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...A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Foot... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. T... ...as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Ser... ...re Alualu came to him on deck and told him this was the place. “That is an aston- ishing thing,” said he. “I thought I was to go to Germany, I do not ... ...gnisances, and set Tamaseu free. Things were now at a deadlock; and Becker astonished every one by agreeing to a meeting on the 14th. It seems he knew... ... prating a different story in the bar-rooms; and the late high feat of the knight-errant, Becker, had killed all confi- dence in Germans at the root. ... ...ively decline the protest,” replied Fritze, “and cannot fail to express my astonishment at the tone of your last let- ter.” This was trenchant. It may...

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...the Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre; he is of the order of Knights T emplars, whom you may have heard of; he is half a monk, half a so... ...r it as ye will; I will trust your giving true response, on your word as a knight and as a church- man. Yet, brother, take my advice, and file your to... ...is noway slack in tak- ing offence, —is a man who, without respect to your knight- hood, my high office, or the sanctity of either, would clear his ho... ...n angry reply, but was in- terrupted by the Prior, who again expressed his astonishment, that their guide, after such long absence, should be so per- ... ...be sensible of his departure. And when he did look around, it was with the astonished air of one at whose feet a thunderbolt has just burst, and who h... ... obe- dience, opened his large grey eyes, and stared at the Prince with an astonishment which had in it something extremely ludicrous. But the impatie... ...will be renowned in our annals.—What hast thou commanded?” “I have ordered Louis Winkelbrand, De Bracy’s lieutenant, to cause his trumpet sound to hor... ...r nor allegiance—but I will not lift hand against him.” “It needs not—send Louis Winkelbrand and a score of thy lances.” “Ye have sufficient ruffians ...

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...beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights.” —Shakespeare, Sonnet cvi. I.—W I.—W I.—W I.—W I.—WA A A A ACE CE ... ...d the delights of love are good, and that for the sake of his lady a young knight performs deeds of chivalry. 8 In addition to these changes, which a... ... thinketh to bite such beasts as he liketh. Arthur then called to his dear knights: ‘Advance we quickly, brave thanes! all together towards them; we a... ...me to Britain, sent by St. Romanus, the Apostle of Rome. With him came St. Louis of T royes. These two fair bishops, Germanus of Auxerre and Louis of ... ...gether to behold so many islands therein, and at the rocks thereof. He was astonied beyond measure at the number of the eagles and their eyries, at th... ...nephew,” said Arthur, “very marvellous this water seems in your eyes. Your aston ishment will be the more when you look upon yet another mere that I ...

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...opean sovereign, whilst each contended which should excel the other in the knightly qualities of bravery and generosity. This singular contrast afford... ...acity than he was here to be exhibited in the Talisman—then as a disguised knight, now in the avowed character of a conquering mon- arch; so that I do... ... be termed a work of chivalry, but latterly becoming stuffed with the most aston- ishing and monstrous fables. There is perhaps no metrical romance up... ...d was killed there. Lockhart proceeded to the Holy Land with such Scottish knights as had escaped the fate of their leader and assisted for some time ... ...saint,” said the Saracen, laughing, for the first time, at the unmitigated astonishment with which Sir Kenneth looked on the wild gestures and heard t... ...nd unobserved. He took a hasty leave of De Vaux, who looked after him with astonishment, and after shrugging his shoulders in silent wonder, proceeded... ...een attainted by the culprit. By Saint George, it makes me laugh! By Saint Louis, it reminds me of Blondel’s tale of an enchanted castle, where the de...

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...ntury, time of King Arthur and the Round Table; said to have belonged to the knight Sir Sagramor le Desirous; observe the round hole through the chain... ...r our meat, and we are all great gentle women born, and blessed be the time, knight, that ever thou wert born; for thou hast done the most worship tha... ... that ever thou wert born; for thou hast done the most worship that ever did knight in the world, that will we bear record, and we all pray you to tel... ...th dropped open, her eyes stared wide and timorously, she was the picture of astonished curiosity touched with fear. And there she stood gazing, in a ... ...y his single might and prowess in sturdy conflict in the field. Surprise and astonishment flashed from face to face all over the house; the queen’s gr... ... printed by the pleasant Casanova in his chapter about the dismemberment of Louis XV.’s poor awkward enemy. I had had enough of this grisly place by ... ...f the humble and trembling wedding guests, in the parlor, and left him there astonished at this strange treat ment, and implacably embittered against...

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...ed an order from the household of the king for two copies of a portrait of Louis XVIII., at five hundred francs each. Though not naturally generous, G... ...he Liberal leaders soon found out that they were playing into the hands of Louis XVIII. by exporting the glorious remnants of our grand army, and they... ...821, than she captured one of the most distinguished dukes of the court of Louis XVIII. Philippe tried to make head against the peer, and by the month... ...hts of the mystery of an organized conspiracy. They called themselves the “Knights of Idleness.” During the day these young scamps were youthful saint... ...ter the nights on which they had been playing their malicious pranks. The “Knights” began with mere commonplace tricks, such as unhooking and changing... ...ed faithful to Napoleon. By this time Gilet had become grand master of the Knights of Idleness, and was leading a life which lost him the good- will o... ...d. “The devil makes common cause with the inn-keepers,” said Goddet to the astonished Spaniard. “He means to teach you not to leave your cart about in... ...s triumph for a song, as she paraded trium- phantly before the eyes of the astonished town, leaning on the arm of her master’s nephew, and evidently o... ...nsieur Mouilleron had gone across the way to talk with Max, Gritte greatly astonished Mon- sieur and Madame Hochon, Agathe, Joseph, and Adolphine by a...

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...ier in all ways, than he found it. His industry in these efforts was quite astonishing. Every day he divided into A Child’s Histroy of England 28 cer... ...me sweeping down the hill to attack the English. There was one tall Norman Knight who rode be fore the Norman army on a prancing horse, throw ing up... ... and catching it, and singing of the bravery of his countrymen. An English Knight, who rode out from the English force to meet him, fell by this Knigh... ...the English force to meet him, fell by this Knight’s hand. Another English Knight rode out, and he fell too. But then a third rode out, and killed the... ...wife of the French King, a bad woman, who had great possessions in France. Louis, the French King, not relishing this arrangement, helped Eustace, Ki... ...on to increase his possessions involved him in a war with the French King, Louis, with whom he had been on such friendly terms just before, that to th... ...itted, and the King gave the cloak to the old beggar: much to the beggar’s astonish ment, and much to the merriment of all the courtiers in attendanc... ...ion with eight thousand waggons in stead of eight, he could not have half aston ished the people so much as by this great change. It soon caused him... ...ng, he was obstinate and immovable as to those words about his order. King Louis of France was weak enough in his veneration for Thomas a Becket and s...

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...to say to her lover, “Let us love each other and die!” T o which the young knight 8 Maitre Cornelius answered, “Let us love each other and not die.” ... ...ed, softly, “in what corner of the world could you hide a daughter of King Louis XI.?” “T rue,” replied the young man, silenced by a difficulty he had... ...ed to Maitre Cornelius Hoogworst, an old Brabantian merchant, to whom King Louis XI. gave his utmost confi- dence in those financial transactions whic... ...ous. The lover of the Comtesse de Saint-Vallier, one of the daughters whom Louis XI. had in Dauphine by Madame de Sassenage, how- ever bold he might b... ... his shoes to reconnoitre the locali- ties. 29 Balzac He was not a little astonished to find a door wide open which led down a corridor to several ch... ...f it had fallen like snow.” The old maid did not comprehend. This proposal aston- ished her as though the end of the world had come. 49 Balzac “My fl... ...t, and he went at once to the door of the strong-room. He was not a little astonished to see, as he went along, the marks of a large foot along the st...

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...a high gallows, this is their meed. They sit there, in the Townhall, these astonishing tricolor Municipals; in Council General; in Committee of Watchf... ...Royalist like him ought to die, of all days on this day, the 25th or Saint Louis’s Day. All these have been tried, cast,—the Galleries shouting approv... ... and clip in pieces, like a Poland; flinging the remainder to poor Brother Louis,— with directions to keep it quiet, or else we will keep it for him! ... ... then: for, nom de Dieu! we must find where he is.” ‘At this time, I heard Louis Bardy, the Abbe Bardy’s name called: he was brought out; and directly... ... morass. While we stood waiting what could be made of it, our Landlord the Knight of Saint- Louis pressed past us, without salutation. ’ He had been a... ... French National Convention (quite contrary to its own Program) became the astonish- ment and horror of mankind; a kind of Apocalyptic Con- vention, o... ... For is not this continual text of his, at bottom a rather barren one: How astonishing that in a time of Revolt and abrogation of all Law but Cannon L... ... Sahara-waltz, Twenty-five millions running distracted to fight Brunswick! Knights Errant themselves, when they conquered Giants, usually slew the Gia... ...they conquered Giants, usually slew the Giants: quarter was only for other Knights Errant, who knew courtesy and the laws of battle. The French Nation...

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...f France, the proofs for which had long been gathered by the Benedictines. Louis XVI., a just mind, himself translated the English work in which Walpo... ...d corrupted, Falstaff was one of the most distinguished men of his time, a Knight of the Garter, holding a high com- mand in the army. At the accessio... ... Dupes) was due solely to the discovery the cardinal made, and imparted to Louis XIII., of secret documents relating to the death of Henri IV . Cather... ... questions of public policy; in our time it has been answered on the Place Louis XV ., where they have now set up an Egyp- tian stone, as if to oblite... ...relled, and the crew were under the command of a prior of the order of the Knights of Rhodes. The house- 23 Balzac hold of the Pope were in three oth... ...e king called an assembly at Lyon of all the princes of his blood, all the knights of his order, and other great per- sonages of the kingdom; also the... ...nd maltreated by a party of libertines. “On which his holiness, being much astonished” (says Henri Estienne), “gave out that the heretics were prepari... ... you,” resumed the minister, after allowing a short pause for Christophe’s aston- ishment. “In order that you may make no mistake, we feel obliged to ... ...infinite delicacy of the architecture reveals itself to the rapture of our astonished eyes. This wing of the great build- ing, in which the two queens...

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... Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication To Monsieur Eugene-Auguste-Georges-Louis Midy de la Greneraye Surville, Royal Engineer of the Ponts at Chausse... ... All these cheva- liers, among whom were doubtless some who were Valois as Louis XIV. was Bourbon, knew so little of one another that it was not advis... ... thanks to his foible for relating a quantity of anecdotes on the reign of Louis XV. and the beginnings of the Revolution. When these tales were heard... ...cles or, placed end to end; on a chief sable, a cross argent. For crest, a knight’s helmet. For motto: “Valeo.” Bearing such noble arms, the so-called... ...chelor, sitting up in bed. “Monsieur,” said Suzanne, gravely, “you must be aston- ished to see me here at this hour; but I find myself in a con- ditio... ...- sons who succeed beyond their hopes, was silent and amazed. T o hide her astonishment, she assumed the melancholy pose of an injured girl at the mer... ...eeable. If girls would only tell the truth, heavens! my dear boy, you’d be astonished at what makes them fall in love. Often it suffices for a man to ... ...re like that statue in the fine allegorical tale of Addison, for which two knights on arriving near it fought; for one saw it white, the other saw it ... ...78 An Old Maid they saw it was white one side and black the other. A third knight coming along declared it red. When the chevalier went home that nigh...

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... events of the history of Le Berry. The story must be told. In the time of Louis XIV . a certain sheriff named Milaud, 7 Balzac whose forefathers had... ...new decrees, and were hanged—an unwor- thy deed of the great King’s. Under Louis XV. Milaud de la Baudraye, from being a mere squire, was made Chevali... ...e- teers. This officer perished at Fontenoy, leaving a child, to whom King Louis XVI. subsequently granted the privileges, by patent, of a farmer-gene... ... regarded as monstrous and dan- gerous, and she found herself in a desert. Astonished at seeing the women of the neighborhood only at long intervals, ... ...atten- tions and small services, only too happy to be taken for the carpet-knights of this sovereign lady, by strangers admitted to spend an evening o... ...e greater stage of Paris, she accepted the vulgar incense of her attendant knights with a view to seeing Monsieur de la Baudraye’s name drawn from the... ...quita was so entirely created for love that she can hardly have met with a knight worthy of her; for . . . . In her passionate fire Every man wo... ... produce a great sensa- tion in Paris. Hence the extreme though suppressed aston- ishment of Doctor Bianchon and the waggish journalist when they behe... ... five in the morning to examine the state of the fastenings. Imagine their astonishment and Gatien’s delight when all four, candle in hand, and with h...

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...d delineation of characters. Shakespeare’s Henry IV. and Henry V., Scott’s Louis XI., Manzoni’s Federigo Borromeo, Bulwer’s Harold, James’s Philip Aug... ...ted; his daughter Frances was a mere infant, and Sir Philip Sidney was not knighted till much later. For the rest, I have tried to show the scenes tha... ...England took from his helmet and presented to Sir Eustache de Ribaumont, a knight of Picardy, bidding him say everywhere that it was a gift from the K... ...y everywhere that it was a gift from the King of England to the bravest of knights. The precious heirlooms were scarcely held with the respect due to ... ...- tention as to the restitution of Chateau Ribaumont, a strife which under Louis XI. had become an endless lawsuit; and in the days of dueling had occ... ...unters. The younger branch, or Black Ribaumonts, had received a grant from Louis XI. of the lands of Nid-de-Merle, belonging to an unfortunate Angevin... ...write to one another—the one, the adventures of his flight; the other, the astonishment it would excite. And au- guries were exchanged of merry meetin... ...udge her, who may at this moment be weeping in desolation?’ Lucy looked up astonished. ‘ Aunt,’ she said, ‘you have been so long shut up with him that... ...or me and my daughter!’ And as the pastor uttered a sound of interrogative aston- ishment, she continued— ‘ As soon as I am well enough, Blaise will s...

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...amed Particelli, who, after becoming a bankrupt, chose to change his name to Emery; and Cardinal Richelieu having discovered in him great financial ap... ...upon me.” “Sire,” replied Richelieu, “rest assured that Particelli, the man to whom your majesty refers, has been hanged.” “Ah; so much the better!” e... ...htily disdainful of their entreaties. At length parliament was convoked; the authority of the king was to be maintained. 8 Twenty Years After One day... ...ord,” returned D’Artagnan. “I wish to visit in person the outposts which surround the Palais Royal; do you suppose that there is any danger in so doin... .... It is true I fought with tolerable success.” “I don’t speak of your warlike exploits, monsieur,” said Mazarin; “although they gained you much reputa... ... might learn to hold their tongues.” “But you have been silent for twenty years, sir. Speak, 46 Twenty Years After now the queen herself releases you... ...said what you say— there is a crisis at hand. Well! let’s fly the feather before the wind; let us join with that side to which the wind will carry it ... ... was Porthos’s pleasant dwelling place. The road led straight up to the chateau which, compared to its ancestor on the hill, was exactly what a fop of... ...resent?” “That of Marignan, just at the point where one of my forefathers is offering his sword to Francis I., who has bro- ken his. It was on that oc...

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... opposition to preconceived associations; I have, therefore, like a maiden knight with his white shield, assumed for my hero, Waverley, an uncontamina... ... propinquity between the house of W averley-Honour and the doughty barons, knights, and squires, to whom they stood allied; if (notwithstanding his ob... ...ock occasioned by the discovery; the springing of the vassals to arms; the astonishment of the bride- groom; the terror and confusion of the bride; th... ...om, usually hung over the chimney in the library, beneath a picture of the knight and his horse, where the features were almost entirely hidden by the... ... butt of his massive horsewhip, and humming, with the air of a chasseur of Louis Quatorze, Pour la chasse ordonnee il faut preparer tout, Hola ho! Vit... ...d little honour on Apollyon’s taste,--and while the auditors listened with aston- ished ears, and the clerk recorded with a trembling hand, she, all o... ...ore Even Dhu and their host with a promptitude that seemed like magic, and astonished W averley, who was much puzzled to reconcile their voracity with... ...aid with a considerable share of their confidence, an occasional supply of louis d’or, abundance of fair words, and a parch- ment, with a huge waxen s... ...ndor and Cloris, &c., as were in fashion about the end of the reign of old Louis le Grand. It was generally believed, though no one durst have hinted ...

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...f the citizens of Blois this was a cul- pable piece of disrespect, for Monsieur was, after the king — nay, even, perhaps before the king — the greates... ...the attention of messieurs the guards, but you will not hear Madame’s bell when Madame rings.” This admonition neither made the young girl called Mont... ... too loud, that she should surprise us, and that she should see that enormous sheet of paper upon which, in a quarter of an hour, you have only traced... ...ected to do; he returned to the little door, where, in the gloom, he found his mysterious conductress waiting for him, on the first steps of a winding... ...nly, monsieur,” replied Raoul, 30 Ten Years Later – V ol. 1 “and if I hesitate a little in my reply, you are well assured I am not seeking for a fals... ...s Raphael had done — he changed his style, and painted, in the fashion of the Albanian, two goddesses rather than two queens. These illustrious ladies... ...o keep this apartment?” “Yes.” “Monsieur, something has happened upon which we could not reckon.” “What?” “His majesty Louis XIV. will enter our city ... ...don me, monsieur, but this appears to be the first time I have ever heard that name. Do you fill any post at the court of France?” “None; I am a simpl... ...n.” “What dignity?” “King Charles I. made me a knight of the Garter, and Queen Anne of Austria has given me the cordon of the Holy Ghost. These are my...

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... its comfort and even elegant ac- commodation, would fill him with twofold astonishment, as interpreting equally the social valuation of the English m... ...Italy, surrounded the heads of Christ and of distinguished saints. 5 “The astonishment of science.”—Her medical attendants were Dr. Percival, a well-... ...y’s mouth; and, accordingly, after my brother had recovered from his first astonishment at this audacious mutiny, he made us sev- eral sweeping bows t... ...h metrical ro- mances, I found the same impassioned complaint uttered by a knight, Sir Ywain, as early as A.D. 1240— 66 Thomas de Quincey “But now, w... ...e inalienable from primogeniture in certain select families, of conferring knightly honors? The red ribbon of the Bath he certainly did confer upon me... ...to try his chance in a leap—assuring him that, if he suc- ceeded, he would knight him on the spot. The temptation of a knighthood, however, did not pr... ...to hear—not much of a story, but simply a noble sentiment, such as that of Louis XII, when he refused, as King of France, to avenge his own injuries a... ...od deal prized. Lord Westport’s mother had been, before her marriage, Lady Louisa Howe, daughter to the great admiral, Earl Howe, and 143 Autobiograp... ...ishment at Versailles, in the service of some one amongst the daughters of Louis XV ., having as yet never seen the king, she was one day suddenly int...

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...ou understand, father? Only imagine me a captain at twenty, with a hundred louis pay, and a share in the profits! Is this not more than a poor sailor ... ...u to dine?” “Yes, my dear father,” replied Edmond, smiling at his father’s astonishment at the excessive honor paid to his son. “And why did you refus... ...ivified political existence. An old man, decorated with the cross of Saint Louis, now rose and proposed the health of King Louis XVIII. It was the Mar... ...he king, for whom we sacri- ficed rank, wealth, and station was truly our ‘Louis the well-beloved,’ while their wretched usurper his been, and ever wi... ...or, a garrison, turnkeys, and good thick walls. Come, come, do not look so aston- ished, or you will make me think you are laughing at me in return fo... ...not of courtly cut, excited the susceptibility of M. de Breze, who was all astonishment at finding that this young man had the audacity to enter befor... ...d with clowns, harlequins, dominoes, mummers, pantomimists, Transteverins, knights, and peasants, screaming, fighting, gesticulating, throwing eggs fi... ...my satisfaction, that had I been king, I should have instantly created him knight of all my orders, even had I been able to offer him the Golden Fleec... ...Noirtier, for whom France was a vast chess-board, from which pawns, rooks, knights, and queens were to disappear, so that the king was checkmated — M....

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...lley of Mont Genevra; and there he remained till 1799, subsisting on a few louis which his father had put into his hand at starting. Finally, when twe... ...ere to watch for the passing of a man,—the man of her dreams, the expected knight who was to mount her behind him and ride away under the fire of Duma... ...rant and purely ideal chiv- alry, which distinguishes the paladin from the knight. Cana- lis has not devotion enough for a Don Quixote, but he has too... ...t singers, Modeste had taken liberties with the lines in a manner that may astonish the admirers of a poet so famous for the correctness, sometimes to... ... re- ally carried out. What do you say, mademoiselle, you?” Modeste was so astonished that she did not notice the ques- tion. The trap of the lover wa... ...y; that’s what it is.” Modeste looked at her dwarf with a perfectly stupid aston- ishment. “Mademoiselle, you have wrapped your face in cotton-wool an... ...very fair representative of the royal and almost in- conceivable figure of Louis XIII.,—that historical figure of melancholy modesty without known cau... ...heir- ess. But you are not to look down upon us, descendant of an Auvergne knight; the arms of the Mignon de La Bastie will do no dishonor to those of... ... finds it; and yet see! here is this delicious tea in a cup that cost five louis, and I write verses which Parisian women rush to buy, exclaiming, ‘Di...

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...t time ago, while making researches in the Royal Library for my History of Louis XIV, I stumbled by chance upon the Memoirs of M. D’Artagnan, printed—... ...barracks and the walls of caba- rets, they will not find the likenesses of Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Richelieu, Mazarin, and the courtiers of the p... ...ing Some Events Which Passed in France Toward the End of the Reign of King Louis XIII and the Commencement of the Reign of King Louis XIV.” It may be ... ...he other, turning on his heels, and sur- veying the young man with as much astonishment as con- tempt. “Why, my good fellow, you must be mad!” Then, i... ...favor, However difficult it might be, or rather as he pretended it was, to astonish our young traveler, this pastime really as- tonished him. He had s... ...t for the cardinal was scandalized in the antechamber. There, to his great astonishment, D’Artagnan heard the policy which made all Europe tremble cri... ... a league off it savors of the gentleman. Thus spoke and acted the gallant knights of the time of Charlemagne, in whom every cavalier ought to seek hi... ...thos, certain family likenesses which indi- cated that this great noble, a knight of the Order of the King, was his ancestor. Besides these, a casket ... ... be time for both.” “Hum! I would not go at all,” said Aramis. “ A gallant knight cannot decline a rendezvous with a lady; but a prudent gentle- man m...