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...istorical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully illustrated by the author-artist....

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...e private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. E... ...rtlett and illustrated by the author ; edited by Steven James Bartlett. -- 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: "A collection of five historical novel... ...ction of five historical novels written in the form of journals by the Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos, Christ, Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, an... ...e surf on the beach, hissing the rain across my roof. It is cold and the light of my terra cotta lamp is cold. Some say that a storm will wash awa... ...d loved. We passed his mother’s room, where she had died. We passed where light fell around us, though no light entered his eyes. “You are in your r... ...accord with these frontiersmen. White House window wide open August 1st, 1863 In Springfield, when problems got under my skin, I sometimes wok... ...ealing power in the roll of drums, the rumble of caissons, the tramp of a regiment. Washington’s armed camp is always on the move. Willie... Mayb... ...l drink on her famous tray; then a chaplain and a private spun stories of regimental pets. Once again I heard of the eagle in the 8th Wisconsin Volu... ...ns, on the fields of battle, designate more than battle lines, regiments, infantry, artillery, cavalry, fortifications...those pins are men, my men, ...

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...antism, Evangelical Lutheran, Catholic (Papist, Ultramontane), Re- formed, Greek Orthodox, Methodism, Anabaptist, Seventh- Day Adventists, the Esta... ...dinals used to designate Egyptian dynasties, sessions of Congress, names of regiments, and in similar connections : the Eighteenth Dynasty, the Fif... ...ns : the Eighteenth Dynasty, the Fifty-third Congress, the Second Illinois Regiment Band. 12. Commonly accepted appellations for historical epochs... ... McKinley, president of the United States; B. L. Gildersleeve, professor of Greek (see 42); Ferdinand W. Peck, commis- sioner-general to the Paris E... ...solar system: Sun, Moon, Earth, the Milky Way. 42. Divisions, departments, officers, and courses of study of the University of Chicago, in all offi... ...th century; Fifth Dynasty; Fifty-fourth Congress, Second Session; Fifteenth Infantry I. N. G.; Sixth Con- gressional District, Second Ward; Fifth Av... ... man, When Duty whispers low, "Thou must," The youth replies, "I an." Not lightly fall Beyond recall The written scrolls a breath can float; The... ...h i6i6d ZEi6ii Iei6ii $ 6 * ai;iiiii 882811 diiazS diidzi ZZi1 ZiCB f ii LIGHT POINT NO. 8 When thoughtful Greeks like Polybius saw the fall of C...

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...l Registrer, and that at Ciudad Rodrigo, from the tra- ditions of the 52nd Regiment. There is a cloud of doubt resting on a few of the tales, which it... ...s to stop short of recording those noble deeds by which delicate women and light-hearted young soldiers showed, that in the hour of need there was not... ...w a Roman soldier did his duty. In like manner the last of the old Spanish infantry origi- nally formed by the Great Captain, Gonzalo de Cordova, were... ...te were moved with pity, and granted a pardon. The same story is told of a Greek lady, called Euphrasia, who thus nourished her father; and in Scotlan... ...and healing to the sick soldier, and who has opened a path of like shining light to many another woman who only needed to be shown the way. Fitly, ind... ...d, that even the heathens saw and knew the glory of self-devotion; and the Greeks had two early instances so very beautiful that, though they cannot i... ...preferred death to transgression. He was tried in Westminster Hall, on the 1st of July, and, as he had fully expected, sentenced to death. He was take... ...ng you please, excel- lency, highness, or majesty itself.’ At last, on the 1st of September, the fleet really set sail, but it hovered cautiously abou... ...s ten- antry in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, of whom he had formed a regiment of infantry. With him was his son Montagu Bertie, Lord Willoughby,...

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... (supposing that it comes forward at all), compels us to regard it in that light. Apparently it bears the same relation to the patron’s act as the Add... ... because it closes the whole review of that topic; and because it reflects light upon the former practice—the practice which led to the whole muti- no... ...y, 1834. Of this apathy, two insufficient explanations suggest themselves:—1st, It seemed a matter of delicacy to confront the General Assem- bly, upo... ...eans could have been discovered by the learned for putting a stop to him. [Greek Text: Aperantologia] was his forte; upon this he piqued himself, and ... ..., my dear North, and believe me to be always your old friend and admirer, [Greek Text: Cap Omega, Cap Phi] SCENE SCENE SCENE SCENE SCENE THE FIRST THE... ... the feet was a ceremony of ancient times, adopted not merely with a view, 1st, to personal comfort, in hotter climates; or, 2d, to decorum of appeara... ..., must in any age ensure. Of Charlemagne, in an age when as yet the use of infantry was but imperfectly known, it may be said symbollically, that he f... ...rhaps the right, for the Prussian cavalry (who drew their custom from some regiments in the service 107 Thomas de Quincey of Gustavus Adolphus; and t... ...ty,’ to use Dr. Johnson’s stately word in speaking of the stately Prussian regiment, was underrated in Greece; per- haps for this reason, that in some...

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... arrangement or detail, from their nerveless fingers all drops undone; all lights at last on the toiled shoulders of an august Representative Body. He... ...hitherward, from the claws of the Chatelet; and will raise whole scoundrel-regiments. Also it has to hear of Royalist Camp of Jales: Jales moun- tain-... ... we say, the Revolution-element works itself rarer and rarer; so that only lighter and lighter bodies will float in it; till at last the mere blown-bl... ...lately, for instance, with bared bosom and death-defiant eye, as far on as Greek Missolonghi; and, strange enough, old slumbering Hellas was resuscita... ...tood not with one side or with the other, nor in the ever-vexed jarring of Greek with Greek at all,—how unspeakably ominous to dim Royalist participat... ...eforward, as they list; and, on Plains and under City-walls, innumer- able regimental bands blare off into the Inane, without note from us. One scene,... ...lesse in epaulettes; the grim Patriot Swiss of Chateau-Vieux, effervescent infantry of Regiment du Roi, hot troopers of Mestre-de-Camp! Walled Nanci, ... ... be brought over to them, and the civil war commence.’ (Carra’s Newspaper, 1st Feb. 1791 (in Hist. Parl. ix. 39).) If indeed the Executive Chief Magis... ...mpmartin, and subalterns be- neath him, and General Choisi above him, with Infantry and Cavalry, and proper cannon-carriages rattling in front, with s...

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...f distinction in- vesting the mail itself, which features at that time lay—1st, in velocity unprecedented; 2dly, in the power and beauty of the horses... ...n arrow-like section of the road, six hundred yards long, under the solemn lights described, with lofty trees meet- ing overhead in arches. The guard’... ...e confusions incident to the two French invasions of Spain in our own day [1st, that under Napoleon; 2dly, that under the Due d’Angoulême]. Amongst th... ...outh America, and the mysterious disappearance at Vera Cruz, upon which no light was ever thrown—all these capi- tal heads of the narrative have been ... ...nd when she was *Falsely, because poxphuxeos rarely, perhaps, means in the Greek use what we mean properly by purple, and could not mean it in the Pin... ...t the purpureus of the ancients might have been evaded by attending to its Greek designation, namely, porphyry-colored: since, said he, porphyry is al... ...ng men, aged severally sixteen and seventeen years, went out to join their regiments, both regiments be- ing on the Bengal establishment. Very differe... ...s, as it were, the army, and the colleges express the several brigades, or regiments. To resume, therefore, my own thread of personal narra- tion. On ... ... Greek volunteers, of birth and education, the very élite of the insurgent infantry. The T urks gave themselves up for lost; but, happening to observe...

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... with him— my Lord Marlborough’s and my Lord Sunderland’s, and many of the officers of the Guards, in which he served in the old King’s time; and my l... ...ears old; as for the two colonels, his comrades, they took the matter very lightly. Duelling was a part of their business; and they could not in honor... ...t each other with poles in a mimic tournament (grief touches the young but lightly, and I remember that I beat a drum at the coffin of my own father).... ...Britain, France, and Ireland. CHAPTER III I TAKE THE QUEEN’S PAY IN QUIN’S REGIMENT. THE FELLOW in the orange-tawny livery with blue lace and fac- ing... ...the month of August, and being then at Portsmouth, where he had joined his regiment, and was busy at drill, learning the practice and mysteries of the... ...ar between crowned heads, carried on by generals of rank and honor. On the 1st day of July, 1702, a great fleet, of a hundred and fifty sail, set sail... ...h the horrors of war. These are indicated rather than described; as in the Greek tragedies, that, I dare say, you have read (and sure there can be no ... ...d without their soup-kettles, which are as much the palladia of the French infantry as of the Grand Seignior’s Janissaries, and round which they rally... ...ontaining ammunition of all sorts, and was escorted out of Ostend by 2,000 infantry and 300 horse. At the same time M. de la Mothe quitted Bruges, hav...

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...d ‘airy’ still appears as ‘aery’. Shelley seems to have uniformly written ‘lightening’: here the word is so printed whenever it is employed as a trisy... ...grammatical errors, rectifying small inconsistencies in the sense, and too lightly adopting conjectural emendations on the grounds of rhyme or metre. ... ..., 1816; (2) “Posthumous Poems”, 1824; (3) “Poetical Works”, 1839, editions 1st and 2nd. For (2) and (3) Mrs. Shelley is responsible. PREF PREF PREF PR... ...818; (2) “The Revolt of Islam”, 1818; (3) “Poetical Works”, 1839, editions 1st and 2nd—both edited by Mrs. Shelley. A copy, with several pages missing... ...earth; _3885 The wheeled artillery’s speed the pavement tore; The infantry, file after file, did pour Their clouds on the utmost hills. Five ... ...ume. 231 Shelley PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE. CE. CE. CE. CE. The Greek tragic writers, in selecting as their subject any portion of their na... ...: Dante indeed more than any other poet, and with greater success. But the Greek poets, as writers to whom no resource of awakening the sympathy of th... ...hat’s the matter, my dear fellow, now? Do the troops mutiny?—decimate some regiments; Does money fail?—come to my mint—coin paper, Till gold be at a d... ...e engine of parliaments Might be deferred until I can bring over The Irish regiments: they will serve to assure The issue of the war against the Scots...

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...ooking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind. Y es, this is ... ...me of very middling indeed; some love-making for the sentimental, and some light comic business; the whole accompanied by appropriate scenery and bril... ... a mortal. This was no other than Captain William Dobbin, of His Majesty’s Regiment of Foot, returned from yellow fever, in the West Indies, to which ... ... in the West Indies, to which the fortune of the service had or- dered his regiment, whilst so many of his gallant comrades were reaping glory in the ... ... Hawky. Either of these young ladies is perfectly qualified to instruct in Greek, Latin, and the rudiments of Hebrew; in mathematics and history; in S... ... Bute followed the track of Sharp and his daughter back to the lodgings in Greek Street, which the defunct painter had occupied; and where por- traits... ...ince Regent. Look here. Look at my papers. Look what the funds were on the 1st of March —what the French fives were when I bought for the count. And w... ... of us will lay siege to old Mr. Osborne. So this Machiavellian captain of infantry cast about him for some happy means or stratagem by which he could... ...Y ou don’t know military affairs, my dear. I do, and I tell you there’s no infantry in France can stand against Rooshian infantry, and no general of B...

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...on is called— Romanesque. Had I been left to classify it by my own unaided lights, I should have called it bastard Gothic. The Capitol is by far the m... ... to the center by passages so narrow that from exterior points of view the light can be seen through them. This robs the mass of all oneness, of all e... ...ghts is picturesque, but nei- ther large nor good. It has before it a high Greek colon- nade, which seems to be almost bigger than the house itself. H... ...me that these were men going on furlough, or on special occasions; for the regiments were of course not received by ordinary passenger trains. 72 Nor... ...er furnished I did not hear; but it was openly stated that the colonels of regiments received large gratuities from certain railway companies for the ... ...r east or west of them—at any rate this may be said of them as regards the infantry. But perhaps the greatest charm of the place to me was the beauty ... ...Their cavalry regiments are, in general, more numer- ous than those of the infantry, and on this occasion we saw, I believe, about 1200 men pass by us... ... forts were also in progress, the works on them having been continued from 1st of September to 25th of September, 1861; but on the 25th of September G... ... points good. With such a tax bill—which I believe came into action on the 1st of May, 1862—the Americans are not fairly open to the charge of being u...

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...es regular forces and militia, furnished a vol- unteer brigade of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, to the amount of six thousand men and upwards, whi... ... art. By fixing, then, the date of my story Sixty Years before the present 1st November, 1805, I would have my readers under- stand, that they will me... ..., when the sun, emerging from behind a cloud, poured at once its chequered light through the stained window of the gloomy cabinet in which they were s... ...!’ All this was the effect of the glimpse of a sunbeam, just sufficient to light Lawyer Clippurse to mend his pen. The pen was mended in vain. The att... ...tenant being overleapt with great agility) Captain Waverley, of Gardiner’s regiment of dragoons, which he must join in their quarters at Dundee in Sco... ...orses destined for his campaign. T wo were 37 Sir Walter Scott black (the regimental colour), superb chargers both; the other three were stout active... ...h! I’ll tell you, though, doctor, you must knock out some of the Latin and Greek; heavy, doctor, damn’d heavy—(beg your pardon) and if you throw in a ... ..., to attain their place in the march, by keeping at some distance from the infantry, and making their way through the enclosures to the right, at the ... ... &c. ‘Change we our shields, and for ourselves assume the trappings of the Greeks.’ Neb, nose. Nebulones nequissimi, worthless scamps. Nec naturaliter...

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...ced my memoirs then in July, 1694, being at that time colonel of a cavalry regiment bearing my name, in the camp of Guinsheim, upon the old Rhine, in ... ... I made up my mind, therefore, to escape from my leading-strings; but pass lightly over the artifices I used in order to attain success. I addressed m... ...deal of being private or subaltern in one of the regi- ments of cavalry or infantry, before receiving permission to purchase a regiment. My father too... ...i- ments of cavalry or infantry, before receiving permission to purchase a regiment. My father took me, therefore, to V ersailles, where he had not be... ...em, and would be obeyed. On the first day some of the Gendarmes and of the light horse of the guard arrived early in the morning at the depot of the s... ...owever, was against him; his habits were publicly known to be those of the Greeks, whilst his intellect resembled theirs in no way. By his stupidity h... ...ncident, ex- cept an unsuccessful attack upon Chiari, by our troops on the 1st of September. M. de Savoie led the attack; but was so firmly met by Pri... ...d with precision, and with all possible secrecy and success. It was on the 1st of February, 1702, at break of day, that the surprise was attempted. Th... ...to form such marriages he must be of the Catholic religion, from which the Greeks were separated by such a little distance, that he thought his projec...

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...llenot d’Angremont, ‘the Royal enlister’ (crimp, embaucheur) dies by torch-light. For, lo, the great Guillotine, wondrous to behold, now stands there;... ... in its grooves like the ram of the Pile-engine,’ swiftly snuffing out the light of men?’ ‘Mais vous, Gualches, what have you invented?’ This?—Poor ol... ... have alighted in Churches, and sit there with swan-neck,—sewing tents and regimentals! Nor are Patriotic Gifts wanting, from those that have aught le... ...it all! Jourgniac de Saint Meard has seen battle, has seen an effervescent Regiment du Roi in mutiny; but the bravest heart may quail at this. The Swi... ...een grapes, and produce 51 Thomas Carlyle colic, pestilential dysentery, (Greek). And the Peasants as- sassinate us, they do not join us; shrill wome... ... Dumouriez finds ghastly symptoms in that camp; ‘latrines full of blood!’ (1st October, 1792; Dumouriez, iii. 73.) The chivalrous King of Prussia, for... ...side of it by Commandants Santerre, with cannon, cavalry and double row of infantry; all Sections under arms, strong Patrols scouring all streets; so ... ... Spain first; but that France herself declared war first on both of them; (1st February; 7th March (Moniteur of these dates).)—a point of immense Parl... ...r Spring season. Messidor, Thermidor, Fructidor, that is to say (dor being Greek for gift) Reapidor, Heatidor, Fruitidor, are Republican Summer. These...

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...he kings of Parthia, therefore, were far enough from being regarded in the light of antagonist forces to the majesty of Rome. And, these withdrawn fro... ...ntures, he encountered 14 The Cæsars and defeated several of the imperial officers commanding large detachments of troops; and at length grew of cons... ...ome is represented as a very small kind of sparrow, but which, both to the Greeks and the Romans, was known by a name im- plying a regal station (prob... ...night, until the early dawn enabled them to recover their true course. The light was still gray and uncertain, as Cæsar and his retinue rode down upon... ...vil war, he gave a sum which allowed about two hundred pounds a man to the infantry, and four hundred to the cavalry. It is *Middleton’s Life of Cicer... ... oppressive; the establishment of vast and comprehensive public libraries, Greek as well as Latin; the chastisement of Dacia; the conquest of Parthia;... ...nterest at stake in setting this hazard at defiance. Hitherto, the highest regimental rank, that of tribune, had been disposed of in two ways, either ... ...families who happened to have a son, brother, lover, &c. in the particular regiment of cavalry which furnished the escort for the day, used to suffer ... ...se colonies were in two ways made the corner-stones of her martial policy: 1st, They were looked to as nurseries of their armies; during one generatio...

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...in trees rose a dark-blu- ish brick Georgian pile, with a shell-shaped fan-light over its pillared door. The hound had gone off on his own fool- ish q... ... We began here.” She curtsied again. The June sunshine twinkled on all the lights. It was as though an old lady, wise in three generations’ experience... ... cantonment called Mian Mir to see amateur theatricals. At the back of the Infantry barracks a soldier, his cap over one eye, rushed in front of the h... ...It is the custom in India to send a certain number of inva- lids from each regiment up to stations in the Himalayas for the hot weather; and though th... ... did the next best thing I left him alone. That summer the invalids of the regiment to which my friend belonged were ordered off to the Hills early, b... .... CAPE VERDE—Week ending Dec. 18. Verde inclined guide- light changes from 1st proximo to triple flash—green white green—in place of occulting red as ... ...l oases of trans-Saharan N. E. by E. Main Routes. INVERCARGIL (N. Z.)—From 1st prox.: extreme southerly light (double red) will exhibit white beam inc... ...ons. Said Corkran, when he had explained how it felt to com- mand a native Infantry regiment on the border: “The Stricks are coming for to-night-with ... ...tom of his glass. “Does it affect your family much?” “My good lady—she’s a Greek, by the way—and myself are middle-aged. We can bear up against depres...

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...ican upstart menaced our shores. A recruiting-party and captain of Cutts’s regiment (which had been so mangled at Blenheim the year before) were now i... ...ton. His name was Peter Brock, other- wise Corporal Brock, of Lord Cutts’s regiment of dragoons; he was of age about fifty-seven (even that point has ... ...as manifest from the flutter and blush, and the grin of satisfaction which lighted up the buxom fea- tures of the little country beauty, that the Coun... ...honour, and the smiles which the fair maid bestowed upon him; when, as she lightly whisked past him with the Captain’s supper, she, pointing to the lo... ... de- bouching from a twist in the road, came the detachment of cavalry and infantry under Mr. Brock. The moment he was out of sight of the village, th... ...ally from a country alehouse, *Anglicised version of the author’s original Greek text. 44 Catherine: A Story and for the present mistress to the ente... ...ent propensity for making matches! * * * THE LONDON GAZETTE of the 1st April, 1706, contains a proc- lamation by the Queen for putting into ex... ...r—for these blessed recollec- *Anglicised version of the author’s original Greek text. 129 Thackeray tions the soul always has a place; and while cri... ... towards the drink; of which, had he dared, he would have partaken. On the 1st of March, in the year 1726, Mr. Hayes had gath- ered together almost th...

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...s traveling there are soft undulations of the land, and varying effects of light which might be sought for elsewhere in vain. Sometimes the valley, su... ...them. The whole face of the country changed every moment with the changing light in the sky; the hues of the mountains, the soft shades of their lower... ... officer of the Legion of Honor, it was because the unanimous voice of his regiment had singled him out as the man who best deserved to receive it aft... ... custom. His uniforms lasted longer than those of any other officer in his regiment, as a consequence of the sedulously careful habits that somewhat s... ...ae- sar was a Roman Consul, or an Emperor, and that Alexander was either a Greek or a Macedonian; he would have con- ceded either quality or origin in... ...his pension, and the honors of the Legion. Goguelat is his name. He was an infantry man, who exchanged into the Guard in 1812. He is Gondrin’s better ... ...wore epaulettes on the other side of the river owed his life to you on the 1st of October 1812. But I am not the Minister of War, my friend,” the comm... ...Well, then,” said Genestas, “you ought to be pretty well pleased with your infantry, M. le Cure.” “We cannot expect to find angels anywhere here below... ... shed tears of joy on seeing his gray overcoat once more. “It was on March 1st that Napoleon set out with two hun- dred men to conquer the kingdom of ...

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... world, but like something in a dream. It hasn’t exactly that clearness of light against darkness or of good against ill. But it has the quality of wh... ... railway porter. But I doubt if they would have thrown any very conclusive light upon the war. 2 2 2 2 2 I avow myself an extreme Pacifist. I am again... ...ove through the gates of the villa past a single sentinel in an ordi- nary infantry uniform, up to the door of the house, and the number of guards, se... ...with men’s gear, waggons with casks, waggons discreetly veiled, columns of infantry, cavalry, batteries en route. Every waggon that goes up full comes... ...t. We scan their collars 64 War and the Future for signs of some familiar regiment. These are new men go- ing up for the first time; there is a sort ... ...ters drag. One pleasant thing about this coming down is the welcome of the regimental band, which is usu- ally at work as soon as the men turn off fro... ...nch; the English will never think nor talk clearly until the get clerical “Greek” and sham “humanities” out of their public schools and sincere study ... ...hat the English are doing….” “Have I ever told you the story of compulsory Greek at Oxford and Cambridge?” I asked abruptly. “What has that to do with... ...- ently get to so rapid an advance as to bring the average rate since July 1st up to two or three miles a day, then we shall still see the Allies dict...

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... in his power to amuse himself so much better, could be satisfied with such mean diversions. “Do you not know,” one of the standers-by replied, “that ... ...ed with a pot of red gilliflowers, another pot of primroses, and an early rose- tree, the foliage of which, beautifully green, was variegated with num... ...s” (Mazarin stole a furtive glance at the king), “and there are a thousand causes that might yet make your marriage fail, — well, would you approve of... ...tions. I have no means of rewarding such services.” “Bah!” said Athos, laughing. “Your majesty is joking, have you not a million? Ah! why am I not pos... ...d D’Artagnan — we ought not to say arose, but bounded up. In fact, Bazin bounded up, carrying with him his little low chair, which the children tried ... ... the rider and his portmanteau, cannot cross a river so easily — cannot leap over a wall or ditch so lightly; and the horse failing, the horseman fail... ...ECIDEDLY,” SAID D’ARTAGNAN to himself, “I have struck a good vein. That star which shines once in the life of every man, which shone for Job and Iris,... ...made on my account — I — the son of a fisherman, in fact?”* “Hum!” said the Theatin. “That is a first sin, father; for I have allowed myself made to d... ...sh wine with my tenant, which he cannot fail to offer me. But order must be observed, Monsieur d’Artagnan, order must be observed! Let us organize our...

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...ooking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind. Y es, this is ... ...me of very middling indeed; some love-making for the sentimental, and some light comic business; the whole accompanied by appropriate scenery and bril... ... a mortal. This was no other than Captain William Dobbin, of His Majesty’s Regiment of Foot, returned from yellow fever, in the West Indies, to which ... ... in the West Indies, to which the fortune of the service had or- dered his regiment, whilst so many of his gallant comrades were reaping glory in the ... ... the room, good-naturedly tending his patient of the night before. The two officers, look- ing at the prostrate Bacchanalian, and askance at each othe... ... Hawky. Either of these young ladies is perfectly qualified to instruct in Greek, Latin, and the rudiments of Hebrew; in mathematics and history; in S... ... Bute followed the track of Sharp and his daughter back to the lodgings in Greek Street, which the defunct painter had occupied; and where por- traits... ...ince Regent. Look here. Look at my papers. Look what the funds were on the 1st of March —what the French fives were when I bought for the count. And w... ... of us will lay siege to old Mr. Osborne. So this Machiavellian captain of infantry cast about him for some happy means or stratagem by which he could...

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...n, and but two or three large clouds, whose color seemed brightened by the light reflected from the mass of snow that covered the earth, floated in a ... ...with fur; he examined his priming, and was about to move forward, when the light bounding noise of an animal plunging through the woods was heard, and... ...ic equipage shouted aloud “Draw up in the quarry—draw up, thou king of the Greeks; draw into the quarry , Agamemnon, or I shall never be able to pass ... ...e that was killed at Brandywine—he died as easy again as any other man the regiment, just from knowing how to hold his breath natu- rally. Few men kno... ...h red cloth down the seams part of the equipments of the “T empleton Light Infantry,” from a little vanity to be seen in “boughten clothes.” There was... ...n knows, in a dozen languages; mayhap in the Bay of State lingo; mayhap in Greek or High Dutch. But dost it know what it means itself? canst answer me... ...fortnight. Sir, your favors of August 10th, September 23d, and of December 1st, were received in due season, and the first answered by return of packe... ...Church, I dare say; hum, hum—’ vessel sailed from Falmouth on or about the 1st September of last year, and’—hum, hum, hum, ‘If anything should transpi... ... either straight or angular. But his tailor was a woman who worked, like a regimental contrac- tor, by a set of rules that gave the same configuration...

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...eron of Lochiel.” Following this is a paragraph stating that “John Stewart 1st of Ardsheall of his descendants Alan Breck had 6 Kidnapped better be o... ...inst the dangers of the world.” Here he cast about for a comfortable seat, lighted on a big boulder under a birch by the trackside, sate down upon it ... ...the Glasgow road. And there, to my great pleasure and won- der, I beheld a regiment marching to the fifes, every foot in time; an old red-faced genera... ...windows, which were very high up and narrow, and well barred, the changing light of a little fire began to glimmer. Was this the palace I had been com... ... It was all fitted with lockers from top to bottom, so as to stow away the officers’ belongings and a part of the ship’s stores; there was a second st... ... rocky coast on either hand of it. There followed on that a council of the officers, and some decision which I did not rightly understand, seeing only... ...“whateffer” several times; but all the rest was Gaelic and might have been Greek and Hebrew for me. “Whatever,” said I, to show him I had caught a wor... ...iers, whom we could see in the distance riding to and fro. Lower down, the infantry continued; but as the stream was suddenly swelled by the confluenc...

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...6 Cousin Betty they say, black hair as shiny as satin, an eye that flashed light- ning under long brown lashes, the style of a duchess in every moveme... ...ant-General Hulot, the venerable Colonel of the Grenadiers of the Imperial Infantry Guard, who was to have a Marshal’s baton in his old age. This vete... ...they were alone together, she had tried to destroy Adeline’s nose, a truly Greek nose, which the old mothers admired. Though she was beaten for this m... ...r daughter’s future lot with the present, when she was free to indulge the light-heartedness of youth. “But to give you a gem which cost him six month... ...ard manual labor or undertake an important work in sculpture. All this was Greek to Lisbeth Fischer. She replied to the unhappy man that Paris offered... ...e and a soldier, who was so persistent that the cook came in. “Monsieur, a regimental quartermaster, who says he is just come from Algiers, insists on... ...he fruit of his crimes. He will be sharply watched, and drummed out of the regiment for the smallest fault.—You are saved this time, my dear Hector; t... ...we need, and that it is a fortnight on the way here, that brings us to the 1st of September. “If you can act decisively within that time, you will hav... ...ll stand between us and the law? “If your commissioner arrives here by the 1st of Sep- tember, and you have given him your orders, sending by him two ...

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...ing onward they’ve espied The haunted towers of Cumnor Hall. Arbotsford, 1st March 1831. KENIL WORTH CHAPTER I. I am an innkeeper, and know my groun... ... never touch either pot or penny more. Why, hold it up betwixt you and the light, you shall see the little motes dance in the golden liquor like dust ... ...eller, “were I to tell you poor Mike Lambourne was shot at the head of his regiment at the taking of a sconce near Maestricht?” 16 Kenilworth “Sorry!... ...my nonage. But I carry sword and dagger, my good friends, and can use them lightly too upon occasion. I have learned to be dangerous upon points of ho... ... that morning a scene of bustle which it had not exhibited for two reigns. Officers of the Earl’s household, liverymen and retainers, went and came wi... ..., a chapter of the Septuagint, and, moreover, having had his lesson in the Greek T estament.” “Ay,” said his mother, “and I have sewn a sprig of witch... ...planets, curiously intermingled with talismanical characters and scraps of Greek and Hebrew. In the midst were some Latin verses from a cabalistical a... ... in the grand battle fought at the conclusion of Mr. Bayes’s tragedy . The infantry followed in similar disguises. The whole exhibition was to be cons... ...d of lances, and sound cudgels for swords; and for fence, both cavalry and infantry were well equipped with stout headpieces and targets, both made of...

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.......................... 162 CHAPTER III I TAKE THE QUEEN’S P A Y IN QUIN’S REGIMENT. .................................................................... ..................................................... 419 CHAPTER XIII AUGUST 1ST, 1714. ................................................................... ...s of age, of whom no one seemed to take any note until my Lady Viscountess lighted upon him, going over the house with the housekeeper on the day of h... ... rings on her fair hands, the very scent of her robe, the beam of her eyes lighting up with surprise and kindness, her lips blooming in a smile, the s... ...all his infidelity; Jack Churchill, Frank Esmond’s lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Foot-guards, getting the company which Esmond vacated, when he ... ...s indeed—it’s treason, I would lay a wager,” cries the lawyer. “Egad! it’s Greek to me,” says Captain Westbury. “Can you read it, little boy?” “Y es, ... ... eagerly about their progress 93 Thackeray in books. Tom had learned some Greek and Hebrew, besides Latin, in which he was pretty well skilled, and a... ...ar between crowned heads, carried on by generals of rank and honor. On the 1st day of July, 1702, a great fleet, of a hundred and fifty sail, set sail... ...d without their soup-kettles, which are as much the palladia of the French infantry as of the Grand Seignior’s Janissaries, and round which they rally...

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...were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and a... ... show how I saw the matters treated of whether others saw them in the same light or not. With these remarks I present these volumes to the public, ask... ... then bought a work on algebra in Cincinnati; but having no teacher it was Greek to me. My life in Georgetown was uneventful. From the age of five or ... ...any one study, during the four years. I came near it in French, artillery, infantry and cavalry tac- tics, and conduct. Early in the session of the Co... ...f the class were called upon to record their choice of arms of service and regiments. I was anxious to enter the cavalry, or dragoons as they were the... ...d lieutenants. I recorded therefore my first choice, dragoons; second, 4th infantry; and got the latter. Again there was a furlough—or, more properly ... ...nty-five miles east of the T exas line, to observe the frontier. About the 1st of May the 3d infantry was or- dered from Jefferson Barracks to Louisia... ...T exas to the United States was passed. It reached President T yler on the 1st of March, 1845, and promptly received his approval. When the news reach... ...ted of seven com- panies of the 2d regiment of dragoons, four companies of light artillery, five regiments of infantry —the 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th—...

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...acter, ‘ex- pressed openly in the streets.’ Chateau or Hotel, were an en- lightened Philosophism scrutinises many things, is not given to prayer: nei... ...in Flanders,’ when he lets himself like luggage be carried thither: and no light lug- gage; covering miles of road. For he has his unblushing Chateaur... ...n philanthropic Voyage of Discovery; for the King knows Geography. (August 1st, 1785.) But, alas, this also will not prosper: the brave Navi- gator go... ...rty, is in the Bois de Boulogne, waiting; though it is drizzly winter; the 1st of December 1783. The whole chivalry of France, Duke de Chartres foremo... ...under the nurture of a ‘Friend of Men,’ has, in State Prisons, in marching Regiments, Dutch Authors’ garrets, and quite other scenes, ‘been for twenty... ... any case, is not this the real death-grapple of war and internecine duel, Greek meeting Greek; whereon men, had they even no interest in it, might lo... ...lks sedition. The lower classes, in this duel of Authority with Authority, Greek throt- tling Greek, have ceased to respect the City-Watch: Police-sat... ... nephew (hardly yet of due age); a Dameship of the Palace for his niece; a Regiment for her husband; for himself a red Cardinal’s-hat, a Coupe de Bois... ...sse in epaulettes; the grim Patriot Swiss of Cha- teau-Vieux, effervescent infantry of Regiment du Roi, hot troopers of Mestre-de-Camp! Walled Nanci, ...

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...to become a mother, so full of life and health, and carrying her burden so lightly. Old men and dull dispirited young ones who looked at her, after be... ... a stout, heavily built young man with close-cropped hair, spectacles, the light-col- ored breeches fashionable at that time, a very high ruffle, and ... ...: “Come here; part the bets!” This was Dolokhov, an officer of the Semenov regiment, a notorious gambler and duelist, who was living with Anatole. Pie... ...tioned to the Emperor, an ex- ception made, and Boris transferred into the regiment of Semenov Guards with the rank of cornet. He received, however, n... ...arters of the commander-in-chief, Kutuzov. On October 11, 1805, one of the infantry regiments that had just reached Braunau had halted half a mile fro... ...id the Cossack to a convoy soldier with a wagon, who was pressing onto the infantrymen who were crowded together close to his wheels and his horses. “... ...ar fellow. Y ou see it’s hurrah for the Tsar, for Russia, for the Orthodox Greek faith! All that is beautiful, but what do we, I mean the Austrian cou... ...eries of the enemy. At the same time the commander of the artillery of the 1st Corps, General Pernetti, with thirty cannon of Campan’s division and al... ...e masses. In- stead of the former divinely appointed aims of the Jew- ish, Greek, or Roman nations, which ancient historians regarded as representing ...

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... glossy, and curly, and jetty— eyes black as night—midsummer night—when it lightens; haughty noses bending like beaks of eagles—eager quivering nostri... ...t Bargees, with the redoubted Rullock for stroke) had bumped the Brazenose light oar, usually at the head of the river. High words arose regarding the... ...ner had escaped, and a gigantic warrior in the uniform of a colonel of the regiment of Artois glaring over me with pointed sword. 28 Thackeray “Rends... ...and Cross of St. Louis, the title of Count, the command of a crack cavalry regiment, the l4me Chevaux Marins, were the bribes that were actually offer... ...y in the intervals, and con- verging by different epaulements on the light infantry, that 38 Thackeray formed, as usual, the centre of the line. It w... ...ons of infantry, and was commanded by General Lake in person. Well, on the 1st of September we stormed Perron’s camp at Allyghur; on the fourth we too... ...Palestine, he had sojourned in Constantinople, and learned the arts of the Greek. He is a cogger of dice, I tell thee—a chanter of horseflesh. He won ... ...lor of his son, that he des- patched him his order of the Pig and Whistle (1st class), and a munificent present of five hundred thousand pounds—in a b... ...UCH. I WA S ALWAYS FOND OF BILLIARDS: and, in former days, at Grogram’s in Greek Street, where a few jolly lads of my ac- quaintance used to meet twic...

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...g its equipoise, viz., by powerful daily exercise; and thus I lived in the light and presence, or, (if I should not be suspected of seeking rhetorical... ...ispensed with; bless- ings in which ‘either we must live or have no life:’ lights to the darkness of our paths and to the infirmity of our steps— whic... ...Valladolid, were the King and his Court. Consequently, there was plenty of regiments and plenty of regimental bands. Attracted by one of these, Catali... ...her services for his unknown sister. He placed her as a trooper in his own regiment, and favored her in many a way that is open to one having authorit... ...rn the moralizing blunderer of two er- rors that he is too likely to make: 1st, That he is invited to read some extract from a licentious amour, as if... ...sanctions under which it was pursued, give to the case a triple character: 1st, That of a conspiracy, with as close a unity in the incidents, and as m... ...of the T en Thousand. Xenophon affirms that there were ‘many’ women in the Greek army—pollai aesun etairai en tosratenaeazi; and in a late stage of th... ... hours; but the Khan having too great advantages, namely, a strong body of infantry, who had been conveyed by sections of five on about two hundred ca... ...an honest answer, as his modern successor; or else it refers simply to the Greek form of Christianity professed by the Russian Emperor and Church. *Th...