... but do you understand me, Susan? I will not have Bessie forced out of her rights for the little ones. Not Bessie only, but nobody is to be tyrannized...

..., toward “those who go down to the sea in ships.” “Free trade and sailors’ rights” just then expressed the sentiment of the country . In my cloth- ing... ...d noth- ing which can be considered final as to these questions. The Civil Rights Bill and the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill and the pro- posed constitutiona... ...y than perhaps any one other political idea,—no general assertion of human rights can be of any practical value. T o change the character of the gover... ...o be done is to make the government consistent with itself, and render the rights of the States com- patible with the sacred rights of human nature. T... ... of the Federal government is long, but it is far too short to protect the rights of individuals in the interior of distant States. They must have the...

...your delusion that it was wantonness Of spirit and contempt of your soul’s rights Which made me turn to Annabelle and forsake you. Y ou really grew to... ... like Harmon Whitney Or Kinsey Keene or Garrison Standard, For I tried the rights of property, Although by lamp-light, for thirty years, In that poker... ... never used. 84 Spoon River Anthology Oaks Tutt MY mother was for woman’s rights And my father was the rich miller at London Mills. I dreamed of the ... ...ln. I was one of you, Spoon River, in all fellowship, But standing for the rights of property and for order. A regular church attendant, Sometimes app... ...es, there assembled, Waited and watched for a chance to destroy The Sacred Rights of the People. Y ou common rabble! I left the caucus To go to the ur...

... and the succession in right of blood, 14 A Modern Telemachus he felt his rights superior to those of the Duke of Orleans. Thus Spain was induced to ...

...place, A Gothic ruin and a Grecian house, A talk of college and of ladies’ rights, A feudal knight in silken masquerade, And, yonder, shrieks and stra... ...for all things serve their time Toward that great year of equal mights and rights, Nor would I fight with iron laws, in the end Found golden: let the... ...athful bloom As of some fire against a stormy cloud, When the wild peasant rights himself, the rick Flames, and his anger reddens in the heavens; For ... ... not,—myself were like enough, O girls, To unfurl the maiden banner of our rights, And clad in iron burst the ranks of war, Or, falling, promartyr of ... ...en: the old leaven leavened all: Millions of throats would bawl for civil rights, No woman named: therefore I set my face Against all men, and lived...

... the Storm “Nay,” said Jephthah, who, to do him justice, had respected the rights of hospitality enough not to touch his weapon even when he thought h... ...at honest men look for from soldiers that talk so big about Parliament and rights and what not!” “’T was for contumacy,” began the corporal. “Contumac... ...game had been left to their fate for the last few years, and what were the rights of the landlord over them Stead did not know, so that there might be... ... “Therefore I wholly resign to you, my brethren, Steadfast and Benoni, any rights of heirship that may be mine in re- spect of the farmstead of Elmwoo...

...wn hands, and not to be reproved by Mary for untidiness, or roughly set to rights by Lily’s nurse. She actually exclaimed, “Oh, thank you!” And her au...

...d Sylvie. “It is this, sir,” said the widow. “Y ou and M. Goriot should by rights have moved out on the 15th of February. That was three days ago; to-... ...o me! Justice is on my side, the whole world is on my side, I have natural rights, and the law with me. I protest! The country will go to ruin if a fa... ... and the law with me. I protest! The country will go to ruin if a father’s rights are trampled under foot. That is easy to see. The whole world turns ... ...to me. I did not behave to them properly; I was stupid enough to resign my rights. I would have humbled myself in the dust for them. What could you ex...

...miration of the girls. They were all very happy and busy setting things to rights, but Albinia was in difficulty how to bestow her books. There was an... ... by visitors—now for a vigorous T uesday. Her unpacking and her setting to rights were not half over, but as the surface was habitable, she resolved t... ...ich gave no one any rest, especially after Mrs. Drury arrived with all the rights of a relation, set on making it evident, that whoever was to be char... ...aurice,’ cried Albinia, ‘you confess how fond Mary is of setting people to rights.’ ‘Well—when Maurice bullies Alby.’ ‘ Aye, you talk of the mammas, a... ... from Gilbert at Bayford, and had assumed in his father’s mind the natural rights of son and heir; he seemed happy and valued, and the heat of the cli...

...hment in the rue du Faubourg- Saint-Denis. In spite of their long-standing rights, in spite, too, of their efforts, their capital, and all the advanta... ...ight?” said Leger. “Right? why it is a land of despotism. They haven’t any rights. Don’t you know the fine definition Montesquieu gives of despotism. ... ...e, it is another thing. I shall be of age in a few months; and you have no rights over me even as a minor. I have never asked anything of you. Thanks ...

...I never cared for Di, who was her mother over again, and used to set us to rights with all her might; but she had married early, a very rich man— and ... ... out of me—” Then, as I looked at the order, he added, “Beyond my mother’s rights. Poor mother!” I found that the schoolmaster had been induced to mar... .... T o my surprise, Eustace chose to go on hunting, because it asserted his rights and showed he did not care; and, besides, the hard riding was almost... ...go over in person and the thing was done; the farmyard was actually set to rights, and no difficulty at all was made as to the further improvements no... ...g a distinct answer in Eustace’s absence, for he was very tenacious of his rights as master of the house. I was quite touched with the dog’s parting c...

...el to his impatience, and spurred him to rush up to the door and claim his rights, before Louis came bounding past the lodge-gates, flourishing his ca... ...other’s neck, and being told that it was all nonsense. Jem should have his rights, and Uncle Oliver would learn to love and honour him at last; and sh...

..., abusing and intimidating passers-by for fancied trespass, and protecting rights of way. It is difficult to disentangle now what I understood at this... ...o do great public services—must turn his back upon. I’m not discussing the rights or wrongs of this sort of thing. It happens to be the conditions we ... ... that presently warmed to anger, to explain the whole matter. I hadn’t the rights of the matter at all. Firstly, there was practically no such thing a... .... And also I had far more initiative than had she. This is no catalogue of rights and wrongs, or superiorities and inferiorities; it is a catalogue of... ...business. He behaved exactly like a man in pos- session of valuable patent rights, who wants to be dealt with. He had an air of having a corner in ide...

...pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves and in property cases where rights ... ...n my attention the uncertain state of international questions touching the rights of foreigners in this country and of United States citizens abroad. ... ...d of United States citizens abroad. In regard to some govern- ments these rights are at least partially defined by treaties. In no instance, however... ... restored. Our ministers abroad have been faithful in defending Ameri- can rights. In protecting commercial interests our consuls have necessarily ha... ... Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven stipulations for extinguishing the possessory rights of the Indi- ans to large and valuable tracts of lands. It is hoped...

... spread widely abroad, and he began to be looked on as the upholder of the rights of the poor of Barchester. Not long after this suc- cess, he heard f... ...e of years; that a kind of ecclesiastical statute of limitation barred the rights of the twelve bedesmen to any increase of income arising from the in... ...come! John Bold sometimes thinks of this, when he is talking loudly of the rights of the bedesmen, whom he has taken under his protection; but he quie... ...ing name of justice: ‘Fiat justitia ruat coelum.’ These old men should, by rights, have one hundred pounds a year instead of one shilling and sixpence... ...ere it may be: you owe it to my father, who instituted you, to support his rights: you owe 82 The Warden it to those who preceded you to assert the l...

... by her own selfishness and imprudent love for him had denied him his just rights and pleasures hitherto. I know few things more affecting than that t...

... present fashion.’ ‘I have a plan for her. A little change will set her to rights, and we will take her to London when we go next week to meet Eleanor... ...leanor. They now commenced that wearisome occupation—a complete setting-to-rights; Eleanor counted, weighed, and measured, and extended her cares from... ...ce! I have such a vision, you will not know the room when I have set it to rights.’ They went on talking eagerly of the improvements that might be mad...

...scend to any menial employment, especially in favor of their women. As the rights of hospitality were, however, considered sacred among them, this lit... ... resent the supposed treason it had com- mitted against their acknowledged rights as conquerors. A few, and they not the least powerful and terrific o... ... your nature nor intents; but if aught you meditate against the person and rights of one of the humblest servants of the temple, listen to the inspire...

...ards and the do-nothings of the valley had tasted the sweets of these four rights (thus captured by rural pau- pers, and amounting to actual robbery) ... ...obeys; he should feel the loyalty of a soldier, his re- spect for acquired rights, and strive to become an officer him- self, honorably, by labor and ... ...ike Francois Keller the great orator, was looked upon as a defender of the rights of the people,—he who, not so very long before, dared not walk in th... ...old nobility. They all want to crush the people, re-establish their former rights and take our property from us. But we are Burgundians; we must re- s... ... at Conches, thought they were on the eve of losing what they called their rights. The general stopped the suit brought by Courtecuisse by paying him ...

...or Alice could have been left at peace!’ ‘You forget that her daughter has rights which must be taken into consideration.’ ‘Little Nuttie! Dear child!... ...hat as wife or widow she had any claims on them, or that Ursula might have rights above those of Mark, had not come into her mind, which, indeed, at t... ...uld it be a duty, after these eighteen years, to return to him? What legal rights had he to enforce the resumption of the wife he had deserted. ‘I wil... ...r her own sake and her child’s there ought to be full recognition of their rights, and that this should be proved by their mainte- nance. ‘I imagine t... ... make her unhappy. Remember, there’s no choice in the matter. He has legal rights over you both, and since he shows himself ready (as I understand fro...