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...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham ...

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...t novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first t... ...s no wonder Alcaeus calls him a “stick of driftwood.” He has an abandoned air that begs to be found and picked SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 19 up. “The ... ...umption of our love...and, as I leaned against a hillside olive, the salt air fresh about me, I accepted defeat, aware that my loneliness would appe... ...itation. I lit after her, snatching for her long hair. Arms around her, I forced her to tow me toward shore, making myself as heavy as possible. As... ...in? Something about the late afternoon—its hammered out sun, its tempered air, its windlessness, its smell of spring—seemed unreal even as it happene... ...e painting seems to grow more imaginative. Our ceramics are becoming more forceful. I thought of these things as I looked at the sun symbol, done in... ... a trial before priests, elders, scribes, in a marble-floored room, Roman insignia on the wall, the room icy, VOICES FROM THE PAST 204 airles...

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...proposed unto my selfe no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineam...

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...ter our Death XIX. That to Philosophise is to learn how to die XX. On the force of Imagination XXI. The profit of one man is the dammage of another X... ...ot seeke-for-further. Yet did your honoured name r'ally to my succour the forces of two deare friends, both devoted to your service, both obliged to... ...adowed in leaves, may be the witnesses Rather of our defects, then of our force. And this proud frame of our presumption, This Babel of our skill, ... ...a tortoise shell, which fell out of the tallants of a eagle flying in the air? and another choaked with the kernel of a grape? And an Emperour die b... ...ring. To Hyppocrates, a spirit dispersed thorow the body; to Varro, an air received in at the mouth, heated in the lungs, tempered in the heart, ... ...ine? ------ faciasne quod olim Nutatus Polemon, ponas insignia morbi Fasciolas, cubital, focalia? Potus ut ille Dicitur ex coll... ...pon, the authoritie he attained unto in his infancie amongst the greatest commanders and most experienced captaines in the world, by whom he was fol... ... appointment of Nero to be put to death by the hands of Niger, both chiefe commanders in war: when he was brought unto the place where the execution ... ...s shew us. As for us, we are led-on by our owne discretion and not by the commanders; each man followeth his owne humour, and hath more to doe withi...

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...pointed to the command of an expedition against Mexico -- How he recruited his force -- In the idol temples of Yucatan -- A battle with the natives --... ... on the lake -- A demonstration towards destroying the sacrificial altars -- A force sent against Cortez by the Spanish sovereign -- A forced march of... ... sovereign -- A forced march of brave fellows -- Cortez falls upon the Spanish force in the midst of a storm -- He compels Narvaez to acknowledge subm... ... -- A glorious day in Seville -- A procession of notables -- Appearance of the commanders -- A sight of bewildering splendor -- The departure from Sev... ...ly common in the Middle Ages, and their influence upon early voyagers, whether commanders or common sailors, render a chapter on sea superstitions not... ...ver sleeping, and for food requiring only a mouthful of sea water, a breath of air laden with the smell of salty spray. It brings him wealth, good for... ...ts of positions and with all kinds of distortion. Sometimes the ship is in the air; sometimes a double reflection is presented in the water; occasiona... ...lly there are three images of the same vessel, two in the water and one in the air. The tropical seas are full of optical wonders. The Arctic Region a... ...with a great fleet of ships to conquer the people; but arriving there, the two commanders fell out after capturing one city, so that their enterprise ...

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...mies in North Bulgaria and by Bosnian Moslems, who fled the pincer movement of the forces of Austro-Hungary, they embarked on the faithful recreati... ...ected to by the Big Powers. Misirkov believed in culture as an identity preserving force. And the purveyors and conveyors of culture were the teach... ... bloodied geopolitical sandbox known as the Balkans, an international peacekeeping force intervened. Yet it was - again, habitually - too late, too... ...ypes - were removed, died in battle, or left this mutation of their dream. The IMRO insignia - skull and crossbones - linked it firmly to the Italia... ... triumphs against the Turkish army (reversing a trend three centuries old) lent an air of inevitable invincibility and divine justice to the whole ... ...-July US-NATO planners had completed contingency plans for intervention, including air strikes and the deployment of ground troops. All that was mi... ...ate the parts of the province controlled by it. In September 1998, NATO threatened air strikes against Serbia, following reports of a massacre of w... ...gn forces and has its own customs, currency, bank licensing, entry visas and other insignia of sovereignty (shortly, even an internet domain, KO). ...

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...n. You cannot have something unless it’s opposite exists to balance it. All forces, all things in the Universe must balance. The Condition of com... ... something had to be there to make it split. That something was the Primeval Force called: Impetus. Impetus is the Basic Force that pushes things ... ... the Basic Force that pushes things around in our Universe. It was the Basic Force that caused the Explosion of the Big Bang to happen. Science ... ... in the atmosphere there is almost nothing else except the Formless Medium of air. Is a fish aware that it is traveling through the Medium of water ... ...ravels? No. Are animals aware that they are traveling through the medium of Air as they travel? No. They take the Medium they travel through for... ...Medium of Space for granted once it found that there was something beyond the air called Space which they could travel through. What happens when y... ...made to look as if they were made of solid gold and look like the oldest gold insignia of the oldest civilizations that first used gold as an abstrac...

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...e, and Peter’s weakness from overuse of the Power, works against them. Regan forces her will on Zara, the golden dragon. A harrowing and painful ride ... ... toward the cave’s opening. Thomas smiled, saying nothing. Snarls filled the air, followed by a high-pitched squeal. Then the fairie prince erupted fr... ...face. The flame spread until green fire filled, then danced suspended on the air inside the brazier. Next to the brazier sat a small, squat bowl, its... ...eased her hand. She did not drop her arm, but held it before her until Talix forced it to her side. Dirkk inserted the dagger up to its hilt in the bl... ...ished shriek. A popping, like whole eggs left too long on the fire, made the air vibrate. “What is happening?” Talix cried. “Watch,” Dirkk ordered. Th... ... but not now. More strands separated and wove upward toward her arm. No. She forced them back down. Only one. The baby kicked in Regan’s womb, and the... ...ts, to be honored with the scarlet tabard bearing the silver rearing unicorn insignia. One such cov- eted tabard hung in the wardrobe of his chambers....

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... which shook the first fifteen years of the nineteenth century spent their force before they reached those cliffs at so short a distance from the coas... ... away in the 4 The Duchesse de Langeais loneliest valleys, hanging in mid-air on the steepest mountainsides, set down on the brink of precipices, in ... ...ts galleries and terraces whither the townsfolk come 5 Balzac to take the air among their flowers of an evening, above the houses and the tops of the... ...he metropolitan or the Pope would scarcely have permit- ted it! And as for force or strategem—might not any indis- cretion cost him his position, his ... ... a certainty with the vague reminiscence of a sad, deli- cious melody, the air of Fleuve du T age. The woman he loved had played the prelude to the ba... ...t saying, “Peace in the Lord,” enters the least religious soul as a living force. The monk’s life is scarcely comprehensible. A man seems confessed a ... ...oposition which called it into existence. And instead of flinging away the insignia which offended the people, and quietly grasping the power, it allo...

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...ered to remain in possession of the credit, and we cannot help feeling the force of the following observations— “There are several incidental circumst... ...dontiadæ, the chieftain of Thessaly, from his valour and the number of his forces, may have been the most im- portant ally of the Peloponnesian sovere... ...e pre-eminent value of the ancient poetry on the T rojan war may thus have forced the national feeling of the Athenians to yield to their taste. The s... ... In like manner it may be remarked of Statius’s he- 39 Pope roes, that an air of impetuosity runs through them all; the same horrid and savage courag... ...well as a bold and sordid one; which differ as much from each other as the air of a plain man from that of a sloven: it is one thing to be 49 Pope tr... ...nner consigned to mystery and religion. For a further preservation of this air of simplicity, a par- ticular care should be taken to express with all ... ... opposing champions from a high tower, while the pædagogus describes their insignia and details their histories. 73 No wonder, &c. Zeuxis, the celebra...

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...ir houses on terraces around its ampitheatre of hills, and breathe the sea air laden with the fragrance of their splendid gardens. Here these bold spe... ...nflexible line of the fortifications, and the enlargement of the docks has forced upon them. The result is, weariness of heart in Havre, cheerfulness ... ...vre, cheerfulness and joy at Ingouville. The law of social development has forced up the suburb of Graville like a mushroom. It is to-day more extensi... ...ll shed- ding its last gleams; there was not a cloud in the sky; the balmy air caressed the earth, the flowers gave forth their fra- grance, the steps... ...ertheless, remorse had set its fangs too sharply in Bettina’s heart not to force her to warn her sister. In the midst of her own confessions she had p... ...n imagine the impatience in which Modeste lived for the next few days. The air was full of tongues of fire. The trees were like a plum- age. She was n... ... was told to wait offered, as a topic 119 Balzac for his meditations, the insignia of the Legion of honor glit- tering on a black coat which the vale...

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...liked for his unpretentious good looks and a sort of genial happy-go-lucky air. No merrier man in his mess: in marked contrast to certain other in- di... ... were of no common natural stamp, sailors more signally susceptive of that air which continuous martial discipline and repeated presence in battle can... ...ns for it—buoying the deadly way and mapping it out, as at Copenhagen— few commanders have been so painstakingly circumspect as this same reckless dec... ...t in- deed to terrorize the crew into base subjection, but to win them, by force of his mere presence, back to an alle- giance if not as enthusiastic ... ...g this gentleman, not conspicuous by his stature and wearing no pronounced insignia, emerg- ing from his cabin to the open deck, and noting the si- le... ... The isolated leisure, in some cases so wearisome, falling at intervals to commanders even during a war- cruise, never was tedious to Captain Vere. Wi... ... with that exclamation, which, whether it had reference to a light puff of air just then coming over the calm sea, or subtler relation to the aftergua... ...that state it aright? You sign sad assent. Well, I too feel that, the full force of that. It is Nature. But do these buttons that we wear attest that ... ...ves—War. In His Majesty’s service—in this ship indeed—there are Englishmen forced to fight for the King against their will. Against their conscience, ...

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... in May. On his arrival in France his restless and wandering dispo- sition forced him continually to change his residence, and acquired for him the ti... ...s immovable, and resolutely determined to suffer death rather than submit. Force, at length, was obliged to yield to the diabolical infatuation of a c... ...ef to breathe out our indigination, we sat up in the bed, and with all our force, repeated a hundred times, Carnifex! Carnifex! Carnifex! ex- ecutione... ...whim- sical contrast. This meagre figure, small, sallow countenance, heavy air, and supine gait, excited the ridicule of the chil- dren, who, in the g... ...sponded with her age, her height, nor her manner; she had a lofty imposing air, which agreed extremely well with the character she assumed, but the mo... ...rown myself into the water 33 Rousseau after her, and absolutely rent the air with my cries. The week following she sent me sweetmeats, gloves, etc. ... ...myself in engraving medals, which served me and my companions as a kind of insignia for a new invented order of chivalry, and though this differed ver... ...sed me at Montmorency when I least expected him. He was decorated with the insignia of a Spanish order, the name of which I have forgotten, with a fin...

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...foremost in 4 Waverley the charge, and observing an officer of the King’s forces, who, scorning to join the flight of all around, remained with his s... ... to compare it with those of the last war, when Edinburgh, besides regular forces and militia, furnished a vol- unteer brigade of cavalry, infantry, a... ...f six thousand men and upwards, which was in readiness to meet and repel a force of a far more formidable description than was commanded by the advent... ...‘than that ancient and loyal symbol should be blended with the dishonoured insignia of a traitorous Roundhead!’ All this was the effect of the glimpse... ...uffered, or was supposed to suffer (which is quite the same thing), by the air of London. As soon, therefore, as official duties, atten- dance on Parl... ...bert observed that her heart as well as consent was in these nuptials; the air of dignity, yet of deep feeling, with which he flung down the half-draw... ...explained his actual business. The man of books, with a much more composed air, pro- ceeded to examine the manuscripts. The title of the first was ‘ A... ...recisely which, and thus, as Virgilius hath it— Mutemus clypeos, Danaumque insignia nobis Aptemus. Then for the cup, Captain Waverley, it was wrought ... ...sed their swords, on which they were taught to rely . The authority of the commanders was therefore interposed to curb the impetuosity of the Highland...

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...” cried the man in the skiff. “What’s the matter? and why have you such an air of sadness aboard?” “A great misfortune, M. Morrel,” replied the young ... ... poor Captain Leclere — “ “What happened to him?” asked the owner, with an air of consid- erable resignation. “What happened to the worthy captain?” “... ...rapping, black-eyed Catalan, with a red complexion, brown skin, and fierce air, whom she calls cousin.” “Really; and you think this cousin pays her at... ...per’s reign; officers who had de- serted from the imperial army and joined forces with Conde; and younger members of families, brought up to hate and ... ...e among my acquaintances I prefer not to know it, because then I should be forced to hate them.” “You are wrong; you should always strive to see clear... ...the name of the person to whom it was ad- dressed,” said Villefort. “I was forced to read the address to know to whom to give it.” “Have you shown thi... ...pigliosi and Spada, conferred upon The Count of Monte Cristo 152 them the insignia of the cardinalate, and induced them to arrange their affairs and ... ...is eyes, and with a slow and sad gesture he took off his two epaulets, the insignia of his rank. “Be it so, then, my father,” he said, extending his h...

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...ecorous mantle-folds, or unseemly sunk together, like one that had not the force even to die. Was French Royalty, when wrenched forth from its tap- es... ...Constitutional scare- crow, but in what still unmeasured, infinite-seeming force may rally round it, is there thenceforth any hope. For it is most tru... ...his world to make rule out of the ruleless; by his living energy, he shall force the absurd itself to become less absurd. But then if there be no livi... ...ay we of Boys? Beautifullest Hebes; the loveliest of Paris, in their light air-robes, with riband-girdle of tricolor, are there; shovelling and wheeli... ...to be faithful not to the King only, but to the Law and the Nation. Do our commanders love the Revolu- tion? ask all soldiers. Unhappily no, they hate... ...thunderous belch of grapeshot, blast some fifty of Bouille’s vanguard into air! Fatal! That sputter of the first musket-shot has kindled such a cannon... ...iving (if it be not the Presiding Genius of it, Prince of the Power of the Air) has now any chance to know. Camille’s conjecture is the likeliest: tha... ...g, What a dust I do raise! Great Governors, clad in purple with fasces and insignia, are governed by their valets, by the pouting of their women and c... ... being, ghost whom we do not name, does write to Municipalities and King’s Commanders, that they shall, by all conceivable methods, obstruct this Fede...

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...ock; there, one sees no more bloodshed and spulzie; there, one need not be forced to treachery or violence. Oh, Uncle! my very soul is sick for Coldin... ...Albany, and his brother John, Earl of Buchan, now about to head a Scottish force, among whom Patrick Drummond intended to sail, to assist the French. ... ... give thanks in the church for your unlooked-for deliverance.’ Malcolm was forced to lead Lilias away into the exquisite cross church, built in the lo... ...best for both Malcolm and herself. By and by the dawn began to appear, the air of the March night became sharper, and in the distance the murmur and p... ...last night, he had rent himself away, and was riding in the frosty morning air beside the kinsman who had so strangely taken charge of him, and accomp... ...hin, and the fresh earnestness and animation of his counte- nance, gave an air of perpetual youth in spite of the scar of an arrow on the cheek which ... ...ous line of figures, looking shadowy in the evening light, and bearing the insignia of every rank and dignity that earth presented. Popes were there, ...

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...could have hindered it: a grocer is drawn to his business by an attracting force quite equal to the repel- ling force which drives artists away from i... ...u should die by his hand. Uttered by a physician, this declaration had the force of a cannon-ball. When the National Assembly suppressed the sub-deleg... ...is now so completely effaced that many of my readers may ask what were its insignia: the order was worn with a blue rib- bon. The Emperor called it th... ...hus tacitly sanctioned what was done at Issoudun. Nevertheless, Roguin had forced Bridau to reflect upon the future interests of his wife which were t... ...tist.” He took one of the child’s arms and stretched it straight up in the air; then he placed the other arm as if Joseph were in the act of deliverin... ...h- out delay, and having met with no mishap. The sight of a mother and the air of one’s native land produces a certain affect on the coarsest nature, ... ... going away again?” “I am going never to return,” replied Philippe with an air of forced gayety. “Look here, Philippe, what is the matter? If it is an...

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...est by the public, I am conscious how much it was ow- ing to the truth and force of the original sketch, which I regret that I am unable to present to... ...ing in the shape of a periodical publication might carry with it a certain air of novelty, and I was willing to break, if I may so express it, the abr... ...July, and the scene the old town of Edinburgh, I preferred it to the fresh air and verdant turf which I might have enjoyed in the King’s Park, or to t... ...roftangry hath done, quhilk shame not to carry in their warlike shield and insignia of dignity the tools and implements the quhilk their first forefat... ... broken, others patched, others blocked up with deals, gave a disconsolate air to all around, and seemed to say, “There Vanity had purposed to fix her... ...et, with her bottle of cordial in one hand and the glass in the other, had forced on me a dram of usquebaugh, distilled with saf- fron and other herbs... ...ody a bodle, but she couldna pide to see honest folk and pretty shentlemen forced away to prison whether they would or no; and then, if Shanet was to ...

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...rained chant of the muezzin had just ceased, and though the clear mountain air, impregnated with kizyak smoke, above the lowing of the cattle and the ... ... lit up the broadcheeked face of the soldier who lay on his stom- ach, the air whistled in the stem, and Panov smelt the pleasant odor of burning toba... ...ins drawn across the windows. Vorontsov , who had a long face and wore the insignia and gold cords of an aide-de-camp, was partnered by a 17 Tolstoy ... ...murids awaited him. On reaching it Hadji Murad paused, and drawing much air into his lungs he whistled and then listened silently . the next minute... ...that, after escaping back to the mountains, he might be able to direct his forces accordingly . Gamzalo’ s whole person strengthened this suspicion. ... ...hborhood of the Chechnya, where he could, with the help and consent of our commanders, have some intercourse with his fam- ily and regular news of the... ... the aid of his adherents in Daghestan to rescue his family from Shamil by force or by cunning. The last spy who had come to see him in Nukha informed...

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...se; his full grey eyes, open nostrils, and planted feet, and a gentlemanly air of calm and alertness, formed a spirited picture of a young combatant. ... ...hiles kind of talk they kept droning, in harmony with the still hum of the air. From the weather theme they fell upon the blessings of tobacco; how it... ... more or less mad is not every mother’s son? Favourable circumstances—good air, good company, two or three good rules rigidly adhered to—keep the worl... ...nibbled; and dive into what depths he would he was sensible of a summoning force that compelled him perpetually to- wards the gasping surface, which h... ...an Iron Horse, Of Time and Space defiant; Exulting in a Giant’s Force, And trembling at the Giant. ‘An Age of Quaker hue and cut... ...e part, with diverse anticipations, the generals of the Blaize and Feverel forces, from opposing ranks, expected him to play . Giles, surnamed the Ban... ...h clear undertone, delivered his expla- nations. Doubtless the true heroic insignia and point of view will be discerned, albeit in common private’s un...

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...of this Mystery of Life, and for chief recognized element therein Physical Force? Was it Christianism; faith in an Invis- ible, not as real only, but ... ...through every meanest moment of it, resting on Eternity; Pagan em- pire of Force displaced by a nobler supremacy, that of Holi- ness? W as it Sceptici... ...maturity in some dark distance, and was brought on a sudden into the upper air to see the sun rise. What would his wonder be, his rapt astonishment at... ... me—what could the wild man know of it; what can we yet know? That it is a Force, and thousand-fold Complexity of Forces; a Force which is not we. Tha... ...rs among his people, he might work magic enough! Writing by Runes has some air of being original among the Norsemen: not a Phoenician Alphabet, but a ... ...ts sky-high gates, when Thor grasped his hammer to smite them, had gone to air; only the Giant’s voice was heard mocking: “Better come no more to Jotu... ...ra: were not these the real emblems of Puritanism; its true decoration and insignia? It had used them both in a very real manner, and pretended to sta...

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...s not an argument, but I submitted at once. If one must!… You perceive the force of a word. He who wants to persuade should put his trust, not in the ... ...o mysteriously from my allegiance, I may safely say that through the blind force of cir- cumstances the sea was to be all my world and the merchant se... ...n idle, strolling custom-house guard, belted over his blue capote, had the air of being depressed by exposure to the weather and the monotony of of- f... ..., into the Havre roads. You may think that this 21 Joseph Conrad state of forced idleness favoured some advance in the fortunes of Almayer and his da... ...V.S. (of noble extraction), a man of about thirty-five, ap- peared with an air of perplexity on his open and moustachioed countenance. I got up from t... ... bald-headed man sat down gravely at the head of the table. It all had the air of a family party. By-and-by, from one of the vigorous servant-girls in... ...nner practised to this day in Europe and even was unwilling to display the insignia on festive oc- 50 Some Reminiscences casions, as though he wished...

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... not an argument, but I submitted at once. If one must! … You perceive the force of a word. He who wants to per- suade should put his trust not in the... ...mys- teriously from my allegiance, I may safely say that through the blind force of circumstances the sea was to be all my world and the merchant serv... ...n idle, strolling custom house guard, belted over his blue capote, had the air of being depressed by exposure to the weather and the monotony of offic... ... empty as she came, into the Havre roads. You may think that this state of forced idleness favoured some ad- vance in the fortunes of Almayer and his ... ...V . S. (of noble extraction), a man of about thirty-five, appeared with an air of perplexity on his open and mustached counte- nance. I got up from th... ... bald-headed man sat down gravely at the head of the table. It all had the air of a family party. By and by, from one of the vigorous servant- girls i... ...nner practised to this day in Europe and even was unwilling to display the insignia on festive occasions, as though he wished to conceal them in the f...

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... would have been put off,” said the prince, who, like a wound-up clock, by force of habit said things he did not even wish to be believed. “Don’t teas... ...l-suited to her careworn face. Apparently she had forgotten her age and by force of habit employed all the old feminine arts. But as soon as the princ... ...ns on the throne of France a year longer,” the vicomte continued, with the air of a man who, in a matter with which he is better acquainted than anyon... ...uality of citi- zenship, and all these ideas Napoleon has retained in full force.” “Liberty and equality,” said the vicomte contemptu- ously, as if at... ...y listened to the French sentences which to them were meaningless, with an air of understanding but not wishing to appear to do so. The princess as us... ...drew only shrugged his shoulders at Pierre’s childish words. He put on the air of one who finds it impossible to reply to such nonsense, but it would ... ...ching order or not, it was decided at a consultation between the battalion commanders to present the regi- ment in parade order, on the principle that... ...all night long without closing their eyes, while the adjutants and company commanders calcu- lated and reckoned, and by morning the regiment—in- stead... ...s. “W ell, Michael Mitrich, sir?” he said, addressing one of the battalion commanders who smilingly pressed for- ward (it was plain that they both fel...

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... for Ger- man, French, and English words. Between them the two friends, by force of their great genius, cleared away the debris which made for sterili... ...peedy a separation was threatened, it is impos- sible to describe the full force of her speechless grief, which seemed to quiver in her eyes and on he... ...ssack.” It was, in fact, a most remarkable exhibition of Russian strength, forced by dire necessity from the bosom of the people. In place of the orig... ...own on a rug and cov- ered himself with a sheepskin pelisse, for the night air was quite sharp and he liked to lie warm when he was at home. He was so... ...of this luxuriant vegeta- tion ran partridges with outstretched necks. The air was filled with the notes of a thousand different birds. On high hovere... ...e, with measured sweep, a gull, and skimmed wantonly through blue waves of air. And now she has vanished on high, and appears only as a black dot: now... ..., and hid himself in the crowd. “Do you command us, gentles, to resign our insignia of office?” said the judge, the secretary, and the osaul, as they ... ...st encounter and fled on their swift horses. However, several of the royal commanders, who had conquered in former battles, resolved to unite their fo...

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...r from Camragen, and this I did without the least prejudice from the night air; one night, when lying in the fields near to the Carrick-Miln, I was al... ...aw a loch just before me, and I concluded he designed to throw me there by force; and had he got leave to do so, it might have brought a great reproac... ...en the clean and handsome little city on the Clyde. The name has a certain air of being Norse. But the story of Scottish nomenclature is confounded by... ... and strong as the people of Edinburgh, because they have not so much pure air, and instead of taking porridge they eat cakes made with sugar and plum... ...is name is Henderson – who was twelve years with Lord Wellington and other commanders. He returned very lately with only eightpence-halfpenny in his p... ...ol- ish fellow. Had I known his train, I should not, as I did, have rather forced him into the service. Upon finding the windows in the state they wer... ..., are always before him. He has to deal with the unpredictable, with those forces (in Smeaton’s phrase) that ‘are subject to no calculation’; and stil... ...bonnet. A striking likeness of Spink in his pilot-dress, with the badge or insignia on his left arm which is characteristic of the boatmen in the serv...

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...sm, now hangs by the apron of this same unmentionable woman. But then ‘the force of public opinion’? Rigorous Christophe de Beau- mont, who has spent ... ...y? Were it even a glad Event, it involves change, involves loss (of active Force); and so far, either in the past or in the present, is an irregularit... ... of imminent downfall. As victory is silent, so is defeat. Of the opposing forces the weaker has resigned itself; the stronger marches on, noiseless n... ...our tall lackeys,’ says Mercier, as if he had seen it, ‘hold him up in the air, that he may fall into the garment without ves- tige of wrinkle; from w... ...kei. Little elf, or imp; though young, already withered; with its withered air of premature vice, of knowingness, of completed elf-hood: useful in var... ...use there, in the Rue St. Antoine (a noted Warehouse),—the new Montgolfier air-ship launches itself. Ducks and poultry are borne skyward: but now shal... ...to be faithful not to the King only, but to the Law and the Nation. Do our commanders love the Revolution? ask all sol- diers. Unhappily no, they hate... ... being, ghost whom we do not name, does write to Municipalities and King’s Commanders, that they shall, by all conceivable methods, obstruct this Fede... ...redcapped 505 Thomas Carlyle Magistrates of Paris, Worshippers of Reason, Commanders of Revolutionary Army! Eight short days ago, their Cordelier Clu...

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...d so as to leave almost the whole forehead bare, recalled a certain jaunty air, with which civilians and officials attempted to swagger it with milita... ...an indescribable finical something in the folds of the garments, a certain air of stiffness and correct- ness in the demeanor that smacked of the scho... ... collisions in the crowd, and still more, when you remarked that important air always assumed by an idler when intrusted with a com- mission, you woul... ...Nicolo, Paer, and Berton, used to receive so many invitations, that he was forced to keep a list of engagements, much as barristers note down the case... ...tus. Artist though he was, with his tender, dreamy, sensitive soul, he was forced to accept the character which belonged to his face; it was hopeless ... ...gestion upon the human economy produce an internal wrestling-bout of human forces which rivals the highest de- gree of amorous pleasure. The gastronom... ...official expression of decorous gloom, an ebony wand in his hand by way of insignia of office, he stood waiting with a three-cornered hat adorned with...

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...g to make of us any constant and solid contex- ture; they choose a general air of a man, and according to that interpret all his actions, of which, if... ... place where I then was, had thrown herself out of a window to avoid being forced by a common soldier who was quartered in the house; she was not kill... ...what is there more frail, more miserable, or more nothing? Wisdom does not force our natural dispositions, “Sudores itaque, et pallorem exsist... ...hild; nature having reserved these light marks of her authority, not to be forced by our reason and the stoic virtue, to teach man his mortality and o... ... are very unwor- thy the French good nature, and also, God be thanked, our air is very well purged of them since this good advice: ’tis enough that th... ...ertain Hyperborean nation where, by reason of the sweet temperature of the air, lives rarely ended 40 Book the Second but by the voluntary surrender ... ...ir hands, not a hundred have come to our knowledge. The memory, not of the commanders only, but of battles and victories, is buried and gone; the fort... ...the face of Pompey’s soldiers in the battle of Pharsalia, a thousand other commanders have also bethought them to invent new forms of weapons and new ... ...d knows that we do amiss because we would do so.” I have seen a great many commanders encourage their sol- diers with this fatal necessity; for if our...

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...blication of the adventures in question; for I found that, in spite of the air of fable which had been so ingeniously thrown around that por- tion of ... ...nour of one in perfect possession of his senses. The coolness of the night air, however, had had its usual effect— 9 V olume Three the mental energy ... ...aling service, and was fitted, as I have since had reason to believe, with air-boxes, in the manner of some life-boats used on the coast of Wales. Aft... ...es; the deck of the cuddy, as might have been expected, was lifted, by the force of the water rushing in, entirely from the main timbers, and floated ... ... of determining how long I slept. My limbs were greatly cramped, and I was forced to relieve them by standing between the crates. Pres- ently feeling ... ... were still in the near vicinity of Nantucket. This notion, however, I was forced to abandon; for such being the case, the brig must have frequently g... ...r exalted personages whom you be- hold are all of our family, and wear the insignia of the blood royal under the respective titles of ‘His Grace the A...

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...ey heard a plaintive song, a song loud and soft, rising and falling in the air like the wing-beating of a wounded bird. 7 Flaubert It was the voice o... ...e seized a brimming cantharus by its rings, raised it straight up into the air with his outstretched arms, from which his chains hung down, and then l... ...an’s arm, pinned it so firmly to the cloth, that the shaft quivered in the air. Matho quickly plucked it out; but he was weaponless and naked; at last... ...from the sun; they were the debtors of the rich Carthaginians and had been forced to till the lands of the latter, but had escaped. Libyans came pour-... ...an phalanxes and the chiefs of the Barbarian cohorts soon arrived with the insignia of their rank, and in the armour of their nation. Night had fallen... ...nd the sons of dogs! But for you (he said that!) the Republic would not be forced to pay excessive tribute to the Romans; and through your excesses yo... ...the desire to prove to himself that he was in good health, he cut into the forcemeats of cheese and marjoram, the boned fish, gourds, oysters with egg... ...nces, sailors, and the nu- merous horde employed at funerals, all with the insignia of their magistracies or the instruments of their calling, were ma... ...moun, of Melkarth, and all the other colleges in succession, with the same insignia, and in the same order as had been observed at the time of the sac...

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...nge in modern literature. The former directed men’s at- tention with a new force to the picturesque effects of the Past; and the latter, for the first... ...der, at least the lower classes, who have not the feeling of Honour in due force; and therefore, as a considerable help to the Con- stable and Hangman... ...ermans do seem to be in some measure delivered, still presses with incubus force on the greater part of Europe; and nation after nation, each in its o... ...let in more light. After this he traced with his forefinger letters in the air. At half-past eleven in the day he drew him- self, without any sign of ... ...en lattice that allowed us di- rect communication with the street and open air. A bird-cage of this sort, with which many houses were provided, was ca... ...penter’s axe,—and that from the bottom upwards; to float as it were in the air, propped up by beams, being, at the same time, constantly confined to a... ...le children or genii, clothed in the imperial ornaments and laden with the insignia of the empire, made a curious figure, were observed by us with gre... ...n appointed for the 27th of March. Now there was a thought of fetching the insignia of the em- 178 Autobiography pire from Nuremburg and Aix-la-Chati... ...ror were stationed at Heidelberg, where he had his head- quarters; and the insignia of the empire, coming from Aix, were almost carried off by the inh...

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...ortrays Tolstoi’s communis- tic ideas, involving the abolition of military forces, middle- men, despotism, and money. Instead of these he would establ... ... clerk, and he ut- tered a murmur of approbation. “Oh, no, she will not be forced,” said the lady. “Where there is no love, one cannot be obliged to l... ...hat which is consecrated by love.” The clerk listened and smiled, with the air of one accus- tomed to store in his memory all intelligent conversation... ...ge?” continued the nervous gentleman, still excited, and with a displeased air. He seemed to wish to say something disagreeable to the lady. She felt ... ...roper novels are not allowed in the hands of young girls. All men have the air of believing, in presence of maidens, 22 Tolstoy that these corrupt pl... ...u are going to say. At least, so the priests of science assure us. I would force these priests to fulfil the function of these women, who, in their op... ...to put them away, as he had no further use for them. Having cast aside the insignia of his rank, he once more donned his peasant garb and started to w...

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... is calculated to inspire into all classes? Statues are placed in the open air, why should Painting be more niggardly in displaying her masterpieces t... ...g man, in the Vandyke dress common to the time of Charles I., who, with an air of indignant priude, testified by the manner in which he raised his hea... ...a mixture of displeasure and impatience. Tinto produced his sketch with an air of mysterious tri- umph, and gazed on it as a fond parent looks upon a ... ...g-room in the old Castle of Ravenswood, as was evi- dent from the armorial insignia still displayed on the carved roof, which was vaulted with Spanish... ... instantly fatal. Stumbling forward with a hideous bellow, the progressive force of his previous motion, rather than any op- eration of his limbs, car... ...on, both to body and soul. He urged these perils to the Baron with all the force of monkish rhetoric, and described, in the most frightful colours, th... ... too much afraid of having a pair of antlers in his guts. I have hunted at force five hundred times, madam; and I never yet saw the stag at bay, by la...

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...ollows from the fact that it is cold; and not that a child who needs fresh air should remain at home,” he would add with extreme logic, as if punishin... ...duty, an officer who struck Prince Andrew by his humiliated and frightened air was admit- ted at that terrible door. This officer’s audience lasted a ... ...society mostly as weak and insignificant men. Under the Masonic aprons and insignia he saw the uniforms and decorations at which they aimed in ordinar... ...these cir- cumstances? To favor revolutions, overthrow everything, re- pel force by force?… No! We are very far from that. Every violent reform deserv... ...ter one of the Masonic Brothers whom Pierre respected less than the others forced his way in to see him and, turning the conversation upon Pierre’s ma... ... else, had acquired in his wife’s circle, which did not interest him, that air of unconcern, indifference, and benevolence toward all, which cannot be... ...ison with eternity; again the question: for what? presented itself; and he forced himself to work day and night at Masonic labors, hop- ing to drive a...

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... Edmund Andros intended at once to strike terror by a parade of mili- tary force, and to confound the opposite faction by possess- ing himself of thei... ...e death-bell tolled so mournfully, that the sunshine seemed to fade in the air. A whisper, communicated from those who stood nearest the windows, now ... ... that seemed to melt into the clang of the bell, which fell heavily on the air while he spoke. “Come, my bride!” said those pale lips, “the hearse is ... ...Had I bedizened my aged and broken frame with scarlet and embroidery—had I forced my withered lips to smile at my dead heart—that might have been mock... ...his simple piece of crape, that more than one woman of delicate nerves was forced to leave the meeting-house. Yet perhaps the pale-faced congregation ... ...re fixed insensibly on the black veil, when, like a sudden twilight in the air, its terrors fell around her. She arose, and stood trembling before him... ...at which he had taken from his powdered head; but his epaulettes and other insignia of rank were those of a general officer, and something in his mien...

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...lip, and a finely curved, impudent chin. Her half ca- joling, half mocking air, and her ready smile, were difficult to confront with severity; and Mis... ...ions, looking very serious, re-entered. “Well,” she said gaily, “has moral force been applied? Are you going to the Recording Angel?” “Hush, Agatha,” ... ...istress who did not believe in Miss Wilson’s system of government by moral force, and carried it out under protest. Though not ill-natured, she was na... ...d just occurred, adding some sar- castic comments on the efficacy of moral force in maintain- ing collegiate discipline. Miss Wilson looked grave; con... ...ized, robust, upright, and aggres- sive, with short black whiskers, and an air of protest against such notions as that a clergyman may not marry, hunt... ...tion of opposites. That is why he is captivated by Gertrude’s aristocratic air.” “If he only knew how she despises him!” “He is too vain to suspect it... ...a handful of ready money. Here is a por- trait of my father in his masonic insignia. He believed that freemasons generally get on in the world, and as...