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...Anthony T rollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...y T rollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic... ...ate University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Anthony Trollope The Prime Minister by Anthony T rollope VOLUME I CHAPTER 1 FERDINAND LOPEZ IT I... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Anthony Trollope The Prime Minister by Anthony T rollope VOLUME I CHAPTER 1 FERDINAND LOPEZ IT IS A CE... ...the Duke was at the Castle; but he showed himself seldom to his guests,—so acting, as the reader will I hope understand, from no sense of importance o... ...while the women were rifling his pockets. Lopez, hardly knowing how he was acting, was upon them in a moment, flying in the first place at the man, wh... ...future wife,—but he said not a word on the subject to her father; and she, acting un- der his instructions, was equally reticent. ‘He will get to know...

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...ing. We arrived on an early Monday morning and were surprised to have the Prime Minister meet us in person. —“Mr. Yuen, good morning. I‟m deli... ...e arrived on an early Monday morning and were surprised to have the Prime Minister meet us in person. —“Mr. Yuen, good morning. I‟m delighted ... ...g I've seen to a utopia. I was privileged to have an audience with the Minister of Population of Singaling. She told me about how they had extend... ...men, because of their typical gross insecurity, marry below their station. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew exposed this national problem in 1983 when poi... ...ecause of their typical gross insecurity, marry below their station. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew exposed this national problem in 1983 when pointing ... ...n have been proving themselves in every area, from national leadership in prime ministerial positions to leadership in every scientific and business ... ... —“As I said we don‟t pay people to follow a recreational pursuit, like acting, dancing or sports. We have one soccer player, who was an amateur h... ...tellectual in our society. 57 “Recreational pastimes like sports, acting, singing and dancing are encouraged but not paid. They carry no cel...

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...re; to the maternal eyes a duke or an ambassador, a marshal of France or a minister of State, could alone give her Celestine her due place in society.... ... Monsieur de la Billardiere, related to a deputy of the Right who was made minister in 1823. It was enough to drive Rabourdin out of the service; but ... ...rmies did not exist. The clerks, few in number, were under the orders of a prime minister who communicated with the sovereign; thus they directly serv... ...did not exist. The clerks, few in number, were under the orders of a prime minister who communicated with the sovereign; thus they directly served the... ...ck,—an attention which evidently pleased her. Rabourdin, who was never ex- acting with his subordinates allowed du Bruel to go off to rehearsals, come... ... fact, his misfortune was that of most other ministers who have passed the prime of life; he trimmed and shuffled under all his difficulties,—with jou...

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......................................................... 212 Chapter 2.5.IX. Minister Roland. ............................................................. ...l tyrannies the insupportablest? Again, how anxious was he that the King’s Ministers should have seat and voice in the National Assembly;—doubtless wi... ...ve seat and voice in the National Assembly;—doubtless with an eye to being Minister himself! Whereupon the National Assembly de- cides, what is very m... ...ion—V olume Two a passive citizen: not the slightest vote for him; were he acting, all the year round, with sledge hammer, with for- est-levelling axe... ...unwashed Pa- triots; ye too are sold like us! Effervescent Regiment du Roi primes its firelocks, Mestre- de-Camp saddles wholly: Commandant Denoue is ... ...s of French Society, dashed forth into singular comico-tragical collision; acting and reacting openly to the eye. Constitutionalism, at once quelling ... ...ances ought not Royalty likewise to cease doubting, and begin deciding and acting? Royalty has always that sure trump-card in its hand: Flight out of ... ...nswered. Suppose Mirabeau, with whom Royalty takes deep counsel, as with a Prime Minister that cannot yet legally avow himself as such, had got his ar... ...e Post here. An acrid choleric man, rather dangerous-looking; still in the prime of life, though he has served, in his time as a Conde Dragoon. This d...

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... be receiving comfort; but it is manifest that he never enjoys the comfort ministered to him. There is a gigantic statue of Washington, by Greenough, ... ...n among the pillars, may be imagined. In the interior of this building the Minister of the Inte- rior holds his court, and, of course, also the Commis... ...ut of the cabinet, was to be saved from absolute disgrace by being sent as Minister to Russia. I do not know that it would become me here to repeat th... ...it seemed he resolved to do. It must be understood that Mr. Seward was not Prime Minister. The President of the United States has no Prime Minister—or... ...desolation of such scenery. We in En- gland, when we read and speak of the primeval forests of America, are apt to form pictures in our minds of wood-... ...n by arms. Young men have been ashamed to remain behind; and their elders, acting under that glow of patriotism which so often warms the hearts of fre... ... habits. Here at any rate the man would expect to be still his own master, acting for himself and independent of all outer control. Our English Hodge,... ...as effected, while enjoying the peculiar confidence of the government, was acting for and in concert with the parties who chartered the vessel, and wa... ...cursors of cultivation. They have been carried hither and thither, through primeval forests and over prairies, with small hope of other traffic than t...

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...ought to him by his unsuspecting friends; for neither courtier, statesman, minister, nor friend ever looked upon those notes which this “little Duke w... ... so. He spent the evening with Madame de Maintenon, working with different ministers one after the other. But still he wished his courtiers to attend ... ... for their distinctions, and often for their fortunes. Everybody, from the ministers to the daughters of the King, trembled before her. The King himse... ... dispose of Monsieur at their will. The Chevalier de Lorraine, then in the prime of his first youth (having been born in 1643) completely ruled over M... ... not keep his countenance. He sent orders to London, to drive out Poussin, acting as French am- bassador, immediately; and Poussin directly crossed th... ...en we were quite alone I explained, at considerable length, my reasons for acting in this matter, declaring that it was from no disrespect to his Maje... ...hal Matignon, who arrived soon after, indeed specially prohibited him from acting. While this was passing, Biron heard sharp firing on his left, beyon... ...to gain esteem and confidence, so as to become by the support of the King, prime minister in Spain; but as we shall soon see, his ultramontane hobbies... ... and pave the way for 711 Saint-Simon his future greatness. Having become prime minister, he kept the King as completely inaccessible to the courtier...

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...g of the lashes of a barbarous horde—or perhaps he is some Indian prince’s prime minister. Action is my vocation. Leaving a civil college at the age o... ...he lashes of a barbarous horde—or perhaps he is some Indian prince’s prime minister. Action is my vocation. Leaving a civil college at the age of twen... ... statesmen who are the battledores with which two cunning players toss the ministerial portfolios exactly as the man behind the puppet-show hits Punch... ...e contributed largely to his overthrow, and covered him with mud. A fallen minister, if he is to rise again to power, must show that he is to be feare... ...now are the intelligent class. The laws of overpressure are at this moment acting slowly and silently in our midst. The Government is the great crimin...

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...ster. He is the friend of the First Consul, and very intimate with all the ministers; he will protect you.” “Then you were holding the estate for him?... ...Aube. The State Councillor told Marion to stay in Paris, and he warned the minister of police, who gave orders that Michu should be secretly watched. ... ...ely danger- ous man. The authorities, who were under instructions from the minister of police to watch the bailiff, did not of course lessen this beli... ... the rest? You’ve kept me here since yesterday, arguing it. The land is in prime order.” “Yes, the soil is good,” said Violette. “Wife, some more wine... ... the perfidious trap which was evidently laid for his clients. But Marthe, acting like most women under a first impulse, was convinced by this proof w... ...which can be thus ex- plained. The princess was anxious to obtain from the prime minister of the crown a permit for the return of the Prince de Cadign... ...entatives of Legitimacy talking and laughing in a friendly manner with the prime minister of the man whom she never called anything but Monsieur le Du...

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...ge to accept me, because she expects to manage me as she pleases and to be minister under my name.” “That’s a good joke!” cried Madame Marion. “What d... ...raud,” in the triumph of the present system, by which the Chambers and the ministers are like the wooden puppets which the proprietor of the Guignolet... ...ore returning to their hives at night. The four promenaders were the whole ministerial conclave of Arcis, namely: the sub-prefect, the procureur-du-ro... ...he famous Simeuse melodrama.” “It would be easier for you to make yourself prime-minis- ter,” said Madame Marion. “There will never be any alliance be... ...ressed myself to his wife,—a rather appetizing provincial, though past her prime.” “Yes, yes, I see; very good!” said Franchessini; “husband 218 The ... ...gain. You have, no doubt, said to yourselves—you and Sallenauve—that I was acting strangely in not visiting her grave; that is a remark that two of my... ... I knew already; but those transports of dramatic passion, your pow- erful acting, so sure of itself, did certainly astonish me.” “It comes from havin... ... the other side, until an unfor- tunate event occurred. The senior deputy, acting as presi- dent (for the Chamber was not yet constituted), was a worn...

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...n England during some part of her majesty’s reign, she did govern by a chief minister; nay even by two succes sively, the first whereof was the lord ... ...ounding in virtue, honour, truth, and good sense; courts and levees of great ministers thor oughly weeded and swept; wit, merit, and learning re war... ...s deportment majestic. Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 19 He was then past his prime, being twenty eight years and three quarters old, of which he had r... ...s the highest, without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief ministers themselves are commanded to show their skill, and to convince t... ...company of En glish lords and ladies in their finery and birth day clothes, acting their several parts in the most courtly manner of strutting, and b... ...ere I saw the king seated on his throne, attended on each side by persons of prime quality. Before the throne, was a large table filled with globes an... ... told that a great court lady, who had several children, – is married to the prime minister, the richest subject in the kingdom, a very graceful perso...

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... I resigned myself to all the privations of a widower—in Paris, and in the prime of life, madame. But you must un- derstand that, in spite of this ext... ...arshal’s baton, and the King could do no more for him unless by making him minister or a peer of France. From 1818 till 1823, having no official occup... ...e offspring 29 Balzac of a true marriage, of a pure and noble love in its prime. There was a passionate vitality in her countenance, a bril- liancy o... ...arrousel, near my lodgings. Now, your father knows Mon- sieur Popinot, the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, and the Comte de Rastignac, and if he... ...pa is in the King’s household just now,” said Hortense. “He sees those two ministers every day at the Chamber, and he will do the thing —I undertake t... ... 53 Balzac which plainly showed that worsted damask has not three years of prime, proclaimed poverty as loudly as a beggar in rags at a church door. T... ...a mother. The strange alliance seemed to be the out- come of a strong will acting constantly on a weak character, on the fluid nature peculiar to the ... ...e. “Do not imagine that I shall retrace my steps. Do not imagine that I am acting with the rash haste of youth, with- out reflection, with the anger o... ...es required by our office, Monsieur le Baron!” said the constable; “we are acting for the plaintiff. The Justice of the Peace is here to authorize the...

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...er found, is ‘the same man you have known at the Cordeliers. ’ With such a Minister of Justice shall not Justice be done?—Let it be swift then, answer... ...ll be as hostages for us, and not with- out use. This Decree the energetic Minister of Justice de- manded, last night, and got; and this same night it... ...e Boulevard amid paving-stones and boulders, ’ longing for one word of any Minister, or Minister’s Clerk, about those accursed Dutch muskets, and gett... ...e centre of two Eternities, of three Immensi- ties,—in the intersection of primeval Light with the ever- lasting dark! Thus have there been, especial... ...hies of philosophical Advocates, rich Shopkeepers, rural Noblesse, was the prime mover in the French Revolu- tion; as the like will be in all such Rev... ...peremptorily necessary that a National Convention cease arguing, and begin acting. Yield one party of you to the other, and do it swiftly. No theoreti... ...est Birth of Nature’s waste inor- ganic Deep, which men name Orcus, Chaos, primeval Night; and knows one law, that of self-preservation. Tigresse Nati...

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...st number of light, nimble gods, menial servants to Jupiter: those are his ministering instruments in all affairs below. They travel in a caravan, mor... ...es, A courtier any ape surpasses. Behold him humbly cringing wait Upon the minister of state; View him, soon after, to inferiors Aping the conduct of ... ...ires. Cadenus is a subject fit, Grown old in politics and wit; Caressed by Ministers of State, Of half mankind the dread and hate. Whate’er vexations ... ... day declines, And he must fall a prey to Time, While she continues in her prime. Cadenus, common forms apart, In every scene had kept his heart; Had ... ...Phoebus, young; Nor ever nymph inspired to rhyme, Unless like Venus in her prime. At fifty six, if this be true, Am I a poet fit for you; Or at the ag... ... reward, And by all sages understood To be the chief of human good, Should acting, die, or leave behind Some lasting pleasure in the mind. Which by re... ...ason, either out of inclination or civility, while this merry companion is acting his part. It is a business he The Battle of the Books and Other Shor...

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...on forgets his consideration for the church. The houses and gardens of her ministers stand safe in the midst of armies; a way is reserved for themselv... ...artillery from an American 21 Robert Louis Stevenson war-ship, and became prime minister to the king. It is true (even if he were ever really support... ...ery from an American 21 Robert Louis Stevenson war-ship, and became prime minister to the king. It is true (even if he were ever really supported) th... ...tain’s doings”: surely supererogation of deceit. The Hawaiian Embassy. The prime minister of the Hawaiian kingdom was, at this period, an adventurer o... ... doings”: surely supererogation of deceit. The Hawaiian Embassy. The prime minister of the Hawaiian kingdom was, at this period, an adventurer of the ... ...th his boat’s- crew into the town, made his way to the house of the native prime minister, and demanded Coe’s release. Brandeis has- tened to the spot... ...hat of the officials, num- bered at first exactly one. Wilson, the English acting consul, 43 Robert Louis Stevenson is understood to have held strict... ...d the baron’s gallantry met with a deserved success. The six ring-leaders, acting in Mataafa’s interest, had been guilty of a delict; with Mataafa’s a...

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... spirit of bitter ridicule, which, arising from the streets below, penetrated through the very casements of the room, which resounded with the 4 Twen... ...the king. “It is not for nothing that I am styled Louis the Just.” and he signed Emery’s appointment. This was the same Emery who became eventually su... ..., as you know, is one of the queen’s greatest friends. As a soldier the man ranks well; he did his whole duty and even more, at the siege of Rochelle—... ... Curtius, enlivened as they were by engravings of Alexander’s feats of arms, frowned and looked at his mother. “Why,” he said, “does he enter without ... ...ille and which she had repurchased from Monsieur des Essarts. “’Tis true. I remember well that diamond, which belonged to the queen.” “You see, then, ... ...s, the vermilion visage, and the eloquent smile of—Musqueton. It was indeed Musqueton—Musqueton, as fat as a pig, rolling about with rude health, puff... ...rtments to some incident in Mazarin’s life. In one was depicted the “Illustrious Coxcomb” re- ceiving a shower of blows from Cardinal Bentivoglio, who... ...whose servant he had been; another, the “Illustrious Mazarin” acting the part of Ignatius Loyola in a tragedy of 138 Twenty Years After that name; a ... ... to his going or staying, I feel too much grati- tude to the cardinal not to leave him free in all his actions; he shall do what he wishes to do.” A t...

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... his hut. Very like he said his mass here.” John wondered to find that the minister thought this made the place more suitable. The whole cavern was so... ... never give up the secret of yonder cavern to any save a lawfully ordained minister of the church.” “No doubt poor old Clerk North will be in distress... ...st gave his brown red hand, and with head bare said, “I promise, after the minister and before God, never to give up that which lies within the cave t... ... of Elmwood,” explained the steward, “on the tenure of the delivery of the prime beast on 45 Yo n g e the land on the demise of lord or tenant, and t... ...een picked out of little Ben, without the child’s knowing it, to make such acting possible? And how was the woodward, who was so much delighted with t...

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...us books, which were mainly intended to be suppressed. Last, that it will be primely to the discouragement of all learning, and the stop of Truth, n... ...orded that the writings of those old comedians were suppressed, though the acting of them were forbid; and that Plato commended the reading of Aris... ...ess, and dispersed among us, for all that licensing can do? yet this is the prime service a man would think, wherein this Order should give proof of ... ...annot be shut. And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our Ministers also, of whose labours we should hope better, and of the profi... ...ism, and Christian walking. This may have much reason to discour- age the Ministers when such a low conceit is had of all their exhortations, and ... ...ergy themselves. It is no new thing never heard of before, for a parochial Minister, who has his reward and is at his Hercules’ pillars in a warm be...

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...du Chatelet came in, gor- geously arrayed in evening dress, fresh from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to inquire whether Mme. de Bargeton was satis... ...o herself when Lucien was included in the invitation. In the month of June ministers are often puzzled to know what to do with boxes at the theatre; m... ... she 36 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris will be sensible that you are acting like a gentleman; and at a later time, if you should need her, she w... ... saw a fine carp to-day; I expect to buy it this day week.” Instead of the prime vegetables more fittingly described by the word primeval, artfully di... ...pensioner, sit- ting on a pile of stamped papers, was munching a crust and acting as sentinel resignedly. Coloquinte was as much accus- tomed to his w... ...?” “The Liberal newspapers have far more subscribers than the Royalist and Ministerial journals; still, though Canalis is 85 Balzac for Church and Ki... ... forth for the world in passion and sentiment and phrases. Yes; instead of acting, you will write; you will sing songs instead of fighting; you will l... ...en’s mind. “That is Nathan,” Lousteau said in his ear. Nathan, then in the prime of his youth, came up to the group of journalists, hat in hand; and i... ...led amiably. “Poetry is like the sun,” said Blondet, “giving life alike to primeval forests and to ants and gnats and mosquitoes. There is no virtue b...

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...ngaging in every conceivable frolic of town plea- sure. Whilst her mother, acting as the young lady’s protectress and elder sister, pursued her own pa... ...d to do him a wrong. But the Queen was timid by nature, and the successive Ministers she had, had private causes for their irresolution. The bolder an... ...h they looked forward to its completion; the reverence which they paid the minister who initiated them into that secret Truth, now known only to a few... ...down, the next mo- ment embraced his dear young lord. My lord’s companion, acting the part of a domestic, dis- mounted, and was for holding the viscou... ...ctually in London, within a stone’s cast of his sister’s palace; the first Minister toppling to his fall, and so tottering that the weakest push of a ... ...piracy against me; I know you are, sir, and that my mother and brother are acting but as you bid them; whither would you have me go?” “I would but rem... ... Esmond, that I promise you,” says the good Bishop, assuming the airs of a Prime Minister. “The Prince hath expressed himself most nobly in regard of ... ...stfallen Boniface’s stairs, but into our coaches again. The Prince and his Prime Minister in one, Esmond in the other, with only his dear mistress as ...

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...r’s circumstances were more affluent; she was daughter of a Mons. Bernard, minister, and possessed a considerable share of modesty and beauty; indeed,... ...t, and accomplishments— [They were too brilliant for her situation, the minister, her father, having bestowed great pains on her education. She was... ...le books, which was by no means extraor- dinary, having been selected by a minister that truly deserved that title, in whom learning (which was the ra... ...ce to my mind with any degree of satisfaction; but after having passed the prime of life, as I decline into old age (while more recent occurrences are... ...her heart) that it was only her aversion to singularity that prevented her acting the devotee in public; in a word, her piety was too sincere to give ... ...lf; and when she relieved the un- fortunate, it was rather for the sake of acting right, than from a principle of real commiseration. I have frequentl... ...d shouting amidst peals of laughter would rather have imagined we had been acting a farce than preparing opiates or elixirs. My time, however, was not... ..., not even excepting Madam de Pompadour, whom I considered as a species of prime minister, and when it was reported that one of these two would expel ...