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Sentence Examples In May 1940, he too was interned and told to enlist either in the Foreign Legion or in an auxiliary corps of the French army. They stood to attention in full Legion dress and led the small crowd in a moment's silent reflection. A meeting to commence a branch of the Legion of Mary in the area took place in the sacristy in Kilglass Church on Wednesday night last. The unknown disease attacked over 200 people gathered for an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. All branches of the Royal British Legion will be holding a two-minute silence on Tuesday, November 11, the anniversary of Armistice Day. Under sunny skies, Chirac pinned Legion of Honour medals on 14 veterans in the pomp-filled ceremony at Arromanches. He served in the Army from 1941 to '45 and during that time was honored with the Legion of Merit award and a Bronze Star. It is ridiculous to say that I was being miserly where the Royal British Legion is concerned. The parade was led by British Legion branch secretary David Marshall, who carried its standard. He has previous military experience, having served with the French Foreign Legion. The moment was marked with a bugler playing the last post, prayers and standards from the Royal British Legion. The hat should also have a back flap something like the Foreign Legion kepi. In autumn sunshine, Royal British Legion stalwarts and young uniformed cadets stood shoulder to shoulder. A Royal British Legion standard bearer was among the many mourners who attended Mrs her funeral. Sir Marcus Worsley gave a tribute to the Queen Mother and members of the Malton and Norton branch of the Royal British Legion carried a standard. A big mahalo to the Legion of Mary at Sacred Heart Church, for another beautiful May Crowning. Like Nero, his family had ties to the Legion, but he was not of noble blood, unlike Nero, and could not become a centurion. He took a shine to the boss's daughter, Jennifer, and threatened to join the French Foreign Legion if she wouldn't marry him. When John was born, Nick was in Russia, along with other rookies from the Legion, battling a squad of soldiers who guarded a weapons plant. Colchester, whose name was now Latinized to Camulodunum, became the site of a substantial fortress for the Twentieth Legion. Show More Sentences It is all very well to say it is great to be competing with sides like Legion but this has to be looked on as a game thrown away. The pair will celebrate the day with a good knees-up at the Royal British Legion in Stratton with friends and family. Held in the Royal British Legion on March 10, due to the unavoidable absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman took the chair. During the Civil War Gilmer held a variety of staff positions, including quartermaster and adjutant general of the Hilliard Alabama Legion. The Royal British Legion offers support to ex-servicemen and women and their families who need their help. He pulls out his Iqaluit Legion membership card from his wallet, and flips it over. But the problem has been compounded by the inability of the Legion to attract younger ex-servicemen and new lifeblood. Along the way, he earned the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross and 16 Air Medals. He was the visionary force behind the creation of the British Legion and as a Germanophile advocated greater rapprochement with Germany. France garrisons a regiment of the Foreign Legion in Mayotte, as well as a naval detachment. Retired farmer Joe met Margaret on a blind date at a Royal British Legion dance in Haworth. His decorations included the U.S. Legion of Merit, as well as several British and French awards for gallantry. It is much the same time the Ninth Legion disappears off the page of history. Lancashire Royal British Legion received a supply of the badges and was told to issue them to all those who were eligible. The film even showed Porter in the uniform of the French Foreign Legion, as gritty and gung-ho as a poilu. The long, grueling war caused the mutiny of the French Foreign Legion units whose mission was to retain Algeria as a French colony. His Legion was currently deployed along the right flank, slowly moving towards the enemy base in hopes of flanking their position. The Royal British Legion report, released the day before Armistice Day, estimates that 10.5 million people make up Britain's ex-service community. He was also honoured with France's highest cultural honour, becoming a chevalier of the Legion d' Honneur, in the same year Sophie met a brutal death. In one of his famous cartoons, he shows soldiers of the French Foreign Legion marching endlessly through a desert expanse with two legionnaires in the foreground. Show More Sentences Saito served in the French Foreign Legion for 21 years, but legionnaires said they could not help to free him because he was not a French citizen. Jobless and destitute of funds, McClean enlists with the Black Knight Legion, a band of villainous mercenaries driven by the acquisition of financial gain. The Zealots were leading members of the revolt against Rome in 66-70 AD and at Masada they committed suicide rather than surrender to the Roman Tenth Legion. The congregation sang the American battle hymn, the US national anthem and God Save the Queen, accompanied by Wilton Royal British Legion Band, led by bandmaster Bob Hardy. As they approached the town square a guard of honour was provided by 20 veterans for groups including the Royal British Legion and Indian Ex-Servicemen. South Lakeland residents are being urged to slot their coins in the collecting tins of the Royal British Legion to invest in a poppy to wear with pride. The Legion was led by a man he had yet to go into battle with, a young man of no more than 20 years who had purchased into his rank with the help of a very affluential father. Fr. Carroll defends Montfort's Marian effusions whereas I find them cloyingly unappetizing, the Legion of Mary and the piety of the pope notwithstanding. Without stopping, as soon as the sun rose Banastre Tarleton ordered his unrested Legion and dragoons to charge into the American militia in the center. But until such a work appears, France's Forgotten Legion offers an unbelievably rich source of undigested primary material for enterprising researchers to exploit. George Legion has 160 members and participates in several community events such as Canada Day, Remembrance Day, and Applefest. It featured remixes from the likes of Jape, Hunter-Gatherer and Legion Of Two. Ostorius died with the Silures still unconquered and, after his death, they defeated the Second Legion. The Eugene Challengers and Springfield Titans split a Legion Baseball doubleheader on Tuesday at Swede Johnson Stadium. The local band, Dunbar Royal British Legion Pipe Band, has competed with considerable success over the years. He was president of The British Legion until his death and was chairman of the United Services Fund from 1921 until his death. Wet grounds forced postponement of Saturday's Legion baseball game between the Eugene Challengers and the Salem Dirtbags at Dallas High School. The Legion Legate was the equivalent of full Brigadier with the Imperial Legate holding the rank of General. He started as an inker on Alien Legion and Art Adams' Longshot in 1984 before launching his career as a penciler. This led to The Royal British Legion severing ties with the paper until such allegations are proved false. Show More Sentences On his return to Hollywood after the war, he received the Legion of Merit, an American military decoration. In 1855 Robert was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honour by the Emperor of France. The American Legion has long believed this Marine Corps hero's detainment was unjust. In the Spanish Civil War, the Luftwaffe in the Condor Legion tried out air fighting tactics and their new aeroplanes. The Luftwaffe's Condor Legion experimented with new doctrine and aircraft during the Spanish Civil War. In the Battle of Bakhmach, the Legion defeated the Germans and forced them to make a truce. Volunteers in the British Legion were motivated by a combination of both genuine political and mercenary motives. The company's military designs were so successful that Louis was awarded the Legion of Honour for his company's contributions. The Royal British Legion holds a Silence in the Square event on Armistice Day, 11 November, in remembrance of those who died in war. In 1971, he was made a Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour at the Cannes Film Festival. So joining the French Foreign Legion for a month to find the truth behind the romantic Beau Geste image should be a doddle. Sometimes her driveway was blocked by a cube van from the Legion, Alarie said, preventing her from accessing her backyard. Gary Roser, Colonel, USMC was awarded Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service medal and many others while in the Marine Corps. The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance is held annually the day before Remembrance Sunday. This mourning oneupmanship isn't just banal, it insults the British Legion. He certainly brought with him the Sixth Legion to replace the existing garrison. At the end of the month, Merlin ordered the disbanding of the Police Legion, which had been infiltrated by the Babouvists. My grandfather mentioned the problem to Lord Fermoy, whom he knew through the British Legion. and Lord Fermoy said he would put in a good word. Former Llandudno Town Councillor, influential in Llandudno Town Twinning and The Royal British Legion. The Royal British Legion informed me that the photo shows the 52nd Motorized Air-Line group of the Royal Engineers. Show More Sentences A rising of the Brigantes has often been posited as the explanation for the disappearance of the Ninth Legion, stationed at York. In Book 5, Chapter 44 the Commentarii de Bello Gallico notably mentions Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, two Roman centurions of the 11th Legion. Caesar wrote on the Civil Wars that the soldiers from the Second Legion had become Hispanicized and regarded themselves as hispanicus. Flight 19 alone would be covered again in the April 1962 issue of American Legion magazine. Pompey, despite greatly outnumbering Caesar, who only had his Thirteenth Legion with him, did not intend to fight. She was awarded France's top honour, the Legion d'Honneur, to signify her popularity and importance in the culture of France. The coins, which are dated to about AD 160, are now held at the National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon. When their leadership changed becoming more hostile to Rome, Roman General Quintus Petillius Cerialis led the Ninth Legion north from Lincoln across the Humber. John Coode, 89, has been told he must wait until next year to receive his prestigious Legion D'Honneur from the French government for his bravery on D-Day. Even so Maximus restores the esprit de corps of the Roman Legion. He later took command of a Legion demibrigade in the Free French forces, and, to avoid reprisals against his family in France, adopted the nom-de-guerre Monclair. Less well known is the memoir of Maurice Magnus, Memoirs of the Foreign Legion, in which Lawrence recalls his visit to the monastery of Monte Cassino. American Legion Post 375 in Detroit is also named after Joe Louis. He and his cousin were both grandsons of the influential and powerful Julia Maesa, who had arranged for Elagabalus' acclamation as emperor by the famous Third Gallic Legion. The plaque will be unveiled by members of the Royal British Legion and Kathleen CocKroft, Roy's widow and only surviving Korean War widow Known to be in Huddersfield. The Palace of the Legion of Honor holds primarily European antiquities and works of art at its Lincoln Park building modeled after its Parisian namesake. A ROYAL British Legion flag pole subjected to years of vandalism has been replaced with a modern vandal-proof system thanks to sponsorship of a local company. I must make this my project of the decade which should win over a legion of admirers and also the top accolades of the industry. But it is a policy that must be pursued on the quiet so as not to spook the country's growing legion of foreign creditors. They have a stunning house, two adorable children and a legion of supportive friends. Show More Sentences It would seem that my hands may have been a tad shaky, or the flooring in the old legion was wobbly, causing the pictures to be fuzzy. The path winds through a legion of eerie stone figures, some towering 100 feet above. He may have his legion of knockers who scoff at his lack of goals compared with his wage packet. The great gathering of friends reflected the special esteem and regard in which Paddy was held by a legion of people. Meanwhile a legion of Scottish reinforcements was descending to aid the Lancastrians of Alnwick Castle. Stories of removal vans breaking down, mortgage money failing to materialise or a buyer or seller pulling out at the last moment are legion. Examples of rent seeking are legion and largely responsible for underdevelopment. He turned slowly, expecting to see a legion of angry mermen leering down at him from behind pointed spears. The most important fighting unit of the Roman Army was the legion commanded by a legatus. Evidently, her relationship with Nick didn't earn her a legion of admirers. Back in the 1990s Ed Schultz was one of a legion of bombastic conservative talk-radio hosts. It'll silence their critics, amaze their fans and win them a whole new legion of admirers. For the band's legion of fans, Metz's book is a loving walk down memory lane. Cassidy's legion of admirers might argue that it's enough just to hear her remarkable voice again. Deservedly, the DS has garnered a legion of admirers from every generation of drivers born since. Nader could once claim a legion of friends and admirers in the world of American progressive politics. She has already won a legion of admirers and a Radio 3 Award for world music. As it turns out, no one in the real estate community likes this guy and the stories about his stunts are legion. The advantages of such an economic re-orientation, meanwhile, would be legion. Literary references to wine drinking are legion, presumably because it encouraged conversation, civilized, bawdy, or sometimes nonsensical. Show More Sentences Examples of this type of behaviour in the still rather immature PC industry are legion. Books and articles on the tradition of the English country house are legion. As with any complex disorder, the therapies purporting to help are legion, and variable in outcome as far as the individual is concerned. Between 5000 and 6000 legionaries made up a legion that was commanded by a legatus. Its unique animation style, inventive action sequences, and twisty narrative structures have rightfully won over a hardcore legion of fanatics. He could see, very faintly, a legion of soldiers in the distance, also approaching the forest. A battle-ravaged legion could have only two maniples, a hastily reorganised one could have ten. The number of babas, swamis, gurus, bapus, bhagats and their ilk in India is legion. Insignificant in herself, she stands as a cipher for the famous mediocrities of our time, and they are legion. Anna seems to believe its legacy belongs to a legion of smug, self-satisfied designers and copywriters. The bright flicker of the candles lit the room and colored their cheeks as they stood before the kingdom's legion of Royal advisors. When a particular legion has performed well and not earned any criticism, the scrollcase is uncapped, which you can observe when they march. Judging by a legion of newspaper articles, books, and tourist brochures, the issue has long been settled to the satisfaction of the Bluenoses. A legion was a military unit of the Roman army made up of infantry and supporting cavalry numbering three to six thousand men. A few months later, the guy who owned and operated the company upped and vanished to avoid a legion of creditors, and has not been seen since. These bloggers marshaled their legion of sock puppets to engage in intellectual combat. There's a risk that the party will be transformed into a legion of spear carriers. The non-trivial technical problems that keep the space elevator from being built are legion. His legion of fans were willing to ignore his much-cited failings because he was a breathtaking sight when in full flow. Each bore a pair of stripes on his sleeve, color depending on what legion of mages he supervised. Show More Sentences In the legion of plot twists that assault the viewer in the final part of the film, one can almost sense the palpable desire to leave the audience stunned and amazed. Launched in 1997, the silviculture operation comprises four full-time manual cutters and brush saw operators as well as a legion of summer-time planters. Disturbing, highly intelligent, referential to a legion of horror movies, the film is a horrifyingly bleak portrait of a Britain overrun by rabid zombies. Modesty, of course, forbids me from the citing the legion of instances where I have been correct. Ron Sparks, managing director of QBE Insurance, a consistent sponsor of yachting and regattas for many years, could be regarded as representative of the legion of supporters. Without much delay, Rahaena's army of monster hunters and mercenaries charged forward, chipping away at the retreating legion like a whittler at wood. His scheme to re-integrate the church back into the center of this urban community has won cain a legion of admirers. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl reportedly tried to join the legion before enlisting in the U.S. Army. First, in his opening remarks yesterday, the pontiff towed a much more conservative line than his legion of new fans might expect. The show's legion of hate-watchers will likely be quick to point out that we probably could have picked up on the basics of that message without having it spelled out for us. There were cavalry from Wrade and a legion of spearmen from Croast. It may have been said in jest, but a legion of Hollywood actresses would have nodded ruefully in unison. It's as if Hollywood were experiencing some unusual fabric shortage, and I wouldn't be surprised if a legion of actresses have colds or flus by morning after. Combined with recruiting units from the barracks, you can easily, when conditions arise, build armies with a score of siege weapons and a legion of men. I'm convinced God has assigned a legion of Road-Angels specifically to me. That left the small but fervid legion of believers who had dropped everything feeling upset and sheepish. Eventually his legion of injuries began to catch up with him. The myths surrounding censorship are legion, and are largely based on the unproven premise that screen violence incites people to actual violence. Such incidents were legion and the spoils of office could be immense. The number of characters confronting inner demons was legion. Show More Sentences The former England boss has won a legion of admirers the world over thanks to his honest, forthright views and his overwhelming passion for the game. In BBC hospital drama Casualty, Clive played consultant Mike Barratt, whose combination of beefy good looks and softly-spoken bedside manner won him a legion of admirers. The two Soweto giants were lying fourth and fifth respectively yesterday behind clubs such as Bloemfontein Celtic and Black Leopards despite their vast legion of supporters. Minaj is thrilled to be returning to her legion of Aussie Barbz this October in a brand new full-scale arena show. With Hannah Montana long gone, a new legion of tween TV shows has risen. We will see some surprising groups, maybe a legion of them, face the Six. Darth Vader and a legion of Storm Troopers roamed the stalls and took part in a parade for the 15th anniversary of the UK Garrison group. A new Moon on the 18th offers a legion of help as she brings in reinforcements in the shape of a partner or family who chivvy you up to start. They reveal a legion of L-plate motorists determined to do whatever it takes to pass. Oprah, when she came, found a legion of her fans on its doorstep. Nearly two hundred years separate Jim Crow from Vanilla Ice, The Rapper Show, Eminem, the Beastie Boys, and a legion of other wanksta wiggers. After this, the legion was probably part of the imperial army in the Rhine borderlands that was campaigning against the Germanic tribes. After his final victory, Caesar disbanded the legion and settled the veterans in the area of Picenum. However, some scholars have ascribed the Nijmegen evidence to a mere detachment of IX Hispana, not the whole legion. The unknown fate of the legion has been the subject of considerable research and speculation. The legion fought in various provinces of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. The centuries took their titles from the old use of the legion drawn up in three lines of battle using three classes of soldier. The final form of the legion originated with the elite legiones palatinae created by Diocletian and the Tetrarchs. In the empire, the legion was standardized, with symbols and an individual history where men were proud to serve. A typical legion of this period had 5,120 legionaries as well as a large number of camp followers, servants and slaves. Show More Sentences A legion consisted of several cohorts of heavy infantry known as legionaries. By the third century AD, the legion was a much smaller unit of about 1,000 to 1,500 men, and there were more of them. Today's legion of neopunk bands play music marked by three chords and simple melodies. They have taken the genre into the mainstream. The standards of the legion were located on display there, very much like the flag of modern camps. In the camp of a full legion he held the rank of consul or proconsul but officers of lesser ranks might command. Thirty maniples arranged in three lines with supporting troops constituted a legion, totaling between 4,000 and 5,000 men. The army doubled in size, and cavalry and smaller units replaced the Roman legion as the main tactical unit. In response to the murder of Pertinax, Severus was proclaimed Emperor at Carnuntum by his legion XIV Gemina. Each legion in Britain had a commander who answered to the governor and in time of war probably directly ruled troublesome districts. With the XX Valeria Victrix legion, Agricola defeated the Caledonians in 84 at the Battle of Mons Graupius, in northern Scotland. The heavy infantry of the maniples were supported by a number of light infantry and cavalry troops, typically 300 horsemen per manipular legion. To support this incursion he built bases such as Pinnata Castra, a legion camp near Inchtuthil. The discipline and organization of a Roman legion made it a superb fighting unit. In 232 there was a mutiny in the Syrian legion, who proclaimed Taurinus emperor. Domitian also founded a new legion in 82, the Legio I Minervia, to fight against the Chatti. Each tribune conspicuously took personal charge of one legion, and the quaestor took the 6th. His improvements to the structure and organization of the Roman legion were profound and effective. Tullius Cicero, then stationed with a legion in the territory of the Nervii, failed due to the timely appearance of Caesar. Led by Cerialis, the Romans ultimately forced a humiliating peace on the Batavi and stationed a legion on their territory. Maiden Castle was captured by a Roman legion under the command of Vespasian, and the Roman settlement of Durnovaria was established nearby. Show More Sentences Lindsey Davis' Marcus Didius Falco was stationed with the Second Augusta legion in Isca, and revisits it in The Silver Pigs. The fortress was garrisoned by the legion until at least the late 4th century. These legion camps were connected by a good road network to all those regions across the island that were occupied by the Romans. The local legion had to be reinforced with contingents from the Germanic provinces. The legion later rebuilt the old wood and earth camp into a stone fort and also operated a lead mine there. The camp was left to civilians and legion veterans and turned into a Roman colonial town. Agricola reimposed discipline on the legion and helped to consolidate Roman rule. He suggests that the legion may have been withdrawn from York around 117 to take part in the war in Parthia at the end of Trajan's reign. However, Keppie does not support the theory that the legion met its end in Britain. Less clear is whether the whole IX legion was at Nijmegen or simply a detachment. The legion was later reinforced with legionaries from the Germania provinces. Around the same year, the legion constructed a fort, Lindum Colonia, at Lincoln. With all due respect to Aaron, every era seems to have had its legion of wrongdoers and shortcutters who used whatever science was available to get an edge. The besieged Uruguayans called on resident foreigners for help, which led to a French and an Italian legion being formed, the latter led by the exiled Giuseppe Garibaldi. The symbol was carried by an officer known as aquilifer, and its loss was considered to be a very serious embarrassment, and often led to the disbanding of the legion itself. Slaves could also be claimed from the prisoners of war and divided amongst the legion for later sale, which would bring in a sizeable supplement to their regular pay. Domitian eagerly sought the opportunity to attain military glory and joined the other officers with the intention of commanding a legion of his own. It is unlikely that a legion was sent to land of the Iceni as two of them were fighting at the island of Anglesey and the other two were stationed at their garrisons. Caesar brought mounted soldiers of the 10th legion, who joked that they had been promoted to knights, which was the origin of the 10th legion's nickname Equestris. He improved and standardized training, weapons, armor, equipment, and command structure, and made the cohort the main tactical and administrative unit of the legion. Show More Sentences The legion also participated in the decisive Battle of Mons Graupius. According to Tacitus the legion narrowly escaped destruction when the Caledonians beyond the Forth launched a surprise attack at night on their fort. A legion of tailors came to Adonize him, but he puzzled them all. Led by Cerialis, the Romans gave as good as they had gotten, ultimately forcing a humiliating peace on the Batavi and stationing a legion on their territory. Hadrian appointed Aulus Platorius Nepos as governor to undertake this work who brought the Legio VI Victrix legion with him from Germania Inferior. His success as the legate of a legion earned him a consulship in 51, after which he retired from public life, having incurred the enmity of Claudius' wife, Agrippina. Octavian then engrosses for himself proconsular powers for ten years in all the provinces where more than one legion was stationed, giving him effective control of the army. The officers of the legion were tasked with selecting men for the ranks. The extraordinary demands of the Punic Wars, in addition to a shortage of manpower, exposed the tactical weaknesses of the manipular legion, at least in the short term. Poenius Postumus, prefect of the 2nd legion, which had failed to join the battle, having robbed his men of a share of the glory, committed suicide by falling on his sword. One group of each legion would excavate the foundations and build the milecastles and turrets and then other cohorts would follow with the wall construction. Each legion, furthermore, had a vexillifer who carried a vexillum or signum, with the legion name and emblem depicted on it, unique to the legion. Under Hadrian, the three legion camps were rebuilt in stone. Normally, this was because any legion incapable of regaining its eagle in battle was so severely mauled that it was no longer effective in combat. Examples from Classical Literature Our spy is a gentleman who will appear wearing the ribbon of the Legion of Honor, and looking like a diplomate. Junior recognized in the creature before him one of the laterigrade Legion, a well known character. For his valour on the latter occasion he received the rank of general of brigade and the commandership of the Legion of Honour. He was as lazy, as hopeful, and as unambitious as several thousand other riders of the Legion. Officers of the Legion old enough to have won a few medals seemed to respect the cafard and make allowances for his deadly work. In 1880, the French Government gave him the Volta Prize of fifty thousand francs and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Wilson Law was a regent of the University and a major general of the Legion. He was dressed in a blue frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin, and wore at his button-hole the rosette of an officer of the Legion of Honor. The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred upon me. The red poppy was adopted by the British Legion as a symbol of respect and honour for our service personnel and not to glorify war. He had previously been made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour. A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears. Other important Roman military sites in Wales include Caerleon Roman Fortress which housed the Second Augustan Legion. Many years ago my little daughter was stolen, presumably by Arabs, while I was serving with the Foreign Legion in Algeria. The Prince had a rosette of the Legion of Honour in his buttonhole. He had obtained the ribbon of the Legion of Honour for his father. A son, Victor Chapman, who joined the French Foreign Legion in 1914 and lew as a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, was shot down over France. We shall be much happier ranching or hoofing it with the Lost Legion. He has joined the Foreign Legion, and even now may be fighting. Captain Armand Jacot of the Foreign Legion sat upon an outspread saddle blanket at the foot of a stunted palm tree. Show More Sentences The exterior livery of the Fiat 500e stormtrooper is inspired by the armor of the First Order Legion, with a two-tone black and white custom painting of the car body. Both wore the red rosette of the officers of the Legion of honor. The MP was shown around the homes by the former welfare secretary of the Royal British Legion, Dennis Chaffer, and stayed to chat with residents about their experiences. A CLAIRVOYANT fundraising evening for Leaves of Hope for Belarusian Children, with clairvoyants Kay Harding and Kim, will take place on Friday at Rumney British Legion. Well, my dear cordon-bleu, to whom I should give the cross of the Legion of honor, is there some little dainty for which I had better reserve myself? Tarlton's legion charged them as they broke, and pursued them in their flight. The minor spirits of earth are not much spoken of except in a body, as a sort of host or legion. Had there been a legion of them on his track, he could have better borne it. Not forty Van Hupfeldts nor a legion of ghosts should reave him of those telling pieces of evidence! There is a legion of secondary symptoms of proctitis, all of which medical empiricism considers and denominates causes. The reference, of course, is to the vitae sanctorum whose number from the fourth century onward becomes legion. Accordingly Valesius concludes that Melitene was not the name of the legion, but of the town in which it was stationed. Its variants are legion, and I can only refer to a few of them which are of special interest. Here was quartered the second Augustan legion, and this was the principal Roman town in the country of the Silures. A legion of hirelings were zealous to show their servility and loyalty to their lords. Indeed there were not many who could have kept up with him in his rambles, had there been a legion. Caius had been with him through much of his work, for Caius served in the same legion. Hence all the families of this legion appear to be serotinous, their simple primitive nucleus persisting for a long period. The uses to which the motor vehicle has been put are legion. I stood indeed as little chance among them as a cumbrous whale attacked on all sides by a legion of swordfish. Show More Sentences Even the village dogs were there, a legion of snarling, flea-bitten curs. Major Vernier, of Pulaski's legion, and twenty-five men, were killed. This is to Krasaletzki, to provide for the disbandment of his legion. And those who loved the grand old man of football were legion. It was a time of visions and miracles, while seers and prophetesses were legion. Find more words! 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