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...uld have crushed them to death. Theo inclined his head to read some of the titles and found that most of them were in languages he couldn’t even reco... ...uldn’t even recognise. When he did come across some texts in English, the titles were too intimidating to invite a closer look: A Study of the Folk ...

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...ople—people of great rank, I should say; nothing worse than the hunting of titles and worshipping of wealth. We all know this, and say it every day of...

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...oyth, son of Rum; and Eanfled, the daughter of Edwin, son of Alla. * These titles are not part of the original work, but added in the MSS. by a later ...

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...at will you answer?” “My dear sir, it seems to me that in spite of all the titles you’ve enumerated you’ve no reason to expect I’ll tell you.” He turn...

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...ent, and induced them both to surrender to him their possessions and their titles. This done, he commenced proceedings at once in order to obtain lega... ...nd they who feel the triviality of them, imitate them. It is true that the titles of Count and Marquis have fallen into the dust because of the quanti... ...(if they will permit me to say it) are silly enough to be annoyed if those titles are given to them in conversation. It is certain, however, that thes... ...tles are given to them in conversation. It is certain, however, that these titles emanated from landed creations, and that in their origin they had fu... ...n 110 Saint-Simon the title of vidame, which only marks a vassal, and the titles which by fief emanate from the King. Yet because the few Vidames who... ...ch at the parliament on the 6th of May, 1700. Having succeeded thus to the titles and estates of his pre- decessor, he succeeded also to his liabiliti... ...had succeeded so well that the King soon was satisfied by hearing only the titles; and, at last, tired out by not find- ing anything important, said i... ...ing, which he had promptly covered up in taking other papers to read their titles to the King; and that imme- diately the word “fire” was uttered, he ... ...ly by his name, although the lieutenant of police might have claimed these titles, being then Coun- cillor of State. The Parliament wished, then, to h...

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... I am called Kenneth—Kenneth of the Couching Leopard; at home I have other titles, but they would sound harsh in an Eastern ear. Brave Saracen, let me... ...s was the Lord of Gilsland, in Cumberland, and in an age when surnames and titles were not distinctly at- tached, as now, to the individuals who bore ...

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... swells they were, tinselled with the usual harmless mili tary and judicial titles of that old day of cheap shams and windy pretense— “The total want... ...ue. Take away the romantic mysteries, the kings and knights and big sounding titles, and Mardi Gras would die, down there in the South. The very featu...

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... were necessary with the Premiers of the State, and the examination of his titles was not the work of a day; at length, everything being adjusted, he ... ...d; and the end of this prepares for me new regrets. How I do hate all your titles, and pity you on account of your being obliged to bear them? You see... ...g this only heir to a immense fortune, a great name, and so many dignified titles, devour with the greediness of a beggar a wretched morsel of bread! ...

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...list. ‘Hush—hush!’ said the cautious attorney: ‘to be sure— quite right—no titles here—my name is Overton, sir. ’ ‘Overton?’ ‘Yes: the mayor of this p...

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...enough, but certain people seem to have as great a pleasure in pronouncing titles as their owners have in wearing them—’this room, my lord, isn’t at a... ... her! How many unknown gentlemen—supposed to be of mighty fortunes, if not titles—had waited round the corner after dark, and tempted Miggs the incorr...

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...This book with two titles, Three Men and a Maid in the USA and The Girl on the Boat in the UK is a typical PG Wodehouse romantic comedy, involving, at various times: a disastrous talent quest, a lawyer with a revolver, a bulldog with a mind of ...

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... And how desirous of our sight they are. Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious and impatient of your wrongs, And wherein Rome ...

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...hief power is a mystery. Certain provinces have in their gift certain high titles, or names, as they are called. These can only be attributed to the d... ...During Laupepa’s absence this man had succeeded him in all his honours and titles, in tenfold more than all his power and popularity. He was the idol ...

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...e seen my friend the lawyer drive out of Monterey to adjust a competition of titles with the face of a captain going into battle and his Smith-and-Wes...

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...hich Bessie looked at with her, and showing herself fully able to read the titles beneath, a feat of which Lena was quite incapable, though she was le...

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...man at the door. Mr. Tracy Tupman was stepping forward to announce his own titles, when the stranger prevented him. ‘No names at all;’ and then he whi... ...an. ‘Law,’ replied Mr. Grummer—’Law, civil power, and exekative; them’s my titles; here’s my authority. Blank T upman, blank Pickwick—against the peac...

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...t out by the day, week, month, or year, the newest old novels, whereof the titles were displayed in pen-and-ink characters on a sheet of pasteboard, s... ...ty of la- dies, need scarcely be remarked. But with Mrs Wititterly the two titles were all sufficient; coarseness became humour, vul- garity softened ...

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...ience, dear to Art, Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, Beyond all titles, and a household name, Hereafter, through all times, Albert the Good...

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...ed in public assemblies, the prerogative of cer- tain additional names and titles, certain distinctions in the bearing of coats of arms, and the like,...

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...halt before a certain “Peter Saveliev Neuvazhai Korito.” “What a string of titles!” involuntarily he ejaculated. To the Christian name of another serf... ...dow Korobotchka. Once more he could not help exclaiming: “What a series of titles! They occupy a whole line! Peter Saveliev, I wonder whether you were...

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... only righteous one, Wills that right to each be done. ‘Mongst His hundred titles, then, Highest praised be this!—Amen. * ERROR seeketh to deceive me,...

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...y the writing master, are yet nowise afraid nor ashamed to assume the same titles with the greatest genius, than their good brother in the fable was o... ...e hath been my lord—,” and then she repeated over a catalogue of names and titles, many of which we might, perhaps, be guilty of a breach of privi le...

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...reat thing in days When homicide and harlotry made great; If stars and titles could entail long praise, His glory might half equal his estat...

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...T. I may not, for your own sake, call you by your rightful and most sacred titles. What am I to call you? THE GRAND DUCHESS. The Revolution has made u...

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...am life, went over to the Episcopal camp, on account of its large official titles; next she became High church on account of the candles and shows; an... ...ded it, beflowered it, expanded it to “The only Christian.” Of these two titles, the latter had the wider currency; the enemy, be ing greatly in th... ...ries in the Florida War?” “I bear that name,” said the Major, “and those titles, trusting at the same time that the ministers of grace will carry me... ...ich my parents say is more to be admired than big names and high sounding titles. Notwithstanding all this, let me speak the 73 Mark Twain emotions ... ...tories in the Florida War?” “I bear that name,” said the Major, “and those titles, trusting at the same time that the ministers of grace will carry me... ...ch my parents say is more to be admired than big names and high sound ing titles. Notwithstanding all this, let me speak the emo tions of an honest ... ...s known in our annals as “the old Admiral,” though in history he had other titles. He was long in command of fleets of swift vessels, well armed and m... ...to the dollar is more strenuous than another’s. Rich American girls do buy titles, but they did not invent that idea; it had been worn threadbare seve... ...t it the better. We of the North poke fun at the South for its fondness of titles—a fondness for titles pure and simple, regardless of whether they ar...

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...s for directions and advice in the case of infection. These had spe- cious titles also, such as these: – ‘ An eminent High Dutch physician, newly come...

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...it. [He turns away to the bookcase, and stands there, moodily studying the titles of the volumes]. ANN. [rising and expanding with subdued but gushing... ... can honestly say that I would have sold the lot, faces, dowries, clothes, titles, and all, for a smile from this woman. Yet she was a woman of the pe...

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... does not really think that. [He goes to the bookshelves, and inspects the titles of the volumes]. Boss Mangan comes in from the hall, followed by the...

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...Benjamin Franklin 156 having address’d the paper to them with their assum’d titles of True and Absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Penn sylvan...

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...W eek on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, The Maine Woods, – such are the titles he affects. He was probably reminded by his delicate critical percep...