Meanings of miserable remnant in English

At last the miserable remnant appeared before the gates.

So much for the miserable remnant of myself.

Now there is only a miserable remnant left.

It appeared that this miserable remnant of tattered bunting had once represented a British Union Jack!

At length Xerxes, with a miserable remnant of his troops, arrived at Abydos, on the shores of the Hellespont.

And now, one day after the arrival of this miserable remnant of an army, the king entered the camp of Bautzen.

Only a miserable remnant, who found an asylum among the mountains, were left to hand down their faith to later times.

The miserable remnant received generous attention from the inhabitants of the place, who did all in their power to aid their recovery.

I was insensible when washed ashore, but the miserable remnant of my superb specimen was still intact; I now lay it before you.

The miserable remnant were no longer of consequence, for the African had begun to till the soil enriched by so much native blood.

Damietta and Rosetta have fallen, and the Turks have everywhere retreated; a miserable remnant only have found safety in Alexandria, where Courschid Pacha rules.

He felt the warm blood flowing from his veins-hefelt that with it also was sweeping by the miserable remnant of his buried existence.

The purport of Cartier's fourth and last voyage, was to bring back to France the miserable remnant of the adventurers who had accompanied Roberval.

Sometimes they were locusts, swarming everywhere; at others they were a scattered and miserable remnant-whichthe government and the convict party would speedily sweep away.

During the succeeding day he was joined by twenty thousand more, and with this miserable remnant of his force he pursued his route towards Constantinople.

In Texas a miserable remnant of the great southern herd still remains in the "Pan-handle country," between the two forks of the Canadian River.