Use counsel in a sentence
Sentences starting with counsel
- Counsel for the prosecution said: "Take the witness. [5]
- Counsel for the prosecution now said: "By the oaths of citizens whose simple word is above suspicion, we have fastened this awful crime, beyond all possibility of question, upon the unhappy prisoner at the bar. [5]
- Counsel for the defence rose and said: "Your honor, in our remarks at the opening of this trial, we foreshadowed our purpose to prove that our client did this fearful deed while under the influence of a blind and irresponsible delirium produced by drink. [5]
Sentences ending with counsel
- As it was, we were forced to await the issue without counsel. [9]
- The prisoner--he himself was prisoner and prisoner's counsel. [11]
- This listener--John Fairley was his name--kept his own counsel. [11]
- After all, he was a very sane Young Doctor, and he had the faculty of keeping his head, and his heart, and his own counsel. [11]
- Hodder could have vouched for it, and yet he had kept his own counsel. [9]
- Do the spirit voices give thee that counsel? [11]
- In her first visit with Hawkins after her parents were gone, the talk fell upon Tracy, and she was impelled to set her case before the statesman and take his counsel. [5]
- Elsie's pillow was unpressed that night, but she had not been missed by the household,--for Dick knew enough to keep his own counsel. [6]
- A sentence or two may serve to give an impression of the epigrammatic wisdom of his counsel. [6]
- Still, she promised to remember his well-meant counsel. [10]
Short sentences using counsel
- That makes Austen senior counsel. [9]
- He's Scherer's confidential counsel. [9]
Sentences containing counsel two or more times
- I rejoice in the brave and give them good counsel, And he whom I counsel certainly shall not miscarry. [10]
- He gave counsel concerning the city when there was war, but his counsel was that of a traitor, and the city was lost. [11]
- You employ counsel before the Legislature, don't you--" "We do," said Mr. Flint, interrupting, "the best and most honourable counsel we can find in the State. [9]
More example sentences with the word counsel in them
- With her as with most present, the deepest feeling in the agitated suspense was not so much that the prisoner should go free, as that the prisoner's counsel should win his case. [11]
- And even my wise grandmother can give me no better counsel than to 'wait patiently' and yet again 'Wait' . [10]
- But the Serapeum, where the sick lie awaiting divine or diabolical counsel in dreams--Galen will go there. [10]
- By the pond where all the people drank, performed their ablutions, bathed their bodies and rinsed their mouths, sat the sheikh-el-beled, the village chief, taking counsel in sorrow with the barber, the holy man, and others. [11]
- There are times when every woman feels she must have a confidant, or her heart will burst--have counsel or she will die. [11]
- Two qualities which were very dear to him he designated as sane and safe, and he had hitherto regarded his counsel as the sanest and safest of men. [9]
- It was four weary days before this jury was made up, but when it was finally complete, it did great credit to the counsel for the defence. [5]
- In the same way, while working, he obstinately rejected my counsel and my help, though the Muse grants me some things which he unfortunately lacks. [10]
- And the truth was, that the fates of both prisoner and counsel had been weighed in the balance that sweltering August day. [11]
- And hereupon he was soundly thrashed, albeit he was even then a great lad and of good counsel in all matters. [10]
- Very good it was in him, and mighty encouraging the first counsel he gives! [6]
- The railroad president walked slowly to the arm of the chair in which his chief counsel was seated, and stood looking down at him. [9]
- He could not wait to turn the insult over in his mind, to weigh the exact amount of affront in each question, to take counsel, to sleep over it, and reply to it with diplomatic measure and suavity. [6]
- Haschim must now wait till the morrow, and he, the guide, would counsel him to pass the night in the city at an inn kept by one Moschion, where he would be well cared for. [10]
- If he might venture to offer counsel, he would not interrupt his master now; he had received very sad news, and the tailor who came to take his measure for his mourning garments had just left him. [10]
- Do you counsel us to fasten it anew, with a looser knot, which will hold as long as the whim of a vacillating weakling who has broken his promises to us and to Moses a score of times? [10]
- Whatever duty urges us to do or to omit must be done or omitted; and the recklessness with which our adversaries break the laws, or counsel their violation, should afford no example for us. [7]
- Thus, if an unthinking and excited community had been listened to instead of the arguments of counsel, a poor crazy creature would have been held to a fearful responsibility for a mere freak of madness. [5]
- If I could understand and put it into intelligible words, I should need no stranger's counsel to regain my peace of mind. [10]
- Suddenly there came, unbidden, his own counsel which he had given me long ago, "Serve the people, as all true men should in a Republic, but do not rely upon their gratitude. [9]
- The opposite counsel tried to ridicule him out of his position, and did not succeed. [5]
- She found herself, trembling, answering questions now from her counsel, now from the judge; and it is to be doubted to this day whether either heard her answers. [9]
- Richter and Stephen took counsel together, and sent Shadrach out for his dinner. [9]
- Return to me to-morrow, and keep your own counsel on this subject--though I need hardly tell you that; for you'll do so for your own sakes. [12]
- But the individual to whom this counsel is given probably has dangerous as well as wholesome instincts. [6]
- We will try to make our country agreeable, and, as your friend, I counsel you to treat Boges whom I sent as my forerunner, in a kind and friendly manner. [10]
- They were told to keep their own counsel, and not rouse the suspicions of the household. [5]
- He asked permission to inquire of the learned counsel for the defence by what authority he declared that the State could not afford to enter into a policy by which grade crossings would gradually be eliminated. [9]
- I have both to crave a favor and offer counsel. [10]
- He went away to bed, telling me to be prudent, and mind the colonel's counsel until he returned from the North. [9]
- That you are to be counsel for the railroad. [9]
- She was cited to appear before the ecclesiastical court at Toul to answer for her perversity; when she declined to have counsel, and elected to conduct her case herself, her parents and all her ill-wishers rejoiced, and looked upon her as already defeated. [5]
- It remains only to address to them some friendly words of cheering counsel, and to bestow upon them the parting benediction. [3]
- There were particular times when Elsie was in such a mood that it must have been a bold person who would have intruded upon her with reproof or counsel. [6]
- At the same time he must remind counsel that the examination must discontinue unless something more relevant immediately appeared in the evidence. [11]
- The counsel of Thy lips shall guide my way; I have obeyed whenever Thou hast ruled; I call on Thee--and, with my fame, Thy glory Shall fill the world, from farthest east to west. [10]
- Honora's counsel on this and other problems was, it seems, invaluable. [9]
- For all of these operations a corps of counsel had been employed, including the firm of Harrington and Bowes next to Theodore Watling, Joel Harrington was deemed the ablest lawyer in the city. [9]
- But or cross-examination their counsel would not allow them to tell whose week of power the current week was. [5]
- As they skirted the town walls they took counsel together. [10]
- He also remembered the time when, after a rich capture on the highway which had filled his purse, he had ridden to Nuremberg in magnificent new clothes at the carnival season in order, by his brothers' counsel, to win a wealthy bride. [10]
- King, fresh from the scenes of the beach, listened a long time, expecting to hear some close counsel on the conduct of life, but he heard nothing except the vaguest emotional exhortation. [4]
- He always regards the new plantations as somehow his own, and made in the light of his advice; and their mischances are usually due to the neglect of his counsel. [4]
- She felt, indeed, the need of counsel, and knew not where to turn for it, --the modern need for other than supernatural sanctions. [9]
- The principal of the institution should also aid by his counsel the choice of the young men with whose talents and tastes long intercourse had rendered him familiar. [10]
- At last, when the horrors of starvation were staring him in the face, he laid his sad case before a celebrated author, beseeching his counsel and assistance. [5]
- As counsel for the Gaylord Lumber Company, it was clearly his duty to call the attention of young Mr. Gaylord to the section; and in case Mr. Hammer did not resume his law practice, it would fall upon Austen himself to bring the suit. [9]
- If counsel for the defense chose to let the statement stand so, he would not call him to the witness stand. [5]
- And as to the counsel she thought of offering to the man she had once looked up to? [10]
- In one of the cars, at the same station, we met General Shriver of Frederick, a most loyal Unionist, whose name is synonymous with a hearty welcome to all whom he can aid by his counsel and his hospitality. [6]
- We'll get you the best counsel, the lawyers in New York can do anything; I've read of cases. [5]
- His world was the battlefield from which he directed the forces of the great corporation which he served, and the cherished vision of a son in whom he could confide his plans, upon whose aid and counsel he could lean, was gone forever. [9]
- Then she felt that she must arise and cry to her friend, "I will follow your counsel and remain! [10]
- Yet precisely for that reason I stick to my counsel. [10]
- It was said that he had done this by his wife's counsel, and this woman was Ulrich's most dangerous foe. [10]
- Now accept my thanks for your well-meant counsel and the use of your room. [10]
- I can hardly tell you how I hunger to hear some opinion besides my own, and how I have sometimes desponded, and almost despaired, because there was no one to whom to read a line, or of whom to ask a counsel. [14]
- He watched the tall form of his chief counsel go through the doorway, and something told him that that exit was coincident with the end of an era. [9]
- There was more stir when the counsel of the defense appeared. [5]
- This fact, sharply stated by the prisoner's counsel, with no explanation and no comment, seemed uselessly intrusive and malicious. [11]
- Then there's always some important person who holds the key of the situation; his counsel has to be asked. [11]
- It was long since he had sought counsel from others. [10]
- If Gabrielle Rouget should have any special connection with Luke Freeman, there might be need of the active counsel of a friend like this young officer, whose face bespoke chivalry and gentle birth. [11]
- As she spoke, she thrust her head forward with the vigour of a passionate counsel. [11]
- Galusha Hammer, our senior counsel, is sick, and I don't think he'll ever get well. [9]
- Ali Wad Hei scorned to make any reply with his guns, but sat in desultory counsel with his sheikhs, planning what should be done when the mists had cleared away. [11]
- At last he said, rising at the same time from his throne: "We will take counsel on this matter over the wine to-night, and to-morrow you shall hear what answer you can bring to your people. [10]
- Sometimes Kasana's image rose before his eyes, increasing the fever of his over-heated blood, sometimes he recalled the counsel to become a warrior like his uncle. [10]
- Then Eva's image rose before him, and he had asked himself whether she, the devout maiden, would not thank her saint when she learned that he, obedient to her counsel, was beginning to provide for his eternal salvation. [10]
- The railroad counsel retorted that it had been as much Dickinson's fault as his. [9]
- Everybody knows and respects you, and we can't do without your advice and counsel. [9]
- I'd much rather resign as counsel for the Gaylords--and I am prepared to do so. [9]
- I have received recently several letters asking my counsel or advice. [5]
- And Yankee and Rebel alike sought his help and counsel in time of perplexity or trouble, rather than hotheaded advice from their own leaders. [9]
- Sellers to the questions of the counsel. [5]
- After some further questioning, counsel for the prosecution said: "Take the witness. [5]
- The offender was put out, order was restored, and Mr. Billings declared, with an injured air, that he failed to see why the counsel for the plaintiff saw fit to impugn Mr. Bascom. [9]
- She could find protection and love with Pollux and look to dame Doris for motherly counsel. [10]
- Even himself the prisoner's counsel was dealing with one whose life was hid from him previous to the day the murdered man was discovered by the roadside. [11]
- Go to the priests when thou needest comfort and counsel, and see if they can supply a father's place. [10]
- Having settled this point, he comforted Sophy with a few words of counsel and a promise of coming to see her very soon. [6]
- If any young person seems in danger of falling in love with her, send him to me for counsel. [6]
- Yet here are Perry and Tom, and no doubt Susan and Lucia, accusing me, a lifetime friend, of dishonesty because I happen to be counsel for a syndicate that wishes to build a street-railroad for the convenience of the people of the city. [9]
- Stay with my people till sundown, but you must keep your own counsel, for they are all listeners and blabs. [10]
- I fled to Patty Swain for counsel, nor was it the first time in my life I had done so. [9]
- I'll keep my own counsel, however. [12]
- He listened to our counsel, he gave us our due, and led back to our fields our serfs that had been sent to the war; he overthrew the altars of the strange gods, and drove the unclean stranger out from this holy land. [10]
- Everybody has an opinion, and lets you have it frank and hot, and out of this multitude of counsel you get merely confusion and despair. [5]
- And I shall only add the counsel of an old uncle, to invest this money by your husband's advice in some safe securities. [9]
- I, therefore, as one of the counsel, beg of you to fully refresh your recollection by any means in your power before the time you may be called on to testify. [7]
- I was being offered a deal of counsel, when big Mr. Astley came in from Lambeth, and silenced them all. [9]
- Nothing is lost of the sharp wrangle of the counsel on points of law, the measured decision's of the bench; the duels between the attorneys and the witnesses. [5]
- Margery, the widow of the late departed Forest-ranger, the Knight Sir Gotz Waldstromer, Councillor to his Imperial Majesty and Captain of the men-at-arms in our good city; and each profited during a longer or shorter space by her loving-kindness, and her wise and faithful counsel. [10]
- By the law of the Church--she being a minor under twenty-one--it was her right to have counsel to conduct her case, advise her how to answer when questioned, and protect her from falling into traps set by cunning devices of the prosecution. [5]
- On the arrival of the chief counsel from Fairview other captains had put in an appearance, but Mr. Bascom alone was summoned, by a nod, into the private office. [9]
- A masculine version of that look Mr. Flint now beheld in the eyes of Austen Vane, and the enraging effect on the president of the United Railroads was much the same as it had been on his chief counsel. [9]
- But the disease of counsel, deliberation, and prayer had entered into the soul of the sailor and treasure-hunter, now Sir William Phips, governor of Massachusetts. [11]
- By the argument of counsel it was shown that at half past ten in the morning on the day of the murder, Baldwin became insane, and remained so for eleven hours and a half exactly. [5]
- In the midst of a profound hush Laura entered, leaning on the arm of the officer, and was conducted to a seat by her counsel. [5]
- Having made these observations, the small spy took counsel with herself, and resolved to wait in the street until Mr Abel came out, as there would be then no fear of having to speak before Mr Chuckster, and less difficulty in delivering her message. [12]
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