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...ity, we have no laws; having property, no own- ers; no government with our elections, no force with free- dom, no happiness with equality. Let us hope... ...ion of power, which then works freely in its upper sphere; a country where elections are not in the hands of a stupid bourgeoisie, as they are in Fran...

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...ve yielded to no weakness, but slumber, in the House of Lords. I have seen elections for borough and county, and have never been impelled (no matter w... ...itical Machinery that the worst tools ever wrought. Despicable trickery at elections; under handed tamperings with public officers; cowardly attacks u...

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...ection, he must get himself chosen deputy for the department at the coming elections; my family would support his candidature, and we should then have... ...ogether. Louis is obliged to remain in Provence because of the approaching elections. He wants to be elected again, and the Liberals are already plott...

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...nd what are they?” asked Chesnel, thinking that he saw a ray of hope. “The elections are coming on; I want the votes at your dis- posal.” “Y ou shall ...

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... and the privi- lege of voting and not carrying his candidate at the general elections – I am sometimes tempted to suppose he is no story-teller at al...

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...; but your error consists in calcu- lating on the yearly cost. When do the elections take place?” “In two months,” said Thuillier. “Very good; two mon... ... Brigitte said, it would still take fifteen days; and just think, with the elections only eight weeks off, to lose two of them doing nothing!” “Day af... ... but his close relations with the government, and the interest he takes in elections, how do you explain all that?” “Naturally enough,” replied Cerize... ..., and likes to handle it; he has done Rastignac, that great manipulator of elections, who is, I think, his compatriot, several signal services as an a...

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...ost important that the right man should be mayor this year, because of the elections to the Chamber. If you think it amuses me . . .” Jean-Pierre had ...

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...or the presidency of the electoral college of Angouleme at the forthcoming elections.” “There!” said Lucien, taking the paper to his sister. Eve read ...

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... of a charming little model of the ship on which Savinien was serving. The elections of 1830 united into an active body the vari- ous Minoret relation...

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...- dicted, and even with circumstances of studied incivility. In the public elections, he gave his vote like any private citizen; and, when he happened...

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...cided, must be for life, save in the exceptional case of a recall; but the elections, which were held quinquenially, were arranged to add fifty member...

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...ne” (Sterling himself), and “Peter Mogg,” the pattern English blockhead of elections: these are the candidates. There are, of course, fierce rival att...

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...f money by their grand children; who, in selling their votes and managing at elections, have acquired every vice and cor ruption that can possibly be...

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...ery one, he relinquished his charge and departed from the city. At the new elections in his room, Valerius obtained, with high honor, the consulship, ... ...d, although the government in the meantime had often proceeded to consular elections, yet he could never persuade himself to be consul against the inc... ...r refuse; and when they were more than once driven into exile, rejected at elections, and condemned in courts of justice, they showed no resentment at... ...tions of State, to lay down his authority, and place the right of consular elections once more in the hands of the people. And when they were held, he...

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...nt quite contrary to his wishes, because the citizens were bribed in their elections, he let things take their course, and allowed the city to be left... ...of Italy, and sending his soldiers continually into the city to attend all elections with their votes. Besides, he corrupted several of the magistrate... ... home to preside at the contests of the canvass, and to stir up tumults at elections; out of the anarchy he thus cre- ates amongst us, seeking, we see... ...; another gave the same right to all the Italians in general, of voting at elections, as was enjoyed by the citizens of Rome; a fourth related to the ...

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...ouncil had thrown off its disguises and ruled openly, supreme in his name. Elections had become a cheer- ful formality, a septennial folly, an ancient...

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...hom he holds discourse. Much nearer sixty years of age than fifty, with a flowing outline of stomach, and horizontal creases in his waistcoat; reputed...

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...dies?” These words were in harmony with a speech he afterwards made at the elections when he refused his support to a man whose gifts would have done ...

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...rime after crime: dictatorial tem- per, exclusive popularity, bullying at elections, mob-reti- nue, September Massacres;—till all the Convention shri...

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...gs for us? Distribute bills? Write letters? Interrupt meetings? Canvass at elections? Face dangers?” “If I am satisfied—” 176 Ann Veronica “If we sat...