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...th the morning; I have no guess what I should do. ’Tis easy to say that the public duty should brush aside these little considerations of personal dig... ...e, Lloyd and I, and drove in great style, with a native out- rider, to the prison; a huge gift of ava and tobacco under the seats. The prison is now u... ...don’t know that he would show his best, but he is a re- markably fine fellow, in every department of life. We have other visitors in port. A Count Fes...

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...5 Autobiographic Sketches 20 This was a manoeuvre regularly taught to the Austrian cavalry in the middle of the last century; as a ready way of openi... ...mountains for the winter. Rigor, therefore, there was; for the most humane politicians, erroneously, as one must believe, fancied it necessary for the... ...ches resemblances in Mr. Williams’s features to those of the Bour- bon and Austrian families. The most pathetic fact is that of the idiocy common to t...

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...blue ink, which distinguished a letter that had come through the Prussian, Austrian, Bavarian, and French post-offices. 26 Colonel Chabert “Ah ha!” s... ...Countess’ position, falling into one of those brown studies to which great politicians give themselves up when concocting their own plans and trying t...

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...hat needlewoman, notwithstanding her low condition, had ac- quaintances in the highest rank; she called the grandest la- dies of the court her friend,... ...Down with Mazarin,” and pleased with Gondy’s suppres- sion of this fact, he said with his sweetest voice and his 385 Dumas most gracious expression: ...

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... example. Prussia’s well horsed, and for the work it’s intended to do, the Austrian light cavalry’s a model. So I’m told. I’ll see for myself. Then we... ...stcoat the miniature, ‘what don’t they say here! It’s a bright day for the Austrian capital that has her by 44 Celt and Saxon the river Danube. Yours... ...ng, and at the same time your journals are venting their fine irony at the Austrians and the Russians and the Prussians for tearing Poland to strips w... ...imaginable among comparative pygmies. But Rockney’s combat with his fellow-politicians of the Press partook of the Swiftian against the Johnsonian in ... ...er. Where was it?’ ‘We met in Trieste. He was about to start by one of the Austrian boats for the East.’ ‘Not disturbed! no! with a rotten potato insi...

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...te or rumble like a town bull’s; it won’t matter whether they are Germans, Austrians, French, Spanish, or even Brazilians— they will be the Germans or... ...haps, they imagined that I wanted to buy a newspaper, for they were either politicians or reporters, which, of course, comes to the same thing. As a m...

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...es the behavior. But if it doesn‘t, it at least breaks down the rationalization of denial. ―As opposed to the rationalizing alcoholic, politi... ...and to protect the child from any harm, deserved or undeserved. So don‘t blame the cheating child, blame the blameless teacher. Just as when politi... ...t been tried in Africa or South America. If you are looking for a short term goal you might pick one country as a candidate for licensing. The politi... ... lives. Most of the highly happy people had state health care and many have reputations for exercise. The biking Danes, the hiking and skiing Austri...

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...d little strength in hole- and-corner bargainings between the officials or politicians who happen to be at the head of this or that nation for the tim... ...of thing will not do now. This Peace Con- gress is too big a job for party politicians and society and county families. The bulk of British opinion ca... ...a, Egypt, and suchlike key possessions. It seemed to excite several of our politicians extremely . I read over the German Chancellor’s speech very car... ...damental than that mere raging against German “militarism,” upon which our politicians and press still so largely subsist. The enormous development of... ...st things; when we look for the wisdom of statesmen we find the cunning of politicians; when open speech and plain rea- son might save the world, cour... ...ng again to the atlas the reader can see for himself that the Ger- man and Austrian submarines are obliged to come out across very narrow fronts. A fe...

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... of Austria at Geneva, Septem ber 10, 1898, occurred during Mark Twain’ s Austrian residence. The news came to him at Kaltenleutgeben, a summer resor... ...he mourning is universal and genuine, the consternation is stupefying. The Austrian Empire is being draped with black. Vienna will be a spectacle to s... ...Empress is murdered!” When those amazing words struck upon my ear in this Austrian village last Saturday, three hours after the disaster, I knew Wha... ...ised up prize fighters, and poets, and villages mayors, and little and big politicians, and big and little charity founders, and bicycle champions, an... ...o groups were the high notes. The green plumes were worn by forty or fifty Austrian generals, the group opposite them were chiefly Knights of Malta an... ...ege presidents and professors, architects, engineers, painters, sculptors, politicians, agitators, rebels, revolution ists, patriots, demagogues, clo...

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...p a vote into the ballot-box. As for the prominent 10 Miscellaneous Prose politicians who have displaced their rivals partly on the strength of an im... ...ing to the intimation sent by General Lamarmora on T uesday evening to the Austrian headquarters, the three days fixed by the general’s message before... ...ver, and, as everybody here hopes, to cross it in spite of any defence the Austrians may make. On my way to this ancient city last evening I met Gener... ...curo, or at any other point not far from it, it is to be supposed that the Austrians will make a stand there, and I should not be surprised at all tha... ... of the powerful artillery he disposes of—in these twofold operations, the Austrians defending the line of the Colli Euganei could be easily outflanke... ...ng campaign. There was a rumour at Cialdini’s headquarters to-day that the Austrians had gathered in great numbers in the Polesine, and especially at ...

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... Prot- estant princes. In fact, several circumstances combined to make the Austrian princes zeal- ous supporters of popery. Spain and Italy, from 11 ... ...m. This, however, ap- pears certain, that nothing so completely damped the Austrian hopes of universal mon- archy, as the obstinate war which they had... ... could not be persuaded to allow the election of a King of the Romans. The Austrian States re- nounced their allegiance, Hungary and 30 The History o... ...n a situation to occasion the greatest embarrassment to the governors. The Austrian princes, it is true were Roman Catholics, and in addition to that,... ...ne- cessities and Maximilian’s mildness, had met with a rapid success. The Austrian provinces exhibited in miniature what Germany did on a larger scal... ...he timid mind of Louis with the most alarming fears. Not merely chimerical politicians, but many of the best informed Roman Catholics, fully believed ...

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... them into revolt and enmity against the natural law of love. I have heard politicians and coffee-house wiseacres talking over the newspaper, and rail... ...s Grace, in which he hoped that as Don Scipio had formerly served with the Austrians against the French, ’twas to be hoped that his Excellency would n... ... Excellency would now declare himself against the French King, and for the Austrian in the war be- tween King Philip and King Charles. But his Excelle... ...know my Father in any garment, black or white, shaven or bearded;” for the Austrian officer was habited quite in the military manner, and had as warli... ...d a little excited by wine, which was dealt out much more liberally by the Austrian than by the English commander:— ”Now,” says my general, slapping t...