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... word,” said Caderousse, from whose mind the friendly treatment of Dantes, united with the effect of the excellent wine he had partaken of, had efface... ...e baron, but the fright of the courtier pleaded for the forbearance of the statesman; and besides, as matters were, it was much more to his advantage ... ...ized the dream of Machiavelli and Caesar Borgia, which was to make Italy a united kingdom.” “Monsieur,” returned the inspector , “providence has chang... ...isted of a plan of his own cell and that of Dantes, with the passage which united them. In this pas- sage he proposed to drive a level as they do in m... ...ve inspired not only the pontifical govern- ment, but also the neighboring states, with such extreme fear, that they are glad of all opportunity of ma... ...r- ences during the Carnival, knowing full well that among the differ- ent states and kingdoms in which this festivity is celebrated, Rome is the spot... ...which evi- dently, from the ease and grace with which she wore it, was her national attire. Behind her, but in deep shadow, was the outline of a mascu... ... to give you credit for having hit upon a most capital idea.” “And quite a national one, too,” replied Albert with gratified pride. “A mere masque bor... ...s for Franz, he was enchanted at the way in which Albert had sustained the national honor in the presence of the bandit. “My dear Albert,” he said, “i...

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... wife of the one and the sister of the other. Colonel Bath has necessarily united all suffrages. He is of course a very little stagey; he reminds us t... ... delivered. I answered coldly, since the case was so, I heartily hoped the commissions might be both signed. ‘What do you say?’ replied Amelia eagerly... ...m I had exchanged, insisting that, though his maj- esty had not signed the commissions, that still the bargain was valid, partly urging it as a right,... ...m. “This letter convinced me in every point. I was now in- formed that the commissions were not signed, and conse- quently that the exchange was not c... ...sold I was obliged to sell cheaper, than any other. In fact, they were all united, and, while they every day committed trespasses on my lands with imp... ...ion from me, I declare, I think such beauty, such sense, and such goodness united, might aspire without vanity to the arms of any monarch in Eu- rope.... ...ate of human affairs.” “Sure, my lord,” cries the doctor, “we have read of states where such doctrines have been put in practice. What is your lordshi... ...e to consider the true interest of his country, and that only in great and national points; if he will engage his country in neither alliances nor qua...

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... species of civilization long before the greater portion of even the older States was rescued from the wilderness. Ontario in our own times has been t... ...mming as soon as it was dark. In this manner, the body of friends and foes united reached the margin of the eastern channel, where, as in the case of ... ...a general wish to have her settled, rather than from any desire to see her united to any particular individual. These thoughts, however, she kept secr... ...tions, beyond a doubt. Well, times are getting wrang, when foreigners hold commissions and carry halberds in Scot- tish corps; and I no wonder that ba... ... circumspection; and I feel persuaded that Corporal M’Nab will sustain the national renown.” “Ask yer own father, Mistress Dunham; he is acquaint’ wit... ...has been the traitor? Ah, Pathfinder! ye’ll no’ be making yourself a great statesman or a great captain if you put too much faith in appearances. Lord... ...eet and precious encouragement which silently marks the course of sympathy united to passion. “Not I, Jasper; I know nothing of all this. Mabel has al...

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... Coblentz, refusal to return. ASSEMBLIES, Primary and Secondary. ASSEMBLY, National, Third Estate becomes, to be extruded, stands grouped in the rain,... ... cannon pointed at, regrets Necker, after Bastille. ASSEMBLY, Constituent, National, becomes, pedantic, Irregu- lar Verbs, what it can do, Night of Pe... ...ILLE, involuntary epigram of. BAILLY, Astronomer, account of, President of National Assem- 5 Index bly, Mayor of Paris, receives Louis in Paris, and ... ...t La Cabarus’s. BEAUMARCHAIS, Caron, his lawsuit, his ‘Mariage de Figaro,’ commissions arms from Holland, his distress. BEAUMONT, Archbishop, notice o... ...’ account of, Finance Minister, ar- rested, suicide of. CLERGY, French, in States-General, conciliators of orders, joins Third Estate, lands, national... ...lties of, commences governing, and Notables, holds Royal Session, receives States-General Deputies, in States- General procession, speech to States-Ge... ...inance, account of, dismissed, refuses Brienne, recalled, difficulty as to States-General, reconvokes Notables, opinion of himself, popular, dismissed... ...ce, on Corn-law, dismissed, death of. TYRANTS, French people rise against. UNITED STATES, declaration of Liberty, embassy to Louis XVI., aided by Fran...

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...er mistaken. Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a st... ...aken. Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a stronger ... ...Prejudiced, I am not, and never have been, otherwise than in favour of the United States. I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest i... ...ced, I am not, and never have been, otherwise than in favour of the United States. I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest in the c... ...t the Custom—house above all others would do well to take example from the United States and render itself somewhat less odious and offensive to forei... ...ustom—house above all others would do well to take example from the United States and render itself somewhat less odious and offensive to foreigners. ... ...s there, I sincerely believe, any insolence of office of any kind. Nothing national is exhibited for money; and no public officer is a showman. We hav... ...of obtaining it, I suppose?’ ‘Well, I don’t know:’ which, by the bye, is a national answer. ‘Her friends mistrust her.’ ‘What have they to do with it... ...heard them called by gentlemen learned in this kind of sweetmeat, into the national spittoons, and not about the bases of the marble columns. But in s...

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...may babble of the firm over the walnuts and the wine, will rally round the national concern at the approach of difficulty. They are so few – I am asha... ...r, it were to challenge contradiction – they are so few, and the amount of national capital buried at their feet is so vast, that we must not wonder i... ...of the independent traders broke be- yond restraint. And, largely from the national touchiness and the intemperate speech of German clerks, this scram... ...it. They figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. ... ...y figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. It was ... ...hed story. And the end of it spattered the credit alike of England and the States, when this man (the premier of a friendly sovereign) was kidnapped a... ...nsulate. Malietoa supposed himself betrayed by Tamasese. Consul Churchward states with precision that the document was sold by a scribe for thirty-six... ...t Malietoa,” said Mataafa “but try to bring about a compromise, and form a united government.” “Very well,” said Tamasese, “leave it to me, and I will... ... of humanity I hereby respectfully and solemnly protest in the name of the United States of America and of the civilised world in general against the ...

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...lous or wrong at home, so I then hoped that the good-humored people of the United States would not be generally disposed to quarrel with me for carryi... ... wrong at home, so I then hoped that the good-humored people of the United States would not be generally disposed to quarrel with me for carrying the ... ...ces is a literal para- phrase of some reports of public proceedings in the United States (especially of the proceedings of a certain Brandywine Associ... ...a literal para- phrase of some reports of public proceedings in the United States (especially of the proceedings of a certain Brandywine Associa- tion... ...n the city of New York, by two hundred representatives of the Press of the United States of America, I made the following observations, among others:—... ...ity of New York, by two hundred representatives of the Press of the United States of America, I made the following observations, among others:— “So mu... ... of my second reception in America, and to bear my honest testimony to the national generosity and magnanimity. Also, to declare how astounded I have ... ...u were not prepared, sir ,’ said the gentle- man, ‘to behold such signs of National Prosperity as those?’ He pointed to the vessels lying at the wharv... ...abours to the prevailing taste, and of his being strictly and peculiarly a national feature of America. They walked a mile or more along a handsome st...

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...her- wise and more nobly ordered than that other justice which is special, national, and constrained to the ends of government, 12 Essays: Book III “... ...r consciences, though never so much commanded to it by themselves. In such commissions there is evident mark of ignominy and condemnation; and he who ... ...d, they still close and stick to- gether, both moving and in heaps; as ill united bodies, that, shuffled together without order, find of themselves a ... ...v. 7, 43.] we are not, peradventure, at our last gasp. The conservation of states is a thing that, in all likelihood, surpasses our un- derstanding;—a... ...t us everyway cast our eyes; everything about us totters; in all the great states, both of Christendom and elsewhere, that are known to us, if you wil... ...- ments of the world. May God drive our divisions far from her. Entire and united, I think her sufficiently defended from all other violences. I give ... ... Polander as a Frenchman, preferring the universal and com- mon tie to all national ties whatever. I am not much taken with the sweetness of a native ... ...their mis- fortunes. As I seldom read in histories the confusions of other states without regret that I was not present, the better to consider them, ... ...e. To what 378 Essays: Book III end do we dismember by divorce a building united by so close and brotherly a correspondence? Let us, on the con- trar...

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...oyalist, and full of zeal for the cause of his sacred majesty, in which he united with the great Marquis of Montrose, and other truly zealous and hono... ...deeply and darkly, at the extreme angles of a curtain, or flat wall, which united them, and thus protecting the main entrance, that opened through a l... ...n the other, were various buildings of different heights and dates, yet so united as to present to the eye a certain general effect of uniformity of f... ...rest of the apartment was very gloomy. Equipt in a habit which mingled the national dress of the Scottish com- mon people with something of an Eastern... ...uthority, and no authority at all; after some clubs had drunk Up with this statesman, and others Down with him; after riding, and run- ning, and posti... ...s of subsistence. They lost, in a great measure, by this intermixture, the national character of Egyptians, and became a mingled race, having all the ... ...omestics, as they went and came in prosecution of their various duties and commissions. The clerk and precentor of the parish en- joyed at a little di... ...uld feel the same sorrow for a generous enemy who fell under my sword in a national quarrel. I shall leave the ques- tion with the casuists, however; ... ...did not remember him. Gab kept out of his eye though, as he had served the States against England, and was a deserter to boot; and he sent us word dir...

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... not particularly lively—but he paraded twice before the box where the now united couples were met, and nobody took any no- tice of him. Covers were l... ...tate. He was high sheriff, and rode in a golden coach. Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in V anity Fair he had a higher place than the m... ...f women. She had pictures of Mr. Fox in every room in the house: when that statesman was in opposition, I am not sure that she had not flung a main wi... ...Sir Pitt was brought to change his views after the death of the great Whig statesman. This worthy old lady took a fancy to Rawdon Crawley when a boy, ... ...itors would have come rushing on him in a body, had they known that he was united to a woman without 168 V anity Fair fortune. “My relations won’t cr... ...ho were the correspondents of your late lamented father. Y ou’ll find us a united, simple, happy, and I think I may say respected, family—a plain tabl... ... But as for paying your creditors in full, I might as well hope to pay the National Debt. It is madness, sheer madness, to think of such a thing. Y ou... ... any time since the conclusion of the war, and 636 V anity Fair carry the national Goddem into every city of the Continent. The congregation of hat-b... ...n the street were already surrounded by per- sons smoking and drinking the national small-beer, the public rooms were in a cloud of smoke, and Mr. Jos...

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...er-woman soon made Bridgefield part of her regular rounds, and took little commissions which she executed for the household of Sheffield, who were, as... ...lready shown herself resolved to cancel the very irregular bonds which had united them,—a most easy matter for a member of her Church, since they had ... ...ne whose crust was elevated into the altar of Hymen, with their own selves united thereat, attended by numerous Cupids, made chiefly in paste and suga... ...sted kinsman of their lord; and Sir Ralf Sadler, a thin, elderly, careworn statesman, came to greet him at the door of the hall, and would only have b... ...visit town, and above all such travellers as these, bringing news of grand national achievements. V ery soon after Gilbert’s accession to the heirship... ... ’S W W W W WALK ALK ALK ALK ALK WILL CAVENDISH, who was in training for a statesman, and acted as a secretary to Sir Francis Walsingham, advised that... ... the man in Richmond Park. “Never fear! he knows it,” returned the budding states- man. “Why, look you, a man like Sir Francis has ten thou- sand mean... ...o desperate as before, and at this present time the Earl and Countess were united against the surviv- ing sons, who, with Gilbert at their head, were ...

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...ne forms, when grief had furrowed that network of delicate veins. Esther’s nationality proclaimed it- self in this Oriental modeling of her eyes with ... ...in Paris such vehement promenaders, real gendarmes watching a recalcitrant National Guardsman, bailiffs taking steps to effect an arrest, creditors pl... ...6 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life those Parisians who are born to be of any nationality they please. But I do not advise that you should give yourself ... ...owers of the huge machine of government. You will speak of the police as a statesman should, admiring everything, the Prefet included. The very best m... ...rable securities. The high politics of money-making consist in forcing the States of Eu- rope to issue loans at twenty or at ten per cent, in making t... ...do with my marriage, my interests are no concern of his. That remark- able statesman was good enough to assist me at one time with his advice, but he ... ...o us, on seeing two 324 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life handsome creatures united and happy, always did honor to Madame de Stael, in spite of her ‘rom... ...ip, was perhaps the unknown bond on which a strong intimacy was based that united the Comtes de Bauvan, de Granville, and de Serizy; for a common misf... ... who loved each other, and who were happy!” said Jacques Collin. “They are united.—It is some comfort to rot together. I will be buried here.” When Lu...

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...ll be equally available for applica- tion in the British Empire and in the United States. T o that we must come, unless our talk of co-operation, of r... ...qually available for applica- tion in the British Empire and in the United States. T o that we must come, unless our talk of co-operation, of reunion,... ...honour, and obey a King, and that they rejoice in this conception of their national purpose. Great sums of money were spent to emphasize this purpose,... ... of the new knowledge has taken for its work, so also are the loyalties of nationality, and all our local and party adhesions. Much that passes for pa... ...odern patriotism for one moment. On the one hand there are the patriots of nationality who would have us believe that the miscellany of European squat... ...e that the real and ultimate business, so far as this world goes, of every statesman, every social orga- nizer, every philanthropist, every business m... ... may present the whole matter in a simplified picture by imagining all our statesmen, our philanthropists and public men, our parties and institutions... ...at any rate, London and the Gold Coast and, I suspect, some regions in the United States of America, receive to consume. But it will be urged that the... ...eover, and of the children of a growing element in the life of the eastern United States, the home functions are delegated in a very large de- gree to...

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...ISHMENTS, AND HIS UNDERTAKINGS, AND OF A GREAT JOINT STOCK COMPANY OF VAST NATIONAL IMPORTANCE MR RALPH NICKLEBY WA S NOT, strictly speaking, what you... ...tty well!’ echoed Mr Bonney. ‘It’s the finest idea that was ever started. “United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muf- fin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual D... ...nto consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of the United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Del... ...heart than another, that one object was the welfare and ad- vantage of the United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Del... ...s might be; but per- haps this was occasioned by senatorial gravity, and a states- manlike habit of keeping his feelings under control. He was a tough... ..., that your poor papa went bail for, who afterwards ran away to the United States, and sent us a pair of snow shoes, with such an affectionate letter ... ...ted to make their fortunes. And a most ex- traordinary proof it was of the national prosperity , that people had not been found to avail themselves of... ...is leisure hours with thoughts of Madeline Bray, and in execu- tion of the commissions which the anxiety of brother Charles in her behalf imposed upon...

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...: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good ...

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...vy,” approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have ... ...proved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the aut... ...nd such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their ser... ... officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services a... ...’S ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the publi... ...R OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the public print... ...ially attained. During the ex- isting war it is peculiarly the duty of the National Government to secure to the people a sound circulating medium. Thi... ...shall operate in such manner as, while protecting western Virginia and the national capital from dan- ger or insult, it shall in the speediest manner ... ...HE SEVERAL STATES: The capture of New Orleans, Norfolk, and Corinth by the national forces has enabled the insurgents to concentrate a large force at ...

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...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the l...

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...e eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our writ... ...n years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Con... ...on, all of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever... ... of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever devise... ... lived less than fifty years under our Constitution. In that time no great national commotion had occurred that tested its strength, or its power of r... ...oroughly desperate. Had De Tocqueville lived to examine the history of the United States from 1860 to 1870, his misgivings as to this power of self- p... ...y desperate. Had De Tocqueville lived to examine the history of the United States from 1860 to 1870, his misgivings as to this power of self- preserva... ...ic then subdued to settle- ment, studying the methods of local, State, and national ad- ministration, and observing the manners and habits, the daily ... ...revolution throughout the whole of Christendom. The various occurrences of national existence have every- where turned to the advantage of democracy; ...

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...der has ever been present in a vast metropolis, on the day when some great national idol was carried in fu- neral pomp to his grave, and chancing to w... ...ersate diurne; Especially nocturnâ. In these assassinations of princes and statesmen, there is nothing to excite our wonder; important changes often d... ...ther, warm already, became warmer; culinary and meta- physical irritations united to derange his liver: he took to his bed, and died. Such is the comm... ... of the company during the earlier toasts, I overruled the call. After the national toasts had been given, the first official toast of the day was, Th... ... purpose of malice, faithfully pursued, has quartered some people upon our national funds of homage as by a perpetual annuity. Bet- ter than an inheri... ...ted together by cords of superstition. What else was it but her constancy, united with her angelic gentleness, that drove the fanatic English soldier—... ...ere I saw her; I do not exactly know, but I be- lieve with some burthen of commissions to be executed in Bath, her own residence being probably the ce... ...ong, hunting the county up and down, and regularly subsiding about sunset, united with the permanent distinc- tion of Lancashire as the very metropoli... ...sweat of their brow. In Rome only, (and at one time in some of the Grecian states,) it was the very mean- ing of citizen that he could vote and be idl...

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...t day, swarm in the provinces; but in 1822 the country attorney very often united the functions of solicitor and counsel. As a result of this double l... ...on in the bank. You would not believe how greatly the qual- ity of banker, united with the august title of creditor, changes the debtor’s position. Fo... ...rom misfortune, the Govern- ment, strange to say! takes its share, and the national rev- enue is swelled by a tax on commercial failure. And the Bank?... ... at that time a treaty was being negotiated between Russia and Sweden. The States-General insisted that Charles XII. should make peace (much as they t... ...ecretary’s keeping; but when the time came for laying the draft before the States- General, a trifling difficulty arose; the treaty was not to be foun... ... General, a trifling difficulty arose; the treaty was not to be found. The States-General believed that the Minister, pan- dering to the King’s wishes... ...one kind of opinion and acted on another. There has been no consistency in national policy, nor in the conduct of individuals. You cannot be said to h... ... world; they compose Robert the Devil, act Phedre, sing William Tell, give commissions for pictures and build palaces, write Reisebilder and wonderful... ... matters, so tricky are they in their dealings. In France the spectacle of national blunders has never lacked national applause for the past fifty yea...

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...p the mirror to Russian officialdom and the effects it has produced on the national character. The plot of Dead Souls is simple enough, and is said to... ...nstitution, or look for a position in a bank, but he is an immortal inter- national type; we meet him everywhere; he is of all lands and of all times;... ...and of all times; he but takes different forms to suit the requirements of nationality and time.” Again, the work bears an interesting relation to Gog... ...w. Yet he need not have flown into such a passion. More than one respected statesman reveals himself, when confronted with a business matter, to be ju... ... ness. But sheer necessity compelled Chichikov to face these things. Among commissions entrusted to him was that of placing in the hands of the Public... ...and, divides into runlets (all flashing in the sun like fire), plunges, re-united, into the midst of a thicket of elder, birth, and pine, and, lastly,... ...ithout that accomplishment, no one could ever hope to become a Minister or Statesman. Thus, with great difficulty, and also with the help of his uncle... ...r to manage it. And the reason for his conduct—his very strange conduct—he states as follows: ‘I do not know my nephew, and very likely he is a spendt... ...friend and, I might add, a generous benefactor of mine—has charged me with commissions to certain of his relatives. However, though relatives are rela...

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...ring, not only from all the provinces of France, but even from all foreign states, the most celebrated swordsmen. It was not uncommon for Richelieu an... ...Musketeers were much attached to their young comrade. The friendship which united these four men, and the want they felt of seeing another three or fo... ...h of whom he had before had business, and who both knew him again; so they united against him and hanged him on a tree. Then they came and boasted of ... ... they had as yet but partisans; and he, Richelieu—the French minister, the national minister—would be ruined. The king, even while obeying him like a ... ...l, then I shall hope for one of those events which change the destinies of states.” “If your Eminence would quote to me some one of these events in hi... ...Athos, “he whom we send must pos- sess in himself alone the four qualities united.” “But where is such a lackey to be found?” “Not to be found!” cried... ...nds, Lieutenant!” said he; “you are not unlucky in being charged with such commissions, particularly if my Lord has authorized you to look into her be...