...-doux hidden among the flowers; but there was no letter. “Do they talk the language of flowers at Boggley Wollah, Sedley?” asked Osborne, laughing. “P... ...William Dobbin, from an incapacity to acquire the ru- diments of the above language, as they are propounded in that wonderful book the Eton Latin Gram... ...Mrs. Salmon performed the Battle of Borodino (a savage cantata against the Corsican upstart, who had lately met with his Russian re- verses)—Mr. Dobbi... ... he cannot keep down, and which must find a vent in suitable abuse and bad language. I warn my “kyind friends,” then, that I am going to tell a story ... ...cals, I promise you. When we come to the proper places we won’t spare fine language—No, no! But when we are go- ing over the quiet country we must per... ...ment. The fact is, peace was declared, Europe was going to be at rest; the Corsican was overthrown, and Lieutenant Osborne’s regiment would not be ord... ...t, but he would soon: and quit the army now that peace was proclaimed; the Corsican monster locked up at Elba; promotion by consequence over; and no c... ...ng on to the skirts of history. When the eagles of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican upstart, were flying from Provence, where they had perched after a... ... Bill Dob- bin, could any man ever have speculated upon the return of that Corsican scoundrel from Elba? When the allied sover- eigns were here last y...

...d, could I, the first time, the first moment I beheld her, adopt caressing language, and a familiar tone, as readily as after ten years’ intimacy had ... ...from difficulties by saying he was not suf- ficiently versed in the French language. The next day, lest my indiscreet objections should injure the min... ...It was time to seek a lodging: as I already knew enough of the Piedmontese language to make myself understood, this was a work of no great difficulty;... ...fue pas’. As the Piedmontese are not in general very perfect in the French language, they found fault with the orthography, saying, that in the word f... ...es already promised to equal those of Rome and Sparta, I had spoken of the Corsicans in the ‘Social Contract’ as a new people, the only nation in Euro... ...ortunate enough to have a wise legislator. My work was read by some of the Corsicans, who were sensible of the honor- able manner in which I had spoke... ...did in the service of France. In fact, his zeal for the legislation of the Corsicans, and his connections with M. Paoli, could not leave a doubt on my... ...his inten- tion, and I confess the frightful description he gave me of the Corsicans and their country, considerably abated the desire I had of going ... ... ill-sup- porting by my presence the opinion my books might have given the Corsicans of my capacity, I should lose my reputa- tion amongst them, and, ...

...ilitary enthusiasm, as we can all remember in the year 1801, what time the Corsican upstart menaced our shores. A recruiting-party and captain of Cutt... ...ded, entirely indiffer- ent about his birthplace; but speaking the English language, and having been during the course of his life pretty generally en... ...!” and it W AS ventrebleu with him, I warrant you; for bleu, in the French language, means “through;” and ventre—why, you see, ventre means— CAPTAIN. ... ...ccasions when he condescended to walk abroad with her, and extravagance of language and passion in the frequent quarrels they had together. Perhaps in... ...e shine as ye did in the olden days! WE change, but ye speak ever the same language. Gazing in your abysmal depths, the feeble ratioci—” * * *... ...e accustomed in those days to use much more simple and expressive terms of language than are now thought 137 Thackeray polite; and it would be danger...

...ey are so only in appearance. The fact is that art is working far ahead of language as well as of science, realising for us, by all manner of suggesti... ... anything clear until we are able to formulate it in words, and analytical language has not been sufficiently shaped to that end. We all know this dif... ...s may be the impression that it has left with us; and it is only be- cause language is the medium of romance, that we are pre- vented from seeing that... ...ons of man to man, he has set before himself the task of realising, in the language of romance, much of the involu- tion of our complicated lives. Thi... ...ults and their signal excellences, are the five great novels. Romance is a language in which many persons learn to speak with a certain appearance of ... ...ut there is something enlivening in a hatred of so genuine a brand, hot as Corsican revenge, and sneering like Voltaire. Pencils, school-keeping, and ...