There were no hopes of succour from the forces known to be in the vicinity; hence there was no alternative but surrender or starvation. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
But no succour is near for my grieving and fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Winds of Eirinn] Reference
Does knowing this give "succour" to Osama bin Laden?. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
By the operation which I meditate I cutoff all kind of succour from the beys, and secure the conquest of. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 03] Reference
By the operation which I meditate I cutoff all kind of succour from the beys, and secure the conquest of Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [The Memoirs of Napoleon]
And, with Sara, to compassionate meant to succour. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
I looked for the succour of men, and there was none. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
There were none, then, to whom he could now look for succour. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
And the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Adarezer the king of. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 10: 2 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
From No Man's Land came the sobbing call of wounded for succour. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
At that time Horam, king of Gazer, came up to succour Lachis: and. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 06: Josue The Challoner Revision] Reference
The six brethren, seeing that he was a prisoner, came to succour him. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
And all wee together, will implore for the succour of Goddes and men. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1] Reference
Fight for thy land, and succour thy liegemen, and get thee to the field!. From Wordnik.com. [Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French] Reference
Then he began to require them all of succour and ayde, alledging that he was a. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1] Reference
They might be driven to desperation when they saw what succour we had received. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
There were no means of apprising the police, or obtaining succour from without. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
They say that these were sent by Viracocha, the creator, as succour for the Inca. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
Could anything be more providential -- warmth and succour -- food, beds, and comfort!. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
And shall I hide the cause of my grief, and not dare to seek help or succour for my sorrows?. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
The peppercorn had been dropped some time, the horsemen advanced, and no one appeared to her succour. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Lièvre limped away in the direction of Marcoing and walked for five hours before succour came his way. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
Howbeit, feelinge it to be lighte, he was cleare voyde of hope to haue anye succour and reliefe thereof. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1] Reference
The traitors defend themselves well; for they expect succour from them who were arming in the town below. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
But many an agonising prayer rose to heaven, and at last, though they little expected it, succour was nigh. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
For in that wherein he himself hath suffered and been tempted he is able to succour them also that are tempted. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 65: Hebrews The Challoner Revision] Reference
Mrs. Crawford sprang from her seat and hurried to the succour of her offspring, while Molly remarked to Cairns. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
The bearer approached warily, as many of the enemy were known to have turned on those who went to their succour. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The rest died where they fell, with no kindly hand to give them succour, no British voice to breathe a burial prayer. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
Also, if he be successful on the war-path, he is credited with the succour of some mysterious being from the spirit-world. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
On four sides they see their battalions coming to succour them; and the king's men gallop upon them as fast as they can spur. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
At that time Horam, king of Gazer, came up to succour Lachis: and Josue slew him with all his people so as to leave none alive. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
There being no man at all who brought them any succour, because they dwelt far from Sidon, and had no society or business with any man. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges The Challoner Revision] Reference
Ulema, numbering 34, sent to the Mohurdar of the Khedive in Egypt, dated Aug. 28th, 1884, in which they ask for succour from the Egyptian. From Wordnik.com. [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference
With tears in their eyes they embraced each other, and found the safety and succour they had almost despaired of in the castle at Balsille. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
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