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...etermined that he would distinguish himself so prodigiously in the ensuing campaign that the old gentleman must give in to him. And if not? Bah! the w... ...continued. “There’s not a regiment in the service where you’ll find a more united society nor a more agreeable mess-room. There’s no quarrelling, bick... ...hese were mere by-gone days and talk. When the final news arrived that the campaign was opened, and the troops were to march, Rawdon’s gravity became ... ...ardianship. And this famous dandy of Windsor and Hyde Park went off on his campaign with a kit as modest as that of a sergeant, and with something lik... ...ratification of making the ac- quaintance of the great and good Mr. Fox, a statesman whom, however much he might differ with him, it was impossible no... ...much he might differ with him, it was impossible not to admire fervently—a statesman who had always had the high- est opinion of the Emperor Napoleon.... ...easurably in Miss Crawley’s eyes. Her friendship with that defunct British states- man was mentioned when we first introduced her in this his- tory. A... ...was unlimited, but the quality was inferior: but when quantity and quality united as at his aunt’s house, James showed that he could appreciate them i... ...incere congratulations. I hope the young lady to whom I hear you are to be united will in every respect prove worthy of one who is himself all kindnes...

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...ooked for the general. He had cooked for him in Lombardy through the whole campaign; on the march to Rome he had lassoed his beef in the Campagna afte... ...ed glow of embers. “I shall see Holroyd himself on my way back through the States,” said Sir John. “I’ve ascertained that he, too, wants the railway.”... ...siness of living. Don Jose Avellanos, their neighbour across the street, a statesman, a poet, a man of culture, who had rep- resented his country at s... ...ed backwards and forwards in a rocking-chair of the sort exported from the United States. The ceiling of the largest drawing-room of the Casa Gould ex... ...wards and forwards in a rocking-chair of the sort exported from the United States. The ceiling of the largest drawing-room of the Casa Gould extended ... ..., with my dear mother, for a whole year, while poor father was away in the United States on business. You shall be the new mis- tress of the Casa Goul... ...l the low mud walls of a village, Don Pepe would interrupt the tale of his campaigns to ex- claim— “Poor Costaguana! Before, it was everything for the... ...romo twenty-dollar pieces was a secret between himself, a great man in the United States (who condescended to answer the Sulaco mail with his own hand... ...ed, with big round eyes, a sharp chin, and a great snuff-taker, was an old campaigner, too; he had shriven many simple souls on the battlefields of th...

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... numerous tribes which formerly occupied the country that now composes the United States. They ascribe the known difficulty one people have to underst... ...us tribes which formerly occupied the country that now composes the United States. They ascribe the known difficulty one people have to understand ano... ...almost any other district of equal ex- tent within the whole limits of the United States. There are fashionable and well-attended watering-places at a... ...any other district of equal ex- tent within the whole limits of the United States. There are fashionable and well-attended watering-places at and near... ...name of their reigning prince, the second of the house of Hanover. The two united to rob the untutored possessors of its wooded scenery of their nativ... ...had been placed by the talents and enterprise of her former war- riors and statesmen. No longer dreaded by her enemies, her servants were fast losing ... ...th the whites to conciliate the important men of the Indians by presenting medals, which are worn in the place of their own rude ornaments. Those give... ...n of various deeds in arms, done in former ages. His bosom was loaded with medals, some in massive silver, and one or two even in gold, the gifts of v... ...n the battles between the whites and the Indians. Wayne, in his celebrated campaign on the Miami, received the fire of his enemies in line; and then c...

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...er, surely it might be hoped that the faith in which she had been bred up, united what was true and sound in the religion of both Reformed and Romanis... ... great auxilia- ries, and I don’t think John will be able to withstand our united forces.’ On the way home, on emerging from the alley, Albinia encoun... ...ity, and he had flashed over from Ireland to make his preparations for the campaign. His counsel had been most valuable in Gilbert’s equipment, especi... ...eries of art; and his deter- mined singleness of aim prevailed against the united objec- tions and opposition of four people, each of double or qua- d... ...nial wife to the Family Office, to be present at the royal distribution of medals. However, the good ladies did their duty; and Emily and Sophy parted... ... the correspondence was as full a descrip- tion of the presentation of the medals as could be given by a person who only saw one figure wherever she w... ...tendency on her. The rigidity and harsh judgment which had beto- kened her states of morbid depression since she had out- grown the sulky form, had pa...

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...e gossip brought to him by his unsuspecting friends; for neither courtier, statesman, minister, nor friend ever looked upon those notes which this “li... ...spring, had drawn away all the young men of my age to commence their first campaign; and, what piqued me most, the Duc de Chartres was there, too. I h... ...owed in speak- ing of young people, so unequal in position, friendship had united us. I made up my mind, therefore, to escape from my leading-strings;... ...dants, like the other Musketeers, and continued to do so through the whole campaign. I was accompanied by two gentlemen; the one had been my tutor, th... ...he re- turned to Versailles. I had hoped that Monseigneur would finish the campaign, and that I should be with him, and it was not without regret that... ...alting-places was Marienburgh, where we camped for the night. I had become united in friendship with Comte de Coetquen, who was in the same company wi... ...une, whom the consciousness of wit—of the insinuating and captivating kind—united with much ability, gracefulness of intellect, and learning, inspired... ...ition cost the King. M. le Duc presided this year over the Assembly of the States of Burgundy, in place of his father M. le Prince, who did not wish t... ... was obliged to go, and was established at the house of the Duke while the States were held. Every evening there was a supper, and Santeuil was always...

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... many quarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing a far profounder interest in ... ...uarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing a far profounder interest in papers ... ... And perhaps this natural prece- dency in authority of years and judgment, united to the ten- der humility with which she declined to assert it, had b... ...r one hour on this thy festival of Pentecost I make my servant—render thee united worship in this thy recovered temple.” Lo! the apparition plucks an ... ...s was clear, because he never repeated them in his “General History of the Campaigns,” which was a resumé, or recapitulating digest, of his daily repo... ...vexatious re- proach of being habitually a “pettifogulizer.” Meantime, our campaigning continued to rage. Overtures of pacification were never mention... ...ttle scamp, conceiting himself entitled to it be- fore he has finished two campaigns. “But I was not the per- son to be beaten off in this fashion. I ... ...vil grandeur, as exemplified in three differ- ent modes by three different states. Availing himself of the brief scriptural notice,—“The devil taketh ... ...ng to his precedent) the many and remote embassies to and from independent states, in all quarters of the earth, with how many more groups might the s...

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...he zeal and self-love of the “progressive and intelligent masses”! Titles, medals, diplomas, a sort of legion of honor invented for the army of martyr... ...tions by the 15th of April, the date at which he usually opened the spring campaign. T wo large commercial houses, alarmed at the decline of business,... ...ation of ours, and as, moreover, it proves the legitimacy of the tie which united these two individuals, we produce it here:— “My dear Jenny,—You wil... ... be a minister of state.’ Well, then, you—painter, artist, man of letters, statesman of the future—you reckon upon your talents, you estimate their va... ...r,” said the lunatic. “Yes,” resumed Gaudissart,—”painter, poet, musician, statesman—and binds itself to pay them over to your family, your heirs, if,... ...wool, trumpery; flimsy rubbish that rips if you look at it. It is deep; it states questions on which you can meditate at your leisure; it is the very ...

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... quarrels and sanguinary wars throughout Europe and America, has succeeded the prevalence of those more tolerant and rational principles by which the statesmen of our own day are actuated....

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...the prevalence of those more tolerant and rational principles by which the statesmen of our own day are actuated. On these matters, however, it is not... ...ritings; France has issued a warrant against you: so do you come to me. My states offer you a peaceful retreat. I wish you well, and will treat you we... ...t altogether imaginary. The habit of liv- ing in this peaceful manner soon united me tenderly to my cousin Bernard; my affection was more ardent than ... ...exist- ence, I find elements, which, though seemingly incompat- ible, have united to produce a simple and uniform effect; while others, apparently the... ...y business disgusting. I wasted his time, and employed myself in engraving medals, which served me and my companions as a kind of insignia for a new i... ... me at the same time with attempting to make counterfeit money because our medals bore the arms of the Republic, though, I can truly aver, I had no co... ...ntirely to divest my- 36 The Confessions self of it. Desire and inability united naturally led to this vice, which is the reason pilfering is so comm... ...g the Senate. As I could not go on board, on account of the order from the states, I remained in my gondola, and there took the depositions successive... ...e first. He had been unable to sup- port until the end the fatigues of the campaign. Madam d’Epinay informed me he had had an attack of the palsy, and...

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...s which are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune ... ... are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune of an o... ...al good faith which is not the commonest feature of French art, and which, united as it is in this case with exceeding knowledge and a remarkable sens... ...tion” with the establishment across the way, al- though the two places are united (if old Carcassonne may be said to be united to anything) by a vague... ...d formerly been seven 111 Henry James years in the army, and had made the campaign of Mexico with Bazaine. Born in the old Cite, he had come back the... ...that you have already seen it many times. Photographs, engravings, models, medals, have placed it definitely in your eye, so that from the sentiment w...

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... word,” said Caderousse, from whose mind the friendly treatment of Dantes, united with the effect of the excellent wine he had partaken of, had efface... ...e baron, but the fright of the courtier pleaded for the forbearance of the statesman; and besides, as matters were, it was much more to his advantage ... ...ized the dream of Machiavelli and Caesar Borgia, which was to make Italy a united kingdom.” “Monsieur,” returned the inspector , “providence has chang... ...isted of a plan of his own cell and that of Dantes, with the passage which united them. In this pas- sage he proposed to drive a level as they do in m... ...eld by the royalists, and, in fact, ren- dered such services in this brief campaign that, after the taking of Trocadero, he was made colonel, and rece... ...ve inspired not only the pontifical govern- ment, but also the neighboring states, with such extreme fear, that they are glad of all opportunity of ma... ...r- ences during the Carnival, knowing full well that among the differ- ent states and kingdoms in which this festivity is celebrated, Rome is the spot... ...vice, monsieur. Made a peer at the Restoration, I served through the first campaign under the orders of Marshal Bourmont. I could, there- fore, expect... ...ubt, but improved upon by ours. What is the use of time, rewards of merit, medals, crosses, Monthyon prizes, if they do not lead society towards more ...

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...one, but who, nevertheless, possessed a fund of knowledge and penetration, united with a will as powerful as ever although clogged by a body rendered ... ...nds, gray moustaches, a bold eye, a major’s uniform, ornamented with three medals and five crosses — in fact, the thorough bearing of an old soldier —... ...ses un- der one’s hand, such as mines, lands, and funded property, in such states as France, Austria, and England, provided these treasures and proper... ...w I ex- isted when it was arranged by your two families that you should be united. I have no enmity against M. Franz, and promise you the pun- ishment... ... I entreat you, do as I do, live in suffer- ing; perhaps we may one day be united.” “Adieu, Valentine,” repeated Morrel. “My God,” said Valentine, rai... ...s, styled himself truly at that time Fernand, as our esteemed contemporary states; but he has since added to his Christian name a title of nobility an... ...iar with the Arabic language, having studied it during the famous Egyptian campaign, followed with his eye as the translator read aloud: — “`I, El-Kob... ... eve of entering into a sort of speculation already in vogue in the United States and in England, but quite novel in France.” “Yes, yes, I know what y...

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...te error that has ever characterized the maddest mob. Cler- gymen, judges, statesmen,—the wisest, calmest, holiest per- sons of their day stood in the... ...rt for a purpose, and of lending your strength be it great or small—to the united struggle of mankind. This is suc- cess,—all the success that anybody... ... specimens of the breed, but of all its forefathers and foremothers, whose united excellences and oddities were squeezed into its little body. Its mot... ...ountry newspaper. He had subsequently travelled New England and the Middle States, as a peddler, in the employment of a Connecticut manufac- tory of c... ...Pyncheon had bought in Venice, and which he used as the treasure-place for medals, ancient coins, and whatever small and valuable curiosities he had p... ...t we lost,—are essential to the soul’s development. In some cases, the two states come almost simultaneously, and mingle the sadness and the rapture i... ...state in town and country, his railroad, bank, and in- surance shares, his United States stock,—his wealth, in short, however invested, now in possess... ...s, in addition to his previous disbursements, towards carrying on the fall campaign. The Judge is a patriot; the fate of the country is staked on the ...

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...Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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...d America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. For som... ...any, sailing to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other ... ...iling to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other in 42º ... ...h believers in the supernatural, spilled seas of ink during this memorable campaign, some even draw- ing blood; for from the sea-serpent they came to ... ...om a scientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum ... ...ientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum of Natu... ...m, were unanimous on this point. Public opin- ion had been pronounced. The United States were the first in the field; and in New York they made prepar... ...d was making the most of it. So when the frigate had been armed for a long campaign, and provided with formidable fishing apparatus, no one could tell... ... find the scene of the wreck. And they had learned from a whaler that some medals and a cross of St. Louis had been found in the hands of some savages...

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...by whom he was well received. His name is frequently mentioned in Leslie’s campaigns, and on more than one occasion he is mentioned as having af- ford... ...e other powers, I even took on for a time with their High Mightinesses the States of Holland.” “ And how did their service jump with your humour?” aga... ...befit any other tongue than mine own.” CHAPTER III. For pleas of right let statesmen vex their head, Battle’s my business, and my guerdon bread; And, ... ...of Sweden, and entertains such a suitable contempt for the base mechanical States of Holland, would not have hesitated to embrace the cause of King Ch... ...ork here, Musgrave and I, rather than sit idle at home, are come to have a campaign among your kilts and plaids.” “I hope you have brought arms, men, ... ... way of arrears, I may promise you the other half-dollar at the end of the campaign.” “Ah! these arrearages!” said Captain Dalgetty, “that are al- way... ...our own honour—temperate, firm, and 83 Sir Walter Scott manly, to keep us united. Such is the man that must com- mand us. Are you prepared, Thane of ... ...en looking at his horse; and, after praising his points and carriage, both united in strongly dissuading the Captain from taking an animal of such val... ...t Dalgetty could only dis- cern that the speaker who had thus mysteriously united him- self to their company, and mixed in their conversation, was a t...

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... over the Bourbons, themselves, who now govern no less than four different states of Europe, and who have sat on thrones these thousand years. While o... ... goodness to pardon me—it was on the left hand side of the room—Monsieur’s medals were kept in the opposite armoire.” “Our good Georges is right, Adri... ...ight, Adrienne!—he has a memory! Y our grandfather insisted on keeping his medals in my dressing- room, as he says. W ell, Monsieur Georges, left or r... ...ght be made to diminish no small part of the ways and means of his present campaign, and precisely in proportion as he ad- mired me, he began to look ... ... a traveling trader, who never lost sight of the main chance either in his campaigns, his journeys, or his pleasures. To own the truth, Colonel Silky ... ...ompelled to suspend, in consequence of the late robbery of the Bank of the United States by the cold-blooded miscreant whose hoary head dis- graces th... ...d to suspend, in consequence of the late robbery of the Bank of the United States by the cold-blooded miscreant whose hoary head dis- graces the White... ...his active, never dormant sympathy for her situation, on the other, which, united, had made such an inroad on the young governess’s affections. “It’s ... ...ur sense of pride. Pocket-handkerchiefs have their revolutions, as well as states. I was now under my first restoration, and perfectly happy; but, 12...

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...k Mall. CHAPTER II In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign WHEN MISS SHARP had performed the heroical act mentioned in the la... ... not particularly lively—but he paraded twice before the box where the now united couples were met, and nobody took any no- tice of him. Covers were l... ...tate. He was high sheriff, and rode in a golden coach. Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in V anity Fair he had a higher place than the m... ...f women. She had pictures of Mr. Fox in every room in the house: when that statesman was in opposition, I am not sure that she had not flung a main wi... ...Sir Pitt was brought to change his views after the death of the great Whig statesman. This worthy old lady took a fancy to Rawdon Crawley when a boy, ... ... guardsman. Skirmishes of this sort passed perpetu- ally during the little campaign —tedious to relate, and similar in result. The Crawley heavy caval... ...itors would have come rushing on him in a body, had they known that he was united to a woman without 168 V anity Fair fortune. “My relations won’t cr... ...oney looked to get their companies without purchase. Before the end of the campaign (which she resolved to share), Mrs. Major O’Dowd hoped to write he... ...ho were the correspondents of your late lamented father. Y ou’ll find us a united, simple, happy, and I think I may say respected, family—a plain tabl...

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...eeded to possess and to display the rare qualities and precious gifts of a states- man under the mocking fire of the Calvinist press. Those facts are ... ...e liberty of thought; and no sovereign can interfere with money. The great statesmen who were vanquished in the long struggle (it lasted five centurie... ...s action, and the elective principle is discussion. There is no policy, no statesmanship possible where discussion is permanent. Therefore we ought to... ...ay that the “dozen” put into the bridés purse by the Pope were twelve gold medals of priceless historical value, which were then unique. But Francois ... ...ciated in corporations which limited their number, they were still further united into guilds by the Church. In this way prices were maintained. Also,... ...ation; they desired to es- tablish throughout Europe the government of the United Provinces, which ended by triumphing over the greatest Power of thos... ...ttle at his head, the man from Picardy, a sickly celi- bate, made plans of campaign, directed battles, armed princes, and roused whole peoples by sowi... ... while he was plotting a diabolical conspiracy against us! That rascal has united the Protestants of Germany with the heretics of France by reconcilin... .... The revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in honor of which you have struck medals, has cost more tears, more blood, more money, and killed the pros- p...

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...ost haste to the Emperor; Fouche alone was bold enough to sketch a plan of campaign, which, in fact, he car- ried into execution. “Do as you please,” ... ...owers of the huge machine of government. You will speak of the police as a statesman should, admiring everything, the Prefet included. The very best m... ...rable securities. The high politics of money-making consist in forcing the States of Eu- rope to issue loans at twenty or at ten per cent, in making t... ...do with my marriage, my interests are no concern of his. That remark- able statesman was good enough to assist me at one time with his advice, but he ... ...e de Savoie to Semblancay; a War Office clerk sold the plan of the Russian campaign to Czernitchef; and these traitors were more or less rich. The pro... ...o us, on seeing two 324 Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life handsome creatures united and happy, always did honor to Madame de Stael, in spite of her ‘rom... ...this dar- ing crime, worthy to compare in importance with the rob- bery of medals from the Public Library; for the unhappy tendency of our age is to m... ...ip, was perhaps the unknown bond on which a strong intimacy was based that united the Comtes de Bauvan, de Granville, and de Serizy; for a common misf... ... who loved each other, and who were happy!” said Jacques Collin. “They are united.—It is some comfort to rot together. I will be buried here.” When Lu...

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...nd sat down, pretending to examine some curious min iatures and a few old medals which he placed before me. It needed no great pressing to induce me ... ...at down to dinner, and drank out of the suspicious bottle to a flourishing campaign. CHAPTER 29 UNQUESTIONABLY M RS J ARLEY had an inventive genius. I... ...thal, it The Old Curiosity Shop – Dickens 266 was no easy matter for the united exertions of the single gentleman and the coachman to convey up the ... ...he lawyer, raising his eyes to the ceiling, ‘most remarkable documents. He states his points so clearly that it’s a treat to have ‘em! I don’t know an...

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...apers; by way of introduction, the following pages were drawn up; and the whole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England. In the States, it has not been thought advisable to reproduce the whole; and the memoir appearing alone, shorn of that other matter which was at once its occasion and its justification, so large an account of a man so little known m...

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...hole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England. In the States, it has not been thought advisable to reproduce the whole; and the m... ... it was in Buckner’s own ship, the Prothee, 64, that the lad made his only campaign. It was in the days of Rodney’s war, when the Prothee, we read, ca... ...some of her defects, besides, she made him heir. Kind as was the bond that united her to her son, kind and even pretty, she was scarce a woman to ador... ...ng up engines for innumerable gun-boats and steam frigates for the ensuing campaign.’ From half-past eight in the morning till nine or ten at night, h... ...ooking set of fellows they are, too: the officers rather raffish, but with medals Crimean and Indian; the men 87 Robert Louis Stevenson a very sturdy... ...RGH, for a considerable time, Fleeming’s family, to three generations, was united: Mr. and Mrs. Austin at Hailes, Captain and Mrs. Jenkin in the subur...

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...d intersect. Mere accident, therefore, of local posi- tion, much more when united with that avowed inveteracy of malignant feeling, which was bitter e... ...sev- eral in his own person. Accordingly, John Shakspeare is known to have united with his town calling the rural and miscella- neous occupations of a... ...e channel of legal documents, which are better evidence even than imperial medals; whilst, on the other hand, all the fabulous anecdotes, not having a... ... dramatic works to the stage; for one of these reasons, or for all of them united, William Shakspeare, about the 23d year of his age, was adopted into... ...ling of sixteen, who could so far transcend in good sense the accomplished statesmen or men of the world with whom he afterwards corresponded, might c... ...t boyhood amongst the most accomplished men of the world. Wits, courtiers, statesmen, grandees the most dignified, and men of fashion the most brillia... ...ions which he raised of future excellence. Sir William Trumbull, a veteran statesman, who had held the highest stations, both diplomatic and ministeri... ...resence was never want- ing where it promised to be useful. In the earlier campaigns of the duke, Goethe was his companion; but in the final contest w... ... to notice, except two 182 Biographical Essays journeys to Italy, and one campaign in 1792, until he draws near the close of his long career. It cann...

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...hile Lords and Commons suggest the decapitation of the leading figure. The united three, however, no longer cast re- flections on one another, and wer... ...he Louvre.’ And he would have had her to suppose that he had looked on the campaigning head-cover of Napoleon simply as a shocking bad, bald, brown-ru... ...parsonical. But his heart was won by Nevil’s determination to wear out the campaign rather than be invalided or entrusted with a holiday duty. ‘I see ... ...ulls of our 108 Beauchamp’s Career national enemy on the wide and fertile campaigns of France.’ This was pageantry. There was more of it. Then the se... ...ent. Commander Beauchamp, in responding to the invitation of the great and united Liberal party of the borough of Bevisham, obeyed the inspirations of... ...ead of ancient Egyp- tians in spirituality or in priestcraft! They call it statesman- ship. O for a word for it! Let Palsy and Cunning go to form a wo... ...e it out worse to you than to any one else, because I want our minds to be united.’ ‘Give me a respite now and then.’ ‘With all my heart. And forgive ... ...ics of impatience. The study of politics should be guided by some light of states- manship, otherwise it comes to this wild preaching. These men are t... ...mp: she could not realize the friend of Trajan, ora- tor, lawyer, student, statesman, benefactor of his kind, and model of her own modern English gent...

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...ching, leaving still behind Something of which its masters are afraid, States to be curb’d and thoughts to be confined, Conspiracy or Congress... ...es, making history change its tune, Then spur away o’er empires and o’er states, Leaving at last not much besides chronology, Excepting the po... ... Love’s, and Night’s, and Ocean’s solitude, O’erflow’d her soul with their united power; Amidst the barren sand and rocks so rude She and her ... ... their witness, and the cave their bed, By their own feelings hallow’d and united, Their priest was Solitude, and they were wed: And they were... ... finish’d by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage; The future states of both are left to faith, For authors fear description might ... ... deadlier engines and a speedier blow, Than in thy Greek gazette of that campaign; And yet, like all men else, I must allow, To vie with the... ...ung folks with a sort of dizziness. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Seven” 182 Medals, rank, ribands, lace, embroidery, scarlet, Are things immortal... ...n; Others again were ready to maintain, ‘’T was only the fatigue of last campaign.’ But here is one prescription out of many: ‘Sodae sulphat... ... wrong, To aid the damsel and destroy the caitiff; Opposing singly the united strong, From foreign yoke to free the helpless native: Alas...

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... own writings. A mere recapitulation of a few of his transactions with the statesmen and soldiers of his time gives a fair indication of his activitie... ...of the duke for the benefit 6 The Prince of usurpers who wish to keep the states they have seized; he can, indeed, find no precepts to offer so good ... ... both. It is impossible to follow here the varying fortunes of the Italian states, which in 1507 were controlled by France, Spain, and Germany, with r... .... Hence, he who at- tacks the Turk must bear in mind that he will find him united, and he will have to rely more on his own strength than on the revol... ...secure to Alexander, for the above reasons. And if his successors had been united they would have enjoyed it securely and at their ease, for there wer... ...they did not surround the camp either with stockade or ditch, nor did they campaign in the winter. All these things were permitted by their military r... ...s than mercenaries, because with them the ruin is ready made; they are all united, all yield obedience to others; but with mercenaries, when they have... ... illustrious house; and if in so many revolutions in Italy, and in so many campaigns, it has al- ways appeared as if military virtue were exhausted, t... ...mes, holding horse races, and foot races for men and women. He also struck medals in com- memoration of the defeat of the Florentines. He endeav- oure...

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...nt me here to get rid o’ me. I guess they spend their time talkin’ over my campaigns.” “I wanter know!” “Yes, sir. Now, all you gentlemen have asked m... ...ner yet no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke... ... no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke an’ ha... ...straight as a Bhil arrow, a little white-haired wizened ape of a man, with medals and orders on his tunic, stammering, saluting, and trembling. Behind... ...they’ll only use local corps, and we can knock up some- thing we’ll call a campaign, and let them down easy. Fancy us potting our best beaters because... ...nce. Nothing would have pleased the old man better than a rough-and-tumble campaign against the Satpuras, whom he, as an “unmixed” Bhil, despised; but... ... par- ticulars from ours. And do you always stop trains in this way in the States, Mr. Sargent?” “I should if occasion ever arose; but I’ve never had ... ...d for a constable! lock him up! “ said that man, adjusting his collar; and unitedly they cast him into the lamp-room, and turned the key, while the dr... ...was great jealousy between the first and second de- tachments, but the men united in adoring Cottar, and their way of showing it was by sparing him al...

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...generally with his regiment, and when visiting them was a good deal at the United Service Club. He had lately married an heiress in a small way, retir... ...uch a fair field as he seldom enjoyed for Uncle James’s Indian and Crimean campaigns, and for the comparative merits of the regiments his nephew had b... ...ile,” said Janet, again ab- sorbing herself in her paper, while the public united in guess- ing the acrostic; and the only objection was raised by the... ...r creature of a civilian, instead of getting—as I know you would— -lots of medals and Victoria Crosses, and knighthood—real knighthood! Oh, Jock, thin... ...ke her to London to see Janet in her lodgings before the departure for the States. He was at her service, and as they did not mean to sleep in town, t... ...id not like to think that she was reading a report of Sir Philip Cameron’s campaign, in which the aide-de-camp hap- pened to receive honourable mentio... ...icked and un- feeling to have been dancing, and cried so bitterly that the united efforts of her aunt and brother could not persuade her that what was... ...gnum Bonum wedding-dress that would figure in the papers, and, even in the States, be fabulously splendid. It must come from Paris, and it must be wai... ...ineyard, having been irresistibly drawn by Jock’s telegram to spend in the States an interval of leisure in his work, caused by his appointment as pri...

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..., but full of solemnity and loveliness? How has the belief of a Saint been united in this high and true mind with the clearness of a Sceptic; the devo... ...found but scant acceptance at Berlin or Vienna. The princes of the smaller states surrounded them- selves with literature and art. The duke of Brunswi... ...h long held their place. In August, 1792, he ac- companied the duke to the campaign in the Ardennes. In 1793 he went with his master to the siege of M... ... rela- tions, may be presented by you in chronological order, and that the states of life and feeling which afforded the examples that influenced you,... ...erably wide court, sur- rounded by irregular buildings, which were now all united into one dwelling. We usually hastened at once into the gar- 57 Goe... ...his sort naturally made an impression on the boy, and led him into similar states of mind. In fact, he came to the thought that he might immediately a... ...and, because single families could not afford the expense, several of them united to attain their object. Yet the children seldom agreed; the young ma... ... probably gazing very eagerly upon the little bag out of which he drew the medals: he nodded to me, descended a step, and handed me one of the silver ... ...en thus early foreshadow those world-conquerors and world-rulers, and in a campaign, prodigious for those times, give us a prelude of future achieveme...

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...with care, and taken from the most authentic sources; from statues, busts, medals, even stained glass, for the per- sons of most distinction, from ear... ...ense that, in order to lose as little as possible, they have collected and united what originally were variations—the revisions, in short, of the orig... ...raw them to peace but by sharp and fierce wars. Chapter 1.XXXIII. How some statesmen of Picrochole, by hairbrained counsel, put him in extreme danger.... ...turned into his country, he called a parliament, where all the princes and states of his kingdom being assembled, he showed them the humanity which he... ... One cadet, to the field as he flutters, Is worth two, when they end the campaign. That which prompteth me to that opinion is, that the vine- plante... ...nd binary, the first of the even numbers, as of a male and female knit and united together. In very deed it was the fashion of old in the city of Rome... ...aging of some formidable war, or the notable change and mutation of potent states and kingdoms; but, in conclusion, the world laugheth at the capricio...

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...as little voluntary as the ac- tions of any soldier who was drawn into the campaign by lot or by conscription. This could not be otherwise, for in ord... ...their horses all looked smart and well kept. It was that first period of a campaign when troops are still in full trim, almost like that of peacetime ... ...he gaiety and spirit of enterprise which always accompany the opening of a campaign. The French colonel with difficulty repressed a yawn, but was poli... ... express his devotion to his monarch except by cruelty. In the organism of states such men are necessary, as wolves are necessary in the organism of n... ...chia, and now he won’t have those splen- did provinces. Y et he might have united them to his empire and in a single reign would have extended Russia ... ...n a Ger- man theorist in whom all the characteristics of those others were united to such an extent. Pfuel was short and very thin but broad-boned, of... ... Lord.” “As one community, without distinction of class, without en- mity, united by brotherly love—let us pray!” thought Natasha. “For the peace that... ...e second bearded merchants in full-skirted coats of blue cloth and wearing medals. in the noblemen’s hall there was an incessant movement and buzz of ... ...ring not only of nobles but also of the merchant-class—les etats generaux (States- General)—evoked in him a whole series of ideas he had long laid asi...

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..................................................2 1 1 CHAPTER IX I MAKE THE CAMPAIGN OF 1704. ............................................................ ..................................... 235 CHAPTER XII I GET A COMP ANY IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1706. ............................................................ ......................................................... 250 CHAPTER XIV THE CAMPAIGN OF 1707, 1708. ...................................................... ... and with the Dutch, when King Charles was compelled to lend troops to the States; and against them, when his Maj- esty made an alliance with the Fren... ...f this illustrious prince, this invincible warrior, this wise and moderate statesman. Loyalty to the exiled king’s family was traditional, as has been... ...c stories of wondrous cures ef- fected by the blessed king’s rosaries, the medals which he wore, the locks of his hair, or what not. Esmond remembered... ...ous gentlemen following in his suite. His Grace reviewed the troops of the States-General between Liege and Maestricht, and afterwards the English 21... ...h!) Henry Esmond hath been Marquis of Esmond and Earl of Castlewood in the United Kingdom, and Baron and Viscount Castlewood of Shandon in Ireland, an... ...d lonely under its ruined old roof? We were all so, even when together and united, as it seemed, following our separate schemes, each as we sat round ...

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...answer you all at once?” said Prince Andrew. “Besides, in the actions of a states- man one has to distinguish between his acts as a private person, as... ... up in you, and that in spite of the distance separating us our hearts are united by indissoluble bonds, my heart rebels against fate and in spite of ... ...an to French as he went on-to explain the plan of operation for the coming campaign. He explained how an army, ninety thousand strong, was to threaten... ...e conversation again turned on the war, on Bonaparte, and the generals and statesmen of the day. The old prince seemed convinced not only that all the... ...aining all the blunders which, according to him, Bonaparte had made in his campaigns and even in politics. His son made no rejoinder, but it was evide... ...glory, led by Father Kamenski.” This song had been composed in the Turkish campaign and now being sung in Austria, the only change being that the word... ... his soul. He firmly believed in the possibility of the brotherhood of men united in the aim of supporting one another in the path of virtue, and that... ...om his leave, Rostov felt, for the first time, how close was the bond that united him to Denisov and and the whole regiment. On approaching it, Rostov... ...d Speranski’s famous laugh, and this ringing, high pitched laughter from a statesman made a strange im- pression on him. He entered the dining room. T...

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...rdest things, 42 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 Can pocket states, can fetch or carry kings; A single leaf shall waft an army o’er, Or... ...n knights and squires confound, Or water all the quorum ten miles round? A statesman’s slumbers how this speech would spoil! ‘Sir, Spain has sent a th... ...l; and avarice creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun, Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress and butler share alike ... .... O MR ADDISON. O MR ADDISON. O MR ADDISON. OCCASIONED BY HIS DIALOGUES ON MEDALS. 54 See the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad ... ...EAT DIS- TRESS, A LITTLE BEFORE HIS DEATH. As when that hero, who, in each campaign, Had braved the Goth, and many a Vandal slain, Lay fortune-struck,... ...d for wit! See under Ripley rise a new Whitehall, While Jones’ and Boyle’s united labours fall; 379 While Wren with sorrow to the grave descends, 229... ...finish’d treaties in each office slept; And chiefless armies dozed out the campaign; And navies yawn’d for orders on the main. 450 O Muse! relate (for... ... Button’s, and a justice of the peace.’—P . 379 ‘While Jones’ and Boyle’s united labours fall:’ at the time when this poem was written, the banquetin... ... once pleasing, once inspiring shade, 147 As when that hero, who, in each campaign, 111 Authors are judged by strange capricious rules; 115 B Behol...

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... should ever distinguish him who aspires to the title of historian. By the united aid of medals, manuscripts, and inscriptions, I am enabled to say, p... ...dam Kirschenwasser. Thus re- venged himself the Angel of the Odd. [Mabbott states that Griswold “obviously had a revised form” for use in the 1856 vol... ...nturies ago, certainly—the North- ern and Southern Kanadaw continents were united; the Kanawdians, then, would have been driven, by necessity, to a gr... ...pound of misanthropy, sensibility, and en- thusiasm. To these qualities he united the warmest and truest heart which ever beat in a human bosom. I obs... ...V olumes THE MAN THAT W AS USED UP A TALE OF THE LATE BUGABOO AND KICKAPOO CAMPAIGN. Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux, et fondez vous en eau! La moitié ; de... ... interest had been greatly excited in the hero of the Bugaboo and Kickapoo campaign. However, the delightfully luminous conversation of Brevet Brigadi... ... mendous events quorum pars magna fuit, during the Buga- boo and Kickapoo campaign. The first opportunity which presented itself, and which (horresco... ...r. Maelzel. Of late years it has visited the principal towns in the United States. Wherever seen, the most intense curiosity was excited by its appear... ...erect posi- tion upon the closing of the back door. 10. Sir David Brewster states the figure of the Turk to be of the size of life—but in fact it is f...

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.... And of the two atmospheres it is hard to say which was the more fatal to statesmanship. Revolution on the Shelf Heartbreak House was quite familiar ... ... climax of legal lawlessness was reached in France. The greatest Socialist statesman in Europe, Jaures, was shot and killed by a gentleman who resente... ... wrath on which many suns go down before it is appeased. Yet it was in the United States of America where nobody slept the worse for the war, that the... ...on which many suns go down before it is appeased. Yet it was in the United States of America where nobody slept the worse for the war, that the war fe... ...for the average civilian. He could not conceive even a battle, much less a campaign. To the suburbs the war was nothing but a suburban squabble. To th... ... in at another, just to test his nerve. He has a whole drawerful of Albert Medals for saving people’s lives. ELLIE. He never told me that. MRS HUSHABY...