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...T YEAR a Parisian banker, who had very extensive commercial relations with Germany, was entertain- ing at dinner one of those friends whom men of busi... ...ocks of yellowish hair. He was the type of the sons of that pure and noble Germany, so fertile in honorable natures, whose peaceful manners and morals... ...aused to be pulled down the ancient castles that once adorned this part of Germany. Looking at this marvellous 8 The Red Inn country, covered with fo... ...hly on the banks of the river and offering a convenient port to mariners. “Germany is a beautiful country!” cried one of the two young men, who was na... ...elled by curiosity, my neighbor went up to the purveyor. “Were you ever in Germany?” she asked. Taillefer came near dropping his cup and saucer. “I, m... ...asking the father for Victorine’s hand. But I fled; I travelled; I went to Germany, to Andernach; and then—I returned! I found Victorine pale, and thi...

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... Grand Duke of Baden, a stately man in uniform, who wore the hand- some brass-mounted, steel-spiked helmet of the army on his head. Last came the Empr... ...ts fight duels in the room which I have described, two days in every week duringseven and a half or eight months in every year. This custom had contin... ...- sional victim—the end of a broken sword flew five or ten feet and buried itself in his neck or his heart, and death ensued instantly. The student du... ... scar as possible. It does not look reasonable, but it is roundly asserted and main- tained, nevertheless; I am sure of one thing—scars are plenty eno... ...or two ago, the principal Heidelberg expert was a big Kentuckian; he was invited to the various universities and left a wake of victory behind him all... ...nt in Strasburg *They have to borrow the arms because they could not get them elsewhere or otherwise. As I understand it, the public authori- ties, al... ...d all who were coming were in their seats, and quiet reigned. A German gentleman in the train had said that a Shakespearian play was an appreciated tr... ...se filled. It was true; all the six tiers were filled, and remained so to the end—which suggested that it is not only balcony people who like Shakespe... ...er opera the night before, and went on to enlarge upon his old and prodigious fame, and how many honors had been lavished upon him by the princely hou...

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...feel like a kind of blackboard by this time anyway. We found them awful in Germany.” Count Otto wondered if the friend she had written to were her lov... ... which those other poor fellows had poured out some of the bluest blood in Germany and he had himself taken oath he would never seriously worship? He ... ...t she answered him so well with certain economical palaces she had seen in Germany, where, as she said, there was nothing but china stoves and stuffed...

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...ir,’ he said, after a moment of silence, ‘since then I have been in war in Germany, in Spain, in Russia, in France; I’ve certainly carried my carcase ...

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... what is passing under our very eyes. But here, as in so many other cases, Germany, learned, indefatigable, deep-thinking Germany comes to our aid. It... ...truction, we were to have a science of Affirmation and Reconstruction; and Germany and Weissnichtwo were where they should be, in the vanguard of the ... ...y blood and hos- pitality, with the Counts von Zahdarm, in this quarter of Germany; to which noble Family I likewise was, by his means, with all frien... ...r corresponding members, the highest Names, if not the highest Persons, in Germany, England, France; and contributions, both of money and of medita- t... ...chtwo regards the disappearance of her Sage. Might but the united voice of Germany prevail on him to return; nay could we but so much as elucidate for... ...othes-Philosophy and its author are making so great a sensation throughout Germany as is pretended, how hap- pens it that the only notice we have of t... ... respectfully inquire of the ‘present Editor’ upon what part of the map of Germany we are to look for the city of Weissnichtwo—’Know-not-where’—at whi... ...phy. Duck- ponds enough there undoubtedly are in almost every vil- lage in Germany, as the traveller in that country knows too well to his cost, but a... ...ion is, as we have remarked, that the whole story of a correspondence with Germany, a university of Nobody-knows-where, a Professor of Things in Gener...

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...haps, that nothing that she said was wholly true. She wrote to a friend in Germany that it was a return to nature; it was like drinking new milk, and ... ...d she was alluding in some way to her marriage. “Oh, I don’t want to go to Germany,” he said; it seemed to him the most convenient thing to say. She l... ...o, you don’t catch me saying that!” cried Clifford. “Yes, you must come to Germany,” Madame Munster con- tinued. “I will show you how people can be ta... ... and then he turned back. “You know that document that you were to send to Germany,” he said. “You called it your ‘renun- ciation. ’ Did you ever send... ...he said, returning to his former question, “Have you sent that document to Germany?” Again there was a moment’s silence. The expressive eyes of Madame... ...that ‘s your affair. My affairs are elsewhere.” “Where are you going?” “To Germany—by the first ship.” “You have decided not to marry Mr. Acton?” “I h... ...elf gravely. “You shall be obeyed. 162 The Europeans But your position in Germany?” he pursued. “Please to make no observations upon it.” “I was only...

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...offering him at the same time that engraving which I have at last found in Germany, after two years’ search. He is now engaged in analyzing hair: Chif... ...the return of the Bourbons and anxious to stand well at court, had gone to Germany and bought up all the debts contracted by the princes during the em... ... all sides. Du Tillet accompanied Monsieur Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx to Germany during the Hundred Days, and came back at the second Restoration, h... ...stand at half a word, and he completed his education during his travels in Germany. On his return he found Madame Roguin faithful to him. As to the no... ...donna, engraved by a man named Muller. After two years correspondence with Germany, Berard has at last found one on Chinese paper before lettering. It... ...f honor. My reward is to be best man at your wedding! I shall go to Italy, Germany, England! I shall carry with me placards in all languages, paste th... ... note. I have made an honorable fortune with infinite pains. I began it in Germany; I may as well tell you that I bought up the debts of the king, at ... ...in the German language, and he is about to descend, like an invasion, upon Germany itself. We have received orders for three thousand gross.” “Three t...

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...d just been promoted to the rank of vice-admiral. His voyages by land over Germany and Russia had been counted as naval campaigns. On seeing the portr...

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...our judgment thought a learned man. And he forsooth must goe and preach in Germany: Excepting against Doctors actions, And ipse dixi with this quiddit...

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... He was at last able to leave England for three or four months; he went to Germany to pay a visit long deferred to his mother and sisters. Shortly bef...

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...crossed in the air to Greece and Egypt, and came back over the Balkans and Germany. His family for- 38 The World Set Free tunes, which were largely i... ...eyes and a thick moustache to hide a poor mouth. He aimed at noth- ing but Germany, Germany emphasised, indurated, enlarged; Germany and his class in ...

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...I shouldn’t be there to put him through. I found myself abruptly called to Germany by the alarming illness of my younger brother, who, against my advi...

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...e went for three days with Mrs. Floyd-Taylor to Paris. She there surreptitiously con- sulted the greatest man—even Mrs. Floyd-Taylor doesn’t know. Las...

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... acorns. 60 Spoon River Anthology Elsa Wertman I WA S a peasant girl from Germany, Blue-eyed, rosy, happy and strong. And the first place I worked wa... ...essa. 99 I was a lawyer like Harmon Whitney 77 I was a peasant girl from Germany, 60 I was among multitudes of children 123 I was attorney for the...

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...saying it were foul wrong to both King Louis of France, and Kaiser Otho of Germany, to take from them their vassal. They took leave of each other in a... ...e it was who made me King— it was he who gained me the love of the King of Germany; he stood godfather for my son—to him I owe all my wealth and state... ...Richard, again and again, that his was the most goodly duchy in France and Germany to boot. When they crossed the Epte, the King would have Rich- ard ...

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...in spite of all the rotten little dukes and princes and republics, just as Germany had to be united in spite of its scores of kingdoms and duchies and... ... once. My way will be a little different. I think I shall go first through Germany. And then down to Constantinople. And then I’ve some idea of gettin... ...Rothschilds? Can France repudiate her debt to Fould, Gaudahaux, Oppert, or Germany to Furst, Steinschneider, Herxheimer, Lasker, Auerbach, T raube and... ...hich they seem to ride. The monster of steel and iron car- ries Kaiser and Germany and all Europe captive. It has per- 261 H G Wells suaded them to m... ...son could get “to the head of things.” “There are already mighty forces in Germany,” Benham wrote, “that will struggle very powerfully to avoid a war.... ...believe this war will overtake us.” “Well!” said White. “I must go back to Germany and understand Germany better,” the notes went on. But other things...

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...y human detail showed. Over hundreds of miles of trenches east and west of Germany he could see shells burst- 116 The Soul of a Bishop ing and the me... ...eemed only a proof of his nervous exhaus- tion that he could doubt it now. Germany was the best orga- nized, most cultivated, scientific and liberal n... ... things before the spirit of the enemy was bro- ken and the great Peace of Germany came upon the world. And suddenly he stopped short in his prayer. S...

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...on- ceal it—when it’s so bad!” He noted that oftener than in France and in Germany his artist looked like a gentle- man—that is like an English one -w...

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...now in another, as their parents wandered from land to land—from France to Germany, from Germany to Belgium —they had picked up some scanty instructio... ...world is interested in what interests himself! Now, good night—I’m off for Germany to-morrow morning; I shall be back here in six weeks, and possibly ... ... all that; Brown has told me.” Then he intimated that he had returned from Germany but a day or two since; afterwards, he abruptly demanded whether th...

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...states were confiscated, his personal property seized, and there we were, in Germany, strangers, friendless, and in fact paupers. My brother and I wer... ...oney. It took us two years to get out of that slavery. We traveled all about Germany, receiving no wages, and not even our keep. We had to be exhibite...