...From our correspondents at Neuchatel, I think, sir. The letter has got the Swiss postmark.” NEW CHARACTERS ON THE SCENE T he words, “The Swiss Postma... ...o his temple. “There again! My head! I was forgetting the coincidence. The Swiss postmark.” “At a second glance I see that the letter is unopened, so ... ... superfluously lucid manner. “Niece of Obenreizer. (I met them in my first Swiss tour, travelled a little with them, and lost them for two years; met ... ...velled a little with them, and lost them for two years; met them again, my Swiss tour before last, and have lost them ever since.) Obenreizer. Niece o... ...see M. Obenreizer presently, and clear him out of the way. That clears the Swiss postmark out of the way. So now, my dear Wilding, tell me what I can ... ...en found to contain a red wine instead of champagne. The similarity in the brands, we sup- pose, caused a mistake to be made in sending the consign- m...

...hings; and surely their doings were full of the gold of love. So again two Swiss lads, whose father was dangerously ill, found that they could by no m... ...he lengths to which they would proceed. This was just at the time that the Swiss, angry at the overweening and op- pressive behaviour of Albrecht’s go... ..., with his head in the lap of a poor woman. The murderers escaped into the Swiss mountains, expect- ing shelter there; but the stout, honest men of th... ...f Hapsburg, in whom the Empire became at length hereditary, was in reality Swiss, the county that gave them title lying in the canton of Aargau. Rodol... ...ers of Zurich, long before he was chosen to the Empire; and he continued a Swiss in heart, retaining his mountaineer’s open simplicity and honesty to ... ... from officers of the regi- ment distinctly stated that it was the burning brands, and that the scene was a reserve magazine—not, as in the brief ment...

...ing with affright, Recalled the vision of the night. The hearth’s decaying brands were red And deep and dusky lustre shed, Half showing, half conceali... ... rival glared, With foot advanced and blade half bared. XXXV . Ere yet the brands aloft were flung, Margaret on Roderick’s mantle hung, And Malcolm he... ...rd the vassals took, With forward step and fiery look, On high their naked brands they shook, Their clattering targets wildly strook; And first in ... ...e, chilled with watching, spread their hands O’er the huge chimney’s dying brands, While round them, or beside them flung, At every step their harness... ...is hest their desperate hold, But either still on other glared,” etc. 795. Brands. A pet word with Scott. Note how often it has been used already in t... ...s fair lady chose to make her final exit was composed on the defeat of the Swiss of Marignano. The burden is quoted by Panurge in Rabelais, and consis... ...urge in Rabelais, and consists of these words, imitating the jargon of the Swiss, which is a mixture of French and German: ‘Tout est verlore, L...

...ears After murmurs of a whole city leagued against the minister; as well as from the distant and incessant sounds of guns fir- ing—let off, happily, w... ... gins—the king, Louis XIV ., then ten years of age, went in state, under pretext of returning thanks for his recovery from the small-pox, to Notre Dam... ...he less won for them the people’s good-will. All attempts to dis- perse the groups collected in the streets, or silence their exclamations, were in va... ...e ceremonial of the day, and that they would soon withdraw. In fact, about four o’clock they were all concentrated about the Palais Royal, the courts ... ...ing at the door, suddenly cried out: “Ah! see! here is madame returning with monsieur.” D’Artagnan looked out and at the corner of Rue Montmartre saw ... ...d like the crater of a volcano. A burst of flame rose toward the skies with an explosion like that of a hundred cannon; the air burned, ignited by fla...

...nt Regiment du Roi in mutiny; but the bravest heart may quail at this. The Swiss Prisoners, remnants of the Tenth of August, ‘clasped each other spas-... ...ey, with a torch, lighted them; he pointed to the bed of the unfortu- nate Swiss, Reding. Reding spoke with a dying voice. One of them paused; but the... ...ional convention, are hovering and gathering about the Hall of the Hundred Swiss; with intent to constitute themselves! On the morrow, about noontide,... ...s winter sea- son; yet not without lamentable complaints. Sleek Pache, the Swiss Schoolmaster, he that sat frugal in his Alley, the wonder of neighbou... ...) Will you, O Girondins, parcel us into separate Republics, then; like the Swiss, like your Ameri- 113 Thomas Carlyle cans; so that there be no Metro... ...r- vest. By the hundred and the thousand, men’s lives are cropt; cast like brands into the burning. Marseilles is taken, and put under martial law: lo...

...luable. They are like the cattle pens of a ranch—they shut in the several brands of histori cal cattle, each within its own fence, and keep them fro... ...ksman, more and better than a mere cool head; he was a type; he stands for Swiss patriotism; in his person was represented a whole people; his spirit ... ...the Government is the only cigar peddler. Italy has three or four domestic brands: the Minghetti, the T rabuco, the Virginia, and a very coarse one wh... ...is to a nail. Some prefer a nail at first. However, I like all the French, Swiss, German, and Italian domestic cigars, and have never cared to inquire...

...face bathed in hot tears. “You have cast into my soul, in one moment, more brands than I have tears to quench. Yes, the life I live would justify 16 ... ...s Florine, who is in turn duchess, bourgeoise, Negress, marquise, colonel, Swiss peasant, virgin of the sun in Peru (only way she can play the part), ...

... pink face and wonderful hair, absolutely white. The Sieppes were a German-Swiss family. “We go to der park, Schuetzen Park, mit alle dem childern, a ... ...eppe was en- tranced. Instantly she remembered her girlhood and her native Swiss village. “Ach, dot is heavunly; joost like der old country. Mein gran... ... for Uncle Oelbermann’s store. Trina’s ancestors on both sides were German-Swiss, and some long-forgotten forefather of the sixteenth century, some wo... ...in the Panamint.” “Just going down for a rodeo in the Panamint.” “Panamint brands.” “Has a range down in the Panamint.” Then by and by the remark, “Ho...

... and sombre library, with no other light than was afforded by the decaying brands on its ponderous and ample hearth, he would exercise for hours that ... ...res and perpendicular rigidity of stature, he bore some re- semblance to a Swiss officer of the guards, who had resided some time at Paris, and caught... ... round him; but all was still solitary. If it had not been for the decayed brands of the fire, now sunk into grey ashes, and the remnants of the festi... ...—”Better an old woman with a purse in her hand, than three men with belted brands?”’ Then, turning to the company, he proposed the ‘Health of Captain ... ...g. The ruthless proscription of party seems to degrade the victims whom it brands, however unjustly. But let us hope that a brighter day is approachin...

...und it, and in artificial accessories, it is inferior to the finest of the Swiss and Italian lakes, while in outline and purity of water it is fully t... ...came to a place where the party of Le Renard had made a halt. Extinguished brands were lying around a spring, the offals of a deer were scattered abou... ...reality as possible, one of the boldest of their number had conveyed a few brands into some piles of tree-tops that had hitherto escaped the burning. ...

...o longer sincere men. I do not wonder that the earnest man denounces this, brands it, prosecutes it with inextinguishable aversion. He and it, all goo... ...n the Tenth of August he wonders why there is no man to command these poor Swiss; they would conquer if there were. Such a faith in Democracy, yet hat...

... religious principles taught her to think that all women on the stage were brands in the burning; moreover, she thought, and so did Madame Descoings, ... ...ed by Elie Magus, the picture-dealer. The original be- longed to a wealthy Swiss banker, who had only lent it for ten days, and the next day was the l...

...l, Its petty passions, marriages, and flights, Where Hymen’s torch but brands one strumpet more, Whose husband only knows her not a wh—re. H... ...re he is warden;— But though the flower is different, with the French Or Swiss Rousseau, cry ‘Voila la Pervenche!’ Eureka! I have found it! What...

...; dark complexion, with coarse black hair and gray eyes. No other marks or brands recollected. Y ours truly, A. LINCOLN. ON NOMINATION TO THE NATIONAL... ... of Sweden and Norway, the King of the Netherlands, or the Republic of the Swiss Confederation. In that message my predecessor stated that he wished t...

...r reflections, no doubt, heard a “trio” worthy, in its way, of that of the Swiss in “Guillaume Tell.” “Do you see,” said Theodose, returning to Flavie... ...he police! Police! you are afraid to encounter the terrible prejudice that brands it on the brow.” “Certainly,” said la Peyrade, “it is a necessary in...

.................................................... 346 Chapter 2.6.VII. The Swiss. ....................................................................... ...theless its hearth is warm, its larder well replenished: the in- numerable Swiss of Heaven, with a kind of Natural loyalty, gather round it; will prov... ...esolution: orders out the Gardes Suisses with two pieces of artillery. The Swiss Guards shall proceed thither; summon that rabble to depart, in the Ki... ... theirs, somewhat may be healed, clouted up;— we meanwhile getting forward Swiss Regiments, and a ‘hun- dred pieces of field-artillery.’ This is what ... ...et fresh undebauched Regiments come up; let Royal-Allemand, Salais-Samade, Swiss Chateau- Vieux come up,—which can fight, but can hardly speak ex- cep... ...rvest. By the hundred and the thou- sand, men’s lives are cropt; cast like brands into the burning. Marseilles is taken, and put under martial law: lo...

...age and amuse with trifles.” Every pane in the two windows was a square of Swiss painted glass; the least of them was worth a thousand francs; and Pon... ...th a blow of the tongs, he effected a reconciliation between two burn- ing brands that had long avoided one another, like brothers after a family quar... ...ts shibboleth, as well as its insulting epithet and the mark with which it brands its followers. “Ah! madame, you are the portress here,” began La Cib...