack] Reference
In this state, he called a council, nominated his queen, Anne of. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges] Reference
Then he called a council of his great lords and asked their advice. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference
Ruse, 61, a one-term council member, could not be reached for comment. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from Star-Banner] Reference
In his extremity he called a council of war under the big lantern, with. From Wordnik.com. [In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel"] Reference
He summoned his heralds at once and bade them call a council of the Ithacans. From Wordnik.com. [Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece] Reference
We gained the farther bank and remounted, and then I called a council of war. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
Both when it is new moon and full moon they call a council after a sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [The City of the Sun] Reference
When Walker and his ships reached Spanish River, he called another council of war. From Wordnik.com. [A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America] Reference
On the evening of Saturday, the twenty-fourth of November, he called a council of war. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
Simon Hughes yesterday warned the Prime Minister that fixed-term council tenancy agreements. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Once, after several days of hard fighting without definite result, he called a council of war. From Wordnik.com. [Pushing to the Front] Reference
But as the enterprise was very hazardous, he called a council of all the generals in the army. From Wordnik.com. [Grandfather's Chair] Reference
Then after a time he called a council of the chiefs and told them the things that had happened. From Wordnik.com. [Blackfeet Indian Stories] Reference
In the midst of his illness he called a council of war, in which the whole plan of operations was altered. From Wordnik.com. [Life of George Washington — Volume 01] Reference
The young monarch would have instantly refused the terms, but he called a council to deliberate upon them. From Wordnik.com. [By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico] Reference
"I really feel sorry for a lot of these folks," said Lee Morris, a two-term council member elected in 1993. From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
I called a council of doctors and had them make an exhaustive chemical and microscopical examination of my condition. From Wordnik.com. [Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside] Reference
The boy had been doing a great deal of thinking that winter; and after the funeral he called a council of the family. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel the Seeker] Reference
This first day's march was so discouraging that at Ten Mile they called a council, and the packer spoke up like a man. From Wordnik.com. [The Desert and the Sown] Reference
The municipal government provided for in the charter is commonly known as the council-mayor-manager form of government. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
Then, after the midday meal, he called a council of all who were there, and we sat in the great hall to hear his plans. From Wordnik.com. [A Thane of Wessex] Reference
When Patsy arrived home she called a council of war and related the conversation she had overheard in the dentist's office. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work] Reference
Having gathered the greatest part of his fleet, he called a council to deliberate about finding provisions for so many people. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main] Reference
On which account he called a council, to consult and determine how best to station the ships, and about manning the Hosiander. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08] Reference
Taking the law into his own hands, he called a council of his friends and elected an Arian called Gregory in Athanasius 'place. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy] Reference
I called a council of the senior officers, who unanimously recommended that the attempt be abandoned; and so ended all our hopes. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
Then he called a council at Jamestown, and the scenes in the council chamber are interestingly described in contemporary letters. From Wordnik.com. [England in America, 1580-1652] Reference
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