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Listen with Your Heart

By: Barbara Scott

...w as moonlight, halted her. It was not Daniel’s. Of course, he would have servants to answer the door. She would give her gift to this man and be ... ...we be — uh, staying here?” “I thought it would be adequate. I’ve sent the servants away. No one will bother us.” She chewed her lower lip as she... ... spanned the alleyway, Falkner cursed his cowardly skulking. He watched as servants arrived with bundles of food and the lights in the kitchen reve... ...onspiracy as I suspected. I seem to be cursed with well-meanin’ friends and servants. Meddlin’ in my life is their favorite pastime. But I believe... ...ked again. One brow arched into the furrow of his brow. “Where would the servants sleep if they were here? Where will you put Gertie and York?” ...

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Mankind in the Making

By: H. G. Wells

...ivate conversation, I find, this is the line nine out of ten of the King’s servants will take. They will tell you the public understands; the thing is... ...g philanthropist believes he is giving them. The great propor- tion of the servants and administrators of Charities are do- ing that work because they... ...ted into admirable bandsmen for the defence of the Empire or trained to be servants for people who feel the need of well-trained servants, at a gross ... ...ters, and father, to which are often added nursemaid, governess, and other servants. Beyond these are playmates again. Beyond these acquain- tances fi... ...e been brought up in households where there is an organized under-world of servants are in- curably different in their social outlook from those who h... ... about equality—but theory is not belief. They will do a hundred things to servants that between equals would be, for various reasons, impossible. The... ...n this home to avoid work, to frame arrangements, to discover cheap, loyal servants of the old type, to discover six per cent. investments without ris... ... that the democratic idea involves. There is a way of choosing your public servants of all sorts and effectually controlling public affairs on perfect...

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Sister's Heart

By: Martina Achterberg; Martina Achterberg, Illustrator

... getting you deliriously drunk night after night to the point where you ran into every wall in the city by the time you sobered up. Just watching the servants of Chaf try to walk out those doors and failing repeatedly made me hope that you were as stupid as you were ugly!” All the sentinel beasts in the room bayed savagely at the affront. The head guard curled his black ...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...izens of these settlements were former victims of religious persecution, indentured servants, lapsed nobility, and other refugees. Their Declaration... ...of the popular will be replaced not by disinterested technocrats and expert civil servants but by usurpers, power brokers, interest groups, and cr... ...ated public services and cut the salaries and pension rights of the remaining civil servants by 8 percent. Government consumption amounts to one thi...

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The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

... and evening. But how can we carry out such a cure in our mansion, without servants, without help, without a bath, and without water? Nina is rheumati... ...dog-boys, and huntsmen, all mounted around him in full hunting parade. The servants are summoned for their edifica- tion, and in front of them all sta... ...called upon Him, that in His infinite mercy He deigned to come down to His servants. Before that day He had come down, He had visited some holy men, m... ...ul it will seem to them to be free. But we shall tell them that we are Thy servants and rule them in Thy name. We shall deceive them again, for we wil... ... He was remarkably silent, especially at home with me, his mother, and the servants. He did well at school, but did not get on with his school-fellows... ...ll silly twaddle, and there is no God,” he said, horrifying my mother, the servants, and me too. For though I was only nine, I too was aghast at 119 ... ...nine, I too was aghast at 119 Dostoevsky hearing such words. W e had four servants, all serfs. I remem- ber my mother selling one of the four, the co... ...d how was it I did not know, I did not appreciate it before?” When the servants came in to him he would say continu- ally, “Dear, kind people, why... ...es you talk like that.” “Mother darling,” he would say, “there must be servants and masters, but if so I will be the servant of my servants, the s...

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St Statesman

By: Plato

...to government officials, such as heralds and scribes, for these are only the servants of the rulers, and not the rulers themselves. I admit that there... ...ot the rulers themselves. I admit that there may be something strange in any servants pretending to be masters, but I hardly think that I could have b... ...we have found a trace of those whom we were seeking. But still they are only servants and minis- ters. And who are these who next come into view in va... ...o. STRANGER: W e shall find from our present point of view that the greatest servants are in a case and condition which is the reverse of what we anti... ...Certainly not. STRANGER: Again, freemen who of their own ac- cord become the servants of the other classes in a State, and who exchange and equalise t... ... states—what shall we call them? YOUNG SOCRATES: They are the officials, and servants of the rulers, as you just now called them, but not themselves r...

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The Treaty of the European Union the Maastrict Treaty, 7Th February, 1992

By: Various

...e Member States, make good any damage caused by its institutions or by its servants in the performance of their duties. The preceding para- graph shal... ...ll apply under the same conditions to dam- age caused by the ECB or by its servants in the per- formance of their duties. The personal liability of it... ...rvants in the per- formance of their duties. The personal liability of its servants towards the Community shall be governed by the provisions laid dow... ... of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between the ECB and its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the condi-... ... of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute between the EMI and its servants within the limits and under the conditions laid down in the condi-... ...peration 33. Declaration on disputes between the ECB and the EMI and their servants Done at Maastricht this seventh day of February in the year on tho... ...be extended. DECLARATION ON DISPUTES BETWEEN THE ECB AND THE EMI AND THEIR SERVANTS The Conference considers it proper that the Court of First Instanc...

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The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

...all the way home. 83 Dostoevsky Book III The Sensualists Chapter 1 In the Servants’ Quarters THE KARAMAZOVS’ HOUSE was far from being in the centre o... ...s left alone in the evening,” he used to say. It was his habit to send the servants away to the lodge for the night and to lock himself up alone. The ... ...uilt for a large family; there was room for five times as many, with their servants. But at the time of our story there was no one living in the house... ...Fyodor Pavlovitch and his son Ivan. And in the lodge there were only three servants: old Grigory, and his old wife Marfa, and a young man called Smerd... ...ome a habit with him. He often slept quite alone in the house, sending his servants to the lodge; but usually Smerdyakov remained, sleeping on a bench... ...gs with brandy after dinner. Ivan was also at table, sipping cof- fee. The servants, Grigory and Smerdyakov, were standing by. Both the gentlemen and ... ...ants, Grigory and Smerdyakov, were standing by. Both the gentlemen and the servants seemed in singularly good spirits. Fyodor Pavlovitch was roaring w... ...ready a glass too much. “Get along with you, Jesuits!” he cried to the servants. “Go away, Smerdyakov. I’ll send you the gold piece I promised you... ...cals won’t let us sit in peace after dinner,” he snapped peevishly, as the servants promptly withdrew at his word. “Smerdyakov always pokes himsel...

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The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan

By: Honoré de Balzac

...e demolished. The woman who thought she was scarcely well served by thirty servants, who possessed the most beauti- ful reception-rooms in all Paris, ... ...dining-room, salon, one bed-chamber, and a dress- ing-room, with two women-servants only. “Ah! she is devoted to her son,” said that clever creature, ... ...elled her friend to sit down again, whispering in her ear:— “Wait till the servants have had their dinner; the carriage is not ready yet.” So saying, ...

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Ferragus Chief of the Devorants

By: Honoré de Balzac

...r was violently burst open. A young woman entered hastily, followed by two servants, who said to their master:— “Monsieur, this person would come in i... ...y manner that told much. “Well, then,” said Auguste, excitedly, “the other servants must know where he is; send a man on horseback to fetch him. Your ... ...ness by which he guessed the way to serve him. The eagerness of 73 Balzac servants, and their shrewdness in compromising masters who compromised them... ... it,” said his brother. “I could hardly bear the sight myself, and all the servants wept. Clemence was like a saint. She gathered strength to bid us a... .... When she asked pardon for the pain she might unwillingly have caused her servants, there were cries and sobs and—” “Enough! enough!” said Jules. He ... ... a mourning-coach; Jacquet and Monsieur Desmarets took the thirteenth; the servants followed on foot. An hour later, they were at the summit of that c...

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The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

...all the way home. 83 Dostoevsky Book III The Sensualists Chapter 1 In the Servants’ Quarters THE KARAMAZOVS’ HOUSE was far from being in the centre o... ... left alone in the evening,” he used to say . It was his habit to send the servants away to the lodge for the night and to lock himself up alone. The ... ...uilt for a large family; there was room for five times as many, with their servants. But at the time of our story there was no one living in the house... ...Fyodor Pavlovitch and his son Ivan. And in the lodge there were only three servants: old Grigory, and his old wife Marfa, and a young man called Smerd... ...ome a habit with him. He often slept quite alone in the house, sending his servants to the lodge; but usually Smerdyakov remained, sleeping on a bench... ...gs with brandy after dinner. Ivan was also at table, sipping cof- fee. The servants, Grigory and Smerdyakov, were standing by . Both the gentlemen and... ...nts, Grigory and Smerdyakov, were standing by . Both the gentlemen and the servants seemed in singularly good spirits. Fyodor Pavlovitch was roaring w... ...ready a glass too much. “Get along with you, Jesuits!” he cried to the servants. “Go away, Smerdyakov. I’ll send you the gold piece I promised you... ...cals won’t let us sit in peace after dinner,” he snapped peevishly, as the servants promptly withdrew at his word. “Smerdyakov always pokes himsel...

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Phaedrus

By: Plato

... that the aim of the good man should not be to please or persuade his fellow servants, but to please his good masters who are the gods. Rhetoric has a... ...r men than ourselves that a man of sense should try to please not his fellow servants, but his good and noble masters,’ like St. Paul again; or the de... ... men than ourselves, that a man of sense should not try to please his fellow servants (at least this should not be his first object) but his good and ...

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Symposium

By: Plato

...l, if you think so, I will leave him, said Agathon. And then, turning to the servants, he added, ‘Let us have supper without waiting for him. Serve up... ...es, and no pleasure ever mas ters Love; he is their master and they are his servants; and if he conquers them he must be temperate indeed. As to cour... ... persons close up the doors of their ears. When the lamp was put out and the servants had gone away , I thought that I must be plain with him and have...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...Scripture could have been comprehensive enough to reach. Were the domestic servants of Greece, the [Greek text]‚ (thetes), within the de- scription? W... ...expression which should indicate the humility and loyalty that is owned by servants to a lord; whilst, on the other hand, the tenderness involved in t... ... stand this? In lower walks of life, it is true that mistresses often take servants without any certifi- cate of character; but in higher grades this ... ...h are called into action by the relation between injured masters and their servants. We are informed that, were every third charge pursued effectually... ... the duty of ‘a pity to the country.’ But private prosecutors of their own servants, often feel both modes of pity at the same moment. For this diffic... ... to which the London trades- men, at one time, carried their confidence in servants. So many clerks, or apprentices, were allowed to hold large bal- a... ...f what Christian- ity had done for man. But Mr. M—— left word with all the servants, that, if any man should present himself under those 199 Thomas d...

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The Republic

By: Plato

... another are called merchants? Yes, he said. And there is another class of servants, who are intellectu ally hardly on the level of companionship; st... ...rs kinds of articles, in cluding women’s dresses. And we shall want more servants. Will not tutors be also in request, and nurses wet and dry, tire... ... sures and desires and pains are generally found in children and women and servants, and in the freemen so called who are of the lowest and more nume... ...rly protected in the condition of free men, and made of them subjects and servants; and they themselves were engaged in war and in keeping a watch ag... ...heir complaints are so like themselves. And you know, I said, that the old servants also, who are supposed to be attached to the family, from time to ... ...that when his son became a man he should himself be the servant of his own servants and should support him and his rabble of slaves and companions; bu... ... they know them no more. Yes, truly. They are always either the masters or servants and never the friends of anybody; the tyrant never tastes of true ... ... You know that they live securely and have nothing to apprehend from their servants? What should they fear? Plato’s The Republic 252 Nothing. But do... ...dom and other things, much against his will—he will have to cajole his own servants. Yes, he said, that will be the only way of saving himself. And su...

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The Double a Petersburg Poem

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

...ded their heads; his Excellency impatiently tugged at the bell to summon the servants. At this point Mr. Golyadkin junior came forward in his turn. ... ...best friend!” whispered the depraved man, snatching the coat from one of the servants, The Double – Dostoevsky 138 and by way of a nasty and ungentl... ...o dance with glee. At last he pranced forward, took a candle from one of the servants and walked in front, showing the way to Mr. Golyadkin and Kresty...

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A Theologico-Political Treatise Part 2 Chapters VI to X Baruch Spinoza a Theologico-Political Treatise Part 2 Chapters VI to X

By: R. H. M. Elwes

...not think that David came to Saul in conse- quence of the advice of Saul’s servants, as is narrated in chap. xvi., but that being sent by chance to th...

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The Scarlet Letter

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

... charge of abbreviating the official breath of more than one of these venerable servants of the republic. They were allowed, on my representation, to r... ...inister! Let me tell thee in thine ear! When the Black Man sees one of his own servants, signed and sealed, so shy of owning to the bond as is the Rev...

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The Long Vacation

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ould_ at first seem like the management of a dolls’ house, even though her servants, English, German, or Magyar, obeyed her implicitly; and for that m... ...e hostess could accomplish, aided by the deftness and grace of her Italian servants. In the evening Theodore came up to assist in the singing of glees...

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Sophist

By: Plato

...ack of him which has not yet been followed out by us. Do not our house hold servants talk of sifting, straining, winnow ing? And they also speak of ...

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Phaedo

By: Plato

...hippe and her children are sent home 4 Phaedo in the care of one of Crito’s servants. Socrates himself has just been released from chains, and is led...

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The Ethics of Aristotle

By: J. A. Smith

... seems that Anger does in a way listen to Reason but mishears it; as quick servants who run out before they have heard the whole of what is said and t...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...ed it. At around 5:00 o'clock, the kitchen had turned into pandemonium. The servants hustled around, banging pot and pans, while preparing the eve... ...aid to Pietro, as they exited the car. They were greeted by a bowing bevy of servants, as they entered the house. A set of shoji doors, with a set ... ...en levels of stairs. When they reached the top, Gallucci was panting. Several servants came over and, after bowing low, asked for their coats and sh... ... "The Oyabun will meet with you after you have rested," Ky said. "Follow the servants, they will show you to your quarters." The rooms were quite ... ...er a struggle, he finally settled onto a soft cushion. Oshiro motioned to the servants who quickly left the room. One of them returned within seconds... ...n his pocket, which quickly calmed him into a meditative state. One of the servants had delivered a message that dinner would be at eight o’clock.... ...ntly as a garden. Garlands of flowers weaved through the table like a river. Servants moved like shadows as they brought in an assortment of delica... ... in the soft shade of the lush forest. Oshiro lifted his arm and several servants brought trays of food. It was a welcomed relief from the tens... ..." Gallucci said, making a sour face. "You can afford it, Uncle," After the servants cleared away the plates. "Now, for the Tongs and Triads, what ...

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Concerning Civil Government, Second Essay : An Essay Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government

By: John Locke

...g all the workmanship of one omnipotent and infinitely wise Maker; all the servants of one sovereign Master, sent into the world by His order and abou... ... appropriating to himself any part of what is given in common. Children or servants could not cut the meat which their father or master had pro vided...

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Considerations on Representative Government

By: John Stuart Mill

...general control—those, in short, who form the class of professional public servants, entering their pro fession as others do while young, in the hope... ...ctions. This guaranty for impartiality would be much impaired if the civil servants of government, even though sent out in boyhood as mere candidates ...

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Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy

By: John Stuart Mill

...ably set apart the gains of all persons coming under the class of domestic servants, as real advantages arising to a place from the residence there of...

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The Federalist Papers

By: Alexander Hamilton

...ow- ers, they were not only warranted, but required, as the confi- dential servants of their country, by the circumstances in which they were placed, ... ..., must we not deprive the people of the immediate choice of their pub- lic servants, in every instance where the administration of the government does... ... whole power of which would be in the hands of the elective and periodical servants of the people, is an aristocracy, a monarchy, and a despotism. Pub... ...power of the people, and ex- ecuted by their immediate representatives and servants. Here, in strictness, the people surrender nothing; and as they re...

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

By: Gilfillan

...oved slowly by her side. High mass was sung; they feasted in the hall; The servants round stood ready at their call The squire alone was absent from t...

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