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... at the Golden Dragon they make the finest of Chinese food and do unusual French and Italian dishes. They even make a Texas chili, but it‘s too tame... ...much more time working are much higher on the happiness list than are the French, who vacation a lot. ―Money only makes us happier up to a... ...ped and gave him some oxygen. No one stayed with him until he died. Under French law one is required to help. Under American and English common law ... ...s Age of Reason, were powerful stimulators of 18 th Century American and French thinking. In The Age of Reason he wrote ‗My own mind is my own chur... ...At any rate, agnostics don‘t accept the teachings of religions. But as the French philosopher Rene Descartes told us ‗any person who actually tries t... ...all children born on United States soil are citizens. Children or foreign diplomats are excluded. They, of course, are not under the jurisdiction of ... ...tution gave Dominican citizenship to anyone born on their soil, except for diplomats and those in transit through the country, The Dominican Court ru... ...tes born within the United States.‘ It was agreed that children of foreign diplomats and embassies or consulates and people who owed allegiance to an... ...ore sense to class illegals, whose allegiance is to another country, with diplomats, whose allegiance is also to another country and whose children ...

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...more rigid Islamic regime. Along this line he fired a number of experienced diplomats and bank directors. He wanted all the power of a Medieval reli... ...raitors become heroes—patriots. Look at the instigators of the American and French Revolutions. “Talking about rights, in today’s world few p...

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...y which we now call ?Empire.? Rain had refreshed the earth during the month of October, so that the trees were still green and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between the skies and Bonaparte, then declared Consul for life,--a belief in which that man owes part of his prestige; strange to say, on the day the sun fai...

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... of October, so that the trees were still green and leafy in November. The French people were beginning to put faith in a secret understanding between... ...Empire was just dawning. Those who in these days read the histories of the French Revolution can form no con- ception of the vast spaces which public ... ... fully as we are to the Revolution; or else, we must upset the idol of the French people and their future emperor, and seat the true throne upon his r... ...on- orable gentlemen on whose brow God Himself has written the word mites,—Frenchmen who burrowed in their coun- 46 An Historical Mystery try homes a... ...asty of Bonaparte to the throne and nomi- nated Napoleon as Emperor of the French, was submitted to the French people for acceptance Monsieur d’Hautes... ...nt Saint-Bernard. Messieurs les Ambassadeurs,” he added, bowing to the two diplomats, “will see that in the element of profound intrigue the political...

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...alities must such a man possess! Y ou will find in all countries many such diplomats of low degree; con- summate negotiators arguing in the interests ... ...achs.” When buckled down to his work he became the slyest and cleverest of diplomats. All things to all men, he knew how to accost a banker like a cap... ...esides which he had already dipped into 11 Balzac the conspiracies of the French “carbonari”; he had been ar- rested, and released for want of proof;...

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...pinesses which a rigid mother denied to the Eugenie of these pages. Though Frenchmen are taxed with incon- stancy, you will find me Italian in faithfu... ... with blue velvet of that tender shade, with shimmering reflections, which French industry has lately learned to fabricate. Over the doors and windows... ..., the daughter of the Comte de Granville, one of the greatest names in the French magistracy,—a man who be- came peer of France after the revolution o... ... maid taught them drawing. A worthy priest instructed them in grammar, the French language, history, geography, and the very little arithmetic it was ... ...rrounded by dangerous relations and intimate enemies. Every one knows that French literature at that particular period was endeavoring to defend itsel... ...could I help it?” re- plied those of the countess. Thieves, spies, lovers, diplomats, and slaves of any kind alone know the resources and comforts of ...

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... and marked two-and-six in heavy black figures; a few num- bers of ancient French comic publications hung across a string as if to dry; a dingy blue c... ...p. Her swollen legs rendered her inactive. She considered herself to be of French descent, which might have been true; and after a good many years of ... ...as they were, her daughter Winnie helped to look after them. Traces of the French descent which the widow boasted of were apparent in Winnie too. They... ...sitting in a roomy arm-chair before a vast mahogany writing-table, said in French to the Chancelier d’Ambassade, who was going out with, the papers in... ...hriving baby that will not stand non- sense from anybody. “Y ou understand French, I suppose?” he said. Mr V erloc stated huskily that he did. His who... ...ying the secret and unlawful proceedings of his fellow- men. Anarchists or diplomats were all one to him. Mr V erloc was temperamentally no respecter ...

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...Ghent, and Western Flanders, capital Bruges, are two provinces of Belgium. French Flanders, capital Lille, is the Departement du Nord of France. Douai... ...Horn, the Prince of Aremberg, the Spanish ambassador, Helvetius, and other Frenchmen originally from Belgium, or coming lately thence, whose birth or ... ...er, Wouvermans, 30 The Alkahest Rembrandt, Hobbema, Cranach, and Holbein. French and Italian pictures were in a minority, but all were authentic and ... ...plain of Orchies, not far from Douai. Instead of bas- ing his expenses, as Frenchmen do, upon his revenues, he followed the old Dutch custom of spendi... ...of T oledo, and the vicar- general of the archbishopric of Malines. If the French Revo- lution had not intervened, the influence of the Casa-Real fami... ...with honors are sought after on all sides; the school turns out statesmen, diplomats, men of science, engineers, generals, sailors, magistrates, manuf...

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...Before reaching this enclosure from the height of an emi- nence such as we Frenchmen rather conceitedly call a moun- tain, at the foot of which lies t... ..., whiter than the starry jas- mine that climbed the balustrade,—a woman, a Frenchwoman born in Russia, who said as I approached her, “I had almost giv... ...ld turns upside down like an hour- glass, when the seas become continents, Frenchmen will find canons, steamboats, newspapers, and maps wrapped up in ... ... his eggs. The curate of Gross-Aspern took us to the famous cemetery where French and Austrians struggled to- gether knee-deep in blood, with a courag... ...word. It is only strong men, choleric and powerful, thunder- bolts of war, diplomats with olympian heads, or men of genius, who can show this utter co... ...e be jealous of the late Mademoiselle Laguerre? Our modern Bourets have no French nobles now to show them how to live; they hire one opera-box among t...

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...k of the Seine as it was under Charles IX. Why should not the historian of French society, a new Old Mortality, endeavor to save these curious express... ...igitte’s eyes Jerome was the handsomest and most charming man in the whole French Empire. T o keep house for this cherished brother, to be initiated i... ...a water-color properly; she danced extremely well; and she had studied the French language, history, geography, English, Italian,— in short, all that ... ...fortune in one of those wicked conceptions which reflect such discredit on French commerce, but which, in the year 1827, had not yet been exposed and ... ...rown pretentious with wealth, without, at the same time, learning to speak French. She was now very fat, and gave the idea, in her rich surroundings, ... ...ies and informers? Have 409 Balzac you never suspected the statesmen, the diplomats, the Richelieus it produces? Mercury, monsieur,—Mercury, the clev...

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...ds wait on you. There are enough of them—my mother has two, and Theodora a French one to her own share. ‘I should not like any one to do my hair, if t... ...he inner room opened, but only a little dark damsel appeared, saying, in a French accent, that Miss Martindale was gone to Miss Gardner’s room. ‘Is Mi... ...‘Failed, of course,’ said Mrs. Nesbit. ‘Y es; I never expected much. Those diplomats are apt to be afraid of having their heels trodden upon; but it i... ... a very amusing companion. Her clear, shrewd observation is like a book of French memoirs.’ ‘And you are one of the few not afraid of her.’ ‘No. We un... ...del were in jeopardy. ‘Would you—would you be so very kind as to lend me a French dictionary?’ ‘Certainly; I’ll give you one in a moment,’ said Theodo... ...saying. ‘Fountain and peacock, and parasol for shepherd’s crook, forming a French Arcadia,’ said John, smiling. ‘I suppose it would hardly make a pict...

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...s, and the commandant of the city appointed, military administration began. The place assumed a mongrel aspect. Though all things were organized on a French system, the Spaniards were left free to follow ?in petto? their national tastes....

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... The place assumed a mongrel aspect. Though all things were organized on a French system, the Spaniards were left free to follow “in petto” their nati... ...ough the laws of the Kingdom of Italy forbade him to bear his title in the French service) was one of the hand- somest men in the army. This beauty ma... ...ars and discoursing bitterly to animate all hearts with hatred against the French. Silver pitchers and precious dishes of plate and porcelain adorned ... ...customs, his tale will be im- proved by abridgment. At the period when the French Revolution changed the man- ners and morals of every country which s... ...our wife and servants! There will be murder here. You might be shot by the French. Have nothing to do with this; it is my affair, mine only. Between m... ...unc- ture he happened to hear that a number of strangers of dis- tinction, diplomats and others, were assembled at the water- ing-places in the Pyrene...

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... something. Prince Andrew stepped forward from among the suite and said in French: “You told me to remind you of the officer Dolokhov, re- duced to th... ...e was asking the adjutant to wait, and he went on with the conversation in French. “All I can say, General,” said he with a pleasant elegance of expre... ...e said, handing 17 Tolstoy him several papers, “make a neat memorandum in French out of all this, showing all the news we have had of the movements o... ... might, perhaps, see and take part in the first Russian encounter with the French since Suvorov met them. He feared that Bonaparte’s genius might outw... ...ause for jesting!” 21 Tolstoy said, as if strengthening his views by this French sentence. “C’ est bien pour un garcon de rein comme cet individu don... ...ambassador in Vienna knew him and valued him. He was not one of those many diplomats who are esteemed because they have certain negative qualities, av... ...r leader, called les notres.* This set, con- sisting almost exclusively of diplomats, evidently had its own interests which had nothing to do with war...

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... used only by the elite. All her invitations without exception, written in French, and delivered by a scarlet-liveried footman that morn- ing, ran as ... ...reast and a serene expression on his flat face. He spoke in that re- fined French in which our grandfathers not only spoke but thought, and with the g... ...who is connected with the Montmorencys through the Rohans, one of the best French families. He is one of the genuine emigres, the good ones. And also ... ...re to herself and to all around her. “I have brought my work,” said she in French, displaying her bag and addressing all present. “Mind, Annette, I ho... ...ovna. “You know,” said the princess in the same tone of voice and still in French, turning to a general, “my hus- band is deserting me? He is going to... ...eir leader, called les notres.* This set, consisting almost exclusively of diplomats, evi- dently had its own interests which had nothing to do with w...

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... to a carriage on the off side, containing Kirby, and how she, this little French jade, sprang in to take her place. One snap of the fingers and the t... ...rothers were sons of Geoffrey Fakenham, celebrated for his devotion to the French Count- 19 George Meredith ess Jules d’Andreuze, or some such name, ... ...ted off, on the discovery of the cheat, with horrible imprecations against Frenchwomen. It became known, too; that horses of his were standing saddled... ... to prove her readiness on the spot. A drop of a dozen feet or so from the French window to a flower—bed was not very difficult. Her father had taught... ...u’re a bit of a botanist too. You’re good at English and German; you had a French governess for a couple of years. By the way, you understand the use ... ...romenade, to the stupefaction of the foreigner. Princes, counts, generals, diplomats passed under him in awe. I am told that he is called St. Christop...

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... the hands of their owners; Republics rested content with their Dictators; diplomats found no one whose presence in the least incommoded them; mon- ar... ...es, bicycles in crates, a consign- ment of silver-plated imported harness, French dresses and gloves, a dozen finely moulded hard-wood mantels, a fift... ... delusion of vast wealth—the folly of grandeurs, I believe our friends the French call it—is, as a rule, persistent, to the exclusion of all others.” ... ...l-immense; but of certain manifestations the English language stops short. French only, the caryatid French of Victor Hugo, would have described it; s... ...first evening, at any rate. Gone to bed, probably.” He skirted by the open French windows of the drawing-room. “No, they haven’t. They look very comfy...

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...flect calls for even stronger regulation. In 1983,Attorney General William French Smith revised the Levi guidelines to encourage closer investigation ... ...ed pipeline profits might lure faction leaders to a conference table. U.S. diplomats did not favor the Tal- iban over the rival factions. Despite grow... ...avor the Tal- iban over the rival factions. Despite growing concerns, U.S. diplomats were willing at the time, as one official said, to “give the Tali... ... more proposed operations for al Qaeda.The October 6, 2002, bombing of the French tanker Limburg in the Gulf of Aden also was Nashiri’s handiwork.Alth... ...se, this involved flying from France to Montreal using a photo-substituted French passport under a false name. Under questioning, Ressam admit- ted th... ...uments. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told us that while U.S. diplomats were becoming more active on Afghanistan through the spring and s... ...urther training that he could use to carry out a potential attack. 92 As a French national who had overstayed his visa, Moussaoui could be detained im... ...t the case. 96 The FBI legal attaché’s office in Paris first contacted the French government on August 16 or 17, shortly after speaking to the Minneap...

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...ur- ing the Crimean War, that the Russians might be beaten— but not by the French, to the exclusion of the English, as had seemed to her to be too muc... ... Mr Supplehouse; and he points away to the East, where our dear allies the French are supposed to live, and where our head of affairs is supposed to h... ...e teeth. They were white and regular and lofty as a new row of houses in a French city. But then when she laughed she was all teeth; as she was all ne... ... ment, and sealed with wax, as is the case with treaties made by kings and diplomats—to be broken by the same; but signed with little words, and seale... ...of a jeweller’s shop. But as far as silks and satins went—in the matter of French bonnets, muslins, velvets, hats, riding-habits, artificial flowers, ...