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...often sat up till midnight reading the figures and footnotes in Government reports, or skimming (with amusement at the author’s mistakes) the latest v... ...say, ‘We’re going on ahead of you, and that’s all there is to it!’ Nothing criminal in it. Simply say to Zilla—” “You don’t say anything to Zilla simp... ...one, violin or drum, and learn sight-singing.” The next, under the wistful appeal “Finger Print Detec- tives Wanted—Big Incomes!” confided: “You red-b... ... I just can’t figure out what I’d do if he tried to force me into anything criminal!” Gunch was roaring, “Well, I’ll take a chance—” when Frink held u... ...itted, too short, too low, too immodestly thin, and much too expensive. He appealed to Babbitt: “Honest, George, what do you think of that rag Louetta... ...dnight he read them and admired. He found many lucrative tips on “Focusing Appeals,” “Scouting for New Members,” and “Getting Prospects to Sign up wit... ... True, they were sensible about it. They agreed that all commu- nists were criminals; that this vers libre was tommy-rot; and that while there ought t...

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... was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common read- ing is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in love for the long vacation ... ... between vendor and pur- chaser was an agony—they shrieked, clasped hands, appealed to one another passionately; their handsome noble faces as- sumed ... ...d some prisoners’ wives, were lolling under an arcade by a fountain; other criminals were strolling about here and there, their chains clinking quite ... ...of one or two of these comfort- able malefactors. One old and wrinkled she-criminal, whom I had selected on account of the peculiar hideousness of her... ...e, intending to destroy all memory of it. I don’t think the heathen was as criminal as the Christian is now. To deny and disbelieve, is not so bad as ... ... Mollah!” said His Highness, here interrupting his governor’s affectionate appeal,—”you are good to talk about Trumpington and the Pons Asinorum, but ...

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... seaman in the merchant service, and yet be, politically speaking, a great criminal. Is it not true?” The magistrate laid emphasis on these words, as ... ...perform my duty impartially, and that if he be innocent you shall not have appealed to me in vain; should he, however, be guilty, in this present epoc... ...isto 72 “The young man you speak of,” said Villefort abruptly, “is a great criminal. and I can do nothing for him, mademoiselle.” Mercedes burst into ... ... moment’s hesitation. He had frequently called for capital pun- ishment on criminals, and owing to his irresistible eloquence they had been condemned,... ...d as speedily as he had departed, but in the ante-chamber he was forced to appeal to the king’s authority. Villefort’s dusty garb, his costume, which ... ...s how every report confirms their loyalty and attachment.” “Do not mention reports, duke, to me, for I know now what con- fidence to place in them. Ye... ...to me, for I know now what con- fidence to place in them. Yet, speaking of reports, baron, what have you learned with regard to the affair in the Rue ... ...s or thereabouts loaned on their securities, and we are a little uneasy at reports that have reached us that the firm is on the brink of ruin. I have ... ... have my mode of dispensing justice, silent and sure, without re- spite or appeal, which condemns or pardons, and which no one sees. Ah, if you had ta...

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...e days when the people are heirs of all the sycophants of royalty. We make criminals poetic, we commiserate the hangman, we have all but deified the p... ...sants have no de- cency in their domestic habits and customs. They make no appeal to morality when their daughters are seduced, unless the seducer is ... ...rt as well, but we will carry it to Paris and you will win at the Court of Appeals. The costs will be heavy and the expenses ruinous. You will have to... ... of gendarmerie, performing functions that are semi-judicial in drawing up criminal indictments, have much to do with the rural keepers, who are, in f... ...th the rural keepers, who are, in fact, their natural spies. Soudry, being appealed to, sent Vaudoyer to Gaubertin, who received his old acquaintance ... ...f the park, and you will be safe; the slightest depredation then becomes a criminal offence and is taken to the assizes.” “At a franc and a half the s... ...d well paid for.” Peace reigned everywhere. Groison made very satisfactory reports; depredations seemed to have ceased, and it is even possible that t...

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...ge, for the night will be fearful.” Wamba seemed to feel the force of this appeal, and accom- panied his companion, who began his journey after catchi... ...h sufficient obstinacy, as is usual in all such cases; the attendants were appealed to, but they had not been near enough to hear Wamba’s directions. ... ...t to the great council; I have friends, I have followers—man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists; let him come in his plate and his mail, and... ...action, not only all who had reason to dread the resentment of Richard for criminal proceedings during his absence, but also the numer- ous class of “... ...hat Sir Brian de Bois- Guilbert is of the number.” “Care not thou for such reports,” said the T emplar; “but let us think of making good the castle. —... ... me, for want of an act of charity which would not be refused to the worst criminal?” Higg, the son of Snell, at length replied, “I am but a maimed ma... ...d think then upon thine own fate—to die the dreadful death of the worst of criminals —to be consumed upon a blazing pile—dispersed to the ele- ments o...

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...bled to see judges, by fraud and false hopes of favour or pardon, allure a criminal to confess his fact, and therein to make use of cozenage and impud... ...d, Prince of Lithuania, intro- duced into the nation the practice that the criminal con- demned to death should with his own hand execute the sen- ten... ...mis- eries I endure in those cruel fits. Oh, that good emperor, who caused criminals to be tied that they might die for want of urination, was a great... ...erate, but moreover lofty. Let us make a relation of that which Alcibiades reports of Socrates, his fellow in arms: “I found him,” says he, “after the... ... infinite), who build their fundamental sufficiency and value upon it, who appeal from their understanding to their memory: “Sub aliena umbr... ...made ven- tilators where they wanted them, and planted shades, as Xenophon reports they did. I love rain, and to dabble in the dirt, as well as ducks ... ...the judgments of others do not jump with mine, and that I have found their reports for the most part false—I never complain of losing my labour: I hav...

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...gements, or repeated to him, in a wondering, blundering way, with constant appeals to her attendant, the new tales she had heard, he used to listen wi... ... There was once a Strasburg armourer who had refused ransom, and talked of appealing to the Kaiser. He trod on that door and—Ursel pointed downwards. ... ...as his father of the untenableness of their present position. Hugh Sorel’s reports of what he heard at Ulm had shown that the league that had been dis... ...red him what interested her; and, partly from her lips, partly through her appeals to her at- tendant, he had learnt that life had better things to of... ...oud old Freiherrinn, who was as averse as ever to the measure, partly from reports that the Court was not yet arrived at Ratisbon, the expedition was ... ...had heard of Wildschloss’s designs, and they had set abroad such injurious reports re- specting the Lady of Adlerstein, that Sir Kasimir was in the ac... ...xpectation. Many a time had the brothers paced their platform of rock, the criminal had fallen into a dose, and women and boys were murmuring that the...

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...es and stocks, and a more imperishable guaran- tee. The multitudes of evil reports which it takes for proof, are marshalled against her without questi... ...him a final dance; and the beautiful gill smiled quickly responsive to his appeal. He was, more- over, sensible in her look and speech that he had adv... ...on, adding to her humiliation. He abstained; he stood at her mercy without appealing. She was not the woman to take poor vengeance. But, Oh! she was p... ...nce added a stroke of caricature to his deportment. On the other hand, the reports of him gleaned by Sir Lukin sounded favourable. He was not taken to... ... add to it, kiss me. You know me too well to think I would ask you to kiss criminal lips. But I cannot face the world. In the dock, yes. Not where I a... ...dy Dunstane’s letter,’ he began. She nodded. ‘I have.’ ‘Can you resist her appeal to you?’ ‘I must.’ ‘She is not in a condition to bear it well. You w... ... quick-witted woman exerting her wit is both a foreigner and potentially a criminal. She is incandescent to a breath of rumour. It accounted for her h... ...assions. Love! she did not know it, she was not acquainted with either the criminal or the domestic God, and persuaded herself that she never could be... ...ment in poli- tics—could think, even speak acutely, on public affairs. The reports of speeches delivered by the men she knew or knew of, set her thril...

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...lue in itself. To invent a circumstantial account of the rob- bery did not appeal to me, because my talents not running that way I did not think that ... ...e chair by her side, would be provoked by these reproachful and distracted appeals. “Peace, woman! Where’s the sense of it? There’s his duty,” he murm... ...nwall. Abandoned workings had for him strong fascination. Their desolation appealed to him like the sight of human misery, whose causes are varied and... ... War Minis- ter. As the mail-boat headed through the pass, the badly timed reports announced the end of Don Vincente Ribiera’s first official visit to... ...my of Pacification, all over the country, a captive band of such atrocious criminals, who considered themselves most unfor- tunate at not having been ... ...gh; he seemed to have entered into communication with the most au- dacious criminal the country had known for years. The Sulaco police knew, of course... ...ence to say, that the noble cause of Liberty ‘should not be stained by the criminal excesses of Conservative selfishness!’ As I came out to sit with N...

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...f Arcis had met for twenty-four years, and whose salon was the echo of all reports, all scandals, and all the gossip of the department of the Aube,—a ... ...steries of private life. One circumstance alone seems to give color to the reports. Cecile-Renee Beauvisage was born in 1820, just as Mon- sieur de Ch... ...closer the ties that bound together the vari- ous families affected by the criminal trial relating to the ab- duction of Gondreville. [See “An Histori... ...ing to offer her congratulations on the event. In order to escape indirect appeals and pointed interpretations of careless words, Madame Beauvisage to... ...i- fied. I will speak of your good services, and I will keep my eye on the reports of our confidential agents; I may find you some difficult task in w... ... precisely this great obligation I am now under which makes—does it not, I appeal to you?—a most deplor- able complication. In the first place, about ... ...he agent, the tool of those associations of false coiners who are known in criminal records to concoct schemes as complicated and mysterious as the on... ...me- thing like an imitation, a reflection of the manoeuvres to which these criminal workers are forced to have recourse, arranging them with a talent ... ...f July 7, 1814, the other April 24, 1818,—both con- firmed by the court of appeals, which condemn for forgery, by ‘counterfeiting persons,’ individual...

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...rry Richmond piece of servitorial defiance by his daughter Dorothy’s timid appeal for permission to come in. Sewis left the room. Pres- ently the squi... ...ed. Half-encouraged, and in the belief that I might be getting eloquent, I appealed to his manliness. Why should he take advantage of a couple of boys... ...was I not offending my grandfather and my aunt, to whom I owed so much? He appealed to my warmest feelings on their be- half. This was just the moment... ...the squire’s supervision and my enforced attendance, just as revolutionary criminals are executed. I felt like the survi- vor of friends, who had seen... ...pa this afternoon.’ She talked as if nothing had gone wrong. Peterborough, criminal red, attacked a jam-pot for a diversion. ‘Such sweets are rare in-... ...have kept my father in better order. Riversley was hearing new and strange reports of him. But how could I at Chippenden thwart his proceedings in Lon... ...t, and my husband undertook them, all through me. There it stops; he hears reports, and he takes fright: in goes the bill: then it’s law, and last Oh!... ... as a woman kneeling at the ear-guichet) burnt like the blood-spots on the criminal compelled to touch his victim by savage ordinance, which knew the ...

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...tion, ’— till once the new equal-justice, of Departmental Courts, National Appeal-Court, of elective Justices, Justices of Peace, and other Thouret-an... ...as not one Federation, and universal Oath of Broth- erhood, once for all? (Reports, &c. (in Hist. Parl. ix. 122- 147).) A most pertinent suggestion; d... ... risks and at all costs: till Cant cease, nothing else can begin. Of human Criminals, in these cen- turies, writes the Moralist, I find but one unforg... ..., in this state of ner- vous excitability, with hypotheses, suspicions and reports, keeps questioning these two distracted human individuals, and agai... ...tted, in this manner, with French blood. Some ‘Twelve unfortunately shot,’ reports Bailly, count- ing by units; but Patriotism counts by tens and even... ...aked sabre, waiting at the door, for a Brigand verdict. Short judgment, no appeal! There is Brigand wrath and vengeance; not unrefreshed by brandy. Cl... ...elf together; and then! With- out delay, however, let a New Jury-Court and Criminal Tri- bunal be set up in Paris, to try the crimes and conspiracies ... ...iots, whatever become of other blood, shall be inquired after. Tremble, ye Criminals and Conspirators; the Minister of Justice is Danton! Robespierre ...

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...e fool waiting for now?” says Captain Purnall. The skipper comes up, still appealing to us to stand by and see him fetch St. John’s. He dives below an... ...ess obser- vatory; a life-boat station; a salvage tug; a court of ultimate appeal-cum-meteorological bureau for three hundred miles in all directions,... ...Heights. Tim turned and floated up, but surely then it was with passionate appeal that the great tower arms flung open— or did I think so because on t... ...h. Watched to water and pithed by Mark Boat. N. F. BANKS—Postal Packet 162 reports Halma freighter (Fowey—St. John’s) abandoned, leaking after weather... ...ched to water and pithed by Postal Packet, Dec. 14th. KERGUELEN, MARK BOAT reports last call from Cymena freighter (Gayer Tong Huk & Co.) taking water... ...plates strained. Crew at Ghat where repairing Dec. 13th. BISCAY, MARK BOAT reports Caducci (Valandingham Line) slightly spiked in western gorge Point ... ...- ing the tale of the beatings, it recommended all the beaten to institute criminal proceedings against their Governor, and, as soon as might be, to r...

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... since the words ‘Mr. Justice Patteson’ were of frequent occurrence in law reports. John Patteson, father of the subject of the present memoir, was so... ...rred, nor is the boy’s conduct ever again censured, though the half-yearly reports often lament his want of zeal and exertion. Coley was sufficiently ... ...ple of every age. I am hard at work, studying spade husbandry, inspectors’ reports of industrial schools, &c. I am glad you are all so happy. I am so ... ... take a different view of the whole question? Add to this, that I can- not appeal to the universal practice of the clergy. “Why,” might it be said, “d... ... opinion, though you lay claim to authority for it.” I cannot successfully appeal to the distinctive teaching of our Church, clear and manifest as it ... ... regularity, giving just notions of exchange, barter, trade, management of criminals, divi- sion of labour. To do all this and yet not interfere with ... ...n did not exceed its resources, so that there was no need for those urgent appeals which call for sensation and incident to back them; and thus there ... ...tions, are more effective in preventing the outbreak of evil passions into criminal acts in very many cases and districts in England. 546 Life of Joh... ...ideas introduced into the subject from the use of illus- trations, e.g. of criminals acquitted, debts discharged, have perplexed it perhaps, rather th...

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...on of this dish was offered to Rebecca. “What is it?” said she, turning an appealing look to Mr. Joseph. “Capital,” said he. His mouth was full of it:... ...ctly begin to feel as I did at Dumdum with Miss Cutler.” Many sweet little appeals, half tender, half jocular, did Miss Sharp make to him about the di... ..., in a musical point of view, but contain numberless good- natured, simple appeals to the affections, which people under- stood better than the milk-a... ...!” said little, eager, active, black-faced Mrs. Bute Crawley. Finally, the reports were that the governess had “come round” everybody, wrote Sir Pitt’... ...am told, had the good fortune to be educated at Chiswick. I hear vari- ous reports of her; and as I have the tenderest interest in my dearest little n... ... her own crimes were, and how entirely her character was jeopardised. Such criminal im- prudence Mrs. Smith never knew of; such horrid familiarities M... ...e grief, and pity, and terror pursued him, and he came away as if he was a criminal after seeing her. When Osborne heard that his friend had found her... ...away her affections long years ago, and own that Rebecca was no very great criminal. “Can I ever forget her who so befriended the friendless or- phan?...

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...lewood spoke bitterly, rapidly, without a tear, he never offered a word of appeal or remonstrance: but sat at the foot of his prison-bed, stricken onl... ...us, but where Love reigns perpetual.” ’Tis needless to relate here, as the reports of the lawyers al- ready have chronicled them, the particulars or i... ... remitted at the grace of the Sover- eign. So Harry Esmond found himself a criminal and a pris- oner at two-and-twenty years old; as for the two colon... ...luded, “a sentence against the cruelty and injustice of which I disdain to appeal; hereafter she will know who was faithful to her, and whether she ha... ...s subjects me.” Although the recital of Esmond’s story, and his passionate appeals and remonstrances, drew so many tears from Dick who heard them, the... ...o Esmond’s comrades said, and deigned to say that he had received the best reports of Mr. Esmond, both for courage and ability, whereon you may be sur... ...h the French began the cam- paign of 1708 served to give strength to these reports of trea- son, which were in everybody’s mouth. Our general allowed ...

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...could not find a single word of reply. Charles II., to whom ten years in age gave a superior strength to master his emotions, recovered his speech the... ...- midable at the same time for its composition and its num- bers, and hastened to meet Monk, who, on his part, like a prudent navigator sailing amidst... ...eature can rival you.’” Athos stopped. During the whole time that the noble gentle- man was speaking, Monk had not given one sign of either approbatio... ...tu- nate wretch who is crushed by a falling column. But the spirit of Mazarin was a strong one, or rather his mind was a firm one. “Guenaud,” said he,... ...is deed? Furthermore, his majesty has asked my opinion, I have given it; if his majesty ask my concur- rence, it will be the same.” “Nonsense! accept,... ..., that I do not know who it can be, but that I know who it cannot be. And since it is not you, marquise, since it cannot be you, deuce take the rest!”... ...s.” “Oh! that is what I will not admit,” replied La Fontaine. “Epicurus was like M. Fouquet.” “Do not compare him to monsieur le surintendant,” said C... ...d, you will be exiled.” “Monsieur, I am at your orders; have you any to give me?” “What I told you — I wish that, to-morrow, the two financiers of who... ...our majesty among the weak and the obscure.” “How would you qualify all these projects, M. Colbert?” “The projects of M. Fouquet, sire?” “Yes.” “They ...

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...hristy Wilson, their difference having been fortunately settled without an appeal to the gentlemen of the long robe. My worthy and learned patron fail... ...ast for ever.” The dimensions of the pillar, and of the stones, were often appealed to, as a proof of the superior stature and size of old women and g... ...e the fool I have been, to swerve from my principles whenever there was an appeal, forsooth, to my feelings; as if I, towards whom none show sympathy,... ...g Earnscliff has carried off your daughter, and committed a very great and criminal act of violence, on no better advice and assur- ance than that of ... ...gal who squanders it, are all marked with a certain shade of insanity. T o criminals who are guilty of enormities, when the temptation, to a sober min... ...isappearance of Elshie from his extraordi- nary hermitage corroborated the reports which the common people had spread concerning him. Many believed th...

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...Why do you meddle in the matter?” and all others to whom the worthy Bridau appealed made the same atrocious reply: “Why do you meddle?” Bridau then sa... .... The new official never showed fa- tigue, never cried “Enough.” Projects, reports, notes, stud- ies, he accepted all, even the hardest labors, happy ... ...rding to law, the offices had to be kept open till midnight; moreover, the reports required by the minister of finance involved considerable writing. ... ...ho longed for fortune at any price, and did not shrink from the results of criminal actions, pro- vided they were done without discovery. When peace w... ...ils of Amoros,—bold as hawks, agile at all exercises, clever and strong as criminals. They trained them- selves in climbing roofs, scaling houses, jum... ...to disen- tangle the truth from the mass of conjecture and contradic- tory reports to which a single fact gives rise. The provinces insist—as in forme... ...ons up so well that here is one in prison and likely to be brought up on a criminal indictment before the Court of Peers for a conspiracy worthy of Be... ...expectation of his coming to see her; she now imagined that if she made an appeal to him he would bring some enormous sum; and her thoughts dwelt on t...

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...fuz rubbed his eyes very hard with a large white handkerchief, and gave an appealing look towards the jury, while the judge was visibly affected, and ... ...may be a reference to Pickwick himself, who has most unquestionably been a criminally slow coach during the whole of this transaction, but whose speed... ... only recompense you can award to my client. And for those damages she now appeals to an enlightened, a high minded, a right feeling, a conscientious... ...les Dickens 89 lustrative of his own personal prowess and desperation, and appealed to Mrs. Dowler in corroboration thereof; when Mrs. Dowler invariab... ... of whom we have heard. Yes; we know you, Mr. Pickwick; we know you.’ ‘The reports of the trial in those confounded papers,’ thought Mr. Pickwick. ‘Th... ...d threw Charles Dickens 135 himself back in his chair, as if awaiting the criminal’s defence. ‘My good fellow,’ said Mr. Winkle, extending his hand— ... ...s thereat. Then he opened the paper, and folded it so as to get the police reports outwards; and this being a vexatious and difficult thing to do, whe... ... first principles, are more dangerous mem bers of society than the common criminal; imposing, as they necessarily do, upon the weakest and worst info...