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...ecorous mantle-folds, or unseemly sunk together, like one that had not the force even to die. Was French Royalty, when wrenched forth from its tap- es... ...mly sunk together, like one that had not the force even to die. Was French Royalty, when wrenched forth from its tap- estries in that fashion, on that... ...th of October 1789, 7 Thomas Carlyle such a victim? Universal France, and Royal Proclamation to all the Provinces, answers anxiously, No; nevertheles... ...Constitutional scare- crow, but in what still unmeasured, infinite-seeming force may rally round it, is there thenceforth any hope. For it is most tru... ...ay we of Boys? Beautifullest Hebes; the loveliest of Paris, in their light air-robes, with riband-girdle of tricolor, are there; shovelling and wheeli... ...appointed one of our Four supreme Generals. Rochambeau and Mailly, men and Marshals of note in these days, though to us of small moment, are two of hi... ...thunderous belch of grapeshot, blast some fifty of Bouille’s vanguard into air! Fatal! That sputter of the first musket-shot has kindled such a cannon...

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...y every means in their power, to place themselves each at the head of such forces as might 4 Ivanhoe enable him to make a figure in the national conv... ...athers, even as proprietors of the second, or of yet inferior classes. The royal policy had long been to weaken, by every means, legal or illegal, the... ...hese sloughs, would be an act of unfriendship to my sover- eign person and royal wardrobe; wherefore, Gurth, I advise thee to call off Fangs, and leav... ...nswered Gurth, “thou speakest but sad truths; little is left to us but the air we breathe, and that ap- pears to have been reserved with much hesitati... ...m begins to rage, for the night will be fearful.” Wamba seemed to feel the force of this appeal, and accom- panied his companion, who began his journe... ...city, by the choice of materials and the mode of disposing them, a certain air of coquettish attraction, savouring but too much of the vanities of the... ...ms of more elevated persons, were determined by the heralds, or by the two marshals of the field, William de Wyvil, and Stephen de Martival, who, arme... ...s in gay and glittering procession, and none remained within them save the marshals of the field, who, armed cap-a-pie, sat on horseback, motionless a...

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...n the country where land is cheap enough to be sacrificed to ornament. The air 4 An Historical Mystery was so pure, the atmosphere so tempered that a... ...oe-buck, Michu?” said his handsome young wife, trying to assume a laughing air. Before replying, Michu looked at his dog, which had been lying in the ... ... old frondeur (he inherited the four great rancors of the nobility against royalty), came to live at Cinq-Cygne. The former courtier, rejected at the ... ...nd- somest girl in T royes. In spite of her shrinking modesty she had been forced by her formidable father to play the part of Goddess of Liberty in s... ...hed through the street of T royes in the garb of a goddess. Her father had forced her to marry Michu, whose bad reputation was then increas- ing, and ... ...r the whole of France, including among its mem- bers montagnards, chouans, royalists, and their princes. “Louis XVIII. held that as long as there were... ...ss on their horses. The carriage was now surrounded by a mass of generals, marshals, and other offic- ers, all extremely brilliant in appearance, who ...

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... 4 Ten Years Later – V ol. 1 ture which said as clear as day: “In that case I would rather be plain Jack than a prince.” And all resumed their labors... ...at prince to excite the attention and admiration of the public in a very modified degree wherever he might be. Monsieur had fallen into this situation... ...n waited till one of them was close to his saddle-bow: then stooping towards him, in a clear, distinct voice, which was perfectly audible at the windo... ...nt- Remy, the maitre d’hotel shall be informed.” “M. de Saint-Remy?” repeated the cavalier, slightly blushing. “Do you know him?” “Why, yes; but reque... ... at breakfast — must he be interrupted? Is the matter serious?” “Yes, and no, Monsieur de Saint-Remy. A moment’s de- lay, however, would be disagreeab... ... his head round, perhaps, but without stopping for a single instant, even if Louise had held out her arms to him. So the first part of the journey was... ...d much more than I had been bidden to do, I was generously paid, for I was at length appointed captain of the muske- teers, that is to say, the most e...

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...of this Mystery of Life, and for chief recognized element therein Physical Force? Was it Christianism; faith in an Invis- ible, not as real only, but ... ...through every meanest moment of it, resting on Eternity; Pagan em- pire of Force displaced by a nobler supremacy, that of Holi- ness? W as it Sceptici... ...maturity in some dark distance, and was brought on a sudden into the upper air to see the sun rise. What would his wonder be, his rapt astonishment at... ...rs among his people, he might work magic enough! Writing by Runes has some air of being original among the Norsemen: not a Phoenician Alphabet, but a ... ...e shore of Norway, from haven to haven; dispensing justice, or doing other royal work: on leaving a certain haven, it is found that a stranger, of gra... ...eon has words in him which are like Austerlitz Battles. Louis Fourteenth’s Marshals are a kind of poetical men withal; the things T urenne says are fu... .... Dante and Shakspeare are a peculiar T wo. They dwell apart, in a kind of royal solitude; none equal, none second to them: in the gen- eral feeling o...

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...tes relent; The bones of Agamemnon are a show, And ruined is his royal monument. The dust and awful treasures of the dead Hath lea... ..., even warriors that wield the spear, are therein, and they hinder me per force, and for all my will suffer me not to waste the populous citadel of I... ...ven taller by a head; yet mine eyes never behold a man so beautiful nor so royal; for he is like unto one that is a king.” And Helen, fair among women... ...ns of the T rojans, the tamers of horses. But that thou sayest is empty as air.” Then lord Agamemnon spake to him smiling, seeing how he was wroth, an... ...hands and cast it upon the blazing fire; worthless is its service to me as air.” Then Aineias captain of the T rojans answered him: “Nay, talk not thu... ...de me; not in my blood is it to fight a skulk ing fight or cower down; my force is steadfast still. I have no mind to mount the chariot, nay, even as... ...bands that Ares himself could not enter and make light of, nor Athene that marshals the host. Yea, they were the chosen best that abode the T rojans a...

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...XV. Chapter 1.1.I. Louis the Well-Beloved. President Henault, remarking on royal Surnames of Honour how difficult it often is to ascertain not only wh... ...fter day, and only ebbs towards the short hours of night), may this of the royal sickness emerge from time to time as an article of news. Bets are dou... ...sm, now hangs by the apron of this same unmentionable woman. But then ‘the force of public opinion’? Rigorous Christophe de Beau- mont, who has spent ... ...y? Were it even a glad Event, it involves change, involves loss (of active Force); and so far, either in the past or in the present, is an irregularit... ...our tall lackeys,’ says Mercier, as if he had seen it, ‘hold him up in the air, that he may fall into the garment without ves- tige of wrinkle; from w... ...kei. Little elf, or imp; though young, already withered; with its withered air of premature vice, of knowingness, of completed elf-hood: useful in var... ...icts, why not, from our own Oeil-de-Boeuf Dignitaries, our Princes, Dukes, Marshals, make a thing we could call Plenary Court; and there, so to speak,... ...appointed one of our Four supreme Generals. Rochambeau and Mailly, men and Marshals of note in these days, though to us of small moment, are two of hi...

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...XV. Chapter 1.1.I. Louis the Well-Beloved. President Henault, remarking on royal Surnames of Honour how difficult it often is to ascertain not only wh... ...fter day, and only ebbs towards the short hours of night), may this of the royal sickness emerge from time to time as an article of news. Bets are dou... ...sm, now hangs by the apron of this same unmentionable woman. But then ‘the force of public opin- ion’? Rigorous Christophe de Beaumont, who has spent ... ...y? Were it even a glad Event, it involves change, involves loss (of active Force); and so far, either in the past or in the present, is an irregu- lar... ...ur tall lackeys, ’ says Mercier, as if he had seen it, ‘hold him up in the air, that he may fall into the garment without vestige of wrinkle; from whi... ...kei. Little elf, or imp; though young, already withered; with its withered air of prema- ture vice, of knowingness, of completed elf-hood: useful in v... ...icts, why not, from our own Oeil-de-Boeuf Dignitaries, our Princes, Dukes, Marshals, make a thing we could call Plenary Court; and there, so to speak,... ...(Janvier 1790), p. 161-165.) The King, with Monsieur, with Minis- ters and Marshals, is waiting to receive him: He “is come,” in his highflown chivalr...

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...h its private freight; the brisk curricle of the letter- carrier, robed in royal scarlet: these and a thousand others were laboring and pressing onwar... ...,—the throng of embroidered beaux entering or departing, and rendering the air fragrant with the odors of pulvillio and pomander, proclaim the celebra... ...who was in fact Mr. Alexander Pope. “What a marvel- lous gift is this, and royal privilege of Art! To make the Ideal more credible than the Actual: to... ...ard of the prison; but I dussay Hemmy will git you a little hoil for your ‘air.” The Prisoned One laughed loud and merrily. “My guardian understands m... ...” said General Foy, wiping a tear from his eye, which was blackened by the force of the blow; “he was wounded an hour since in a duel, Sire, by a youn... ...espect the valor of the Republic. The novelist ever and anon finds himself forced to adopt the sterner tone of the historian, when describing deeds co... ...by the constitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French Republic, to our marshals, generals, officers, and soldiers, greeting: “‘Soldiers! “‘From th...