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...dge to Theseus, conceiving that he had robbed them of their several little kingdoms and lordships, and, having pent them all up in one city, was using... ...r, according to others again, to Ascanius, Aeneas’s son. Some tell us that Romanus, the son of Ulysses and Circe, built it; some, Romus the son of Ema... ...emember what a poet fortune sometimes shows herself, and consider that the Roman power would hardly have reached so high a pitch without a divinely or... ...us came to him, that then he did, indeed, see twelve. Hence it is that the Romans, in their divinations from birds, chiefly regard the 42 V olume One... ...eparated the nobles and the commons,—calling them patrons, and these their clients,—by which means he created wonderful love and amity between them, p... ... productive of great justice in their dealings. For they were always their clients’ counselors in law cases, their advocates in courts of justice, in ... ...ughters and pay off their debts; and for a pa- tron to witness against his client, or a client against his patron, was what no law nor magistrate coul... ...d visit Zaleucus, Minos, Zoroaster, Lycurgus, and Numa, the controllers of kingdoms, and the legislators 106 V olume One for commonwealths? Nay, it m... ...s royal seat, distributing among his friends riches, princi- palities, and kingdoms. Of his sons, one residing in Pontus and Bosporus held his ancient...

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...ge Papers – Swift 15 The Horned Moon, which heretofore Upon their Shoes the Romans wore, Whose Wideness kept their Toes from Corns, And whence we cla... ...ect of a nation with which he is now in so strict an alliance. But the other kingdoms and states of Europe have treated me with more candor and gen- e... ...eaums shall, etc. Reums, or, as the word is now, realms, is the old name for kingdoms: And this is a very plain prediction of our happy Union, with th... ...ll re- strain you from taking the oyster, and leaving only the shell to your client. O ye physicians, (who in the figure of old women are to clean the...

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...ed, that Ithacus, the most wise of the Greeks, acquired his renown, as the Roman poet hath assured us, by visiting states and men, I reply to the Zoil... ...alarm of England, as it seemed to point at a separation of the two British kingdoms, after the decease of Queen Anne, the reign- ing sovereign. Godolp... ... the coarse, rough-hewn stamp, with which a painter would equip a giant in romance; to which was added the wild, ir- regular, and peculiar expression,... ...at of science he usually occupied when disposed to receive his patients or clients. The inside of his hut, and that of his garden, he kept as sacred f... ...quences of his OR, were he the most cruel father that ever was recorded in romance, to fill up the alternative.” “And what if he threatened you with a... ... on Turner’s-holm, [There is a level meadow, on the very margin of the two kingdoms, called Turner’s- holm, just where the brook called Crissop joins ...

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...t is in our power to extend is at the service of your excellent principal. We agree to the pro- posed change of time.” “I beg you to accept the thanks... ... or three will be enough?” “Two is the customary number for each party. I refer to ‘chief’ surgeons; but considering the exalted positions occu- pied ... ...l see you at eight o’clock in the morning, and we will then arrange the order of the proces- sion. I have the honor to bid you a good day.” I returned... ...years ago. She had a number of rich and noble lovers and one poor and obscure one, Sir Wendel Lobenfeld. With the native chuckleheadedness of the hero... ...e native chuckleheadedness of the heroine of romance, she preferred the poor and obscure lover. With the native sound judgment of the father of a hero... ...try to put your fin- ger on it, it will skip a thousand times its own length at one jump, and no eye is sharp enough to see where it lights. A great d... ...aid: “In the four parts of the earth are many that are able to write learned books, many that are able to lead armies, and many also that are able to ...

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...ious books hidden away, which he was sometimes ashamed to have seen by his clients,—poetry and novels, and even fairy tales. For there was nothing Mr ... ...leration in matters of religion, —have always advocated the admis- sion of Roman Catholics and Jews into Parliament, and even to the Bench. In ordinar... ...liser was the last man from whom the Duke of St Bungay would have expected romance at any time, and, least of all, at such a time as this. ‘Aid from h... ...e who believe all England to be Romish at heart, because here in England a Roman Catholic can say what he will, and print what he will.’ ‘And yet,’ sa... ... said the Duke. ‘A noble mansion;—perhaps the noblest mansion in the three kingdoms,’ said Major Pountney. ‘I have seen a great many of the best count... ...t was merely to feel the ground, make a few inquiries, and do nothing. His client did not intend to 247 Anthony Trollope stand unless he could see th...

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...re is more than the ordinary height above her, and who, now that her first romantic admiration of his lofty bearing has worn off, and her fretful litt... ...o think that God is always fighting with the devil which shall command the kingdoms of the earth. The tinker’s for God, and the ploughman”— “I’ll drin... ... young Ralph, and retired into himself, where he was growing to be lord of kingdoms where Beauty was his handmaid, and History his minister and Time h... ... handmaid, and History his minister and Time his ancient harper, and sweet Romance his bride; where he walked in a realm vaster and more gorgeous than... ...04 Ordeal of Richard Feverel and recompense him. Mr. Thompson received his client with the dignity and emotion due to such a rent-roll and the unexpec... ...ng to downright folly. Yet how otherwise explain the fact of his excellent client being incomprehensible to him? For a middle-aged gentleman, and one ... ...e case in favour of both par- ties, pronouncing mentally that his honoured client had a meaning, and so deep it was, so subtle, that no wonder he expe... ...ANDS have not yet rooted out their old brood of dragons. Wherever there is romance, these monsters come by inimical attraction. Because the heavens ar... ...sat, suddenly developed to the most inflexible little heroine in the three Kingdoms. From her first perception of the meaning of the young bride’s wor...

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...ume Two Osborne’s trustees is out of town,” he said indifferently, “but my client wishes to meet your wishes, and have done with the business as quick... ...ur? Time out of mind strength and courage have been the theme of bards and romances; and from the story of Troy down to to-day, poetry has always chos... ... Missionary Register by his side, took that kind of recreation which suits romantic and unromantic men after din- ner. He sipped Madeira: built castle... ...ng very pleasantly out on the sea, and Jim, attracted to the window by the romantic appearance of the ocean and the heavens, thought he would further ... ...d and read! Fancy, at every village and homestead almost through the three kingdoms, the great news coming of the battles in Flanders, and the feeling... ...ce, the Marquis had castles and pal- aces in various quarters of the three kingdoms, whereof the descriptions may be found in the road-books —Castle S...

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... moved by the new picture of a girl, as if it had been a frontispiece of a romantic story some day to be read. She looked compelled to look, but conse... ...everybody’s abusing!” “I demur, my lady. I was dining the other day with a client of mine, and a youngster was present who spoke of Lord 24 Lord Ormo... ... as the men have it; and when their wor- shipped figure of manliness, in a romantic sombrero, is a threadbare giant, showing bruises, they sink on the... ...ike a pestilence! This young Weyburn would touch the fancy of a woman of a romantic turn. Supposing her enthusiastic in her wor- ship of the hero, aft... ... of his complacency in defeat told Aminta that he did not respect his fair client: it drew a sketch of the position he allotted his wife before the wo... ...orld has not the same certificate in love’s pure realm. They are different kingdoms. A girl may be of both; a married woman, peering outside the narro...

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...tellus, the boldness of Pompey, the success of Sylla, and the power of the Roman people, all to be encountered by one who was a banished man and a str... ...served under Caepio, when the Cimbri and T eutones invaded Gaul; where the Romans fight- ing unsuccessfully , and being put to flight, he was wounded ... ... death and destruction to all, when it was no small piece of service for a Roman soldier to keep his ranks and obey his commander, Sertorius undertook... ...en he is driven out to the borders of the Atlantic sea, sets bounds to our kingdoms in the east, and threatens us with war, if we attempt the re- cove... ...to the enemy, reduced Africa, and established the affairs of the kings and kingdoms of all that country, being then in the twenty-fourth year of his a... ...ly agreed that no province of the Romans was secure enough. As for foreign kingdoms, he himself was of opin- ion, that Parthia would be the fittest to... ...ch commended his way of living. So perceiv- ing he could not bring off his client, if he stood a fair trial, he openly began to beg him off. Cato obje... ...nses, it was much wondered at that he took neither fees nor gifts from his clients, and more especially, that he did not do so when he undertook the p... ... cases by jests and facetious remarks, with a view to the advantage of his clients, he paid too little regard to what was decent: saying, for example,...

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...gh-spirited race, peculiar in their hab- its of war and of peace, brave to romance, and exhibiting a character turning upon points more adapted to poe... ...al studies. In a word, if I cannot be a counsel, I am deter- mined to be a client, a sort of person without whom a law- suit would be as dull as a sup... ...wert shaping the blundering allegations of some blue-bonneted, hard-headed client, into a condescendence of facts and cir- cumstances, and thou shalt ... ...n, sir? Is not the foundation of our municipal law the ancient code of the Roman Empire, devised at a time when it was so much re- nowned for its civi... ...thee, and thou hadst not, as now, conceived thyself to be the hero of some romantic history, and converted, in thy vain imagi- nations, honest Griffit... ...ds the sea, or rather the Solway Firth which here separates the two sister kingdoms, and which lay at about a mile’s dis- tance, by a pleasant walk ov... ... oh! in what a pleasing shape came mine, since it arrived in the form of a client—and a fair client to boot! What think you of that, Darsie! you who a... ... faction,—a catastrophe from which it has pleased Heaven to preserve these kingdoms. I perceive also, by a marriage-contract in the family re- positor... ...t of erecting it being an international question of law betwixt the sister kingdoms, there was no court in either competent to its decision. In this d...

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...ys: Book the First what is left of the Temple of Concord, along the ‘Forum Romanum’, of which the fall seems quite recent, like that of some huge moun... ... out of the ruins of the theatre of Marcellus. He believed that an ancient Roman would not recognise the place again. It often happened that in diggin... ...al, with difficulty speaks.”—Æneid, iii. 306.] Besides the examples of the Roman lady, who died for joy to see her son safe returned from the defeat o... ...ur reason? T o conclude, I should move, in the behalf of the gentleman, my client, it might be considered, that in this fact, his cause being in- sepa... ...irmity, which is no trivial specu- lation. So many mutations of states and kingdoms, and so many turns and revolutions of public fortune, will make us... ...ls in vain.”—Horace, Sat., ii. 7,] such a man is five hundred cubits above kingdoms and duch- ies; he is an absolute monarch in and to himself: “...

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... some accident, — he read: — “This treasure, which may amount to two... of Roman crowns in the most distant a... of the second opening wh... declare t... ...s of the Holy See, and Caesar Spada, one of the noblest and richest of the Roman nobility; both felt the high honor of such a favor from the pope. The... ... and his famous bre- viary. All these he bequeathed to me, with a thousand Roman crowns, which he had in ready money, on condition that I would have a... ...ithout bowing at the feet of Satan, you will be king and master of all the kingdoms of the earth. Is it not tempting what I offer you, and is it not a... ...ring the Carnival, knowing full well that among the differ- ent states and kingdoms in which this festivity is celebrated, Rome is the spot where even... ...bowing down to the ground; it was the first time he had ever met a similar client. “See this gentleman out,” said the count to Bertuccio. And the stew... ... you to the Baroness Danglars — excuse my impatience, my dear count, but a client like you is almost like a member of the family.” Monte Cristo bowed,... ...nto the highest mountain in the earth, and when there he showed me all the kingdoms of the world, and as he said before, so Alexandre Dumas 483 said ...

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...ng the act. Now I cannot be sure of the approbation or disapprobation of a client who cannot speak, and as the object of his desire or his repugnance ... ... act valid, I must be certain of the approba- tion or disapprobation of my client. Illness of body would not affect the validity of the deed, but sani... ...o; “dormice are bad neighbors for us who do not eat them preserved, as the Romans did.” “What? Did the Romans eat them?” said the gardener — “ate dor-... ... Danglars. “Oh, do not give me credit for this, madame; it was done by the Romans, who much esteemed them, and Pliny relates that they sent slaves fro... ...i, I am not re- sponsible for this.” “Never mind; accept my thanks for the client you have sent me. It is a fine name to inscribe on my ledgers, and m... ...eed blush before the world, such may read each other’s hearts. I never was romantic, and am no melancholy hero. I imitate neither Manfred nor Anthony;... ... of his mind. The manuscript was the great work by the Abbe Faria upon the kingdoms of Italy. The count seized it hastily, his eyes immediately fell u...

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...present times have no pretence To virtue, in the noble sense By Greeks and Romans understood, To perish for our country’s good. She named the ancient ... ...ts. For why such raptures, flights, and fancies, To her who durst not read romances; In lofty style to make replies, Which he had taught her to despis... ...orld a secret yet; Whether the nymph, to please her swain, Talks in a high romantic strain; Or whether he at last descends To like with less seraphic ... ...allows us. The lawyer swears, you may rely on’t, He never squeezed a needy client: And this he makes his constant rule, For which his brethren call hi... ...f they had been the noblest ef forts of human nature, or that the fate of kingdoms de pended on them; and they were usually attended with a humble a...

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... keen eyes, that usually looked furtively at you, but which, if fixed on a client or a magistrate, were fit to make him sink into the earth. He wore n... ...des Logis in the royal house- hold: he arrived at that office by a perfect romance. He was one of the best made men in France, and was much in favour ... ...ed no anger. He wrote in return to me, and said, I was not ignorant that a Roman Emperor had said, “I love treason but not traitors;” but that, as for... ...pon coming down again, she said it could only be that of Orondat. Now that romances are happily no longer read, it is necessary to say that Orondat is... ...mber; and although he had nothing to say, spoke to them with the mien of a client obliged to fawn. One morning, when there was a large assembly of the... ...lusion, the truth never approached him, and he was the only man in the two kingdoms who had no suspicion that the arrival of Ma- dame ales Ursins at t... ...upon her such a long and cruel punishment, and made her a show for the two kingdoms. All that happened to her surpassed her hopes. Several times when ... ... that is in question, but that of the reverend fathers and their ambitious clients. It is enough to say that the new bull condemned in set terms the d...

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...ly different under the different ecclesiastical administrations of the two kingdoms. And the church courts of Scotland do not exist in England. We wri... ...om one end of Europe to the other; although between most of the Euro- pean kingdoms there was nothing like so much intercourse as between England and ... ...lf with snake-like folds about the legal es- tablishment; surmount it as a Roman vinea surmounted the fortifications which it beleaguered; and which, ... ...of this prin- ciple would be—that every disaffected clergyman in the three kingdoms, would lecture his congregation upon the duty of paying no taxes. ... ...u published a translation of Bottiger’s ‘Sabina,’ a learned account of the Roman toilette. I here send you a companion to that work—not a direct trans... ... Bottiger remarks, that, even in the age of Augustus, the morning dress of Roman ladies when at home was nothing more than this very tunic; which, if ... ...ecoming in one who has spontaneously assumed the office of a patronus to a client, and are uniformly painful to the reader. On this account it is that...

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...or we know who, besides the ser jeant, and draws a little more out of the clients, eh?’ said Perker; ‘ha, ha, ha!’ At this the serjeant’s clerk laugh... ... the lappel of his coat; ‘you must persuade the Serjeant to see me, and my client here.’ ‘Come, come,’ said the clerk, ‘that’s not bad either. See the... ...heed or regard of his personal comforts. The Serjeant was writing when his clients entered; he bowed abstractedly when Mr. Pickwick was introduced by ... ..., Mr. Smangle proceeded to entertain his hearers with a relation of divers romantic adventures in which he had been from time to time engaged, involvi... ...of surpassing beauty, and much coveted by the nobility and gentry of these kingdoms. Long before these elegant extracts from the biography of a gentle... ...ep far—no dan ger of overwalking yourself here—spike park—grounds pretty— romantic, but not extensive—open for public inspection — family always in t... ...singer to take breath at those points, but greatly assists the metre. ROMANCE I Bold T urpin vunce, on Hounslow Heath, His bold mare Bess bestrod... ...es, which, so long as I live, I have pledged myself to the people of these kingdoms to support and to maintain?’ suggested Pott. ‘Why, I don’t exactly...

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...’s imagination, and the narrow alleys round the harbour grew rich with the romance which his young fancy lent them. One evening he asked whether he mi... ...ic. He was accustomed to say that Papists re- quired an epithet, they were Roman Catholic; but the Church of England was Catholic in the best, the ful... ...in her even voice read the opposite 39 W. Somerset Maugham page. It was a romantic narrative of some East- ern traveller of the thirties, pompous may... ... how the tempter had stood with Jesus on a high mountain and shown him the kingdoms of the earth. To Philip, intoxicated with the beauty of the scene,... ...- tants to examine the books and put into the fi- nancial affairs of their clients an order which old- fashioned methods had lacked. Some years be- fo... ... went out to audit the accounts of some firm: he came to know which of the clients must be treated with respect and which were in low water . Now and ... ...he costumes il- lustrated in them to the needs of their custom- ers. Their clientele was peculiar. The most sub- stantial part consisted of women from...

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...f his majesty. For as to what we have heard you affirm, that there are other kingdoms and states in the world inhabited by human creatures as large as... ...he carelessness of a maid of honour, who fell asleep while she was reading a romance. I got up in an instant; and orders being given to clear the way ... ..., that our dominions consisted of two islands, which com posed three mighty kingdoms, under one sovereign, beside our plantations in America. I dwelt... ... conversing with many others of the ancient learned. I saw most of the first Roman em perors. I prevailed on the governor to call up Heliogabalus’s c... ...n war, to cowards; the wis est counsel, to fools; sincerity, to flatterers; Roman vir tue, to betrayers of their country; piety, to atheists; chas ... ...onour to be ambassador from his majesty, and found the natives in both those kingdoms very hard to believe that the fact was possible: and it appeared... ... gain over my adversary’s lawyer with a double fee, who will then betray his client by insinuating that he hath justice on his side. The second way is...

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... thou so fair! Poor girl!—so, best, in her misery named,—Discrown’d of two kingdoms, and bare; Not first nor last on this one was cast The burden that... ...forth Antony Babington, declaiming— “Great Queen Zenobia am I, The Roman Power I defy. At my Palmyra, in the East, I rule o’er every man... ...t, I rule o’er every man and beast” Here was an allusion couched in the Roman power, which Master Antony had missed, or he would hardly have uttere... ...r Antony had missed, or he would hardly have uttered it, since he was of a Roman Catholic family, though, while in the Earl’s household, he had to con... ... force of Satan’s temptation to our blessed Lord, when showing Him all the kingdoms of the world, must have been the absolute and immediate vanishing ... ....” “To be bred a Papist! Oh fie, husband!” “And to breed dissension in the kingdoms!” added her hus- band. “It is best so far for the poor maiden hers... ...y those who chose to stand listening to the blundering directions of their clients. In the side aisles, horse-dealing, merchants’ exchanges, everythin...