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..., aided by criminals especially released from jails and assigned to their gruesome duties. Armed resistance in Van province, Mussa Dagh, Shabin K... ...trade protectionists. The federal government derived most of its income from custom duties. Income tax and corporate profit tax were yet to be inven... ... - is not an American invention. The USA was preceded by the Aztecs, ancient China, feudal Japan, the Polynesian islands, Iceland, Finland, Norway, ... ...electors appointed by a state; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment. Sectio...

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...forefathers had, of course, witnessed even more splendid displays organised for Moghul rulers and feudal princes, but this was different, because th... ...luctant to interfere in what is an internal matter for Mirapore and Delhi, who have suzerainty in feudal matters, but I will insist that no suppleme... ...dent. Besides, what can a Resident do in a fort besieged by mutineers; there are no ambassadorial duties for me here, my love, and Sir James needs e... ...e of future amputees. Now Helen hardly saw her husband. With dangerous sorties, sentry and other duties all the men - officers and other ranks - wer...

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...m only I would be understood to address myself, such attention as is due to the sedulous instructor of youth, and the careful performer of my Sabbath duties, I will forbear to hold up a candle to the daylight, or to point out to the judicious those recommendations of my labours which they must necessarily anticipate from the perusal of the title-page....

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... the sedulous instructor of youth, and the careful performer of my Sabbath duties, I will forbear to hold up a candle to the daylight, or to point out... ...came a resident in the family of her foster-son, assisting in the domestic duties, and receiving all marks of attention and regard from the heads of t... ...ern and sinister expression, might well be termed handsome, looked the old feudal baron extremely well. Sir Frederick Langley was placed on his right ... ... long passed away under the changes introduced by war and mutual ravage. A feudal castle had arisen on the ruin of their cells, and their chapel was i... ...rance, and had been frequently used as the cem- etery of the family of the feudal lords, as well as formerly of the monastic brethren. But it looked d...

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...h sanctimonious theory. But while they talked, above their heads I saw The feudal warrior lady-clad; which brought My book to mind: and opening this ... ...othic ruin and a Grecian house, A talk of college and of ladies’ rights, A feudal knight in silken masquerade, And, yonder, shrieks and strange experi... ...ans of the vale. Agreed to, this, the day fled on through all Its range of duties to the appointed hour. Then summoned to the porch we went. She stoo...

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...ed man, There thought upon their own gray tower, Their waving woods, their feudal power, And deemed themselves a shameful part Of pageant which they c... ...er Scott III. These drew not for their fields the sword, Like tenants of a feudal lord, Nor owned the patriarchal claim Of Chieftain in their leader’s... ...ng Lewis took With deep respect and altered look, And said: ‘This ring our duties own; And pardon, if to worth unknown, In semblance mean obscurely ve... ...my skill, than in the manner of the champion of chivalry, who performs his duties only on rare and solemn occasions. I was in any case conscious that ... ... Scott says: “James was, in fact, equally attentive to restrain rapine and feudal oppression in every part of his dominions. ‘The King past to the isl... ...shed man, Who thought upon his own gray tower, The waving woods, his feudal bower, And deemed himself a shameful part Of pageant that he c... ...ds and Borders was of a dif- ferent nature, and sometimes at variance with feudal prin- ciples. It flowed from the Patria Potestas, exercised by the c...

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...erruption, “I told him that I should not have thought of one exempted from feudal service in the camp, by our noble Knight, being deficient in his due... ...ated with great severity, in order to obtain from him a recognition of the feudal superiority of the Clarenhams; and though the success of the royal p... ...horse that had been brought for his use, turned back to his own melancholy duties. The body of Sir Reginald was raised from the ground, and placed on ... ...the wardship of the person of Arthur himself, both in right of his alleged feudal superiority, and as the next of kin who was of full age. Again was h... ...dly, disdaining to take notice of the latter part of this speech. “ As his feudal superior, and his nearest relation of full age,” replied Clarenham. ... ...ng on me, who, though I be a plain man, trust I understand somewhat of the duties of mine office.” “I sleep not until I have learnt what is committed ...

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...ncern its own land. Many of these towns were once the capitals of a little feudal State,—a county or duchy conquered by the crown or divided among man... ...y. One of the towns in which may be found the most correct likeness of the feudal ages is Guerande. The name alone awak- ens a thousand memories in th... ...ists, thinkers who have visited the slopes on which this splendid jewel of feudality lies proudly posed to command the flux and reflux of the tides an... ...t of Croisic. This fascinating little town is therefore the Herculaneum of feudality, less its winding sheet of lava. It is afoot, but not living; it ... ...lin replaced the three guns and the sabres in their places, these words of feudal simplicity:— “The barons did not all do their duty.” Then, having ki... ...he had to prepare it for herself; a woman capable of accomplishing all the duties, even the most painful, of hu- manity, strong under necessary privat... ...d she has taught me.” “Y ou knew the essential things when you learned the duties taught us by religion,” replied the baroness. “Ah! this woman is fat... ...eenly felt the value of independence, and was conscious of disgust for the duties of maternity. It is necessary to give these details to explain the a... ... is not to be. What can you, my fine nephew, put in the scale against such duties? Is it that actress at Les T ouches?” “What?” said the baron; “how c...

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...give time for a little tranquillity before the commencement of James’s new duties. As soon as this intelligence arrived, Mrs. Frost removed herself, M... ...ow you coincide in my determination that he shall never interfere with the duties of my office.’ ‘You do not imagine that he wishes it?’ ‘I know he wi... ...ir, I am much obliged to you, but no offers shall induce me to forsake the duties of my calling.’ ‘You mistake, if you think I want anything unclerica... ...ry sorry for her,’ said James; ‘but it can’t be helped. I cannot resign my duties here for the sake of living depen- dent on a suitable allowance.’ ‘A... ...sioned to swell the vanity of Cheveleigh, neglecting my vows, forsaking my duties—’ ‘Y ou unreasonable man! Is there no way in this whole world for yo... ... family knew rather less about their own ser- vants’ hall than they did of feudal establishments five hun- dred years ago. Still, Isabel, in her super... ... so many wounds to the little maiden, bred up by Jane in the simplicity of feudal reverence and affection for all that bore the name of Frost Dynevor.... ...ession of Cheveleigh than did his sister. These were days of change and of feudal feeling wearing out; but James, long as he had pretended to scorn ‘b...

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...er T onsard, who was getting more and more infirm, succeeded Mouche in his duties, after Fourchon, under pretence of caring for his natural grandson’s... ...astity, and poverty, and obedience; he fulfilled them, as he did the other duties of his position, with that simplicity and cheerful good-humor which ... ...vanquished. The peasants then set foot in possession of the soil which the feudal law had denied them for over twelve hundred years. Hence their desir... ...-owners of Paris have become of neces- sity a combined body. If, alas, the feudal families, less nu- merous than the middle-class families, did not pe... ...rd, pay for a license and the taxes, also for the right of navigation, and duties, and the costs of un- loading; besides the salary of a trustworthy a... ...his helplessness. Groison found the excitement of a war of factions in his duties, and all the plea- sures of the chase,—a chase after petty delinquen... ... soon be strengthened. And yet this powerful league, which monopolized all duties both public and private, sucked 139 Balzac the resources of the reg... ...ere alive, the knights caracoled, the bishops, like Fourchon, gabbled, the feudal castles shone in the sun, and the queen maliciously checkmated the k... ...e mills. That is the history of the beginning of Ville-aux-Fayes. Wherever feudal or ecclesiastical dominion established there we find gathered togeth...

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...f population succeeding each other, and passing away and leaving behind them relics. These, standing on into changed times, strike the imagination as ... ...rvals, or twice daily, at a stated hour, with milk. So our days, as they were never interrupted, drew out to the greater length; hour melted insensibl... ...dge and cof- fee; and that, beyond the literal drawing of water, and the preparation of kindling, which it would be hyperbolical to call the hewing of...

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...estiges of the beliefs and superstitious practices of those ancient times. Feudal customs are still maintained. Antiquaries find Druidic monuments sti... ...s, the want of harmony in the architecture, were all characteristic of the feudal manors of which Brittany was proud; perhaps justly proud, for they m... ...rk of granite which commands the three val- leys, rise the battlements and feudal towers of the ancient castle of Fougeres,—one of those enormous erec... ...e instability of domestic life and habits to which the wars and customs of feudality had reduced the serf; even to this day many of the peasants of th... ...uch zeal, such devo- tion, on your part. You shall judge yourselves of the duties put upon me,—duties which I shall know how to accomplish.” So saying...

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...etween those of the Duke, he swore to be his man, to obey him, and pay him feudal service for his dukedom of Brittany. In return, Richard swore to be ... ...e his vows. He had told him that he had no right to neglect or forsake the duties of the station which God had appointed him; that it would be a sin t... ... to take his place as ruler of the Normans, might he cease from his active duties, quit the turmoil of the world, and seek the repose of the cloister....

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... a custom-house war. For once establish railroads and abolish pre- ventive duties through Europe, and what is there left to fight for?It will matter v... ...n- congruous at first; but have we not at church at home similar relics of feudal ceremony?—the verger with the silver mace who precedes the vicar to ... ...penned a melodious panegyric of “The Harem,” and of the fond and beautiful duties of the in- 65 Thackeray mates of that place of love, obedience, and... ...g trinkets and tobacco; all the rest of the time they pursue the beautiful duties of their existence in the walls of the sacred harem. Though stranger...

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...t offence to his lord- ship, who was used to be listened to with a sort of feudal deference. He was of the fierce old Norse blood, and his daughters w... ...ied the total collapse of the Company, and never suspected that we had any duties towards the potters. The works were lingering on, only just not peri... ...e, outside my daily life. I should have talked of “performing my religious duties” as if they were a 71 Charlotte M. Yonge sort of toll or cust... ...rror for not having remained at Killy Marey, and brought up her son to his duties as a landlord, whatever the danger; though of course she, poor thing... ...ggling under their attacks, yet not surrendering himself. When— the Sunday duties over—Ben Yolland came in, he found him apparently acting over some o... ...sed. He was going—as soon as he had gathered a little strength—back to the duties he had promised to fulfil on his own property, but he hated the thou...

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...ming elections, and you will easily see that, if elected, my parliamentary duties and my initia- tion into an absolutely new life would, for a long ti... ...hich had caught my eye, on my first arrival in the town, by its lordly and feudal air. “You may congratulate yourselves,” said Achille Pigoult, “that ... ...ganising the Grand National Gynaecium, was lost sight of in the many other duties that devolved upon the Convention, the excellent nun carried it out ... ...between the making of socks and night-caps and the assumption of municipal duties, Beauvisage himself had practised the art of fishing with a line wit... ... absorbed in her children to be very exact in the fulfilment of her social duties, had owed a visit to Madame de Rastignac ever since the evening when... ... as much zeal and regularity as if he were still charged with his official duties. Madame de Rastignac seen at close quarters seemed to the 230 The D... ...e clergy renewed it in the middle ages; after that, during the struggle of feudality against the royal power and the long civil wars which devastated ...

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...ned, for she stopped short. “My dear,” he said, “you and I have both other duties.” “Oh,” but if I built a church! I dare say there are people at Caer... ...to put it off as long as I can. If I was only a little countess in her own feudal keep, I would get up in the dawn, and gather flowers in the May dew—... ...rought up to the care of her own village and poor people, and to learn the duties of her station under their care. And before they left London, Mrs. U...

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...”tz von Berlichingen used to use, and drove several miles into the country to visit the place called Weibertreu—Wife’s Fidelity I suppose it means. It... ... cow to drag it—and when there is, they assist the dog or cow. Age is no matter—the older the woman the stronger she is, ap- parently. On the farm a w... ...rd triplet of logs and relieved the pilot of his pole and his responsibility. We went tearing along in a most exhilarating way, and I performed the de... ...red part, and never mind the other parts of the frame; rest the tired part, and use the means best calcu- lated to rest that particular part. Thus: If... ... best calcu- lated to rest that particular part. Thus: If one’s duties have kept him in the house all the week, it will rest him to be out on Sunday; ... ...mong the ignorant and thoughtless. A porter shot at a chamois and missed it and crippled the Latinist. This was not a serious matter to me, for a Lati...

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...rthez, Leon Giraud, Jo- seph Bridau, and Fulgence Ridal performed the last duties to the dead, between two political fires. By night they buried their... ...; and everlastingly preaching morality, the joys of domestic life, and the duties of the citi- zen. In short, this very moral critic will spare no one... ... insult the Court, and credit the Court party with the design of restoring feudal rights and the right of primogeniture—just 174 A Distinguished Prov...

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...a stand in the narrow streets to the cries of ‘Viva la Libertad! Down with Feudal- ism!’ (I wonder what they imagine feudalism to be?) ‘Down with the ... ...hich had leaked out somehow) caused those gentlemen to neglect their civil duties altogether, and remain shut up in their houses. Suddenly one day all... ...rets of Parisian hotels, sprawling on an untidy bed, to the neglect of his duties, menial or otherwise, had affected the manners of Pedro Montero. Had... ...ecognized no other virtue than intelligence, and had erected passions into duties. Both his intelligence and his passion were swallowed up easily in t...

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...profound, he was considered to have a spe- cial aptitude for the laborious duties of an examining judge. So an examining judge he remained during the ... ...ms of men of rank, and, in opposition to his own professed ideas as to the duties of the nobility, he has joined a commercial undertak- ing, for which... ...ugh I am a judge, I am but a man; I may be wrong— tell me so. Remember the duties imposed on me by the law, and the rigorous inquiries it demands, whe... ...il: quite a new era. Regarded as a relic of that great institution know as feudal- ism, M. d’Espard deserved respectful admiration. If he be- lieved h... ...peak without fear. It is unnecessary to assure you that lawyers know their duties, and that in such cases the profoundest secrecy—” “Monsieur,” said t...