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...ey were, they still felt that they would not like to be absent. The recent events, the solitary and eccentric position of the count, his enor- mous, n... ...to know upon what occasion?” “Oh, mon Dieu, that is very easily done. Last February you were the first who told me of the Haitian funds. You had dream... ...e- scribing, or even copying in case of need. Madame Danglars, in whom the events we have related had caused deep anxiety, had hesi- tated about going... ...ortant business, he sat down in his arm-chair and began to ponder over the events, the remembrance of which had during the last eight days filled his ... ...ng. Barrois, who wished to go to bed himself, observed that after such sad events every one stood in need of rest. Noirtier would not say that the onl... ...Report of a meeting of the Bonapartist Club in the Rue Saint-Jacques, held February 5th, 1815.’” Franz stopped. “February 5th, 1815!” said he; “it is ... ...Claude Lecharpal, keeper of woods and forests, Declare, that on the 4th of February, a letter arrived from the Island of Elba, recommending to the kin... ...my honor not to reveal to any one what I have seen and heard on the 5th of February, 1815, between nine and ten o’clock in the evening; and I plead gu... ...Franz continued: — 153 Alexandre Dumas “`It was, as we said, the fifth of February. For three days the mer- cury had been five or six degrees below f...

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...mphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considered, it is hoped that, in spite o... ...changed between him and Kalakaua; a deed of confederation was signed, 17th February 1887, and the signature celebrated in the new house of the Hawaiia... ...and the German sat together on the mats in the house of Tamasese, when the events began. Strong speaks German freely, a fact which he had not disclose... ... from the beginning, and Tamasese usurped his place and title. As early as February, I find him signing him- self “T uiaana Tuiatua Tamasese,” the fir... ...tremely: a proof of how long two days may seem to last when men anticipate events. On the evening of the 11th, while the new king was already on the m... ...her instructions from his government, whom he was now advising of the late events”; refused, accordingly, to with- draw the guard from the isthmus; an... ... and is himself in the intention of leaving Samoa by the Lubeck of the 5th February.” And Knappe, in the same despatch, confutes himself and confirms ... ...n immense disaster. One more date, however, must be given first. It was on February 27th that Fritze formally announced martial law to be suspended, a... ...apons in the bush. By Febru- ary it began to break in occasional gales. On February 10th a German brigantine was driven ashore. On the 14th the same m...

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...about to sell the property to his companion, who had profited by political events and had just been appointed on the Council of State by the First Con... ... no con- ception of the vast spaces which public thought traversed between events which now seem to have been so near to- gether. The strong need of p... ... to the Convention, Malin. The twins, by this time aware of the disastrous events of the day, sus- pected Malin of desiring the ruin of their family, ... .... 25 Balzac Michu did not appear in the political arena until after these events, for the marquis and his wife remained in prison over five months. D... ... the strength of second-rate men. Now, in November, 1803, a combination of events (already related in the “Depute d’Arcis”) made matters so serious fo... ...structions and special orders. During the months of December, January, and February the search was active and incessant, even in remote villages. Spie... ... WAS CONCLUDED between France and Austria, towards the end of the month of February, 1806, a relative, whose influence had been employed for the reins...

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... perhaps the chapter of chances turn up some leaf for us; or Paris, at all events, be sacked at the latest day possible. The Many-counselled, who ‘has... ... does breed in her gloomy womb, and fashion her monsters, and prodigies of Events, which thou seest her visibly bear! Terror is on these streets of Pa... ...ntion gives of itself; by this scientific program shall its operations and events go on. But from the best scien- tific program, in such a case, to th... ..., but which shall never be one; which, after endless struggling, shall, in February next, sink into sad rest,—dragging much along with it. So singular... ...e what kind of Convention and Parliament it is. Much changed indeed:—since February gone two years, when our Constituent, then busy, spread fleur-de-l... ...in first; but that France herself declared war first on both of them; (1st February; 7th March (Moniteur of these dates).)—a point of immense Parliame... ...concrete reality which the streets of Paris exhibit, on Monday the 25th of February 1793. Long be- fore daylight that morning, these streets are noisy... ...he early candle-light, are Baker and Commissioners: and yet the pale chill February sunrise discloses an unpromising scene. Indignant Female Patriots,... ...haps they are for Conde, and trying to persuade the Garrison there; at all events, they are for an interview with Cobourg, who waits in the woods by a...

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...perhaps contribute to oblit- erate from his remembrance, those disagreable Events, which have lately so much afflicted him— I am happy to find that th... ...o not perfectly recollect, by giving only a slight sketch of the principal Events which marked his reign. Among 65 Jane Austen these may be ranked C... ... Great Hall at Fortheringay Castle (sacred Place!) on Wednesday the 8th of February 1586—to the everlasting Reproach of Elizabeth, her Ministers, and ... ...r Historians have written of her, I shall proceed to mention the remaining Events that marked Elizabeth’s reign. It was about this time that Sir Fran... ...to op- pose, to deceive, and to sell the no less unfortunate Charles. The Events of this Monarch’s reign are too numerous for my pen, and indeed the ... ...Monarch’s reign are too numerous for my pen, and indeed the recital of any Events (except what I make myself) is uninteresting to me; my principal rea...

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... at the ‘Hotel-de-Ville, through the whole remainder of the day, ’ a weary February day; offers to reveal secrets, if they will save him; handsomely d... ... ready to be hurled into the melting-pot,—might one not try? On the 4th of February, accordingly, M. le President reads 36 The French Revolution—V ol... ...Parl. iv. 445.)—and the whole City was illuminated. This was the Fourth of February 1790: a day to be marked white in Constitutional annals. Nor is th... ...can go and do likewise, or even do bet- ter. And now, especially, when the February swearing has set them all agog! From Brittany to Burgundy, on most... ... here,’ writes Carra of the Annales Patriotiques, so early as the first of February, ‘can entertain a doubt of the constant obstinate project these pe... ... the great and the little; and in two years alters many things. But at all events, here, we say, is a second Ignominious Royal Procession, though much... ...arward knows little what pres- sure is in the front. One would wish at all events, were it possible, to have a word with his Majesty first! The shadow...

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...he fact is ascertained by a proclamation from the Privy Council, dated 4th February, 1589, directing letters of fire and sword against the MacGregors ... ...papers, gazettes, and bulletins, a very oracle, explanatory of all martial events, past, present, or to come. It is true, the Sergeant had his inconsi... ..., providing he will be so good as to give im- plicit credit to the natural events of the story, which, like all those which I have had the honour to p... ...ess, from which cordials are af- terwards unable to recover him. But these events were still in the womb of futurity. As yet the Scottish Parliament h... ...led, and stood before the fire musing with a face of drunken wisdom on the events of the evening. What seemed chiefly to interest him, was the char- a... ...that he holds communion with supernatural be- ings, and can predict future events, the clan pay a much greater degree of deference to him than even to... ...ng act of the Privy Council seems to decide the question:— “Edinburgh, 4th February, 1589. The same day, the Lords of Secret Council being crediblie i...

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...upon that occasion. It was, as the reader is probably aware, upon the 23rd February last, at a public meeting, called for establishing a professional ... ...he families con- cerned in the narrative. It may be proper to say that the events alone are imitated; but I had neither the means nor inten- tion of c... ...s the most important affairs, are liable to be controlled by the course of events. Thus we begin to cross a strong river with our eyes and our resolut... ...he following extract from the Edinburgh Weekly Journal for Wednesday, 28th February, 1827.] The Theatrical Fund Dinner. Before proceeding with our acc... ...h the Author of Waverley has the honour to be President, was instituted in February 1823, for the purpose of printing and publishing works illustrativ... ...he guilty, lies a youth, whose name, had he survived the ruin of the fatal events by which he was hurried into crime, might have adorned the annals of... ...e the pride of the dell in which it flourished? Musing on these melancholy events, noon found him engaged in the mountain passes, by which he was to r... ...ent, and two subalterns, were ordered to repair to Glencoe on the first of February with a hundred and twenty men. Campbell being uncle to young Macdo...

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... my letters answered the same day.” She presently proposed to Isabel, at all events, that they should make an excursion to London together. “If I must... ... of inequality. Whatever Isabel might have made of her opportunities, at all events, Henrietta Stackpole was by no means disposed to neglect those in ... ...e arriving in Paris, had fixed the day for her departure and by the middle of February had begun to travel southward. She interrupted her journey to pa... ...d for nothing; but the things I’ve cared for have been definite— limited. The events of my life have been absolutely unperceived by any one save myself... ...at I may not be ashamed of.” “I don’t know what it may leave. You see at all events that I’m not over whelmed,” said Isabel with rather a pale smile.... ...tely taken exception—she had more the air of being able to wait. Now, at all events, framed in the gilded doorway, she struck our young man as the pic... ...ck after him; but he went straight forward, lifting above them a face like a February sky. CHAPTER 47 409 Miss Stackpole’s other topic was very diffe... ...ness of hers! 414 Portrait of a Lady CHAPTER 48 O ne day, toward the end of February, Ralph Touchett made up his mind to return to England. He had hi...

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...se these questions of Smithers’s had a good deal to do with the subsequent events narrated in this little history. Being seated at dinner the next day... ... or milliner that ever lived?” Accordingly my dear girl, one bright day in February, shook me by the hand, and bidding me be of good cheer, set forth ...

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...that neither ideas nor phrases had come and she had fallen thinking of the events of the day. She had decided that she would spend the next morning an... ...er father, aunt, nor brothers made a sign, and then one afternoon in early February her aunt came up in a state between expostulation and dignified re... ...ather’s study that evening it seemed to her for a moment as though all the events of the past six months had been a dream. The big gray spaces of Lond...

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...pirited,’ and Charles might be a little ‘nervous and tedious—’ ‘But at all events, Miss Grey,’ said she, ‘I hope you will keep your temper, and be mil... ...considerate as a giddy child of twelve. One bright day in the last week of February, I was walking in the park, enjoying the threefold luxury of solit...

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...than for a minute and accurate sifting of facts and evidence. C. M. Yonge. February 27, 1882. 6 Unknown To History UNKNOWN TO HISTO... ...bury had obtained an absolute promise from Elizabeth that she would at all events relieve him from his onerous and expensive charge. Thus there was ge... ... ter of Queen Mary’s last marriage. I was born at Lochleven on the 20th of February of the year of grace 1567,* and thence secretly sent in the Bride ... ... it was that in the midst of dinner in the hall, on the Sunday, the 5th of February, the meine of the Castle were startled by the arrival of Mr. Beale... ...e by the more direct way to Hull, through Lincoln, but that he feared that February Filldyke would have rendered the fens impassable, so he directed h...

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...s of those who have taken an interest in the original se- ries. But at all events, good or bad, they are now tendered to the appropriation of your ind... ...r preeminence when he said to me that they ranked amongst the few domestic events which, by the depth and the expan- sion of horror attending them, ha... ...function, of publishing and diffusing through the land the great political events, and especially the great 12 Memorials, and Other Papers battles du... ...was yet glorified as the organ of publi- cation for so many great national events. And the incident of the Dying T rumpeter, who rises from a marble b... ... a gamut of hues as marble; but, if this should be an exaggeration, at all events porphyry is far from being so monochromatic as Gibbon’s argument wou... ...art of Greece. Kourshid had marched early in January, 1821; and already in February 222 Memorials, and Other Papers symptoms of the coming troubles a...

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... memorable mes- sages to the Congress read by President Wilson in January, February, and April, 1917. They should be read together, for only in this w... ...s way is it possible to appreciate both the forbear- ance and the logic of events reflected in these consecutive chapters of history. While the great ... ...E SEVERANCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELA- TIONS WITH GERMANY Message to the Congress February 3, 1917 GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS: The Imperial German Government,... ...overnments of the other neutral nations that on and after the first day of February, the present month, it would adopt a policy with regard to the use... ...ill meet the illegal measures of her enemies by forcibly preventing, after February 1, 1917, in a zone 15 Woodrow Wilson I think that you will agree ... ...17 Woodrow Wilson III REQUEST FOR A GRANT OF POWER Message to the Congress February 26, 1917 GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS: I have again asked the privile... ...t has not been driven from its habitual and normal course by the un- happy events of the last two months, and I do not believe that the thought of the...

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...onable provisional government at Montgomery, in Alabama on the 18th day of February, 1861. On the 12th day of April, 1861, the insurgents committed th... ...ctfully requested the advice of the Sen- ate thereupon. On the 25th day of February last a resolution was adopted by the Senate to the effect “that it... ...uc- tions, to negotiate further with Mexico. In view of the very important events Occurring there, he has thought that the interests of the United Sta... ...NGTON CITY, June 28, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL McCLELLAN: Save your army, at all events. Will send reinforcements as fast as we can. Of course they cannot r... ...est, and repair. Maintain your ground if you can, but save the army at all events, even if you fall back to Fort Monroe. We still have strength enough... ...e greatest reason to love them. But still you are attached to them, at all events. The place I am thinking about for a colony is in Central America. I... ...coln: V ol Six TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON, EN- GLAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February z, i8G3. TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON: I have received the New Y e... ...ELEGRAM TO GENERAL SCHENCK. [Cipher.] W AR DEPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, D. C., February 4, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL SCHENCK, Baltimore, Md.: I hear of some dif... ... the amount of it? A. LINCOLN. MESSAGE TO THE SENA TE. W ASHINGTON, D. C., February 12, 1863. TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: On the 4th of Septem...

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...built them by magic. Perhaps they had a hand in the fortresses too; at all events, as they were very powerful, and very much believed in, and as they ... ...s in Britain, and he may have found a few for anything I know; but, at all events, he found delicious oysters, and I am sure he found tough Britons —... ... afraid; and Rowena died; and generations of Saxons and Britons died; and events that happened during a long, long time, would have been quite forgot... ... a handle. His marriage with his second wife, Elfrida, is one of the worst events of his reign. Hearing of the beauty of this lady, he despatched his ... ...abeth, telling her he felt perfectly confident that the Queen would die in February. The Princess was not a very scrupulous young lady, for, instead o... ...with scorn and hatred, she openly declared she loved him dearly; and, when February came and the Queen did not die, she expressed her impatient opinio... ...he was bishop of Gloucester. This tree, which had no leaves then, it being February, was filled with people; and the priests of Gloucester College wer... ...g. Cranmer remained still alive and in prison. He was brought out again in February, for more examining and trying, by Bonner, Bishop of London: anoth... ...ary’s death, and that was to keep free of the blame of it. On the first of February, one thou sand five hundred and eighty seven, Lord Burleigh havin...

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...at. In this book he intends to hazard certain forecasts about the trend of events in the next decade or so. Mechanical novelties will probably play a ... ...t. By May the lagging military science of the British had so far overtaken events as to realise that shrapnel was no longer so important as high explo... ...appen in the United States. Here is a quotation from the New York World of February 15th, 1916: “For two unusual acts Henry Bruère may be remembered b... ... for lives of service and statecraft…. No observer of the general trend of events in Europe will get any real grasp of what is happening until he real... ...y of the Arab that is, but of the Arab that is to come. The whole trend of events in Asia Minor, the break- ing up and decapitation of the Ottoman Emp... ... the courage and imagination of living states- 3 This was written late in February, 1916. 139 H G Wells men it depends whether it will come simply a...

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...h is still, intellectually and artistically, in search of itself. HY ` ERES, February, 1919. 4 I — FIRST IMPRESSION I — FIRST IMPRESSION I H asty gen... ... all with the stamp of Roman citizenship; and in the intervals between these events the old, almost vanished culture doubtless lingered in the caves a...

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...dditions, from a MS. life, by one of his friends. Spinosa died on the 21st February, 1677, be- ing then little more than forty-four years old. This of... ...at forty-four? Hear his biographer’s account:— “Sunday morning the 21st of February, before it was church time, Spinosa came down stairs and conversed... ...that, if Miss Haumette were taking coffee alone with me this very evening (February 12, 1847)—in which there would be no subject for scandal or for ma... ...n and incunabula of Rome, is not for a mo- ment suffered to be modified by events so subordinate and 69 so obliquely introduced. It is sufficient, as... ...ospered. The mail-coach, as the national organ for publishing these mighty events, became itself a spiritualized and glorified 2 “Vast distances.”—On...