1 The first who attempted to pass a law to this effect was the tribune Terentillus, who proposed that a committee of five should be named to consider and regulate the power of the consuls.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIX. 2 Nevertheless, the Senate defeated the bill, and a new conference committee was appointed.
3 The committee was composed of about twenty-five of the most prominent and most influential white men of Georgia.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XIII. 4 All the members of this committee were white men except Bishop Grant, Bishop Gaines, and myself.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XIII. 5 The Mayor and several other city and state officials spoke before the committee.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XIII. 6 I had never before appeared before such a committee, nor had I ever delivered any address in the capital of the Nation.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XIII. 7 I spoke for fifteen or twenty minutes, and was surprised at the close of my address to receive the hearty congratulations of the Georgia committee and of the members of Congress who were present.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XIII. 8 We were met by a committee in Atlanta.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XIII. 9 Early in the morning a committee called to escort me to my place in the procession which was to march to the Exposition grounds.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XIII. 10 Harper, of the University of Chicago, who was chairman of the committee of invitations for the celebration to be held in the city of Chicago, to deliver one of the addresses at the celebration there.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XV. 11 In addition to the executive council there is a financial committee of six, that meets every week and decides upon the expenditures for the week.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XV. 12 Danglars was engaged at that moment, presiding over a railroad committee.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit. 13 A committee of twelve members was chosen to examine the proofs brought forward by Morcerf.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 86. The Trial. 14 I used all my influence with one of the committee, a young peer of my acquaintance, to get admission to one of the galleries.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 86. The Trial. 15 "I acknowledge it affected me, and, indeed, all the committee also," said Beauchamp.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 86. The Trial.