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...and a thin old face with a pair of anxiously clasped hands under the chin. VI “I KNEW those people by sight,” General Santierra would tell his guests ... ... in his ears. He walked on, solemn and collected, as if carrying something holy, fragile, and precious. The earth rocked at times under his feet. IX W... ... Joseph Conrad and hats. Middle-sized and spare, his eyes alert in a long, Roman-nosed countenance, X walked on his neat little feet, with short steps... ...he offer, and very kind of them to make it,’ he said. ‘And I see also that Charles has been appointed chief mate of that ship for one voyage.’ “There ... ..., disliked duelling be- tween the officers of his army. The great military emperor was not a swashbuckler, and had little re- spect for tradition. Nev... ...r lesson. It will be a hard task for us, but it shall be done, because the Emperor is invincible.” Thus wrote Colonel D ‘Hubert from Pomerania to his ... ...t with a better heart. As you have thought proper to give him the names of Charles Henri Armand, I am confirmed in my conviction that you never loved ... ...eo—(and by the by he had expressed his dislike of the busts and statues of Roman emperors in the gallery of marbles: their faces were too vigorous, to...

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...g up and exchange of ideas in the villages due to the movement of the war. Charles Lamb’s story of the discovery of roast pork comes into one’s head w... ...here will be no nationality in all the world but humanity, and no kind, no emperor, nor leader but the one God of mankind. This is my faith. I am as c... ... and Napoleon the First—and Third. In the light of the new time we see the emperor-god for the guy he is. In the August of 1914 he set himself up to b... ... gone too, and their Italian successors are already tracing out a score of Roman traces that it was the Austrian custom to minimise. Captain Pirelli r... ...erly trained and disciplined infantry in the field from the passing of the Roman legions to the appearance of the Swiss footmen. he makes it very clea... ...unfavourable impression made upon all western Europe by the failure of the Holy Father to pronounce definitely upon the rights and wrongs of the war. ... ...ith the Vatican. Perhaps now France will be wiser. He pointed out that the Holy See in its Consistorial Allocution of January 22nd, 1915, invited the ... ...ch at, nothing else can satisfy his manifest need. 138 War and the Future VI. VI. VI. VI. VI. THE ENDING OF THE ENDING OF THE ENDING OF THE ENDING OF...

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...ery thing we are looking for—on our weather beam!” 25 Jules Verne CHAPTER VI AT FULL STEAM AT THIS CRY the whole ship’s crew hurried towards the har-... ...bundance of black hair, thick moustache, a quick penetrating look, and the vi- vacity which characterises the population of Southern France. The secon... ...iver of which, prepared by itself, was most delicious), and fillets of the emperor-holocanthus, the savour of which seemed to me superior even to salm... ..., 7th April, 1828, and returned to France, where he was warmly welcomed by Charles X. But at the same time, without knowing Dillon’s move- ments, Dumo... ..., a gigantic tridacne, a goblet which could have contained a whole lake of holy- water, a basin the breadth of which was more than two yards and a hal... ...at sea” of the Hebrews, “the sea” of the Greeks, the “mare nostrum” of the Romans, bordered by orange-trees, al- oes, cacti, and sea-pines; embalmed w... ...acing it on that of an archduke to whom they prematurely gave the title of Charles III. “Spain must resist this coalition; but she was almost entirely...

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...Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED..........................

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...A CHILD S HISTORY OF ENGLAND by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Chil... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer sity. ... ... equal opportunity University. Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER I... ...E DANE ........................................................ 44 CHAPTER VI ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD HAREFOOT, HARDICANUTE, AND ED WARD THE CONFESSOR .... ............................................ 437 A Child’s History of England vi Charles Dickens 7 A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens CHAPT... ...s History of England by Charles Dickens CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS IF YOU LOOK AT A M AP of the World, you will see, in the left ha... ...d, and learnt a great deal from the Gauls and Romans. At last, the Ro man Emperor, Claudius, sent Aulus Plautius , a skilful general, with a mighty ... ...consider that they had taken a very solemn oath, in swearing this upon the holy bracelets that they wore, and which were al ways buried with them whe... ...think not. I observe that it induced the ignorant people to consider him a holy man, and that it made him very powerful. Which was exactly what he alw...

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...ave gone way beyond his original ideas in the last 100 years. As you know he said that we all have inferiority complexes. Not long ago Prince Charle... ...an't even talk. So what's to brag about? ―But we see power illustrated constantly. It may be in the cruelty of state leaders like Charle... ...as always a Jew. He, like many other Jewish thinkers, taught a different concept of his faith. Christianity really developed based on what the Roman ... ...en, eating meat less, praying or meditating more, reading the scriptures continually, decrying sin more loudly—are all possible activities of holy p... ...k priests over cleaning rights at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at Christmas in 2007 and for worshiping rights at the Church of the Holy S... ... death for their various beliefs. Perhaps Isabella of Spain may have had some hand in pushing the Spanish Inquisition, when she tried to make Roman ... ...and gave up his throne for the love of a divorcee, the British were aghast, but the world was enraptured. When Prince Akihito, the son of the Empero...

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...ytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage -- The Romans pass to China by a north route -- Destruction of the Roman empire....

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... a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage -- The Romans pass to China by a north route -- Destruction of the Roman empir... ... oxen of the sea -- Monstrous serpents and other frightful forms 70-79 CHAPTER VI. Story of the doomed Bishop. -- Condemned to pass thousands of years... ...es and how his store of gold was collected -- The wisdom and generosity of the Emperor -- The King's care of the poor -- The first use of coal as fuel... ... Mexicans -- Montezuma anticipates his fate -- His offer to become a vassal to Charles V -- Cities of the great Mexican Valley -- A scene of bewilderi... ...of demoniac acts -- Reckless bravery of the Buccaneers -- Cromwell's defeat of Charles I -- The effect on the naval war with Spain -- English are driv... ...sesses a charm which modern annals cannot rival; there is a sun-tinted mist of romance enveloping the remote past which flatters, like a wondrous mira... ...tion derived from the Greek word for palms, great numbers of which grow in the Holy Land. BUILDING A STRONG NATION. The Phoenicians were a nation dis... ...istianity, and led the van of the crusaders in the war for the recovery of the Holy Land. But while a portion of the nation was engaged at war with Gr... ...ert, it had dragged hundreds of ships and their crews to destruction. CHAPTER VI. STORY OF THE DOOMED BISHOP. WONDERS of animal life in the sea were ...

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...pines 197 Pitcairn Islands 198 Poland 199 Portugal 200 Qatar 202 Reunion 203 Romania 205 Rwanda 206 S St. Christopher and Nevis 207 St. Helena 20S St.... ...h America III. Central America and the Caribbean IV. South America V. Europe VI. Middle East VII. Africa VIII. Soviet Union, East and South Asia IX. S... ...67 estimates of religious affiliation 70% Muslim, 20% Albanian Orthodox, 10% Roman Catholic Language: Albanian (Tosk is official dia- lect), Greek Inf... ..., about 3% of the total budget Persian Gulf Al Muharra MANAMA S regional map VI Geography Total area: 620 km 2 ; land area: 620 km 2 Comparative area:... ...te's courts and regional court of appeals Government leaders: (Mary) Eugenia CHARLES, Prime Minister (since July 1980); Sir Clarence SEIGNORET, Presi-... ...ed coalition), Michael Douglas; Dominica Freedom Party (DFP), (Mary) Eugenia Charles Voting strength: (1985 election) House of Assembly seats DFP 15, ... ...n, with reservations National holiday: Foundation Day, 11 February Branches: Emperor is symbol of state; executive power is vested in Cabinet appointe... ...ver status at FAO, OAS, UN, and UNESCO Economy The Vatican City, seat of the Holy See, is supported financially by contributions (known as Peter's pen... ...communities throughout the world; the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See manages the Holy See's capital assets Electric power: 3,000 kW c...

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...e they would not be so uncivil if once they had you.’ ‘Oh, Jamie! oh! dear holy Father,’ cried Eleanor, turning 17 Yo n g e from the King to the Bish... ...ld should accom- pany the party, both to assist in negotiations with Henry VI. and Cardinal Beaufort, and to avail himself of the opportu- nity of ret... ... to renew the doings of Robin Hood under the laxer rule of the young Henry VI, though things were expected to be better since the young Duke of Y ork ... ...— stags’ heads in their horns, peacocks in their pride, jellies with whole romances depicted in them, could not reconcile the young Scots to the presu... ... on his beads: His champions are the prophets and apostles; His weapons, holy saws of sacred writ.’ —King Henry VI. GEORGE DOUGLAS... ...ill an island in the middle of swamps, with the great causeways of the old Roman times leading to it. The spire of St. Paul’s and the square keep of t... ...’s excuses. He had been obliged to give audi- ence to a messenger from the Emperor. ‘Moreover,’ added Edmund disconsolately, ‘to-morrow he is going to... ...r hardly attended, for her whole soul was bent on the party arriving. King Charles, riding on a handsome bay 92 Two Penniless Princesses horse, close... ... to receive the sisters, and nothing could be kinder than the tone of King Charles and Queen Marie towards the sisters of their good daughter, as they...

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...s, the more it conceals them; and for the very same reason: just as in the Roman amphitheatres, when they grew to the magnitude of mighty cities, (in ... ...l- lery upon me—for misery has a privilege, and everywhere is felt to be a holy thing—had combined to procure for me some attention and some indulgenc... ... at stake upon their husbands’ safety, rarely indeed are able to take this Roman view of their duties. T o return to the narrative. Agnes had not, nor... ...ing space between eternal storms, must see her peaceful cell, must see the holy chapel, for the last time. It was at vespers, it was during the chanti... ...iner.’ The first is gross enough to fancy all the imagery of the mariner’s vi- sions delivered by the poet for actual facts of experience; which being... ...e tragical retribution to Zebek-Dorchi at the hunting-lodge of the Chinese emperor;—all these situ- ations communicate a scenical animation to the wil... ...t which visited Athens in the Peloponnesian war, or London in the reign of Charles II. There also the martyrs were counted by myriads, and the period ... ...e married for his first wife our English princess Henrietta, the sister of Charles II., (and through her daughter, by the way, it is that the house of... ...t, si je dois rire ou gémir sur moimême.’—Les Confessions, Partie I. Livre VI. Now, really, if Rousseau thought fit to try such tremen- dous appeals b...

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...f the Elopement of the Countess of Cressett with the Old Buccaneer, and of Charles Dump the Postillion Conducting Them, and of a Great County Family I... ...orning and Farewell to an Old Home V. A Mountain walk in Mist and Sunshine VI. The Natural Philosopher VII. The Lady ’s Letter VIII. Of the Encounter ... ...t still of his fame as a four-in- hand coachman. They say he once drove an Emperor and a King, a Prince Chancellor and a pair of Field Marshals, and s... ...THE ELOPE- MENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CRESSETT WITH THE OLD BUCCANEER, AND OF CHARLES DUMP THE POSTILLION CON- DUCTING THEM, AND OF A GREAT COUNTY FAMILY... ...nds on her, giving her the likeness of one under condemnation of ‘the Most Holy Inqusition, in the ranks of an ‘auto da fe’; and singularly resembling... ...him to her thoughts and senses fervently. 46 The Amazing Marriage CHAPTER VI THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER THREE PARTS DOWN a swift decline of shattered sl... ... to be a mili- tary quite as much as a naval commander like the Greeks and Romans, he says. We took the bruised man into our carriage and drove him to... ...us to see it! means to build a mansion there! “He said it must be the most romantic place on earth.” ‘I suppose I slept. I woke with my last line to y... ...of Fleetwood, surpassed the nobility of common nobles. But, by all that is holy, he pays for his distinction. The creature beside him is a franked iss...

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... by all around him; and the rule which holds that men at Rome should do as Romans do, if true anywhere, is true in America. Therefore I say that in an... ...sed? Will she break the blockade? Will she insist on a right to trade with Charleston and new Or- leans? I always answered that she would insist on no... ... a long narrative. It stands at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles Rivers; the best part of the town is built high upon the rock—the r... ...France; and has it not always 58 North America V ol. 1 been the case with Roman Catholics when they have been forced to measure themselves against Pr... ...iful, and al- most divine, in the faith and obedience of a true son of the Holy Mother. I sometimes fancy that I would fain be a Roman Catholic—if I c... ...ing the States at Lewiston, in New York. 88 North America V ol. 1 CHAPTER VI THE CONNECTION OF THE CANADAS WITH GREAT BRITAIN When the American war b... ...ecause we would fain be safe against the French army acting under a French Emperor. But we sent 2000 troops to Canada, if I understand the matter righ... ...d for such a separation; but England would have prevented such a secession vi et armis, had Ireland driven her to the neces- sity of such prevention. ... ... the North should shun the war. To my thinking the rights of rebellion are holy. Where would the world have been, or where would the world hope to be,...

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...ring 1812, but acted badly by giving a constitution to Poland, forming the Holy Alliance, entrusting power to Arakcheev, favoring Golitsyn and mysti- ... ...ality what it was and from which the actions for which they blame him (the Holy Alliance, the restoration of Poland, and the reaction of 1820 and late... ...him. The King of Prussia sends his wife to seek the great man’s mercy; the Emperor of Austria considers it a favor that this man receives a daughter t... ... enabled him to endure his position. 18 War and Peace – Epilogues CHAPTER VI AT THE BEGINNING OF WINTER Princess Mary came to Mos- cow. From reports ... ...ody and soul. To fluff out her curls, put on fashionable dresses, and sing romantic songs to fascinate her husband would have seemed as strange as to ... ...ld not cure him of it.) Dessalles slept propped up on four pillows and his Roman nose emitted sounds of rhythmic snoring. Little Nicholas, who had jus... ...XIV and Ivan the Terrible end their reigns tranquilly, while Louis XVI and Charles I are executed by their people? To this ques- tion historians reply... ...irectory, to Napoleon, to Alexander, to Louis XVIII, to Napoleon again, to Charles X, to Louis Philippe, to a Republican government, and to Napoleon I... ...between the person commanding and those who ex- ecute his command. CHAPTER VI ONLY THE EXPRESSION of the will of the Deity, not dependent on time, can...

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.................................................................. 94 CHAPTER VI: CAIRO AND CAMP WOOD ...................................................... ...en Shoreditch and Russell Square, but as one does so in the deserts of the Holy Land, between Emmaus and Arimathea. In the first place no one knows wh... ...itution. The five first are Grecian, and the last in Washington is called— Romanesque. Had I been left to classify it by my own unaided lights, I shou... ...unless indeed they be needed to give to the whole struc- ture that name of Romanesque which it has assumed. The building is used for museums and lectu... ...ter all that had so lately occurred. Then came Mr. Sumner’s field day. Mr. Charles Sumner is a Senator from Massachusetts, known as a very hot aboli- ... ...tsburg, and Cincinnati, and compare them with his ideas as to New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, Richmond, and Memphis. I do not name such tow... ..., had Garibaldi held a marshal’s baton 56 North America V ol. 2 under the Emperor of Austria or the King of Naples, those men would have been traitor... ...did pay, except government con- tracts. 114 North America V ol. 2 CHAPTER VI CAIRO AND CAMP WOOD To whatever period of life my days may be prolonged,... ...or to bestow my charity on them for the love of the Virgin, using the most holy names in their 344 North America V ol. 2 adjurations for half-pence, ...

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...rawing certain scenes and certain characters as the convulsions of the sixteenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessarily form when dwelling upon the records of history. That faculty which might be called the passive fancy, and might almost be described in Portia?s son...

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...eenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessari... ...nger’s education and opinions are looked on as not sufficiently alien from Roman Catholicism, a reference to Froude’s ‘History of Queen Elizabeth’ wil... ...brave Picard who had received the pearls; but, in the miserable anarchy of Charles VI.’s reign, the elder brother had been on the Burgundian side—like... ...card who had received the pearls; but, in the miserable anarchy of Charles VI.’s reign, the elder brother had been on the Burgundian side—like most of... ...final peace between France and England obliged the elder line to submit to Charles VII. Since that time there had been a perpetual con- tention as to ... ...y resolution which she had obeyed. CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER VI VI VI VI VI FOULL FOULL FOULL FOULL FOULLY COZENED Y COZENED Y COZENED Y... ...le while since, he had laughed at his gentle wife for letting herself, and Emperor’s daughter, be trampled on where his brother Francis’s Queen, from ... ...nours his loyal Protestants, and he trusts that the good God accepts their holy lives in His unseen Church, even though outwardly they are separate fr... ...get in thine one who yet lives, unhappier than all!’ ‘And, oh, my good, my holy Queen, will you indeed pray for him—my husband? He was so good, his fa...

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................................................. 36 CHAPTER V MY SUPERIORS ARE ENGAGED IN PLOTS FOR THE RESTORATION OF KING JAMES II. ...... 42 CHAPTER VI THE ISSUE OF THE PLOTS.?THE DEATH OF THOMAS, THIRD VISCOUNT OF CASTLEWOOD; AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF HIS VISCOUNTESS........................................................... 52 CHAPTER VII I AM LEFT AT CASTLEWOOD AN ORPHAN...

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... ENGAGED IN PLOTS FOR THE RESTORA TION OF KING JAMES II. ...... 42 CHAPTER VI THE ISSUE OF THE PLOTS.—THE DEA TH OF THOMAS, THIRD VISCOUNT OF CASTLEWO... ...XPEDITION, TASTE SAL T-W A TER AND SMELL POWDER. ............. 185 CHAPTER VI THE 29TH DECEMBER. ........................................................ ...STATE OF CASTLEWOOD, in Virginia, which was given to our ancestors by King Charles the First, as some return for the sacrifices made in his Majesty’s ... ...hankless and thriftless race who bestowed it. He pawned his plate for King Charles the First, mortgaged his property for the same cause, and lost the ... ...h his hand on his sword, and his order on his cloak, which he had from the Emperor during the war on the Danube against the Turk. Seeing the great and... ...ng’s army, who afterwards joined the Usurper’s Government; and Francis, in holy orders, who was slain whilst defending the House of Castlewood against... .... She was maid of honor to the Queen Henrietta Maria; she early joined the Roman Church; her father, a weak man, following her not long after at Breda... ...lt used, 47 Thackeray according to his custom, to laugh, and say that the Holy Church throughout all the world, and the noble Army of Martyrs, were v... ...man, with a wart upon her nose. But having been early taught a part of the Roman religion, he never had the horror of it that some Protestants have sh...

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...?... England with her commercial spirit will not and cannot understand the Emperor Alexander’s loftiness of soul. She has refused to evacuate Malta. S... ...s, about theatricals, and who would meet whom, and when and where. CHAPTER VI Having thanked Anna Pavlovna for her charming soiree, the guests began t... ...ur letter of the 13th has given me great delight. So you still love me, my romantic Julie? Separation, of which you say so much that is bad, does not ... ...than the feelings which the beautiful eyes of a young man can inspire in a romantic and loving young girl like your- self. The news of Count Bezukhov’... ...tain; for how can we, miserable sinners that we are, know the terrible and holy secrets of Providence while we re- main in this flesh which forms an i... ... another. Adieu, dear and kind friend; may our divine Saviour and His most Holy Mother keep you in their holy and all-powerful care! Mary “Ah, you are... ...gentlemen!” “W ell, thank God! W e’ve been sitting here too long!” CHAPTER VI KUTUZOV FELL BACK TOW ARD V IENNA, destroying behind him the bridges ove... ...ow: there were many roads, and “among them the road through Poltava, which Charles XII chose.” Balashev involuntarily flushed with pleasure at the apt... ...as jesting at) when he saw that the Massacre of St. Bartholomew was due to Charles IX’s stomach being deranged. But to men who do not admit that Rus- ...

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... we meant to retire and lure the enemy into the depths of the country. Our Emperor joined the army to encourage it to defend every inch of Russian soi... ...ut a general engagement having been fought under its walls. So thought the Emperor, and the Russian commanders and people were still more provoked at ... ...alities. The whole army bewails it and calls down curses upon him… CHAPTER VI AMONG THE INNUMERABLE categories applicable to the phe- nomena of human ... ...d and trembled with emo- tion. This meeting immediately struck Rostov as a romantic 66 War and Peace – Book Ten event. “A helpless girl overwhelmed w... ...too, the memories awakened by the name of Bolkonski belonged to a distant, romantic past, when after supper and after Natasha’s singing he had propose... ... jesting at) when he saw that the Massa- cre of St. Bartholomew was due to Charles IX’s stomach being deranged. But to men who do not admit that Russi... ...it may seem to suppose that the Massacre of St. Bartholomew was not due to Charles IX’s will, though he gave the order for it and thought it was done ... ...d gave a peculiar significance to the spectacle, as music does to tableaux vi- vants. Napoleon rode up the high ground at Semenovsk, and through the s... ...nd with tranquility every- where, I too should have had my Congress and my Holy Alli- ance. Those ideas were stolen from me. In that reunion of great ...