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...the life of animals is, without reflection, the outcome of instinct. Since 1793 he had trimmed his red beard to the shape of a fan. Even if he had not... ...power of the bailiff of Gondreville. Since 1789, but more especially since 1793, Michu had been well- nigh master of the property. The terror he inspi... ... representing one of the aspects of the aristocracy after its overthrow in 1793. From this point of view, a sketch of the salon at Cinq-Cygne has the ... ...to op- pose the current of public opinion. Throughout the depart- ment the deaths of the eleven persons killed by the Simeuse brothers in 1792 from th... ...ulously ob- tained. In 1806 France was still too near the Supreme Being of 1793 to talk about divine justice; he therefore spared the 169 Balzac jury... ... far behind the Machiavellis whom the waves of the popular will lifted, in 1793, above the storm,—some of whom have ‘found,’ as the old song says, ‘a ...

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...age—accepted, but he did so in an awkward manner. I had not seen him since 1793!” “Mongenod!” cried Godefroid; “why, that is—” “If you want to know th... ...was one of Louis XVIII.’s most active emissaries, and had taken part after 1793 in all conspiracies,—escaping their penalties, however, with such sing... ...n France in punishment of the 74 The Brotherhood of Consolation crimes of 1793. “The conformity of opinion on this subject between Ma- dame de la Cha... ...ratives, “if you realize how these royal- ists, ruined by the civil war of 1793, were dominated by violent passions, and how some exceptional natures ... ... are still untouched. Though she has lived, mon- sieur, she has caused the deaths of her mother and her hus- band, who have not been able to endure th... ...ul daugh- ter you tore from her arms and condemned to the cruellest of all deaths, for she died on the guillotine.” Godefroid, seeing that Vanda had f... ...on the cross, forgive, forgive me, for my daughter has suffered a thousand deaths!” The old man fell forward on the floor so prone that the agitated s...

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...ndian fashion, fell Sun-stricken, and that other lived alone. In those two deaths he read God’s warning ‘wait.’ 16 Tennyson The mountain wooded to ... ...t Had seldom seen a costlier funeral. 23 Enoch Arden, &c. AYLMER’S FIELD. 1793. Dust are our frames; and gilded dust, our pride Looks only for a mome...

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...inister, and a general were all equally en- gaged in public business. From 1793 to 1799 du Bousquier was commissary of provisions to the French armies... ...s of that secret government whom Napoleon’s luck send behind the scenes in 1793. (See “An Historical Mystery.”) The un- expected victory of Marengo wa... ... like Suzanne, whose heart was not yet spoiled, would have died a thousand deaths before beginning a discussion of this kind and asking for money. “Wi... ...—were to du Bousquier the wisest possible application of the principles of 1793. Since 1830 this man has been a receiver-general. He relied for his ad...

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...em disappear. The commandant himself feared that he had sent them to their deaths, and an involuntary shudder seized him as he saw the last of them. O... ...epre- sented a pair of compasses,—which had lately superseded the level of 1793. “It means that the troops—that’s us—are to march firm; don’t you see ... ...ought to say devoted enough,—to remain in France in spite of the decree of 1793, which banished his order. He is the firebrand of the war in these reg... ...sieur le marquis, excuse me,” he said; “the Jacobins taught me too well in 1793 that it is not he who sows and reaps who eats the bread. Sign this bit... ...fore he could utter the fatal words. “Ah! Francine, to be dying a thousand deaths and not to die!” she cried. This absence might well be supposed to h...

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...wenty-seven acres of meadow-land, where three thousand poplars, planted in 1793, grew and flourished; and finally, the house in which he lived. Such w... ... at nearly four millions; but as, on an average, he had made yearly , from 1793 to 1817, a hundred thousand francs out of that property, it was fair t... ...gh love. “For him! for him!” she cried within her, “I would die a thousand deaths.” At this thought, she shot a glance at her mother which flamed with...

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...e poisonous atmosphere, and the two lieutenants might be said to have many deaths from it. At last the fire gained so much head, that it was impossibl... ...only the memory of her past days. 244 A Book of Golden Deeds THE VENDEANS 1793 WHILE the greater part of France had been falling into habits of self-... ...uining their country, they could endure it no longer, but in the spring of 1793, soon after the execution of Louis XVI., a rising took place in Anjou,... ...d. They were set at liberty; and thus the two Vendean chiefs avenged their deaths by saving five thousand of their enemies! M. de Bonchamp expired imm...

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...axime de Trailles, took the news of marriages much as an old man hears the deaths of his contemporaries. “C’est desesperant,” he cried, throwing himse... ... the gallows. It was he who presided at the trials of Muir and Skirving in 1793 and 1794; and his appearance on these occasions was scarcely cut to th...

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...d’Or, one of the oldest firms in Paris, he had bought the establishment in 1793, at a time when the heads of the house were ruined by the maxi- mum; a... ... was restricted to the sending of notes of “faire part” on the occasion of deaths and marriages, and cards at the New Year. The proud Madame Clapart w...

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..., our merchandise. If you want to increase your fortune, do as they did in 1793. The Funds are at sixty-two: buy into the Funds. You will get ten thou... ...The fol- lowing are the only facts preserved about his civil condition. In 1793 a poor girl of Tillet, a village near Andelys, came by night and gave ... ...gious as he was. In such a case suicide is only a way to escape a thousand deaths; it seems logical to take it. Alexandre Crottat gave him his arm, an...

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...e old man took no offence, for in his opinion the nobility had perished in 1793; and besides, the land of les Canquoelles did not belong to him; he wa... ... and religion! Madame du Chatelet had said that Lucien deserved a thousand deaths for having half killed his mother and his sister “Then she spoke of ... ...ave been still more dead, so to speak—for there are more and less bit- ter deaths. The world would never have recognized us. “For two months past I ha... ...ctor” is the medical officer whose duty it is in each district to register deaths and certify to their causes. With the rapid insight for which he was... ... at La Force and at the Conciergerie. But now, broken by grief, and by two deaths—for he had died twice over during that dreadful night—he was Jacques... ...is help in decapitating the king. Then he made his son his deputy when, in 1793, two guillotines were in constant work—one at the Barriere du Trone, a... ... heart. The priest with his life given to God, the soldier with a thousand deaths for his country’s sake, seem to me far happier than the mag- istrate...

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...us resurrection of the named Feraud, Gabriel Florian, engagé volontaire of 1793, General of 1814, buried without ceremony by means of a ser- vice orde... ...ts joys and sorrows regulated by the course of Na- ture—marriages, births, deaths—ruled by the pre- scribed usages of good society and protected by th... ... upon such lonely men, whose only business is to wait for the unavoidable. Deaths and marriages have made a solitude round them, and one really cannot...

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...ing, stand sentry at a Queen’s door; and feel that he could die a thousand deaths for her: then again, at the outer gate, and even a third time, she s... ...ut and clap hands. (Moore, Journal during a Resi- dence in France (Dublin, 1793), i. 26.) City of all the Dev- ils! In remote streets, men are drinkin...

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...eans employed by Catherine, who certainly had to reproach herself with the deaths of Francois II. and Charles IX., whose lives might have been saved i... ... executions ordered by Calvin will find, all relations considered, another 1793 in Geneva. Calvin cut off the head of Jacques Gruet “for having writte... ...erful, am accused of ambition! I am taxed with cruelty,—I who have but two deaths upon my conscience. Even to impartial minds I am still a problem. Do...

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... modern art permits. Mademoiselle Felicite des Touches became an orphan in 1793. Her property escaped confiscation by reason of the deaths of her fath... ...came an orphan in 1793. Her property escaped confiscation by reason of the deaths of her father and brother. The first was killed on the 10th of Augus... ...It is forbidden to you to love me; I know that. You will suffer a thousand deaths, you will be betrayed, humiliated, unhappy; but you have in you a de...

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...n short, bourgeois and penurious. Since then, 1830 has crowned the work of 1793. In France, henceforth, there will be great names, but no great houses... ...n, gave you strength. The awful disasters that have come upon us since—two deaths, ruin, and the disappearance of Baron Hulot—have occupied your mind ... ...ied, if she is at this moment in Steinbock’s arms, she deserves a thousand deaths! I will kill her as I would smash a fly—” “And how about the gendarm...

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...all compact with the republican spirit. The republican spirit to him means 1793, rioting, the Terror, and agrarian law. The democratic element is the ... ...sted the poisoned apple of passion, undergoes a solemn shock; she sees two deaths before her: that of the body and that of the heart. Dividing women i... ...insane! Well, as things are going now it looks as if we might have another 1793.” This history, invented on the spot, made such an impres- sion on Cel... ..., to the literary notions of the bourgeoisie, is equivalent to the idea of 1793 and the T error. Generally la Peyrade took the ridiculous remarks of h...

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...to receive the sleigh,* denoted the route of the high- *Our tale begins in 1793, about seven years after the com- mencement of one of the earliest of ... ...e background. On the tomb were the names, with the dates of the births and deaths, of several individuals, all of whom bore the name of Grant. An extr... ... poor Edwin was no vulgar boy.” —Beattie. THE CLOSE of Christmas Day, A.D. 1793, was tempestuous, but comparatively warm. When darkness had again hid ... ... accompanied by the passing remarks of the sheriff: “‘London, February 12, 1793.’ What a devil of a pas sage she had! but the wind has been northwest ...

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.... One reason perhaps is, that not one in fifty of the actual disasters and deaths by casualties in the fishery, ever finds a public record at home, ho... ...ceti whale, drawn by scale from one killed on the coast of Mexico, August, 1793, and hoisted on deck.” I doubt not the captain had this veracious pict...

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...very parish, in which the results of public deliberations, and the births, deaths, and marriages of the citizens were entered;*** clerks were directed... ...e laws; the town-clerk records all the town votes, orders, grants, births, deaths, and marriages; the treasurer keeps the funds; the overseer of the p... ...o existed in the world. T o style the oligarchy which ruled over France in 1793 by that name would be to offer an insult to the republican form of gov...

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... (Histoire de la Revolution Francaise, par Deux Amis de la Liberte (Paris, 1793), ii. 212.) No Charolois, for these last fifty years, though never so ... ...haos! Bursts forth insurrection, at sight of its own blood (for there were deaths by that sputter of fire), into endless rolling explosion of musketry... ...ing, stand sentry at a Queen’s door; and feel that he could die a thousand deaths for her: then again, at the outer gate, and even a third time, she s... ...hout and clap hands. (Moore, Journal during a Residence in France (Dublin, 1793), i. 26.) City of all the Devils! In remote streets, men are drinking ... ... be one slain innocent. (Moniteur of 6th November (Debate of 5th November, 1793).) One; not two, O thou seagreen Incorruptible? If so, Themis Sansculo... ...orror and astonishment; (Mrs. Hannah More, Letter to Jacob Dupont (London, 1793); &c. &c.) a most miserable influence this! And now if to these two 4... ...he List who likes; and make end. On Tuesday next, the Fifteenth of January 1793, it shall go to the Vote, name by name; and, one way or other, this gr...

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... (Histoire de la Revolution Francaise, par Deux Amis de la Liberte (Paris, 1793), ii. 212.) No Charolois, for these last fifty years, though never so ... ...haos! Bursts forth insurrection, at sight of its own blood (for there were deaths by that sputter of fire), into endless rolling explosion of musketry...

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...ugust, 1792, he ac- companied the duke to the campaign in the Ardennes. In 1793 he went with his master to the siege of Mainz. Goethe took the old Ger... ... and that by means of some sensible evidence, presentiments of diseases or deaths which were then occurring in distant places. But no such gift has be... ...l, and is only attacked by passion, she imagines various kinds of romantic deaths, with which she frightens herself in a pleasant manner, like childre...

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...he Rio Plata seems pecu- liarly subject to electric phenomena. In the year 1793, *one of the most destructive thunderstorms perhaps on record happened... ...they are the necessary re- sults of a common cause — See Pallas’s Travels, 1793 to 1794, pp. 129 - 134. 77 Charles Darwin the inhabited country near ... ...andering habits increase; and hence the popu- lation, without any apparent deaths from famine, is repressed in a manner extremely sudden compared to w...