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...her relations, And then he tried to muster all his patience. He stood in act to speak, or rather stammer, But sage Antonia cut him short befor... ... to say) Were masculine; to see them, and to seize, Was but a moment’s act.—Ah! well a day! My teeth begin to chatter, my veins freeze Al... ...sequence was awful in the extreme; For they, who were most ravenous in the act, Went raging mad—Lord! how they did blaspheme! And foam and rol... ... tame, Or eats from out the palm, or playful lowers His brow, as if in act to butt, and then Yielding to their small hands, draws back again. ... ...e, Though link’d among a fetter’d race, To feel at least a patriot’s shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face; For w... ...Then there were Frenchmen, gallant, young, and gay: But I ‘m too great a patriot to record Their Gallic names upon a glorious day; I ‘d rath... ...y’s glory. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Eight” 204 But still there is unto a patriot nation, Which loves so well its country and its king, A sub... ...as no peril of temptation; He loved the infant orphan he had saved, As patriots (now and then) may love a nation; His pride, too, felt that ... ... change dissolves the glittering mass. Statesmen, chiefs, orators, queens, patriots, kings, And dandies, all are gone on the wind’s wings. Where...

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......................................................................... 231 ACT 1 ........................................................................ ...n ninety-four places.), and sometimes punctuates capriciously. In the very act of transcribing his mind was apt to stray from the work in hand to high... ...slaughter, from the reeking hospital, _615 The patriot’s sacred couch, the snowy bed Of innocence, the scaffold and the th... ...hich they had been deluded into submission; the tranquillity of successful patriotism, and the universal toleration and benevolence of true philanthro... ... expelled Dynasty by for- eign arms; the massacre and extermination of the Patriots, and the victory of established power; the consequences of legitim... ... with its cold smiles, so wild They rage among the camp;—they overbear The patriot hosts—confusion, then despair, Descends like night—when ‘Laon!’ one... ... Hemmed them around!—and then revenge and fear Made the high virtue of the patriots fail: One pointed on his foe the mortal spear— _1... ...re I cast away All human passions, all revenge, all pride; I think, speak, act no ill; I do but hide Under these words, like embers, every spark Of th... ... amphiarae, sub terram abdite? Composed at Este, September, October, 1818 (Act 1); at Rome, March-April 6, 1819 (Acts 2, 3); at Florence, close of 181...

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...ng the senators, in which conference it was determined to have an enabling act passed for the people of Kansas to form a constitution under, and in th... ...other provision in it, saying that “until the complete ex- ecution of this Act there shall be no election in said Territory,”— which, Trumbull argued,... ... is impatient of the constitutional guaranties thrown around it, and would act in disregard of these, he too is misplaced, standing with us. He will f... ...n who believe that slavery is in some of these respects wrong to stand and act with us in treating it as a wrong,—then, and not till then, I think we ... ... and how it ought to be overthrown? Did he not succeed, too, in getting an act passed by the Legislature to have it over- thrown? And did n’t he himse... ...wed purpose, would be to charge a political fraud upon the noblest band of patriots that ever assembled in council,—a fraud upon the Confed- eracy of ... ...still hoped will endure forever,—when it should be read by intelligent and patriotic men, after the insti- tution of slavery had passed from among us,...

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...were sought to be preserved by the Ordi- nance of 1787, and the Compromise Act of 1820. They will oppose, in all its length and breadth, the modern De... ...oln: V ol Five A LEGAL OPINION BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The 11th Section of the Act of Congress, approved Feb. 11, 1805, prescribing rules for the subdivis... ...y the whole South. The question of men is a different one. There are good, patriotic men and able statesmen in the South whom I would cheerfully suppo... ...res you to do in executing the latter clause of the Seventh Section of “An Act in relation to the payment of the principal and interest of the State d... ...nnual interest; there is we suppose no difficulty in ascertaining, if this act stood alone, what ought to be the construction of the terms “coupon bon... ...ernment ‘under which we live, and we cannot see how declarations that were patriotic when they made them are villainous when we make them. Y ou never ... ... am or ever have been less devoted to the Union than yourself or any other patriotic man. Y ours very truly, A. LINCOLN. ABRAHAM OR “ABRAM” TO G . ASH... ...dition of the country is an extraordinary one, and fills the mind of every patriot with anxiety. It is my intention to give this subject all the consi... ...sue I shall be sustained not only by the party that elected me, but by the patriotic people of the whole country. ADDRESS A T FISHKILL LANDING , FEBRU...

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... not think as he wrote. He had a pur- pose to serve; and in an age when to act like a freeman was no longer possible, he determined at least to write ... ...fate of every nation, would necessarily be determined by the irretrievable act of the next half hour. In these moments, and with this spectacle before... ...life a direct and foremost object. In this there was in reality no want of patriotism; it had become evident to every body that Rome, under its presen... ...wed a very just sense of true dignity. Rightly conceiving that every thing patriotic was dignified, and that to illustrate or polish his native langua... ...nd that to illustrate or polish his native language, was a service of real patriotism, he composed a work on the gram- mar and orthoepy of the Latin l... ...only Romans of distinction in that age, who ap- plied themselves with true patriotism to the task of purify- ing and ennobling their mother tongue. Bo... ...hat the young Octavius would have been pointed out to the vengeance of the patriots, and included in the scheme of the conspirators, as a fellow-victi... ...,) and in no instance was this felicity more conspicuous than in the first act of his entrance upon the political scene. No doubt his friends and enem... ...hole to the senate. That body could do nothing in such a matter, either by act or by sug- gestion; and in a short time, as every body could have fore-...

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...Fifteen; or Imagination and Heart. By Jane Morgan.” In conformity with the Act of Congress of the United States entitled, “An Act for the encouragemen... ...etors of such copies, during the times herein men- tioned.” And also to an Act, entitled, “an Act, supplementary to an Act, for the encouragement of L... ...ung women, at that tender age when the feel- ings of their nature begin to act on them most insidiously, and when their minds are least prepared by re... ...n the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee. —Midsummer Night’ s Dream Act II, Scene 1, lines 137-141 “DO—write to me often, my dear Anna!” said t... ...9 Tales for Fifteen itself required too much of the care of her rulers and patriots to admit of the consideration of lesser objects. With the best of ... ...th the heroine of our tale. Under the age of five-and-twenty, men commonly act at the instigation of sud- den impulse, and young Weston was not yet tw...

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...aight I unloosed her chain, and stepping in Pushed from the shore. It was an act of stealth And troubled pleasure, nor without the voice Of mountain e... ... I breathed with joy. And, from like feelings, humble though intense, 190 To patriotic and domestic love Analogous, the moon to me was dear; For I cou... ...e forth, perhaps without one quiet thought. Such was the tenor of the second act In this new life. Imagination slept, And yet not utterly. I could not... ... bidding; they who have the skill To manage books, and things, and make them act On infant minds as surely as the sun Deals with a flower; the keepers ... ... 440 Thus by conflicting passions pressed, my heart Responded; “Honour to the patriot’s zeal! Glory and hope to new born Liberty! Hail to the mighty pr... ... storm 475 Passed not beyond the suburbs of the mind; Save when realities of act and mien, The incarnation of the spirits that move In harmony amid th... ...s, and I gradually withdrew Into a noisier world, and thus ere long Became a patriot; and my heart was all Given to the people, and my love was theirs... ...ls of that time, Domestic severings, female fortitude At dearest separation, patriot love And self devotion, and terrestrial hope, 275 Encouraged with... ...Among that band of Officers was one, 290 Already hinted at, of other mould— A patriot, thence rejected by the rest, And with an oriental loathing spurn...

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... were not good enough for Mr. Tristram. He had never been a very conscious patriot, but it vexed him to see them treated as little better than a vulga... ...ng seri- ously,” she said, “I believe in you, Mr. Newman. You flat- ter my patriotism.” “Your patriotism?” Christopher demanded. “Even so. It would ta... ...the head of the clan. With those people the family is everything; you must act, not for your own pleasure, but for the advantage of the family.” “I wo... ...ewman. “Make yourself comfortable. Your coming to see me, I take it, is an act of friendship. You were not obliged to. Therefore, if 86 The American ... ...wever, breaking silence,—”Certainly,” he said, “my coming to see you is an act of friendship. Neverthe- less I was in a measure obliged to do so. My s... ...f these things to Bellegarde. One reason was that before proceeding to any act he was always circumspect, conjec- tural, contemplative; he had little ... ...ng ladies’ hands with at least his habitual air of self-abandonment to the act. Madame de Bellegarde gave a glance at her eldest 153 Henry James son,...

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.... Wilks, the Faithful Fool,) who per- sisted in admiring her. In the fifth act, Teraminta was made to discover the merits of Eugenio (the F. F .), and... ... and his seat in the Scottish parliament in 1700: was famous there for his patriotism and eloquence, es- pecially in the debates about the Union Bill,... ...glish freedom and independence submitted their religious consciences to an Act of Parliament; could not consolidate their liberty without sending to Z... ...ge, and understanding their laws, to govern them. The Tory and High Church patriots were ready to die in defence of a Papist family that had sold us t... ...to death for rape, absolutely prevented the Secretary from exercising this act of good-nature, and boasted that he had had the man hanged; and great a... ...y Lord Castlewood’s conversion, and was much edified by that 89 Thackeray act of heaven in his favor. She knew that others of that family had been of... ...r him was greatly increased, since she knew what capability he had both to act and bear; to do and to forego. CHAPTER IX THE ORIGINAL OF THE PORTRAIT ... ...opponents than if he had been at Lisbon and Grand In- quisitor. This lofty patriot was on his knees at Hanover and St. Germains too; notoriously of no...

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... be the last long rest. Here, where the end of earthly things Lays heroes, patriots, bards, and kings; Where stiff the hand, and still the tongue, Of ... ...ers’ slights, of ladies’ charms, Of witches’ spells, of warriors’ arms; Of patriot battles, won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold; Of later f... ...ester’s heir; Nor thinks, nor dreams, my noble lord, By slightest look, or act, or word, To harass Lady Clare. Her faithful guardian he will be, No... ... the minstrel’s idle strain, Sound head, clean hand, and piercing wit, And patriotic heart—as Pitt! A garland for the hero’s crest, And twined by her ...

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...erenity in her soul than Antonia, but she was an uncompromising Puritan of patriotism with no taint of the slightest worldli- ness in her thoughts. I ... ...osphere of the Republic was gen- erally stormy in these days. The fugitive patriots of the defeated party had the knack of turning up again on the coa... ...g the earth, blasted the rocks, drove the engines for the “progressive and patriotic undertaking.” In these very words eighteen months before the Exce... ...animation. “I am impressed. I didn’t mean to be disparaging. You seem very patriotic.” “The place is lovable, if only by its situation. Per- haps you ... ...t the slightest quiver of a feature at what he must have heard said of his patriotism. Perhaps he had just dismounted on his return from the mine; he ... ...now informed: and the author’s appearance at this moment was like a public act of faith. Young Decoud felt overcome by a feeling of impatient confusio... ...nglishman?” “Well, what of that?” asked Mrs. Gould. “Simply that he cannot act or exist without idealiz- ing every simple feeling, desire, or achievem... ...ss I am much mistaken in the man, it must remain inviolate or perish by an act of his will alone. A passion has crept into his cold and idealistic lif... ...is peril, this only incontrovertible truth in which they shared, seemed to act as an inspiration to their mental and bodily powers. There was certainl...

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...to quit the whole game. And the office worry and detail just as bad. And I act cranky and—I don’t mean to, but I get—So darn tired!” CHAPTER III T o G... ...heir price. (This was Vision.) He had to bully Lyte into buying. His first act as agent for Lyte was to increase the rent of the battered store-buildi... ...ellows that would be glad to step in and enjoy your opportunities, and not act as if Thompson and I were his enemies and not do any work except for bo... ... it publicly—fellow like myself, a State U. graduate, it’s only decent and patriotic for him to blow his horn and boost the Alma Mater—but smatter of ... ...is to get your fool son-in-law, Babbitt, to put it over. He’s one of these patriotic guys. When he grabs a piece of property for the gang, he makes it... ...itt and all the nice respectable labor-leaders think you and me are rugged patriots. There’s swell pickings for an honest politician here, Hank: a who... ...t a person like Paul should have to ask your permission to go with me? You act like you were a combination of Queen Victoria and Cleopatra. You fool, ... ... outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called “patriotism” and “love of sport.” As he approached the office he walked fast... ...In real estate There’s none so live as we. Babbitt was stirred to hysteric patriotism. He leaped on a bench, shouting to the crowd: “What’s the matter...

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...I that he suffered the laws to be en- forced against a person taken in the act of breaking them. When he lost his hazardous game, Dr. Cameron only pai... ...heless, we must each per- form our separate destinies. I am doomed to see, act, and tell; thou, like a Dutchman enclosed in the same diligence with a ... ...myn in the Church of the Dominicans at this place, and becoming a king and patriot because he had been a church-breaker and a murderer. The present Du... ...road this morning. Has the spirit moved thee and thy righteous brethren to act with some honesty, and pull down yonder tide-nets that keep the fish fr... ...rust to obtain their protection, that our principles permit us not, by any act of violent resistance, to protect ourselves.’ ‘ All villainous cant and... ...e of Annan, when he was sud- denly surprised by a chosen band of insurgent patriots. Their chiefs were, Douglas, Randolph, the young Earl of Moray, an... ...consolation to him in vain. Douglas, who came to visit in his affliction a patriot of such distinguished zeal, was more successful in rousing his atte... ...it was then foretold to the Redgauntlet, that on account of his un- shaken patriotism his family should continue to be powerful amid the changes of fu... ... our own Scottish manufactures, and pick their customers pockets in a more patriotic manner?’ ‘Then the ladies must have fashions,’ said Fairford. ‘Ca...

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... round. ‘Me!’ cried the huntsman. ‘I would see him hanged! I’m a Grunewald patriot – enrolled, and have my medal, too; and I would help a prince! I’m ... ...f it there. That was a true word spoken. And I see you are like me, a good patriot and an enemy to princes.’ Otto was somewhat abashed at this deducti... ...ed animation; ‘but for all the rest, you speak the God’s truth like a good patriot. As for the Prince, if he would take and strangle his wife, I would... ... below ground, and he fears all open courses; and now that I have seen you act with so much spirit, I will cheerfully risk myself on your protection. ... ...scribble and des- patch under the very guns of Otto; and the daring of the act bore testimony to the terror of the actor. For Greisengesang had but on... ...or, first, he had still an infinity of business to transact; and to trans- act business, for a man of Otto’s neglectful and procrasti- nating habits, ... ...hole irregular establish- ment in life by complicity in this dishonourable act. It was uglier than a seduction. Otto had to walk very briskly and whis... ...ied. ‘The money is mine, honestly my own – now yours. This was an unworthy act that you proposed. But I love your honour, and I swore to myself that I...

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...d for from one whose unwonted self-respect in the hour of need, and in the act of being aided, might have appeared to some not wholly unlike pride out... ...ting.” “Not much better than any other man acts.” “How? Does all the world act? Am I, for instance, an ac- tor? Is my reverend friend here, too, a per... ...d here, too, a performer?” “Yes, don’t you both perform acts? To do, is to act; so all doers are actors.” “You trifle. I ask again, if a white, how co... ... to you, is it reasonable to suppose that a man with brains, sufficient to act such a part as you say, would take all that trouble, and run all that h... ...t societies as there were, here and there isolated in the land, should not act in concert by com- ing together, in the way that already in each societ... ...litical meeting in the Park—for you must know, I was in those days a great patriot. As bad luck would have it, there was trouble near, between a gentl... ...flected upon the government under which you live and suffer. Where is your patriotism? Where your gratitude? T rue, the charitable may find something ... ...hould say he belonged, if anything, to the free-school system. Yes, a true patriot, the judge went in strong for free-schools.” “In philosophy? The ma... ... philosophy? The man of a certain mind, then, while respecting the judge’s patriotism, and not blind to the judge’s capacity for narrative, such as he...

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...—all the delights of life, I say,—would go to the deuce, if people did but act upon their silly principles and avoid those whom they dislike and abuse... ... bawls out, “First two syllables”—and Mrs. Rawdon Crawley, who is going to act in the charade, comes forward and compliments Mrs. Winkworth on the adm... ...sh King in The Magic Flute. “Last two syllables,” roars the head. The last act opens. It is a Grecian tent this time. A tall and 15 Thackeray stalwar... ...d when he heard that she was half a Frenchwoman by birth. “None but a com- patriot,” his Excellency declared, “could have performed that majestic danc... ...r was monstrously indecorous, reprobated in strong terms the habit of play-act- ing and fancy dressing as highly unbecoming a British female, and afte... ...e lat- ter knew perfectly well on what duty of friendship he was called to act, and indeed had conducted scores of affairs for his ac- quaintances wit... ...ety one of its most brilliant ornaments, and En- gland one of her loftiest patriots and statesmen,” &c., &c. His will was a good deal disputed, and an...

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...ish, he thoroughly felt his legs and could walk unaided. And he was in the act of doing it, questioning his familiar behind the waistcoat amazedly, to... ...o be Hebraized in their different ways), fastened on the most mercurial of patriotic men, and gave him a whole-length plunge into despondency. It last... ...e Impossible was wings to imagination, and heroic sculp- ture the simplest act of the chisel. It does not advance, ’tis true; it drives the whirligig ... ...use him; and so quick was he, through this fine animation, to feel, think, act, that the three successive tributaries of conduct appeared as an irrefl... ...Read the history of the error. But presently we shall teach the Puritan to act by the standards of his religion. All is coming right—must come right. ... ... Durance allured them to the quag’s edge and plunged them in it, to writhe patriotically; and although it may be said, that they felt their situation ... ...ividual, he was a dread reality; more important to Skepsey in the light of patriot: and only in that light was he permitted of a scrupulous conscience... ... training. Women under compul- sion, as vessels: men in their magnanimity, patriotically, vol- untarily. Miss Graves must have had an intimation for h... ...ed picked soldiery, in- 88 One of Our Conquerors ferior in numbers to the patriotic levies, but sharp at the edge and knowing how to strike. Measure ...

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...ad come to the final resting-place of a great and good man,—of a man whose patriotism was, I believe, an honest feeling, untinged by any personal am- ... ...served in this hall at the Capitol. It is strange that even self-laudatory patriotism should desire the perpetuation of such rub- bish. When I was the... ...e and must be elected, it is impossible to deny them praise for intellect, patriotism, good sense, and diligence. They began but sixty years ago, and ... ...e that Congress on the whole has been conducted with prudence, wisdom, and patriotism. The question now to be asked is this— Have the powers of Congre... ...s of del- egates or ambassadors, two or three from each State, who were to act in accordance with the policy of their own individual States. It is wel... ...ate, was tried, and was found to fail. South Carolina took upon herself to act as she might have acted had that confederation remained in force; but t... ...ion ordinance of South Carolina should have been ac- cepted as a political act by the Government of the United States. It seems to me that no governme... ...United States. It seems to me that no government can in this way accept an act of rebellion without declaring its own functions to be beyond its own p... ...the pay offered. It is not often that men are able to devote themselves to patriotism without any reference to their personal circumstances. A man has...

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...ck with admiration for the nobleness and with love for the goodness of the act; and Aegeus, after prayers and entreaties, finding him inflexible and n... ...derstanding amongst them, whose name was Roma, burnt the ships. With which act the men at first were angry, but afterwards, of ne- cessity, seating th... ...owing in them a courage altogether undaunted. But Romulus seemed rather to act by counsel, and to show the sagacity of a statesman, and in all his dea... ...er hopes of her children. As men generally do who are troubled in mind and act either in fear or passion, it so fell out Amulius now did; for he sent ... ...equitable requests, that he would return their young women and recall that act of violence, and afterwards, by persuasion and lawful means, seek frien... ...ublic thieves in a variety of malpractices, I am considered an ad- mirable patriot. I am more ashamed, therefore, of this present 534 V olume One hon... ...er and violent attacks, which it would be hard to say were either right or patriotic. Afterwards, however, at a public spectacle in the theater, at wh... ...e moderately and unambitiously at first, and giv- ing good hopes of a true patriot, firm to the interests both of the nobility and commonalty, being, ...

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...ry to sustain his character. Invernahyle was afterwards pardoned under the Act of Indemnity. The Author knew him well, and has often heard these cir- ... ... the pocket of his night-gown. But there 31 Sir Walter Scott was no overt act which an attainder could be founded on; and government, contented with ... ...f money out of his native country into the hands of the false English. But patriotism as it is the fairest, so it is often the most suspicious mask of... ..., and dinmonts, and stots, and runts, and kyloes, and a proposed turnpike- act; while Balmawhapple, in notes exalted above both, ex- tolled his horse,... ...sconce himself under the table; he himself alleged that he stumbled in the act of lifting a joint-stool, to prevent mischief, by knocking down Balmawh... ...s have shrouded them under the opinions which she had been taught to think patriotism. Such instances of devo- tion were not uncommon among the follow... ... boughs Brave summer’s drought and winter’s gloom! Rome bound with oak her patriots’ brows, As Albyn shadows Wogan’s tomb. Whatever might be the real ... ... education and early prejudice have gilded with 212 Waverley the names of patriotism and heroism;—Justice, when she se- lects her victims from such a... ...ack for French prisoners. May repose and blessings attend the ashes of the patriotic statesman, who, amongst his last services to Scot- land, interpos...