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...as accus- tomed, was, that he watched, with folded arms, remark- able indifference, and supreme apathy, the joys and ennuis of this fete. Above all, h... ...self, scarcely able to suppress his laughter, had given an example of moderation. But with the denouement of the scene he threw off all restraint, and... ...s himself revenues with his money, which he does not even touch. Here are three hundred and seventy-five livres which fall to me from heaven. I will g... ...kfasted between the Je- suit and Aramis, having the Dominican in front of him, and smiling particularly at the Dominican, whose jolly, fat face please... ...thos; how you gainsay your ori- gin and the destiny of your noble nature. Men of your stamp are created to continue, to the very last moment, in full ... ... your frankness, your 688 Ten Years Later – V ol. 1 cool courage and your sound information, are the very man kings need to warn and direct them. Rem... ...ard progress, fearful to disgust the monarch whom such a dull star had formerly displeased. Let us see what was taking place during this memorable eve...

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...e general effect of his lines, which recalled those by which the genius of Spanish painters de- lights to represent the great monastic meditators, and... ...same,” cried the procureur-general. “A stoic after the manner of the Porch philosophers,” said the tutor. They walked in silence the whole length of t...

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...the devil; a few found resources in science and letters; one or two turned philosophers in a small way, peeped into micro- scopes, and became familiar... ...t of whom are accustomed to consider themselves as being, according to the Spanish phrase, “as good gentlemen as the king, only not quite so rich.” To...

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...le visited, except by Cap- tain Cook, their first discoverer, and isolated Spanish explor- ing expeditions; but of late whalers and sandal wood trader... ...four ships. But the Bauro people were spared that grievous misfortune of a Spanish settlement; Mendana missed his way, blundered into the Marquesas fi... ...e other, and at last, the chief Malope himself fell into the hands of some Spanish soldiers, who murdered him. Mendana punished them with death; but h... ...er of all. ‘Viewed indeed from that position which was occupied by ancient philosophers, the existing contrarieties between na- tions might well appea... ...t out of the bush, and fell about ten yards short. It was curious that the Spanish discoverers had precisely the same experi- ence. It was supposed to... ...done little more than read Stanley’s “Sinai and Pal- estine,” and Helps’s “Spanish America,” two excellent books and most delightful to me. The charac...

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...k, peculiarly Gogolian, peculiarly Russian, and distinct from its author’s Spanish and English masters. Still more profound are the contradictions to ... ... of my readers are familiar with the oft- repeated story of the passage of Spanish sheep across the frontier in double fleeces which carried between t... ...n had become mixed up in a very absurd affair. That is to say, a couple of philosophers belonging to a regiment of hussars had, together with an aesth...

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...ts he presently satisfied me. As to the first, it seems he had plundered a Spanish officer of fifteen pistoles; and as to the second, he confessed he ... ...treated as the Romans treated their Aretalogi,[Footnote: A set of beggarly philosophers who diverted great men at their table with burlesque discourse... ...t, great satisfaction; for I may at least, with the modesty of the ancient philosophers, call myself a lover of generosity, but when I became acquaint... ...punishments than on that native beauty of virtue which some of the antient philosophers thought proper to recom- mend to their disciples. But we will ...

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...g back and resting her elbow on it negligently, fanned herself with a rich Spanish fan of black and gold. The attendant gondola, having skimmed forwar... ...my love, she may find people who can match her.’ A significant turn of the Spanish fan towards Fanny’s bo- som, indicated with great expression where ... ...it.’ In the triumphant exaltation of her feelings, Miss Fanny, us- ing her Spanish fan with one hand, squeezed her sister’s waist with the other, as i... ...t, the land of a host of past and present abstract philoso- phers, natural philosophers, and subduers of Nature and Art in their myriad forms, called ...

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...intellect, without action upon the chastity of the body, would have amazed philosophers and observers, had any one in Nantes even suspected the powers... ...singing with a Brabancon seigneur, while a Negro beside them poured golden Spanish wine into a goblet, and the old housekeeper in the background arran...

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...nds foolish to say,” said Newman. “Hang it, no man is rich!” “I have heard philosophers affirm,” laughed M. de Bellegarde, “that no man was poor; but ... ...f amiably saturnine cast; he had a very large thin nose, and looked like a Spanish picture. He appeared to think dueling a very per- fect arrangement,...

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...s not reinstated in the Commissariat till 1823, when he was needed for the Spanish war. In 1830 he took office as the fourth wheel of the coach, at th... ...sin Betty There are some of every sort, rich and poor, envious and envied, philosophers and dreamers, all grouped like the plants in a flower-bed roun...

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...g Poland, the daring pamphleteers, the scrutinizers of the civil test, the philosophers who demand sincerity in the working of our institutions, if th... ...onate emo- tions except those of the family. With a beauty that was partly Spanish, she had eyes which her friend Louise de Chaulieu declared could ri...

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...sow, and mentioned how much pain and vexation it had given her. Like other philosophers, she remarked that the world grew worse daily; and, like other... ...ol? Do not Christians and Hea- thens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences?” “Communis error—it ... ...y own window that I might hear something more than the mere murmur of this Spanish rendezvous, but, though I used every precaution, the noise alarmed ...

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...use. Their own high food would kill them. You shall find great poets, rare philosophers, night after night on the broad grin before a row of yellow li... ...s our history, as Benson would have written it, and a great many poets and philosophers have written it. Yet it was but the plucking of the Autumn pri... ...made of: such are young gentlemen made of!” After this trifling she sang a Spanish ballad sweetly. He was in the mood when imagination intensely vivif...

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...is mother’s door (at a quarter to seven) with a good deal of eagerness. Even philosophers have their preferences, and it must be admitted that of his ... ... and innocent voice. He had some charming rooms in Paris, decorated with old Spanish altar lace, the envy of his female friends, who declared that his... ...hat’s the positive side? What’s the virtuous? What have you got besides your Spanish lace and your Dresden teacups?” “I’ve a comfortable little fortun...

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...ans, the young and rich Charles de Gondreville, who afterwards died in the Spanish campaign. By that time Flavie had had a second son, whom she hencef... ...g power; it produces its immedi- ate effect, and that is all. But how many philosophers are there in life who are able to distinguish the difference? ... ...cried Zelie, making her glass ring by the way in which she sucked down the Spanish liquid. “What fortunes we could get!” Zelie had now reached her hig...

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... mother’s door (at a quarter to seven) with a good deal of eagerness. Even philosophers have their preferences, and it must be admitted that of his pr... ...nno- cent voice. He had some charming rooms in Paris, deco- rated with old Spanish altar-lace, the envy of his female friends, who declared that his c... ...t’s the positive side? What’s the virtuous? What have you got besides your Spanish 376 The Portrait of a Lady lace and your Dresden teacups?” “I’ve a...

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...e world, or even to be aware of their existence, when his whole soul is in Spanish bonds. They wanted to make a banker of me, but I found that it woul... ...t would kill me.’ ‘It would kill me, I think if I had to confine myself to Spanish bonds.’ ‘You know what I mean. You at any rate understand me, thoug... ...,—or perhaps an Irishman. We have learned the lesson from the divines, the philosophers, and the poets. Post equitem sedes atra cura. Thus was Ferdina... ...nk of it?’ he said, taking both her hands in his. ‘Think of what?’ ‘Of our Spanish venture.’ ‘Have you given up Bios, my friend?’ ‘No; certainly not,’...

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...igrated to Spain in the previous generation, and there intermarried with a Spanish lady, by whom he had issue, one olive-complexioned son. This probab... ...nds to this day. Surely there can be no reasonable doubt that this was the Spanish lady, the mother of Chuzzlewit Fawkes. But there is one other piece... ...the darkest nights have a watchful consciousness of French polish; the old Spanish mahogany winked at it now and then, as a dozing cat or dog might, n... ...gan. They sang in all languages—except their own. German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swiss; but nothing native; nothing so low as native. F... ...ed him that domestic drudg- ery was far beneath the exalted range of these Philosophers, and that the chances were a hundred to one that not one of th... ...you was under Betsey Prig you’d have it, too, I do assure you, Mr Chuffey. Spanish Flies is the only thing to draw this nonsense out of you; and if an...

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...pedlars, who brought bargains to the door on sunny after- noons. Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is ... ...Felix Holt the Radical 1866 Novel How Lisa Loved the King 1867 Poems The Spanish Gypsy 1868 Poem Middlemarch 1872 Novel The Legend of Jubal 1874 ...

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...eir united consequence and grandeur would be triumphantly re- alized. Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and ... ..., a beautiful little curly secondhand key-bugle, a chess- board and men, a Spanish Grammar, a set of sketching mate- rials, and a pair of boxing-glove...