...udes, devised by Ferdinand de Gramont, gentleman,” is a complete manual of French Heraldry, in which noth- ing is forgotten, not even the arms of the ... ...od one of the most ter- 5 Balzac rible sieges of our religious wars, when French Calvinists far outdid the ferocious Cameronians of Walter Scott’s ta... ...nymous fame. Though a mixture of verse and prose is a monstrous anomaly in French literature, there must be exceptions to the rule. This tale will be ... ... in soci- ety. Though the sound common sense which lies at the root of the French nature was not perverted, women were suf- 36 The Muse of the Depart... ...time, would certainly have been hooted. The provin- cial public—like every French public, perhaps—does not share the love of the King of the French fo... ...ds of the sergeants of La Rochelle; who, at this day, are guillotining the republicans who take up arms against the throne as established by the revol...

... the delicate cauliflower; egg plants, beets, lettuce, parsnips, peas, and French beans, early and late; rad- ishes, cantelopes, melons of all kinds; ... ...I went next in pursuit of a job at calking. It so happened that Mr. Rodney French, late mayor of the city of New Bedford, had a ship fitting out for s... ...ded and patronized my anti-slavery meetings, were, in truth, about as good republicans as the mass of Ameri- cans, and with this decided advantage ove... ...lared it. Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery? Is that a question for republicans? Is it to be settled by the rules of logic and argumentation, a...

...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...

... 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...

...ed unmoved and imperial with an air-pump thrust into one eye. Portraits of French sheriffs and Dutch burgomasters, phlegmatic now as when in life, loo... ...ineteenth century; the time and place made sorcery impossible. The idol of French scepticism had died in the house just opposite, the disciple of Gay-... ...t me, without making you blush for it, and without giving you so much as a French centime, a para from the Levant, a German heller, a Russian kopeck, ... ...nk or two in the government booth, to doctor doctrinaires, and warm up old Republicans, to touch up the Bonapartists a bit, and revictual the Centre; ... ...eathed several amounts to public 149 Balzac institutions in his will, the French Government sent in a claim for the remainder to the East India Compa... ..., everything lies under his feet. From this time forth the axiom that ‘all Frenchmen are alike in the eyes of the law,’ is for him a fib at the head o...