...roof of my rashness. What I care to remember best is the testimony of some French readers who volunteered the opinion that in those hundred pages or s... ...trick of smoothing his long white beard whenever he was short of a word in French or En- glish imparted an air of leisurely dignity to the tone of his... ...Liberator,” he declared. “My incomparable mother, God rest her soul, was a French-woman, the daughter of an ardent republi- can. As a boy I fought for... ... “‘I do not know, señora,’ I said. ‘They will treat you well, no doubt. We republicans are not savages and take no vengeance on women.’ “She gave me a... ... savages and take no vengeance on women.’ “She gave me a look at the word ‘republicans’ which I imagined full of undying hate. But an hour or so after... ...m, and go to sleep with the necessity of the chambardement général, as the French slang has it, of the general blow-up, always present to his mind? An... ...ment. It is sufficient, for instance, to point out the attitude of the old French aristocracy towards the philosophers whose words were preparing the ...

...ially if it is a question essentially mechanical—is shown by the work of a Frenchman all too neglected by the trumpet of fame—Clement Ader. M. Ader wa... ...g of a renewal of the struggle, it becomes impossible for the British, the French, the Belgians, Russians, Italians or Japanese to think any longer of... ...s gifted Pole made his forecast of the future. Perhaps it is more, for the French translation of his book was certainly in exist- ence before the Boer... ... thought out the Bloch problem. There was also a translation of Bloch into French. In En- glish a portion of his book was translated for the general r... ...orthless and impracticable. But it is manifest now that if the Belgian and French fron- tiers had been properly prepared—as they should have been prep... ... is nothing to reciprocate the sympathy and pride that En- glish and Irish republicans and radicals feel for the States. Few Americans realise that th... ...or the States. Few Americans realise that there are such beings as English republicans. What has linked Americans with the British hitherto has been v... ... casting off of a Germanic monarchy; it is its cardinal idea. These sturdy Republicans did not fling out the Hanoverians and their Hessian troops to p...

... which is called Britain, we bring this tin and lead,’ tempted some of the French and Belgians to come over also. These people settled themselves on t... ...of ours, with eighty vessels and twelve thousand men. And he came from the French coast between Calais and Boulogne, ‘because thence was the shortest ... ...om, I dare say, he made the same complaint as Napoleon Bonaparte the great French General did, eigh teen hundred years afterwards, when he said they ... ...s head to England. What Harold was doing at sea, when he was driven on the French coast by a tempest, is not at all certain; nor does it at all matter... ...ation. One of the bishops who performed the ceremony asked the Normans, in French, if they would have Duke William for their king? They answered Yes. ... ...sts (who called themselves Fifth Monarchy Men), and among the disappointed Republicans. He had a diffi cult game to play, for the Royalists were alwa... ...ut not until there had been very serious plots between the Royal ists and Republicans, and an actual rising of them in England, when they burst into ...

... Everard, and his uncle’s friend Stukely Culbrett, expounded the nature of Frenchmen to him, saying that they were un- easy when not periodically thra... ...of our exhi- bition of ourselves in Europe. It looked as if the blustering French Guard were to have it all their own way. And what 9 George Meredith... ...fi- culties to be overcome. As regards his qualifications for ad- dressing Frenchmen, a year of his prae-neptunal time had been spent in their capital... ...nal time had been spent in their capital city for the purpose of acquiring French of Paris, its latest refinements of pronunciation and polish, and th... ...ts of pronunciation and polish, and the art of conversing. He had read the French tragic poets and Moliere; he could even relish the Gallic- classic—’... ... during the interregnum. Nursery Legitimists will be against him to a man; Republicans likewise, after a queer sniff at his preten- sions, it is to be... ...instantly as a situation plucked out of human nature. She compared them to republicans that regretted the sovereign they had deposed for a pretender t... ...o submit to the outward forms of respect, but we are frankly to say we are Republicans; he has the impudence to swear that England is 255 George Mere... ...bove her rank. He may be a bit of a Republican: but really in this country Republicans are fighting with the shadow of an old hat and a cockhorse. I b...

...s corroborated by a despatch from General King at Fredericksburg, saying a Frenchman, just arrived from Richmond by way of Gordonsville, met 10,000 to... ...ts from Rich- mond to Jackson could be in Gordonsville, as reported by the Frenchman and your deserters. Have not all been sent to de- ceive? A. LINCO... ...I under- stand you now to be willing to accept the help of men who are not Republicans, provided they have “heart in it.” Agreed. I want no others. Bu... ... ol Six reject all I should be advised to reject, I should have none left, Republicans or others not even yourself. For be assured, my dear sir, there... ...ng their faith with their blood, Baker and Lyon and Bohien and Richardson, Republicans, did all that men could do; but did they any more than Kearny a... ...any more than Kearny and Stevens and Reno and Mansfield, none of whom were Republicans, and some at least of whom have been bitterly and repeatedly de... ...he coast of Cuba between the United States war steamer San Jacinto and the French brig Jules et Marie, resulting in serious damage to the latter. The ... ...in this, the subject was referred to a commission of the United States and French naval officers at New Y ork, with a naval officer of Italy as an arb... ...INCOLN. 338 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six TELEGRAM TO GENERAL FRENCH. [Cipher] W AR DEPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, D. C., July 5, 1863. MAJOR-G...

...ners might truly say of us. I 7 Trollope shall never forget the look of a Frenchman whom I found on a wet afternoon in the best inn of a provincial t... ...ed private sitting-room. No eloquence of mine could make intelligible to a Frenchman or an American the utter deso- lation of such an apartment. The w... ...he utter deso- lation of such an apartment. The world as then seen by that Frenchman offered him solace of no description. The air without was heavy, ... ...any sideboard orna- mented with inverted glasses and old cruet-stands. The Frenchman had come to the house for shelter and food, and had been asked wh... ... habits of the Americans can tell more against them than the story of that Frenchman’s fate tells against those of our country. From which remarks I w... ... by the general tenor of my book. The American and the Englishman are both republicans. The governments of the States and of England are probably the ... ... very many such Americans. 230 North America V ol. 1 They call themselves republicans, and sneer at the idea of a limited monarchy, but they declare ... ...d as a minister, even by one of his own party. The Radical or Abolitionist Republicans all abused him. The Conservative or Anti-abolition Republicans,... ...nd other godly Protestants, they will submit to religious teaching, but as republicans they will have no priestcraft. The French at their revolution h...

... the idea of imperialism, not German imperial- ism merely, but British and French and Russian imperial- ism, and we were saying this not because it wa... ...utler. Mater’s “Société des Nations” (Didier) is an able presentation of a French point of view. Brailsford’s “A League of Nations” is already a class... ...sts hate this pro- cess. So do a lot of ours. So do some of the diplomatic French- men. The German junkers are dodging and lying, they are fighting de... ...ved by the British Foreign Office and of somebody or other approved by the French Foreign Office, of somebody with vague pow- ers from America, and so... ...idea. They are morally pledged to it. President Wilson and our British and French spokesmen alike have said over and over again that they want to deal... ...presented as pursuing a Machiavellian policy towards the unfortunate Greek republicans, with her eyes on the Greek islands and Greece in Asia. Is it n... ...statesman V enizelos, the 59 H.G. Wells sacrificing of the friendly Greek republicans in favour of the manifestly treacherous King of Greece, has pro...

...ble— to sound his praises in his own land. Let us suppose that a courteous Frenchman ventures an opinion among En- glishmen that Wellington was a grea... ...own-trodden country of slaves and pau- pers.” Under such circumstances the Frenchman would probably be shut up. And when I strove to speak of Wash- in... ...f the States had, in the first instance, been thought desirable. The young republicans hankered after the separate power and separate name which each ... ...must probably be given mainly to Madison and Hamilton, Madison finding the French democratic element, and Hamilton the English conserva- tive element—... ...ordinary honesty. It is not by foreign voices, by English newspapers or in French pamphlets, that the corruption of American politicians has been expo... ... may be that our own soldiers were as badly treated in the Crimea; or that French soldiers were treated worse in their march into Russia. It may be th... ...ch through various denominations have sprung those who now call themselves Republicans, was Alexander Hamilton. I be- lieve I may say that all the pol... ...have a close and warm sympathy with those Transatlantic anti-monar- chical republicans who are endeavoring to prove to the world that they have at len... ...ment. Mr. Lincoln was then proclaimed as the Republican candidate, and all Republicans were held as bound to support him. When the time came for the c...

... in jelly, and suck with placidity, in the intervals of a curt exchange of French with the wife of the Hon. Melville, a ringleted English lady, or of ... ...- cately perceptible to the Comte, and not a soul saw it but that wretched Frenchman! He came to me: “Madame,” he said, “is a question permitted?” I r... .... The gift would be base that you did not embellish.” He lifted his hands, French- fashion: “Madame, it is that I have received the gift.”—”In- deed! ... ...t.” He should have stopped there; but you cannot have the last word with a Frenchman—not even a woman. Fortunately the Queen just then made her entry ... ...e waiter carelessly for some light supper dish, he sug- gested the various French, with ‘not that?’ and the affable naming of another. ‘Nor that? Dear... ... who gave the supper—he’s evidently one of your beastly rich old ruffianly republicans—spent part of his time in America, I dare say. Put two and two ...

...s, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners—five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation’s ... ...flect calls for even stronger regulation. In 1983,Attorney General William French Smith revised the Levi guidelines to encourage closer investigation ... ...who fakes a war to distract public attention from a domestic scandal. Some Republicans in Congress raised questions about the timing of the strikes. B... ... more proposed operations for al Qaeda.The October 6, 2002, bombing of the French tanker Limburg in the Gulf of Aden also was Nashiri’s handiwork.Alth... ...se, this involved flying from France to Montreal using a photo-substituted French passport under a false name. Under questioning, Ressam admit- ted th... ...urther training that he could use to carry out a potential attack. 92 As a French national who had overstayed his visa, Moussaoui could be detained im... ...t the case. 96 The FBI legal attaché’s office in Paris first contacted the French government on August 16 or 17, shortly after speaking to the Minneap...

...w from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to present this report without dissent....