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... on the quarter-deck, as it were, of a gigantic vessel. We dream of Paris from the days of the Romans to those of the Franks, from the Normans to the Burgundians, the Middle-Ages, the Valois, Henri IV., Louis XIV., Napoleon, and Louis-Philippe. Vestiges are before us of all those sovereignties, in monuments that recall their memory....

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...rom the days of the Romans to those of the Franks, from the Normans to the Burgundians, the Middle-Ages, the Valois, Henri IV., Louis XIV., Napo- leon... ... an instant and looked at Godefroid. “I remember that day with some satis- faction,” he said. Then he resumed: “A week or so later I met Bordin and to... ... persons com- mitting it are fully brought to light. We see the madness of faction combining with pillage and greed; we see assassination advised by p...

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...er as if in the polar regions at Saint-Cloud, in the midst of this glowing Burgundian climate. The sun sends down its warmest rays, the king-fisher wa... ...ent guilelessness came back to him, and he owned him- self “gulled” by the Burgundian beggar. “Y ou would never believe, monsieur,” said Charles, as t... ... Vert, called Vermichel, practitioner. Vermichel, a fa- mous violin in the Burgundian regiment of former days, had procured for Pere Fourchon, in reco... ...Fourchon, holding out a hand to Vermichel to help him up the steps. Of all Burgundian figures, Vermichel would have seemed to you the most Burgundian.... ...ried the old fellow. “Perhaps I don’t know French, and I’ll ask it in good Burgundian; as long as I get the money, I don’t care, I’ll talk Latin: ‘lat... ...grew furious at his helplessness. Groison found the excitement of a war of factions in his duties, and all the plea- sures of the chase,—a chase after...

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...re than one great prince would have succumbed. Having to make head against factions and ambitions like those of the Guises and the house of Bour- bon,... ...examined the principal reigns in the history of France, the quarrel of the Burgundians and the Armagnacs, that of the Guises and the Valois, each of w... ...uring the reign of Francois I.), which divided the court and politics into factions for these mortal enemies, endeav- ored to make herself the friend ... ...rations, who were weary of their losses and of the famine, Henri IV., that factionist who became king, might never perhaps have entered Paris. Every o... ...erests of the nobles are equally threatened. Let us smother at its birth a faction as odious as that of the Burgundians who formerly put Paris and all... ...threatened. Let us smother at its birth a faction as odious as that of the Burgundians who formerly put Paris and all France to fire and sword. It req... ...nd sword. It required a Louis XI. to put a stop to the quarrel between the Burgundians and the Crown; and to-day a prince de Conde is needed to preven... ... answered that he was cold and wanted to get in. “Ha! my master,” said the Burgundian maid, “you went out by the street-door, and you return by the wa... ...d bitterly as he heard of the invitation to his prom- ised bride. When the Burgundian cook and the apprentices had de- parted on their several errands...

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... a much greater prominence than he could have done at either the French or Burgundian Court. He and his brother of St. Pol were Esclairmonde’s nearest... ...e flies in a frost; the homeless orphans of the parents murdered by either faction roamed the streets, and herded in the corners like the vagrant dogs... ...o, no, Alice,’ said Esclairmonde, with a shudder; ‘any one rather than the Burgundian! It is shame even to com- pare the Scot!’ ‘He may not be so evil... ...foot, and show- ing a bold proud visage, exaggerating the harshness of the Burgundian lineaments. Malcolm shuddered, and murmured, ‘Such a pearl to su... ...-in-law, to prevent her from shining in her native city, and eclipsing the Burgundian pomp; and she opened her soft brown eyes in dignified dis- pleas... ...ng for their return, when her hands were grasped on either side by the two Burgundian princesses. ‘Sweet runaway, we have caught you at last! Here, in...

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...us, etc. **“Snobs,” and its antithesis, “nobs,” arose among the inter- nal factions of shoemakers perhaps ten years later. Possibly enough, the terms ... ... of moral strength, namely the king’s name, “which they upon the ad- verse faction wanted.” Passing them without an effort, as it seemed, we threw the... ...ly she took T royes by a coup-de-main from a mixed garrison of English and Burgundians; on the 15th of that month she carried the dauphin into Rheims;... ...f her own friends is doubt- ful to this day), she was made prisoner by the Burgundians, and finally surrendered to the English. Now came her trial. Th... ... “She would not use her sword or kill any one.” 87 24 MADE PRISONER BY THE BURGUNDIANS: The English have accused the French officers of conniving at J...

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...ut entirely through the equilibrium and mechanical counterpoise of ri- val factions. In a case, therefore, where no benefit of choice was al- lowed to... ...that it was of a kind to be felt only by modern spectators. Mere dissatis- faction with its external appearance, which must have been a pretty general... ...g- ing his departure to the capital. A council having been con- vened, the faction of court sycophants pressed upon his at- tention the inclemency of ... ... all those who had an interest in maintaining the old abuses. To two great factions he thus made himself especially ob- noxious—to the praetorian coho... ...erer. From the Gaulish provinces he chased in succes- sion the Franks, the Burgundians, and the Lygians. He pur- sued the intruders far into their Ger... ...eeded to the rank of emperor by the choice of the army. But the mysterious faction of murderers were still at work. After eight months’ march from the...

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...t fight; and with whom shalt thou fight! Could tumult awaken the old Dead, Burgundian Charles the Bold might stir from under that 88 The French Revol... ...bodies, across the Rhine: (See Dampmartin, i. 249, &c. &c.) sick dissatis- faction, sick disgust on both sides; the Army moribund, fit for no duty:—ti... ...n of Royal- ism, make solemn final ‘scission’ from an Assembly given up to faction; and depart, shaking the dust off their feet. Connected with this m... ...ely conjured, in a Revolt which is by nature bottomless? If the ceasing of faction be the price of the King’s somnolence, he may awake when he will, a... ...the Tanner, of Etampes,—whom legal Constitutionalism will not forget. With factions, suspicions, want of bread and sugar, it is verily what they call ... ...o rally round Brunswick and his Emi- grant Seigneurs; tyranny of a Jacobin Faction shall oppress them no more; but they shall return, and find favour ...

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...y lamented to his wife, because the Copelands were devoted to the Somerset faction; and the King had been labouring to rec- oncile them to the Dacres,... ... booth, a tall perfectly-equipped man-at-arms, in velvet bon- net with the Burgundian Cross, bright cuirass, rich crimson surcoat, and handsome sword ... ...der one of the Duke’s captains. A man-at-arms in the splendid suite of the Burgundian Dukes was generally of good birth, and was attended by two groom... ...re and more to look to the sympathy and under- standing of his English and Burgundian interests alike, which he found in the maiden who sat by the hea... ... not well be done kneeling, a footstool, covered in tapestry with the many Burgundian quarterings, was brought, and here Grisell was seated, the Duche... ...rdly even then, for Bruges was at the height of its splendour, as were the Burgundian Dukes at the very climax of their magnificence. After landing fr...

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...ght be within reach before he had full information of the present state of factions at the Court, when suddenly his son Malcolm came riding back, push... ...the Flemings were never willingly at war with the English, and some of the Burgundian nobles and knights had been on intimate terms with Suf- folk. St... ...emish hounds.’ Riding between, regardless of the stones, he shouted in the Burgundian French he had learnt in his campaigns, to de- mand the cause of ... ...mpassion- ate, but ready to answer all the questions in her power. She was Burgundian, but her home having been harried in the wars, her husband had t...

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...to our club- room: such hilarity, such benign expression of general satis- faction, I have rarely witnessed. On every side you saw people shaking hand... ..., she took T royes by a coup- de-main from a mixed garrison of English and Burgundians; on the 15th of that month, she carried the Dauphin into Rheims... ...t of her own friends is doubtful to this day, she was made prisoner by the Burgundians, and finally surrendered to the English. Now came her trial. Th... ...a tower of strength, namely, the king’s name, “which they upon the adverse faction wanted.” Passing them without an effort, as it seemed, we threw the...

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...y of the uni- verse by which he solves the world-problem to his own satis- faction, and seeks to reconcile his conduct with his concep- tion of the na... ...l, And set him in fetters, And bound hard and fast That friend of Burgundians; Then the warrior they asked If he would buy life, But...

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... house of Lorraine, and rebuffed them. Then the Marquis de Simeuse, an old Burgundian, old Guiser, old leaguer, old frondeur (he inherited the four gr... ...the proposed revolutionary government, its warrants and edicts against the factions of the 18th Brumaire. An accomplice against his 192 An Historical...

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...nted at my age. Plutarch presently became my greatest favorite. The satis- faction I derived from repeated readings I gave this author, extinguished m... ...est in this affair, and questioned whether she would urge it to his satis- faction, took care to acquaint the almoners with my story, and so far influ... ... before, came in soon after me. I did not now see him with my usual satis- faction, and took care not to inform him how I had passed 132 The Confessi... ...ibberish the most mispronounced, called themselves Provencals, Picards, or Burgundians, came to demand them. My ear being very fine, I was not thus ma... ...d still preserved my primitive simplicity. My mortal aversion to all party faction and cabal had kept me free and independent, without any other chain... ...suits, I begun to fear the Jansenists and philosophers. An enemy to party, faction and cabal, I never heard the least good of parties concerned in the...

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...iserable anarchy of Charles VI.’s reign, the elder brother had been on the Burgundian side—like most of the other nobles of Picardy—and had thus been ... ... herself was in the hands of an infi- nitely more bloodthirsty and zealous faction, who could eas- ily accomplish their ends by working on the womanly...

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...grandfather, King Henry VII., together with whatsoever the German, Norman, Burgundian, Castilian, and French achievements, with their intermarriages, ... ...OR PALATII THE PRINCIPAL NOTE of her reign will be, that she ruled much by faction and parties, which she herself both made, upheld, and weakened, as ... ...s gentleman, and it may be said justly of him, without these hyperboles of faction, as it was of Cato Uticensis, that he seemed to be born only to tha... ...rgent affairs of the State. I find not that he was any way ensnared in the factions of the court, which were all his times strong, and in every man’s ...

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...be—a rare thing. A month elapsed and everything was going on to the satis- faction of the two friends, who worked the plans laid by the queen, in orde... ...th a white diamond, saying that he had a hundred like it for the pope. The Burgundian took off his hat, and exhibited two wonderful pearls, that were ... ...the servant expressed her astonishment that all had made the same vow. The Burgundian added, that this vow had been the cause of his lagging behind, b... ...ll Stories- V ol. Three “Is a cuckold made in the image of God?” asked the Burgundian. “No,” said the Parisian, “because God was wise in this re- spec... ...ll the evils in the world. “Their heads are as empty as helmets,” said the Burgundian. “Their hearts are as straight as bill-hooks,” said the Parisian... ...and for this reason do I hold it in utter detestation.” “I also,” said the Burgundian, “and I begin to understand the different reading by a learned m...

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...re?—Nay, even that were a great improvement: for, of old, with their Guelf Factions and Ghibelline Factions, with their Red Roses and White Roses, the... ...t fight; and with whom shalt thou fight! Could tumult awaken the old Dead, Burgundian Charles the Bold might stir from under that Rotunda of his: neve... ...sen of Royalism, make solemn final ‘scission’ from an Assembly given up to faction; and depart, shaking the dust off their feet. Connected with this m... ...y conjured, in a Revolt which is by nature bot- tomless? If the ceasing of faction be the price of the King’s somnolence, he may awake when he will, a... ...e Tanner, of Etampes,—whom le- gal Constitutionalism will not forget. With factions, suspicions, want of bread and sugar, it is ver- ily what they cal... ...o rally round Brunswick and his Emigrant Seigneurs; tyr- anny of a Jacobin Faction shall oppress them no more; but they shall return, and find favour ...

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...nst any practices which cannot be avowed. Amidst all the revolutions which faction has ever occasioned in the government of Amsterdam, the prevailing ... ...ther, and in the defence of their own, consists the whole play of domestic faction and ambition. The leading men of America, like those of all other c... ...es which are to be found in what may be called the paltry raffle of colony faction, they might then hope, from the presumption which men naturally hav... ...h, in later times, the Swiss militia gained over that of the Austrians and Burgundians. The military force of the German and Scythian nations, who est... ...nderstand any thing of the business of the company; and when the spirit of faction happens not to prevail among them, give themselves no trouble about... ...ublic morals of the Romans. The good temper and modera- tion of contending factions seem to be the most essential circum- stances in the public morals...

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...ehind him, towards Bapaume and Lille. And so there we have the head of one faction, who had just made himself the most formidable man in France, engag... ...Charles of Orleans, and negoti- ated diligently for his release. In 1433 a Burgundian em- bassy was admitted to an interview with the captive duke, in... ...sin, and his brother. He assures him that, soul and body, he is altogether Burgundian; and protests that he has given his heart in pledge to him. Rega... ...arms against England, and pledged himself body and soul to the unpatriotic faction in his own country, set out from London with a light heart and a da... ...leves, at St. Omer. The marriage was celebrated with the usual pomp of the Burgundian court; there were joustings, and illuminations, and animals that... ...ry 14, ten weeks after he disembarked in France, and attended by a ruck of Burgundian gentlemen, that he ar- rived in Paris and offered to present him... ...well en- tered on the third, he hastened to become the dupe and catspaw of Burgundian treason. On each of these occasions, a strong and not dishonoura...

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... patience and util- ity: in that, vivacity, or, as with our neighbours the Burgundians and all the Germans, impatience to see them- selves shut up; by... ...worthy ac- tions, how private soever, or even virtuous thoughts-the satis- faction that a well-disposed conscience receives in itself in doing well. A... ...ulously solicited, in hope that this licence would augment the schisms and factions of their division, and hinder the people from reuniting, and conse...

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...xclusively by a Gallo Ro man population, while in the other the Frankish, Burgundian, and other T eutonic races form a considerable ingredient. When ... ...rment them, not for any benefit to ourselves, but for that of a section or faction among the colonists; and this persistence in domineering cost us a ...