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...V . of Spain, had involved that country in a war with England, France, and Austria, the Count was transferred from the Spanish Embassy to that of Swed... ... in moral- ity by association with the grave, faithful, and temperate fol- lowers of Mohammed, rather than the scum of the port of Eyemouth. For himse... ...rely smoking of pipes and drinking of coffee before the sheyk and his fol- lowers turned homewards. To Arthur’s alarm and surprise, however, Yusuf did... ...f that they were making for the north by looking at the Pole Star, so much lower than he was used to see it in Scotland that he hardly recognised his ... ... it was no longer necessary to use this as a signal, since the frigate had lowered her boat, which was rapidly coming towards them. But, alas! still m... ...as a little colony of European merchants—English, French, and Dutch—in the lower town, near the harbour, above which the Arab town rose, as it still r...

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...and Fall of Cesar Birotteau applies itself to all organized things in this lower world? Death itself, in times of scourge, has periods when it advance... ...oth- ers. One, the youngest of the family, was at this time a judge in the Lower courts of the Seine,—courts which take cogni- zance of all civil cont... ...d enticing beauty, now lost however in a vast embonpoint. She lived on the lower floor of a yellow house, which was falling to ruins, and was held tog... ...bestow on Time, though it vulgarized it; for the habits of commercial life lowered the stern and monumental character which paint- ers, sculptors, and... ...omed in roses on her cheek, suffused her forehead and even her eyes as she lowered them. Cesar thought that words must 97 Balzac have passed between ... ...to the statu quo of the great man who guides the destinies of the house of Austria, jolly dog! Hold fast that you may acquire; and, above all, acquire... ... when the chateau was re-decorated for his mar- riage with Maria Louisa of Austria, was determined to see nothing piecemeal; he wished to enjoy the su... ...e Venice, the abode of doges,— unfortunately fallen into those intelligent Austrian hands that know nothing of art! Bah! let us get rid of business, c...

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...ke colour from sun- light, and are joyless in colour as in shade. When the lower world is under pushing steam, they wear the look of the re- volted so... ...nd the chin stood freely out from a fine neck and throat. After a space an Austrian war-steamer was discerned puff- ing out of the harbour of Laveno. ... ...ttered one behind them gruffly. “When I see this king swallow one ounce of Austrian lead, I shall not be sorry to follow him!” 8 Vittoria “Right, my ... ...m; “and I will then compose his hymn of praise. He has swallowed enough of Austrian bread. He took an Austrian wife to his bed. Who knows? he may some... ...trian wife to his bed. Who knows? he may some day declare a preference for Austrian lead. But we shall have to follow him, or stay at home drivelling.... ...heaviness, like the twin- kling iron-dust in a subterranean smithy. On the lower win- dow of one of the houses there was a board, telling men that Bar... ...ted; at the same time the deep voice of a man; conjecturally rising from a lower floor, called, and a lock was rattled. The woman told Luigi to enter.... ...was a shorter time going up the Motterone; then down, and along a passage; lower down, deep into corpse-climate; up again, up another enormous mountai... ...gi squatted on his haunches beside the doorstep, a little under one of the lower windows of Rocco Ricci’s house. Earlier than he expected, the captain...

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... Record that Fox a Briton died! When Europe crouched to France’s yoke, And Austria bent, and Prussia broke, And the firm Russian’s purpose brave Was b... ...ire a noble salvo-shot: Lord Marmion waits below!” Then to the castle’s lower ward Sped forty yeomen tall, The iron-studded gates unbarred, Rais... ...f that glorious time, When, with unrivalled light sublime - Though martial Austria, and though all The might of Russia, and the Gaul, Though banded Eu... ...free, Flinging thy white arms to the sea, For thy dark cloud, with umbered lower, 119 Sir Walter Scott That hung o’er cliff, and lake, and tower, Tho... ...ften strange How suddenly his cheer would change, His look o’ercast and lower, If, in a sudden turn, he felt 130 Marmion The pressure of his iron ... ...ge-boned, and tall, and grim, and gaunt, Seemed o’er the gaudy scene to lower: His locks and beard in silver grew; His eyebrows kept their sable hu...

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...dred fragments,— 4 Sons of the Soil ever spurred on to his banquet by the lower middle classes who make him at once their auxiliary and their prey. T... ...owhere else. A river, made by scores of brooklets, crosses the park at its lower level with a serpentine movement; giving a dewy freshness and tranqui... ... of ground-floor apartments is through a semi-circular antechamber, at the lower end of which is a fairy-like staircase, lighted from above, which lea... ...hammers have demolished Montmorency, which cost an Italian fol- 13 Balzac lower of Napoleon untold sums; Val, the creation of Regnault de Saint-Jean ... ...ntcornet commanded the cuirassiers at the battle of Essling (called by the Austrians Gross-Aspern), and came near perishing when that noble corps was ... ...lorious resolution, at Montcornet’s command, to turn and resist the entire Austrian army, which carried off on the mor- row over thirty wagon-loads of... ...The curate of Gross-Aspern took us to the famous cemetery where French and Austrians struggled to- gether knee-deep in blood, with a courage and obsti... ... there was some justification for the apparent ingratitude of the House of Austria. Neither nations nor kings are wealthy enough to reward all the dev... ... to be developed is not one of private life; it concerns things higher, or lower. Expect no scenes of passion; the truth of this history is only too d...

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...ng for Italy—like a thing underground! My father did something against the Austrians, when he was a young man. Would not I have done it? I am sure I w... ...spaper, of my father’s friends and old companions shot and murdered by the Austrians. He read it in the evening, after we had a quiet day. I thought h... ...at I want is to be an accurate singer. My music-master was a German—not an Austrian—oh, no!—I’m sure he was not. At least, I don’t think so, for I lik... ...e time I could not sleep. I laughed at myself for composing. He was not an Austrian: but when he was alive he lived in Vienna, the capi- tal of Austri... ...ntlemen.” The latter, having satisfied themselves that the capacity of the lower limbs was extraor- dinary, returned them, disenchanted. That showman ... ...” she said, while her fair face dimpled into serenity. The remark was of a lower nature than an intellectual discussion ordinarily drew from her: but ... ... you well.” The exclamation “Good Lord!” groaned out in a tone as from the lower pits of despair, cut her short. Tearfully she murmured: “You will not... ...’ll save me; but you’re too heavy, and the roots give way, and down you go lower and lower. Lower and lower! The gates of hell must be very low down i... ...conscience lay a certain reproach of herself for permitting the “vice of a lower circle” to cling to her— viz., she had still betrayed a stupid hostil...

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...awn with polka dots of a decayed red, the points astoundingly long. On the lower edge of it he wore a high-school button, a class button, and a fra- t... ...tt lived Howard Littlefield, Ph.D., in a strictly modern house whereof the lower part was dark red tapestry brick, with a leaded oriel, the upper part... ...enefit property-owners by increas- ing rental values, and help the poor by lowering rents. All his acquaintances turned to Littlefield when they desir... ...ays he noted that the California Building across the way was three stories lower, therefore three stories less beautiful, than his own Reeves Building... ...you oughtn’t to take him aside and tell him about—Things!” She blushed and lowered her eyes. “Well, I don’t know. Way I figure it, Myra, no sense sugg... ...ral resources, and agricul- ture of Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, and Bulgaria. He told them all about t...

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...t sailed from Messina, in September 1571, under the command of Don John of Austria; but on the morning of the 7th of October, when the Turkish fleet w... ... the Goletta, and some others, and furnished with letters from Don John of Austria and the Duke of Sesa, the Viceroy of Sicily, recom- mending him to ... ...nd here come three together, the ‘Araucana’ of Don Alonso de Ercilla, the ‘Austriada’ of Juan Rufo, Justice of Cordova, and the ‘Montserrate’ of Chris... ...nging him into it they looked up, and seeing that the ceiling was somewhat lower what they required for their work, they decided upon going out into t... ...been destroyed by any decay or rheum.” “Well, then,” said Sancho, “in this lower side your worship has no more than two grinders and a half, and in th... ...y a big padlock, so that he could neither raise his hands to his mouth nor lower his head to his hands. Don Quixote asked why this man carried so many... ...s, Truth that to thy hard heart its vigour owes. Alas for him that under lowering skies, In peril o’er a trackless ocean sails, 305 Cervantes – Or... ...en told by a maid-servant of Camilla’s, whom the governor found last night lowering herself by a sheet from the windows of Anselmo’s house. I know not... ...le and disastrous. It was known as a fact that the Most Serene Don John of Austria, natural brother of our good king Don Philip, was coming as command...

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... making very confident calculation of beating you and your friends for the lower house, in that county. They offer to bet upon it. Billings and Job, r... ...d removed to Springfield to practice it. In 1846 I was once elected to the lower House of Congress. Was not a candidate for re-election. From 1849 to ... ...L. Dayton to France, George P . Marsh to Sardinia, and Anson Burlingame to Austria. These gentlemen all have my highest esteem, but no one of them is ... ...cheerfully and truly declare that the failure of the un- dertaking has not lowered you a particle, while the qualities 229 The Writings of Abraham Li... ...ranslation of an instruction to the minister of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria accredited to this government, and a copy of a note to that ministe...

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...u will leave me at all, to be interested in,’ came Gerald’s voice from the lower room. ‘Neither the Pussums, nor the mines, nor anything else.’ ‘You b... ...ng-song: ‘I do think—I do really think we must have the courage to use the lower animal life for our needs. I do think there is something wrong, when ... ...te figures gathered round, to light them. Ursula held up the first, Birkin lowered the light from the rosy, glowing cup of his hands, into the depths ... ..., who was watching 181 the water on the steps, to see if it would get any lower. It seemed to fascinate him. He looked at her and nodded. The little ... ...ppose they take after their mother?’ said Ursula. ‘In many ways.’ Mrs Krik lowered her voice a little. ‘She was a proud haughty lady when she came int... ... father was a man who did not like work, and we had no mother. We lived in Austria, Polish Austria. How did we live? Ha!—somehow! Mostly in a room wit...

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...ver the long range of desks, I had under my eye French, English, Belgians, Austrians, and Prussians. The ma- jority belonged to the class bourgeois; b... ...e despise me. Pourtant j’ai mon projet,” she added 118 The Professor in a lower tone. “What is it?” “I will go and live in England; I will teach Fren... ...iments over the Conti- nent; on their mental tablets, the names of Russia, Austria, and the Pope, are inscribed in red ink. I have heard some of them ...

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...s liberty. In this operation, a pebble inserted in a coin, some say of the Lower Empire, fell out of the purse, and the Saracen matron testified so mu... ...roat, and filled up the vacancy between the hauberk and the headpiece. His lower limbs were sheathed, like his body, in flexible mail, securing the le... ... strength which he was unable to resist; “methinks a coif would become thy lowering features as well as a child’s biggin would beseem mine. We should ... ...with all the other Christian princes—with Philip of France, with that dull Austrian, with him of Montserrat, with the Hospitallers, with the T emplars... ...ith the T urks for the Holy Sepulchre.” “They might choose the Archduke of Austria,” said De Vaux. “What! because he is big and burly like thyself, Th... ...thy indifference to dan- ger and carelessness of offence? I tell thee that Austria has in all that mass of flesh no bolder animation than is afforded ... ...eir leaders and commanders, who had been good comrades in time of victory, lowered on each other in the period of adversity, as if their union had not... ...a passing question, he was about to pass Sir Kenneth, with that sullen and lowering port which seems to say, “I know thee, but I will hold no communic... ... false law, I would aid him with my sword to drive this scum of French and Austrians from his dominions, and think Palestine as well ruled by him as w...

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...ted on the outer walls has peeled off in great flakes of plaster how the lower windows are darkened with rusty bars of iron how the courtyard ... ...t know that name. But, there had been many noblemen and gentlemen pursued by Austria on political suspicions, lately, and some names had changed. Perh...

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...dswords and dirks could be obtained, to find as many Highlanders among the lower classes, as would cut off any boat’s-crew who might be sent into a to... ...elieve one reason why such numerous instances of erudition occur among the lower ranks is, that, with the same powers of mind, the poor student is lim... ...l passen- gers, tracked with a natural sweep the way from the upper to the lower gate. This nether portal, like the former, opened in front of a wall ... ...and corners decorated with small turrets. One of the folding leaves of the lower gate was open, and as the sun shone full into the court behind, a lon... ...rom danger. There were loop-holes for musketry, and iron stanchions on the lower windows, probably to repel any roving band of gipsies, or resist a pr... ... Bradwardine were, in his opin- ion, like those of the house of Bourbon or Austria, placed high above the clouds of passion which might obfuscate the ...

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...ted Master of petitions, and general-secretary at his ministry. From these lower steps of the ladder the young man would certainly rise to the higher ... ...he same forces. His plan, in its simplest form, was to revise taxation and lower it in a way that should not dimin- ish the revenues of the State, and... ...se, or had the higher salaries not succeeded in stifling the voices of the lower. Thus wholly and solely occupied in retaining his place, drawing 14 ... ...ts conscientiously written on the secret evils of the national government; lowered the courage of many hearts, and corrupted sterling honesty, weary o... ...l plans of foreign policy and prevented all ameliorations of home rule. In Austria, where many diverse united nations present so many conflicting inte... ...age under certain conditions. Magistrates, learned bodies, officers of the lower grades found their services honorably rewarded; no man employed by th... ...un: Goritz, in Latin Gorixia, situated in Bohemia or Hungary, or it may be Austria—” Bixiou. “T yrol, the Basque provinces, or South America. Why don’... ...s? I don’t see how those nations have the audacity to live at all. There’s Austria, which has less than a hundred clerks in her war ministry, while th... ...n of Russia and China (where all government officials steal), also that of Austria, the American republics, and indeed that of the whole world, to the...

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...a Low German account, quite simple and brief, the other a tradition of the Lower Rhine. The leg- end was perhaps developed by minstrels along the Rhin... ... the Rhine, until it was taken and worked up into its present form by some Austrian poet. Who this poet was we do not know, but we do know that he was... ...elungen” stro- phe is presumably much older, and, having become popular in Austria through the poem, was adopted by Kurenberg for his purposes. As to ... ...rse form of the German “Gibicho”, “Gibich”), a king whose court lay on the lower Rhine. Giuki has three sons, “Gunnar,” “Hogni,” and “Guthorm,” and a ... ...iver, and is brought on by the arrogance of Brunhild, who refuses to stand lower down the stream and bathe in the water flowing from Gudrun to her. In... ...ivalry and of the “Minnesingers”. More exactly, the poem is written in the Austrian dialect of the close of the twelfth century, but contains many arc... ...y a corruption of the name of the Latin colony, “colonia T rajana”, on the Lower Rhine, which as early as the fifth century was written as “Troja”, gi... ...end himself hath sent him hither to the Saxon land.” The ban- ners bade he lower in the fight. Peace he craved, and this was 54 The Nibelungenlied la... ...ome. A host dwelt there, hight Astolt, (9) who showed them the road to the Austrian land, towards Mautern (10) down the Danube. There the noble queen ...

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...t sailed from Messina, in September 1571, under the command of Don John of Austria; but on the morning of the 7th of October, when the Turkish fleet w... ... the Goletta, and some others, and furnished with letters from Don John of Austria and the Duke of Sesa, the Viceroy of Sicily, recom- mending him to ... ...nd here come three together, the ‘Araucana’ of Don Alonso de Ercilla, the ‘Austriada’ of Juan Rufo, Justice of Cordova, and the ‘Montserrate’ of Chris... ...nging him into it they looked up, and seeing that the ceiling was somewhat lower what they required for their work, they decided upon going out into t... ...been destroyed by any decay or rheum.” “Well, then,” said Sancho, “in this lower side your worship has no more than two grinders and a half, and in th... ...y a big padlock, so that he could neither raise his hands to his mouth nor lower his head to his hands. Don Quixote asked why this man carried so many... ...s, Truth that to thy hard heart its vigour owes. Alas for him that under lowering skies, In peril o’er a trackless ocean sails, Where neither fri... ...en told by a maid-servant of Camilla’s, whom the governor found last night lowering herself by a sheet from the windows of Anselmo’s house. I know not... ...le and disastrous. It was known as a fact that the Most Serene Don John of Austria, natural brother of our good king Don Philip, was coming as command...

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...g which holds good for ever, and is supreme. Passing further away, towards Austria, travelling up the Isar, till the stream becomes smaller and whiter... ... con- 12 D. H. Lawrence vention. The elegance is very important, and very Austrian. One might almost imagine the young man had taken up this striking... ...flowers and romance, like the picture in the T ate Gallery. ‘Spring in the Austrian T yrol’ is to our minds a vision of pristine loveliness. It contai... ...e of the lake, the upper half brilliantly white, belonging to the sky, the lower half dark and grim. So, then, that is where heaven and earth are divi... ...ope high above the lake, winding beautifully and gracefully forward to the Austrian frontier, where it ends: high up on the lovely swinging road, in t... ...nt out by the glass doors on the left, into the domestic courtyard. It was lower than the gardens round it, and the sunshine came through the trellise... ...gs like herself; naked, there was no distinction between us, no higher nor lower. But we were possessed of more money than she. And she had to steer h... ...al, and yet god- like crouching before the plant, as if he were the god of lower life, I somehow understood his isolation, why he did not marry. Pan a... ...lanking the fire, looking out of the cave of ruddy darkness into the open, lower world of the room. We asked for coffee with milk and rum. The stout l...

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... kind of wasted friend- liness beneath the big walls of the cathedral. Its lower arcades have been closed, and it has a small plot of gar- den in the ... ...p or down the river, are delightful protected nooks. We walked through the lower gallery to the other bank of the Cher; this fine apartment appeared t... ...ot there, leaving behind it a moist mildness of temperature and a cool and lowering sky, which were in perfect agreement with the gray old city. Loche... ...essources; the facade is of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in its lower part, and of the fourteenth in its upper.” The allusion to the nave m... ...ook down at one end over a sort of esplanade or suburban avenue lying on a lower level, on which they open, and where several detachments of soldiers ... ... responsibility rests, at any rate, upon the Duchess Margaret,—Margaret of Austria, daughter of the Emperor Maximilian and his wife Mary of Burgundy, ...

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... Marlborough’s 14 Love and Life campaigns, and had afterwards entered the Austrian army, and fought in the Turkish war, until he had been disabled be... ...d already pledged his faith to the daughter of a Scottish gentleman in the Austrian service. This engagement was viewed by the old Lord as a trifling ... ...with Milton and Shakespeare. Betty could likewise talk German with the old Austrian maid, Nannerl, who had followed the family from Vienna; but the ac... ...s foreign experiences gave him keen interest in the war between France and Austria, and he watched the campaigns of his beloved Prince Eugene with unt... ...aced scarlet coat of the Household troops entirely effaced the Major’s old Austrian uniform; and over it, the hair, of a light golden brown, was brush... ... court; but the great hall- door stood before me jealously closed, and the lower win- dows were shut with shutters, so that all I could do was to caus... ... uncle. “The only door into the court is fit to stand a siege, and all the lower windows are barred and fastened with shutters. The servants’ entrance... ... view from the higher windows, in case they were not shuttered up like the lower ones. The emptiness of Bowstead was nothing to this, and she smiled t...