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... many quarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing a far profounder interest in ... ...uarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing a far profounder interest in papers ... ...DS, Boston, U. S. To them I owe my acknowledgments, first of all, for that service: they have brought together a great majority of my fugitive papers ... ... It is singular—but many of my readers will know it for a truth— that vast numbers of people, though liberated from all rea- sonable motives to self-r... ... And perhaps this natural prece- dency in authority of years and judgment, united to the ten- der humility with which she declined to assert it, had b... ...rt died within him at every word that was uttered? During that part of the service which passed within the church, I made an effort to attend; but I s... ...ts! Perhaps the Pre-Adamites would con- stitute one wing in such a ghostly army. My brother, dying in his sixteenth year, was far enough from seeing o... ... and under that arrangement, which condensed and contracted its ap- parent numbers within a few black geometrical diagrams, how frightfully narrow, ho... ...vil grandeur, as exemplified in three differ- ent modes by three different states. Availing himself of the brief scriptural notice,—“The devil taketh ...

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...1685-6, and repub- lished in 1693, 1700, 1711, 1738, and 1743, in the same number of volumes and the same size. In the earliest impres- sion the error... ...f the page. A Life of the Author and all his recovered Letters, sixteen in number, have also been given; but, as regards the correspondence, it can sc... ...r, several passages in the Es- says seem to indicate that he not only took service, but that he was actually in numerous campaigns with the Catholic a... ...inue in the devotion which he had hitherto exhibited to the Church and the service of the Most Christian King. “After this, one sees,” says the editor... ... leaving Paris, stayed a short time at Blois, to attend the meeting of the States-General. We do not know 22 Essays: Book the First what part he took... ... there being some sort of relationship be- tween them), “since I have been united to you by marriage, which is one of the most weighty and sacred ties... ...d. I could have desired much that the private gain of the soldiers of your army, and the necessity for satisfying them, had not deprived you, especial... ...t of the world where the Portu- guese subdued the Indians, they found some states where it was a universal and inviolable law amongst them that every ... ... government is a structure composed of divers parts and members joined and united together, with so strict connection, that it is impos- 166 Essays: ...

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...stillness of falling night, listen to the organ music, the chanting of the services, the wonderful sound of bells pealing out over the open sea. There... ... not so much as their robes; while he had merely heard the chanting of the service, there were dim auguries under the walls and in the sound of the vo... ...ed in him as the sister played one piece after another belong to the small number of things which it is not lawful to utter; words are powerless to ex... ...n who brings most human passion into his art. Some day his works, by their number and extent, will re- ceive the reverence due to the Homer of music. ... ...ngth for this, they perish as Rome perished, and Venice, and so many other states. This distinction between the upper and lower spheres of social acti... ...the poet’s genius, the merchant’s steady endurance, the strong will of the statesman who concentrates a thousand dazzling quali- 26 The Duchesse de L... ...0. At that time the party of the Faubourg Saint-Germain was rather like an army without a base of operation. It had ut- terly failed to take advantage... ... reason for her presence without delay. Montriveau hoisted the flag of the United States before they came in sight of the island, 128 The Duchesse de... ...anned by treasure-seekers, a gang of men whose hobby was well known in the United States; indeed, some Spanish writer had writ- ten a history of them....

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...which I have just added to the map. My long, silent contests in the forest have had a strange effect on me. The unconcealed vitality of these vegetabl... ... in all, 34 Robert Louis Stevenson every stay being gratified with a stay-sail, a boat-boom sent aloft for a maintop-gallant yard, and the derrick of... ...good- humoured and honest, but inefficient, idle himself, the cause of idleness in others, grumbling, a self-excuser—all the faults in a bundle. He ow... ...e family later. My own afternoon was cut out for me; my last draft for the President had been ob- jected to by some of the signatories. I stood out, a... ...is last chapter is equally delicate and necessary. The prayers of the congregation are requested. Eheu! and it will be ended before this letter leaves... ...name and titles heralded at the bowl, and five times he refused it (after examination) as too small. It is said this commemorates a time when Malietoa... .... It has there- fore only been seen by enemies; and this combination of mystery and evil report has been greatly envenomed by some ill-judged newspape... ... the last, where my weak point was attempted. On every other, I am strong. Only force can dislodge me, for public opinion is wholly on my side. All ra...

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...es of the people; and Stepan Arkadyevitch could not get through even a short service without his legs aching from standing up, and could never make ou... ...n spite of his habitually dissipated mode of life, his inferior grade in the service, and his comparative youth, he occupied the honorable and lucrati... ...clever, of aristocratic family, on the highroad to a brilliant career in the army and at court, and a fasci nating man. Nothing better could be wishe... ...emarkable man,” said the am bassador’s wife. “My husband says there are few statesmen like him in Europe.” “And my husband tells me just the same, bu... ...rying to draw his friend out of his ill temper. “Count the sands of the sea, number the stars. Some higher power might do it.” “Oh, well, the higher p... ...in, and the consequent publicity of their connection in society. The greater number of the young women, who envied Anna and had long been weary of hea... ...iving, feigning, and continu ally thinking of others, when the passion that united them was so intense that they were both oblivious of everything el... ... friends would never allow me to fight a duel—would never allow the life of a statesman, needed by Russia, to be exposed to danger? Knowing per fectly... ...women and girls he thought of whom he knew, he could not think of a girl who united to such a degree all, positively all, the qualities he would wish ...

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...rest, occupied by Dumouriez, Brunswick at. ARISTOCRATS, officers in French army, number in Paris, seized, condition in 1794. ARLES, state of. ARMS, sm... ...occupied by Dumouriez, Brunswick at. ARISTOCRATS, officers in French army, number in Paris, seized, condition in 1794. ARLES, state of. ARMS, smiths m... ... Charleville, manufacture, in 1794, scarcity in 1792, Danton’s search for. ARMY, French, after Bastille, officered by aristocrats, to be dis- 4 Index... ...s for, accelerated by patriots, anecdotes of, Federation-scene at, funeral-service, Nanci, riot, Patriot petition, 1791, new Federation, 1792. CHAMPS ... ...’ account of, Finance Minister, ar- rested, suicide of. CLERGY, French, in States-General, conciliators of orders, joins Third Estate, lands, national... ...al, fire on Royal-Allemand, to Bastille, name changed, National origin of, number of, Body at Versailles, October Fifth, fight, fly in Chateau, Body, ... ...lties of, commences governing, and Notables, holds Royal Session, receives States-General Deputies, in States- General procession, speech to States-Ge... ...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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... poet; introduced him to old Wycherley, the dramatist; and was of material service to his views. With Wycherley, who was old, doted, and excessively v... ...ill such talents as they have are so far discredited as to be but of small service to them. For (what is the hardest case imaginable) the reputa- tion... ...uld contemplate the dangerous fate of authors, he would scarce be of their number on any consideration. The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth; and... ...mina amem, sylvasque, inglorius! Virg. There are not, I believe, a greater number of any sort of verses than of those which are called Pastorals; nor ... ...er, and even thine, O Rome!) No single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th’ admiring eyes; 250 61 The Poetica... ...h’s care; 21 Seldom at council, never in a war: Jilts ruled the state, and statesmen farces writ; Nay, wits had pensions, and young lords had wit; ... ...c frame, Which from the neighb’ring Hampton takes its name. Here Britain’s statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; ... ...scuous strew the level green. 80 Thus when dispersed a routed army runs, Of Asia’s troops, and Afric’s sable sons, With like confusion di... ... Productive as the sun. SEMICHORUS. Oh source of every social tie, United wish, and mutual joy! What various joys on one attend, As son, as ...

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...eye to Public Salvation only, are there not still, in this Paris (in round numbers) ‘thirty thousand Aristocrats, ’ of the most malignant humour; driv... ...hor of Figaro; vanquisher of Maupeou Parlements and Goezman helldogs; once numbered among the demigods; and now—? We left him in his culminant state; ... ... to Sedan, on Tuesday last, the 28th of the month; reviewed that so-called Army left forlorn there by Lafayette: the forlorn soldiers gloomed on him; ... ...e, have pre- cisely this problem to solve. Under the name and nickname of ‘statesmen, hommes d’etat,’ of ‘moderate-men, moderantins, ’ of Brissotins, ... ... whole strength,” he tells the Convention once, “is, day and night, at the service of my fellow-Citi- zens: if they find me worthless, they will dismi... ... my Master, when all the world coveted that honour; and I owe him the same service now, when it has become one which many reckon dangerous.’ These two... ... At home this Killing of a King has divided all friends; and abroad it has united all enemies. Fraternity of Peoples, Revo- lutionary Propagandism; At... ...x eclats,’ at the gentilities and superfine airs of these Girondin “men of statesmanship,” with their pedantries, plausibilities, pusillanimities: “th... ...own side: and now there is no Election, or only the third of one. Black is united with white against this clause of the Two-thirds; all the Unruly of ...

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...le. It was in the time of Maximilian that the Empire became as compact and united a body as could be hoped of anything so unwieldy, that law was at le... ... He was learned in many languages—in all those of his empire or hereditary states, and in many besides; and he had an ardent love of books, both class... ...ings in her heart.” All around were blocks of wood and carvings in varying states of progress—some scarcely shaped out, and others in perfect completi... ...r nearly a century had been rising by the 12 The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest united exertions of the burghers, without any assistance from without. The ... ...for her sudden journey. Many a tear was shed over the tokens of the little services she was wont to render, her half-done works, and pleasant studies ... ...as fast becoming apparent that the days of the independent baron- ies were numbered, and that the only choice that would soon be left them would be be... ... strangers who ever came to the castle were disbanded lanzknechts who took service with her father, or now and then a captive whom he put to ran- som.... ... to mould the spirit for the new world to which it was hastening. “Like an army defeated, The snow had retreated,”out of the valley, whose rich green ... ...ed him a creditable member of a troop that had been very hard to equip. It numbered about ten men-at-arms, only three be- ing left at home to garrison...

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... there—you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve b... ...you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve been the... ...erior. Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with... ...Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with her it... ...ons had held that he carried this indifference too far, especially the large number of those to whom he owed money. Of their opinions Isabel was never... ...rupted by a dozen capricious forces. She saw the young men who came in large numbers to see her sister; but as a general thing they were afraid of her... ...r extreme confusion) stirred almost indiscriminately by the valour of either army. Of course the circumspection of suspicious swains had never gone th... ...s bored, but when I left her no doubt of it she seemed very grateful for the service. You may say I shouldn’t have enlightened her—I should have let h... ...e girl had a certain nobleness of imagination which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks. She spent half her time in t...

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... will explain how it is that we count him during centuries in the singular number. ‘C’est une etrange entreprise que celle de faire rire les honnetes ... ...n moving on an intellectual level with men, they will answer that it does; numbers of them claim the situation. Now, Comedy is the fountain of sound s... ...st. In what degree of faithfulness Terence copied Menander, whether, as he states of the pas- sage in the Adelphi taken from Diphilus, verbum de verbo... ...n stretch a finger at gaps in our ranks. She can say that she commanded an army and seduced men, whom we thought sober men and safe, to act as her lie... ...ming a concrete of dense cohesion, very desirable in the estimation of the statesman. A political Aristophanes, taking advantage of his lyrical Bacchi... ... his graces and courtesies. The German is Orson, or the mob, or a marching army, in defence of a good case or a bad—a big or a little. His irony is a ... ... far as that, which is but the early step in such a scholarship, can be of service in compos- ing and colouring the picture. A consequence of this cru... ...em is an Aventuriere. She is clever, and a certain diversion exists in the united scheme for confounding her. The object of this person is to reinstat...

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...rom the law. There was scarce a word interchanged, and no common sentiment but that of cold united us, until at length, having touched at Greenock, a ... ...nature of emigration. Day by day throughout the passage, and thence- forward across all the States, and on to the shores of the Pacific, this knowledg... ... bo’s’un’s whistle, with in- dustrious hands, and whole new empires are domesticated to the service of man. This is the closet picture, and is found, ... ...me one pass her with a chess-board on the holy day. Some sang Scottish psalms. Many went to service, and in true Scottish fashion came back ill please... ...in thrown open. Either from the convenience of the opportunity, or because we had already a number of acquaintances in that part of the ship, Mr. Jone... ...nd un- founded; times were bad at home; they were said to have a turn for the better in the States; a man could get on any- where, he thought. That wa... ...said he; ‘and you can’t get hazed to death by a damned non-com- missioned—as you can in the army.’ Among nations, En- gland was the first; then came F... ... outside of a sudden and complete political subver- sion. Down must go Lords and Church and Army; and capi- tal, by some happy direction, must change ... ...here were three stalls set up, SUB JOVE, for the sale of pastry and cheap toys; and a great number of holiday children thronged about the stalls and n...

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...scimitars flash in the sunlight, and thrice ten thousand dancing-girls strew flowers. Then, follow white elephants caparisoned in countless gorgeous c... ...irs, and passes out. That same afternoon, the massive gray square tower of an old Cathedral rises before the sight of a jaded traveller. The bells are... ... Cathedral door. The choir are getting on their sullied white robes, in a hurry, when he arrives among them, gets on his own robe, and falls into the ... ... for your, as I may say, sacrificing yourself to me in that way.’ Mr. Jasper, becoming a breathing man again without the smallest stage of transition ... ...e) a quarter has no pieces in her list of recitals bearing on such unprofitable questions. As, in some cases of drunkenness, and in others of animal m... ...under walked in the middle of the road, shouldering the natives out of his way, and loudly developing a scheme he had, for making a raid on all the un... ...ed, as a last test; and they all stopped. ‘Why do you attend upon me in this way?’ he asked the whole body. ‘Are you a pack of thieves?’ ‘Don’t answe... ...His Honour,’ said Mr. Datchery, bowing, ‘inspires me with a desire to know more of the city, and confirms me in my inclination to end my days in the c...

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... the campground. They came from Florida, New Jersey, Maine, and many other states. We would ride our bikes, play in the park, and take walks. We playe... ...e has been the fire chief for the past fifteen years. Through his years of service with the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department, he has dealt with m... ...et an example of compassion while continuing to provide emergency response services for the community. At each and every emergency call to which my fa... ... terrorism, my father’s responsibilities contin- ued at Command Center for United Airlines Flight 93. The Shanksville Fire Department, under the direc... ... I do prefer the seven to twelve schedule to the eight to three one in the States. Once we arrived home, she would fix my sister and me a snack, and t... ... new life. Speaking only a handful of words in English, he traveled to the United States in search of adventure. He took the initiative to teach himse... ...sh language through the use of various books and dictionaries. Joining the army, he en- abled himself to see the world and meet new and exciting peopl... ...hijackers, and their com- rades, have done more to disgrace Islam than any number of Americans. It is also impossible for any logical per- son to beli... ...!” screams the umpire emphatically as the batter swings and misses for out number three; as usual the players on the field set off for the dugout to p...

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...ut its mechanic rules. Still the royal imprimatur would be influential and serviceable no less when offered hypocritically than in full sincerity. Nex... ...roduced, was often obliged to retain. Finally, it is urged, that the small number of editions through which Shakspeare passed in the seventeenth cen- ... ...s many others. The truth is, we have not facts enough to guide us; for the number of edi- tions often tells nothing accurately as to the number of cop... ...d intersect. Mere accident, therefore, of local posi- tion, much more when united with that avowed inveteracy of malignant feeling, which was bitter e... ...sev- eral in his own person. Accordingly, John Shakspeare is known to have united with his town calling the rural and miscella- neous occupations of a... ... express it in connection with another; which other, perhaps, (except as a serviceable mask,) would have been a matter of indifference to their feel- ... ...senchant are alike portentous. The circumstances of the blasted heath, the army at a distance, the withered attire of the mysterious hags, and the cho... ...ling of sixteen, who could so far transcend in good sense the accomplished statesmen or men of the world with whom he afterwards corresponded, might c... ...t boyhood amongst the most accomplished men of the world. Wits, courtiers, statesmen, grandees the most dignified, and men of fashion the most brillia...

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...ave called forth the actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm is often united with the utmost tenderness of heart, the very appreciation of suffer... ...a copy of the Ave Maria. It was a wildly brave action, and yet not without service in showing the dauntless spirit of the Christian army. But the same... ...d yet not without service in showing the dauntless spirit of the Christian army. But the same can hardly be said of the dar- ing shown by the Emperor ... ...pus was killed by lightning, and the two sisters re- turned to Thebes. The united armies of the seven chiefs against Thebes came on, led by Polynices.... ...ed by his fellow citizens, that in the time of a famine each Roman, to the number of 300,000, brought him a day’s food, lest he should suffer want. Th... ...rl the brave Northman into the river, mortally wounded, but not till great numbers of his countrymen had reached their ships, their lives saved by his... ...Caspian to the Red Sea, was marshalling his forces against the little free states that nestled amid the rocks and gulfs of the Eastern Mediterranean. ... ..., or by courtier slaves who had escaped with difficulty from being all too serviceable at the tyrannic court. And the lord of this enormous empire was... ...mpire was about to launch his countless host against the little cluster of states, the whole of which together would hardly equal one prov- ince of th...

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...om hunting.” And that was all. Whilst, however, the horses were climbing the steep ac- clivity which leads from the river to the castle, several shop-... ...t was not then, or, at least it ought not to have been, a trifling source of pride for the city of Blois, that Gaston of Orleans had chosen it as his ... ... next hawking-day. 5 Dumas So much for the ennui extra muros; of the ennui of the interior we will give the reader an idea if he will with us follow ... ...me had not yet sent orders respecting breakfast, Monsieur stretched himself upon a chaise longue, and was soon as fast asleep as if it had been eleven... ...as you call them, have only just commenced their sleep, and that a cannon would not waken them; you know that Madame’s bell can be heard at the bridge... ...upon the people of his suite, so that all, pages, offic- ers, and equerries, quitted the service, knives and goblets, and made towards the second cham... .... Next the music was to be provided; drawers were emp- tied; the shop-keepers did a glorious trade in wax, ribbons, 33 Dumas and sword-knots; houseke... ...aps ensue if your marriage fails” (Mazarin stole a furtive glance at the king), “and there are a thousand causes that might yet make your marriage fai... ...f the Fronde, the reconciliation of M. de Conde with the king, and the probable marriage of the infanta of Spain; but he avoided, as Athos himself avo...

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...the day of serfdom in Russia, and a man’s standing was often judged by the numbers of “souls” he possessed. There was a periodical census of serfs, sa... ...s a revelation, as an omen of a freer future. Gogol, who had meant to do a service to Russia and not to heap ridicule upon her, took the criti- cisms ... ...id not keep his position long, yet long enough to store away in his mind a number of bureaucratic types which proved useful later. He quite suddenly s... ...until he has cov- ered the entire work! Yes, he would indeed do me a vital service! Of style or beauty of expression he would need to take no account,... ...smok- ing his pipe—a habit which he had acquired during his service in the army, where he had been looked upon as an officer of modesty, delicacy, and... ...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... ...ce, I have a kinsman who is constantly plaguing me. He is a captain in the army, damn him, and all day he does nothing but call me ‘dear uncle, ’ and ... ...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...

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...th her broadside towards the shore. When she 8 Reprinted Pieces struck, a number of the men climbed up the ensign staff, under an apprehension of her... ... and kept out by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Brimer, the third and fifth mates. The numbers there were, therefore, now increased to near fifty. Captain Pierce ... ...s on for a few days, lies down in the desert, and dies. But he shall be re united in his immortal spirit—who can doubt it!—with the child, when he and... ...T OF MONEY he annually diverts from wholesome and useful purposes in the United Kingdom, would be a set off against the Window T ax. He is one of t... ...day. He has been attached to every conceivable pursuit. He has been in the army, in the navy, in the church, in the law; connected with the press, the... ... me that I have got rid of him at last. He has enlisted into the Company’s service, and is off directly—but he wants a cheese. He is informed by the s... ...in the minds of all Englishmen with brave, unpretending, cordial, national service. We like to look at him in his Sunday state; and if we were First L... ...omething else as I lie awake; or, like that sagacious animal in the United States who recognised the colonel who was such a dead shot, I am a gone ‘Co... ... tic Ocean. At Liverpool he was too many for me. He had gone to the United States, and I gave up all thoughts of Mesheck, and likewise of his—Carpet B...

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...s soon filled by regular professional people, trained and equipped for the service. In the case of a fire which is operating upon private property, pi... ...for its own pe- culiar purposes, but utterly incommensurate to the general service of the capital, it was a most dangerous quarter. Every third man at... ... causa teterrima, of the feud be- tween the men. Meantime, the minutes are numbered, the sands of the hour-glass are running out, that measure the dur... ...m now in the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreea... ...n the slow process of superseding it is, ‘my employer.’ Now, in the United States, such an expres- sion of democratic hauteur, though disagreeable as ... ...f sea-board (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; and may ev... ...oard (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; and may even die ... ...ntre of his own shambles. For a moment the mob was self-baffled by its own numbers and its own fury. But even that fury felt the call for self-control... ...are thor- oughly educated, excepting those who go at an early age into the army; of the commercial body, none receive an elabo- rate, and what is mean...

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...ears before the war, a French journalist produced a “thoughtful book” on the United States. Of course he laid great stress on our universal hustle for... ...fore the war, a French journalist produced a “thoughtful book” on the United States. Of course he laid great stress on our universal hustle for the do... ...ossible to ask Americans to picture our situation if Germany had invaded the United States, and had held a tenth part of our most important territory ... ... to ask Americans to picture our situation if Germany had invaded the United States, and had held a tenth part of our most important territory for fou... ... arrive at a quick comprehension of French character, is one of the greatest services that Americans familiar with France can render at this moment. T... ...this, the guests are as carefully chosen as boxers for a championship, their number is strictly limited, and care is taken not to invite two champions... ... society that host and hostess shall sit exactly opposite each other. If the number at table is uneven, then, instead of the guests being equally spac... ...relation to our neighbours. To keep them off we did not even have to have an army! France, on the contrary, has had to fight for her existence ever sin... ...lly distinguished for moral courage, but too often it has been placed at the service of ideas they were afraid to anal yse. The French always want to...

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...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... ...hty-six were murdered; that is, about four three-tenths per annum. A small number this, gentlemen, to found an acad- emy upon; and certainly, where th... ...ver, was, that he supposed this art to be part of his regular duties in my service. Now that was a thing I would not allow; so I said at once, “Richar... ... nius for it, why, he might as well pursue his studies whilst living in my service as in another’s. And also, I may observe, that it can do no harm ei... ...e sequel of their history. Perhaps the only case on record where a regular army of murderers was assembled, a justus exercitus, was in the case of the... ...ted together by cords of superstition. What else was it but her constancy, united with her angelic gentleness, that drove the fanatic English soldier—... ...ial. Shall my Lord of Beauvais sit again upon the judgment-seat, and again number the hours for the innocent? Ah! no: he is the prisoner at the bar. A... ...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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...th and strength of a man. Nature had as yet no name to him; he had not yet united under a name the infinite variety of sights, sounds, shapes and mo- ... ...rkable num- ber,—this was enough to determine the Signs of the Zodiac, the number of Odin’s Sons, and innumerable other T welves. Any vague rumor of n... ...hese hundred and eighty millions were made by God as well as we. A greater number of God’s creatures believe in Mahomet’s word at this hour, than in a... ...ters hanging round. Is not that a sign?” Your cattle too,—Allah made them; serviceable dumb creatures; they change the grass into milk; you have your ... ... embassy; had in his thirty-fifth year, by natural gradation of talent and service, become one of the Chief Magistrates of Florence. He had met in boy... .... Are not all true men that live, or that ever lived, soldiers of the same army, en- listed, under Heaven’s captaincy, to do battle against the same e... ...it not, in its own dialect, the noblest that could enter into the heart of Statesman or man? For a Knox to take it up was something; but for a Cromwel... ...hypocrites,” seems to me a rather sorry business. We have had but one such States- man in England; one man, that I can get sight of, who ever had in t... ...hopeless problem, “Given a world of Knaves, to educe an Honesty from their united action;”— how cumbrous a problem, you may see in Chancery Law- Court...

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...time availed to re-establish the child in conva- lescence. These practical services, and the messages of ma- ternal sympathy repeatedly conveyed from ... ... little contemplating either of these results, Agnes had done a prodigious service to the poor desolate mother by breaking the force of her misery, as... ...of any nature compatible with in-door confinement. Hence it arose that the number of those who haunted the prison gates, with or without a title to ad... ...eep for a frame so exquisite in its sensibility, and already her hours are numbered. At this first visit I said nothing to her about the past; that, a... ...ral, had a right to expect. This ship was full of recruits for the Spanish army, and bound to Concepcion. Even in that destiny was an iteration, or re... ...or two hundred and twenty years. It is enough that she is reported to have united the stately tread of Andalusian women with the innocent voluptuousne... ...; and the French reporter of Catalina’s memoirs dwells upon the theme. She united, he says, the sweetness of the German lady with the energy of the Ar... ...of this paper have been translated by the Jesuit missionaries. The Emperor states the whole motives of his conduct and the chief incidents at great le... ...s ogy, when men talk of substances in different stages, or of transitional states, they do not mean that they have watched the same individual stratum...

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.............................................................. 76 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ...mpiegne, the old King of France, on foot, with doffed hat, in sight of his army, at the side of a magnificent phaeton, doing homage the— Dubarry. ’ (L... ... with the whole pomp of astonished intoxicated France, will be opening the States- General. Dubarrydom and its D’Aiguillons are gone forever. There is... ...ty- valves; there too Discontent can vent itself,—in material fire; by the number of nocturnal conflagrations, or of hanged bak- ers, the Reigning Pow... ...2d day of February 1787, they have met, and got installed: Notables to the number of a Hundred and Thirty-seven, as we count them name by name: (Lacre... ...nce, cursorily; not dwelt on with minute near scrutiny. In a word, that no service the Notables could now do were so obliging as, in some handsome man... ...c Oath, of the One- 70 The French Revolution and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new- idea, which, in these coming years, shall ... ...two of them: a bolt for D’Espremenil; a bolt for that busy Goeslard, whose service in the Second Twentieth and ‘strict valuation’ is not forgotten. Su... ...entation,’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,...

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...endant, flicked his imagi- nation with awe of the influence of the railway service upon the destinies of man. Settling a mental debate about a back- w... ...as achieved the goal of enterprise, the gallant of- ficer retired from the service nor did north-western England put much to his credit the declaratio... ...m: ‘He has no children.’ ‘No, sir; Captain Con wasn’t born to increase the number of our clan,’ Patrick rejoined; and thought: By heaven! I get a like... ...fle intermixed; I fancy it’s we with him and with me when we’re talking of army or navy,’ said Patrick. ‘But Captain Con’s a bit of a politician: a po... ...nd we’re mixed up, ’tis true, well or ill; and we’re stronger, both of us, united than tearing to strips: and so, there, for the past! so long as we c... ...t of the marriage dragged him bodily into the gulf: he became one of four, numbering the beast twice among them. The subtlety of his hatred so reckone... ...ending English lady contrasted with her husband so signally that the oddly united couple appeared yoked in a common harness for a perpetual display of... ...is own colonel; he pretended to think inde- pendently, and tried to be the statesman of a leading article, and showed his intention to stem the curren... ...the Cambrian Celt: names of Welshmen are numerous in the small army of the States of the Union; and where men take soldier-service they are usually fi...

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............................................................. 100 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ...mpiegne, the old King of France, on foot, with doffed hat, in sight of his army, at the side of a mag- nificent phaeton, doing homage the— Dubarry. ’ ... ... with the whole pomp of astonished intoxicated France, will be opening the States-General. Dubarrydom and its D’Aiguillons are gone forever. There is ... ...ety-valves; there too Discontent can vent itself,—in material fire; by the number of nocturnal conflagrations, or of hanged bakers, the Reigning Power... ...2d day of February 1787, they have met, and got installed: Notables to the number of a Hundred and Thirty-seven, as we count them name by name: (Lacre... ...nce, cursorily; not dwelt on with minute near scrutiny. In a word, that no service the Notables could now do were so obliging as, in some handsome man... ...Espremenil, a most patriotic Oath, of the One-and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new-idea, which, in these coming years, shall n... ...two of them: a bolt for D’Espremenil; a bolt for that busy Goeslard, whose service in the Second Twentieth and ‘strict valua- tion’ is not forgotten. ... ...ntation, ’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,...

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...fifty names of men and women whom he consulted for infor- mation, to which number many others should be added of those who gave him nothing that he co... ... words are often upon his lips, such as ‘love’ and ‘hate,’ and vast is the number, range, and variety of people who at one time or another had been in... ...ham, and was very attentive to Johnson, who he soon found could be of much service to him in his trade, by his knowledge of literature; and he even ob... ...ily of that name, who had been quartered at Lichfield as an officer of the army, and had at this time a house in Lon- don, where Johnson was frequentl... ... had seen life in all its vari- eties, and been much in the company of the statesmen and wits of his time, he could com- municate to Johnson an abunda... ...bout all the morning. They went into a church- yard, in the time of divine service, and Johnson laid himself down at his ease upon one of the tomb-sto... ...l known to many to be par- ticularly unsocial, as there is no Ordinary, or united company, but each person has his own mess, and is under no obligatio... ...did his punishment rest here; for upon subsequent occasions, whenever he, ‘statesman all over,’ assumed a strutting importance, I used to hail him—’th... ...as not only a patriot but an American. He was afterwards minister from the United States at the court of Madrid. ‘And who is the gentleman in lace?’—’...

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...ng step that counts. Every Sunday they put in the whole day, after morning service, on inventions—inventions of ways to spend the money. They got to c... ... Aristocracy. As a rule they spent a part of every Sab bath—after morning service—in this sumptuous home, the rest of it they spent in Europe, or in ... ...onfess it. Next the Senator’s son and the son of the Vice President of the United States—perfectly right, there’s no permanency about those little dis... ...it. Next the Senator’s son and the son of the Vice President of the United States—perfectly right, there’s no permanency about those little distinctio... ...at farm, I’ve been there. It’s got a rope walk and a candle factory and an army. Standing army. Infantry and cavalry. Three soldier and a horse. Aleck... ...t they very soon arrived at Rural Retreat, where they dismounted, and were united with all the solemnities that usually attended such divine operation... ...of glory and peace, but of fate. Remember, I have wealth more than wit can number; I have had power more than kings could emcompass; yet the world see... ...heaven and earth turned against me? I have been disappointed times without number. Shall I despair?— must I give it over? Heaven’s decrees will not fa... ...hat he was there because he had once had his opportunity to go home to the States rich, and had not done it; had rather lost his wealth, and had then ...

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... her good Papa deceased—Mr T ox, of the Customs Depart- ment of the public service; and of her childhood, passed at a seaport, among a considerable qu... ...one, who lent out all sorts of articles to the nobility and gentry, from a service of plate to an army of footmen, clapped into this house a silver-he... ...orts of articles to the nobility and gentry, from a service of plate to an army of footmen, clapped into this house a silver-headed butler (who was ch... ... dead body was to be seen upon the floating fragments. Log of the Defiance states, that a breeze springing up in the night, the wreck was seen no more... ... her emotions of happiness, arising in the contemplation of her dear child united to the man of her heart, but who, there is reason to suppose, found ... ...ereft of Mr Dombey’ s countenance—for no deli- cate pair of wedding cards, united by a silver thread, graced the chimney-glass in Princess’s Place, or... ... as if he had got it all by heart in Greek, and had been able to write any number of fierce theological disquisitions on its every phrase. Rob the Gri... ...ity. But never a word did Captain Cuttle understand, though he read a vast number, for Rob the Grinder was scampering up one column and down another a... ... chaise-carts reappear; and with them come spring-vans and waggons, and an army of porters with knots. All day long, the men with carpet caps are scre...

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...as already been intimated, however, he was far from being a fool. He had a number of talents, which, during three or four years that followed his leav... ..., “he was also the cause of your joining our little party.” “Oh, among his services that should never be forgot- ten. You should set up a tablet to co... ...ected talent for arranging excursions, and he had taken regularly into his service the red-waistcoated proprietor of a big Teutonic landau, which had ... ...in found success awaiting him. Again and again he put his money on a happy number, and so steady a run of luck began at last to attract attention. The... ...y; come home and see.” Bernard went home, but he was not able to reach the United States in time for Gordon’s wedding, which took place at midsummer. ... ... home and see.” Bernard went home, but he was not able to reach the United States in time for Gordon’s wedding, which took place at midsummer. Bernard... ...fidence less of a talker than of yore. Doubtless, when a man finds himself united to a garrulous wife, he naturally learns to hold his tongue; but som... ...ed in New York, and who, as he added, had long desired to visit the United States. Bernard merely witnessed his arrival, and was struck with the fact ... ...success he had in America; it quite makes up for the defeat of the British army in the Revolution. They were defeated in the Revo- lution, the British...

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...e end it will burn them all. The greatest of the Western Allies is now the United States of America, and the Americans have come into this war simply ... ...t will burn them all. The greatest of the Western Allies is now the United States of America, and the Americans have come into this war simply for an ... ..., and so on. For the last year the writer has been doing what he can—and a number of other writers have been doing what they can—to bring about a unit... ...d a number of other writers have been doing what they can—to bring about a united declaration of all the Atlantic Allies in favour of a League of Nati... ...lk of this book is made up of these dis- cussions. For a very considerable number of readers, it may be well to admit here, it can have no possible in... ... forward account of the American side of the movement by the former United States Minister in Belgium, on the one hand, or in the concluding parts of ... ...gesting here that the League of Free Nations shall practically control the army, navy, air forces, and armament industry of every nation in the world.... ...sen intelligences, is the common duty of every one who has a brain for the service. And before everything else we have to realize this crudity and imp... ... them. But I doubt if God cares greatly whether we call Him God or no. His service is the service of man. This double idea of the League of Free Natio...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE T... ...cs Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Makepeace ... ...at he asked leave to serve as a vol- unteer, and join the Duke of Argyle’s army in Scotland, which the Pretender never had the courage to face; and th... ... and with the Dutch, when King Charles was compelled to lend troops to the States; and against them, when his Maj- esty made an alliance with the Fren... ... the Court of King Charles, and King James, have told the present writer a number of stories about this queer old lady, with which it’s not necessary ... ...ll her rivals in King James’s favor, ’tis certain she must have had a vast number of quarrels on her hands. She was a woman of an intrepid spirit, and... ...f this illustrious prince, this invincible warrior, this wise and moderate statesman. Loyalty to the exiled king’s family was traditional, as has been... ...h!) Henry Esmond hath been Marquis of Esmond and Earl of Castlewood in the United Kingdom, and Baron and Viscount Castlewood of Shandon in Ireland, an... ...d lonely under its ruined old roof? We were all so, even when together and united, as it seemed, following our separate schemes, each as we sat round ...

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...s beating. After that he will be as se curely brave as any veteran in the army—and there will not be a shade nor suggestion of personal merit in it... ...it by swindling his neighbor, he will do it. But he always looks out for Number One— first; the effects upon others are a secondary matter. Men pre... ...e who can ’t bear things from people who can. It will throw light upon a number of apparently “self sacrificing” cases. Y.M. Oh, dear, it’s all so d... ...ty to repair a part of the wrong done to the other boy by doing a precious service for this one by undermining his foolish faith in his false gods. He... ...t. But take the case of servant tipping in Europe. You pay the hotel for service; you owe the servants nothing, yet you pay them besides. Doesn’t th... ... as well as English, and that answered very well. English and alien poets, statesmen, artists, heroes, battles, plagues, cataclysms, revolutions—we sh... ...grew with a rush; it brought inspiration and cheer with it. Midnight saw a united community, full of zeal and pluck, and with a clearly defined and we... ...is secure. The commercial millionaire may become a beggar; the illustrious statesman can make a vital mistake and be dropped and forgotten; the illust... ... Spain. America consists from north to south about five hundred miles. The United States is quite a small country compared with some other countrys, b...

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...treet indicates possibili- ties in the Oriental imagination of the eminent statesman who stooped to conquer fact through fiction. Thackeray’s attitude... ... the love of his art that exposed him to misinter- pretation. He did stout service in his day. If the bad manners he scourged are now lessened to some... ...e to appease her cravings earlier than she would have had as much from the United Liberal Cabinet, but at a cost both to her and to England. Meanwhile... ...years back, or at a more recent period before Mr. Parnell’s triumph in the number of his followers, they would have formed a basis for the ap- peaseme... ...d faith in the active intellect, and that is the thing to be prayed for by statesmen who would register permanent successes. The Irish, it is true, do... ...tives of the Irish people of being hypocrites and crafty conspirators; and numbers in England, affected by the weapons they have used to get to their ... ...inks of the Irish Celt. More of it now on our side of the Channel would be serviceable. The notion that he hates the English comes of his fevered chaf... ... good posi- 16 Miscellaneous Prose tions for contesting the advance of an army crossing the Po at Lago Scuro, or at any other point not far from it, ... ...known in London fashionable society, entered as a volunteer in the Italian army, and was appointed orderly officer to General Lamarmora. The choice of...

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...nterests of eternal justice (and recent friendship), does not apply to the United States of America. There, if one may believe the long and helpless i... ...s of eternal justice (and recent friendship), does not apply to the United States of America. There, if one may believe the long and helpless indignat... ...es on Life and Letters battlefield among its own dead, in the manner of an army having won a barren victory. It will not know when it is beaten. And p... ...ds the introductory chapter of the story which, as the author’s dedication states, has inspired an admirable draughtsman and a skilful dramatist, each... ...to your grounds; but I have a large gar- den, and when you do not want his services I shall find him some work to do, and see he does it too. Tell you... ...art, but of his character, like the deeds that make up his record of naval service. To the art- ist his work is interesting as a completely successful... ...ist could have had the heart to weep for joy at the thought of its teeming numbers! And yet they were living, they are alive yet, since, through the m... ...ond the bounds of sanity by the stress of moral and physical misery. Great numbers of soldiers and regimental officers go mad as if by way of protest ... ...il n’y a plus d’Europe!” There is, indeed, no Europe. The idea of a Europe united in the solidarity of her dynasties, which for a mo- ment seemed to d...

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...I read, ’twas the Godlike language of the blind old bard. In what can I be serviceable to ye, lady?” and to spring from his desk, to smooth his apron,... ...r author, in which Sen- timent and History, or the True and Beautiful, are united. CHAPTER XXIV BUTTON’S IN PALL MALL. THOSE WHO FREQUENT the dismal a... ...nch envoy in the camp of the victorious Ibrahim, the march of the Egyptian army was stopped—the menaced empire of 19 Burlesques the Ottomans was save... ...sby and one or two of his 20 Thackeray friends were making head against a number of the town. The young noble faced the huge champion with the gallan... ...orn hopes during the war, the Emperor was most anxious to attach me to his service. The Grand Cross of St. Louis, the title of Count, the command of a... ...is still splin- tered up from that confounded fall.” III THE TALL FOOTMAN, number four, who had come in the place of John, cashiered, (for want of pro... ...g waits.” The Bishop ran off, with more than youthful agility, to seek the United States’ Minister. “These Republi- cans,” he added, confidentially, a... ....” The Bishop ran off, with more than youthful agility, to seek the United States’ Minister. “These Republi- cans,” he added, confidentially, and with... ...cique with him.” In fact, as the monarch spoke, the Minister of the United States made his appearance, followed by a gigantic warrior in the garb of h...

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...w that in Christ’s time no nation was so ri- diculous as to put the plural number for the singular. Augustus Caesar himself was spoken to in such phra... ...ne may be assured that he is inspired by the Lord.” He then poured forth a numberless multitude of Scripture texts which proved, as he imagined, that ... ...h to convert some of Oliver Cromwell’s soldiers, who thereupon quitted the service and refused to take the oaths. Oliver, having as great a contempt f... ...n Crown debts due to the Vice-Admiral for sums he had advanced for the sea service. No moneys were at that time more insecure than those owing from th... ...raves a sup- ply. Employments are here bestowed both in the Church and the army, as a reward for long services; and we never see young- sters made bis... ...pe, brought with them the form 30 Letters on England of government called States or Parliaments, about which so much noise is made, and which are so ... ...unded an alarm. The superstitious are the same in society as cowards in an army; they themselves are seized with a panic fear, and communicate it to o... ...e of the prism, that light is a composition of coloured rays, which, being united, form white colour. A single ray is by him divided into seven, which...

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... position might be brought as swiftly as possible to an end, and some good services to mankind justify the appropriation of ex- pense. It was not so w... ...ho knows? they may be on the right track; and the more our patterns are in number, the better seems the chance; until, if we be acting in concert with... ...fferent scope and application. For no man can be honest who does not work. Service for service. If the farmer buys corn, and the labourer ploughs and ... ...y conscience. But in the richer classes the question is complicated by the number of opportunities and a variety of considerations. Here, then, this p... ... Lanark to Bathgate, where, on the evening of Monday the 26th, the wearied army stopped. But at twelve o’clock the cry, which served them for a trumpe... ...constrained and unnatural attitude of our Society. At present we are not a united body, but a loose gathering of individu- als, whose inherent attract... ... or, if their fam- ily have none, identify themselves with some well-known statesman, use his opinions, and lend him their patronage on all occasions.... ... and clubs of every sort. Nor would it be a matter of much difficulty. The united societies would form a nucleus: one of the class- rooms at first, an... ...ym? He might have been a dentist, but he should never have aspired to be a statesman. I can only wonder that he succeeded as he did. Pym and Habakkuk ...

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... 5 to. For not this man and that man, but all men make up mankind, and their united tasks the task of mankind. How often have we seen some such advent... ...fer of Heuschrecke’s. Form rose out of void solution and discontinuity; like united itself with like in definite arrangement: and soon ei ther in actu... ...ight venture to select and specify, perhaps these following were also of the number: 64 SARTOR RESARTUS “Doubtless, as childish sports call forth Int... ...as such I must ever love the good Gretchen, did me one altogether invaluable service: she taught me, less indeed by word than by act and daily reveren... ...ain of the intelligible and partially significant fragments, which are few in number, shall be extracted from that Limbo of a Paper bag, and presented ... ... your military chest insolvent, forage all but exhausted; and that the whole army is about to mutiny, disband, and cut your and each other’s throat,—t... ...nto day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to me was of invaluable service: ’Do the Duty which lies nearest thee,’ which thou knowest to be ... ...mstances, might be, followed Teufelsdr¨ ockh, through the various successive states and stages of Growth, Entanglement, Unbelief, and almost Reprobati... ... it. Have them salted and barrelled; could not you victual therewith, if not Army and Navy, yet richly such infirm Paupers, in workhouses and elsewhere...

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...have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many different dialects, and offering in its extent such singular contrasts, from the busiest over-population to the unkindliest desert, from the Black Countr...

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... should arise with particular congru- ity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many dif... ... in half a hundred vary- ing stages of transition. You may go all over the States, and – setting aside the actual intrusion and influence of foreigner... ...ohn Bull, but he is tarred with the English stick. For Mr. Grant White the States are the New England States and nothing more. He wonders at the amoun... ...mmon provocations. A Scotchman may tramp the better part of Europe and the United States, and never again receive so vivid an impression of foreign tr... ...nger for their age. Sabbath observance makes a series of grim, and perhaps serviceable, pauses in the tenor of Scotch boy- hood – days of great stilln... ...heart of young Scotland will be always touched more nearly by pau- city of number and Spartan poverty of life. So we may argue, and yet the difference... ...as a perilous, unhomely land. When the Black Watch, after years of foreign service, returned to Scotland, veterans leaped out and kissed the earth at ... ...umes, save when they stare upon him from the shelves; but the grave-digger numbers his graves. He would indeed be something different from human if hi... ...ll of things that I have never done or seen, it is one of that innumerable army of my ancestors rejoicing in past deeds. Thus novels begin to touch no...