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...Then I thought of the children. “It must have been difficult to explain to Rob- ert,” I said. “Oh, I never said a word to either of them. Y ou see, we... ...and Sixpence Chapter XLVI HAD NOT BEEN in Tahiti long before I met Captain Nichols. He came in one morning when I was having breakfast on the terrace ... ... peculiar excitement to the best game in the world. I came to know Captain Nichols very well before I left Tahiti, and I am the richer for his acquain... ..., forced me to dismiss him in a couple of lines. I do not know why Captain Nichols first left England. It was a matter upon which he was reti- cent, a... ...ject more deserving of pity than the married bachelor. Of such was Captain Nichols. I met his wife. She was a woman of twenty-eight, I should think, t... ...e had all the effect of black bombazine. I could not imagine why Cap- tain Nichols had married her, and having mar- ried her why he had not deserted h...

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..., and which are its most fitting judges. The ingenuity which has sought to rob us of the name and existence of Homer, does too much violence to that i... ...ssess’d of thine? Great as thou art, and like a god in fight, Think not to rob me of a soldier’s right. At thy demand shall I restore the maid? First ... ...n, and bid the valiant die: So much ’tis safer through the camp to go, And rob a subject, than despoil a foe. Scourge of thy people, violent and base!... ...o buy one funeral flame: Their Hector on the pile they should not see, Nor rob the vultures of one limb of thee.” Then thus the chief his dying accent... ...p. 393, states the number of the Grecian forces at upwards of 100,000 men. Nichols makes a total of 135,000. 45 “As thick as when a field Of C...

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...e original is extremely rare, but it has been twice reprinted; once in Mr. Nichols’s very curious and interesting collection of the Progresses and Pub... ...s conferences with the lady, and they make their escape together by night; rob a poor fellow of a horse by the way, such was their guilty haste, and a... ...wound, which seemed to be obviously mortal; but whether in a brawl or from rob- bers they could not learn, as he was in a fever, and spoke nothing con...

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...Gang?” “Nothing only robbery and murder,” Tom said. “But who are we going to rob? — houses, or cattle, or —” “Stuff! stealing cattle and such things a... ... cents to keep quiet, and said we would all go home and meet next week, and rob somebody and kill some people. Ben Rogers said he couldn’t get out mu... ...tand in his way at sech a time? And what kind o’ uncles would it be that ‘d rob — yes, rob — sech poor sweet lambs as these ‘at he loved so at sech... ...n folks.” I says to myself, this is a girl that I’m letting that old reptle rob her of her money! Then Susan she waltzed in; and if you’ll believe m... ...om the tomb! Says I to myself, and this is another one that I’m letting him rob her of her money! Then Mary Jane she took another inning, and went in... ...es asleep in it and he didn’t want to disturb them, and says: “Mr. Archibald Nichols, I presume?” “No, my boy,” says the old gentleman, “I’m sorry to ... ...” says the old gentleman, “I’m sorry to say ‘t your driver has deceived you; Nichols’s place is down a matter of three mile more. Come in, come in.” 1... ...in and eat your dinner with us; and then we’ll hitch up and take you down to Nichols’s.” “Oh, I can’t make you so much trouble; I couldn’t think of i...

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...ie”—(loud ap- plause)—and he was sure that when the author of Waverley and Rob Roy drinks to Nicol Jarvie, it would be received with that degree of ap... ...men, it owes its origin to a higher source—the publication of the novel of Rob Roy— the unprecedented success of the opera adapted from that popular p... ...the gallant Highlander, “Cast his eye to good old Scotland, and not forget Rob Roy.” (Loud applause.) Sir Walter Scott here stated that Mrs. Siddons w... ... actual clan surname being M’Gregor), had been so called by the celebrated Rob Roy, because of the particu- lar friendship which had subsisted between... ...” Note 5.—EARL OF WINTON. The incident here alluded to is thus narrated in Nichols’ Progresses of James I., Vol.III. p.306:— “The family” (of Winton) ... ...mpany; and he said that he had lost a good, faithful, and loyal subject.”— Nichols’ Progresses of K. James I, VOL.III. p.306. Note 6.—MACGREGOR OF GLE... ...nt of a drover poet, by name Robert Mackay, or, as he was commonly called, Rob Donn—that is, Brown Robert—and certain specimens of his talents, pub- l...

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...ardoned for all military offenses prior to this. A. LINCOLN. TO CROSBY AND NICHOLS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, January 16, 1864. MESSRS. CROSBY A... ...HOLS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, January 16, 1864. MESSRS. CROSBY AND NICHOLS. GENTLEMEN : The number for this month and year of the North Americ... ... the authority in scarcely anything whatever. The credit given him by Mr. Rob- erts, was given in the teeth of the express declaration that the Gover...

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...lished with delight. And besides, she foresaw that the first passion would rob her of her slave. Sometimes she even blamed herself because her own tyr... ... at her,” said Hortense. “You have scruples about the seal, and none about rob- bing your cousin of her lover.” “I promised about the seal—I made no p... ...I would pay down fifty thousand francs—that is to say, I would spend it—to rob that great good-looking fellow of his mistress, and to show him that a ... ...ey say that in order to secure the services of such an artist, the Emperor Nichols has pardoned him—” “Nonsense!” said the Baroness. “When did you hea... ...e rewarded with the Montyon prize, the cook, male or female, is a domestic rob- ber, a thief taking wages, and perfectly barefaced, with the Governmen... ...stipulated for the right of taking my revenge; it took you three months to rob me of Josepha; I took Valerie from you in—We will say no more about tha...

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...ly’s—the great dancing-place in the city before District Marshal Will- iam Nichols bought it. They told me he was always glad to 100 Rewards and Fair... ...egun to trinkle back to town. Whole houses stood empty and the niggers was rob- bing them out. But I can’t call to mind that any of the Moravian Breth...

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... Lieutenant Commanding George H. Preble. Lieu- tenant Commanding Edward T. Nichols. Lieutenant Command- 5 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six i... ...ng time. In a certain sense it is a success. The old President of Liberia, Rob- erts, has just been with me—the first time I ever saw him. He says the...

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... said a man * One curious anecdote was communicated by himself to Mr. John Nichols. Mr. Wilcox, the bookseller, on being informed by him that his inte... ...h; but where’s the book? No matter where; wise fear, you know, Forbids the rob- bing of a foe; But what, to serve our private ends, Forbids the cheati... ...arly; he appointed me, however, to meet him in the evening at Mr. (now Sir Rob- ert) Chambers’s in the Temple, where he ac- cordingly came, though he ... ...omewhere or other given an ac- 406 Boswell’s Life of Johnson count of Dr. Nichols’s discourse De Animia Medica. He told us ‘that whatever a man’s dis... ...e De Animia Medica. He told us ‘that whatever a man’s dis- temper was, Dr. Nichols would not attend him as a physician, if his mind was not at ease; f... ...son. ‘But I would rather shoot him in the instant when he is attempting to rob me, than afterwards swear against him at the Old-Bailey, to take away h... ... fire, he ‘breathed out threatenings and slaughter;’ calling them, Rascals—Rob- bers—Pirates;’ and exclaiming, he’d ‘burn and destroy them.’ Miss Sewa... ...view—’Do not make an union with us, Sir. We should unite with you, only to rob you. We should have robbed the Scotch, if they had had any thing of whi... ...r him,’ appear from the following anecdote, communicated to me by Mr. John Nichols:—’In the year 1763, a young bookseller, who was an apprentice to Mr...

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...York, and possession was taken of the country on his behalf by one Colonel Nichols. In 1673 it was recaptured by the Dutch, but they could not hold it... ...tries has given bread to millions of English- men, and a break in it would rob millions of their bread. These people speak our language, use our praye...

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...ompetition. The first was the passage by Congress in 1986 of the Goldwater-Nichols COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 95 Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:12 AM Page 95... ...ty of military advice and options presented to the president.The Goldwater-Nichols example is seen by some as having lessons applicable to lessening c... ...or members of the armed forces. It also contributed to the later Goldwater-Nichols reforms. In 1983 came Hezbollah’s massacre of the Marines in Beirut... ... to be American antigovernment extremists named Timothy McVeigh and T erry Nichols. President Clinton proposed to amend his earlier proposals by incre... ... the press know their unhap- piness that, in conformity with the Goldwater-Nichols reforms, Shelton had been the only member of the JCS to be consulte... ...lligence reports,“UBL Situation Report, ” Jan. 5, 10, 12, 2000; CIA email, Rob to John and others,“Malaysia— for the record,” Jan. 6, 2000. 51. CIA ca...

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...r fighting with him until he had driven him away. The effect of all this was to rob White Fang of much of his puppyhood and to make him in his comportm... ...ot out of his way when he came along; nor did the boldest of them ever dare to rob him of his meat. On the contrary, they devoured their own meat hurr... ...er the X ray — anything. Weedon, telegraph at once to San Francisco for Doctor Nichols. No reflection on you, doctor, you understand; but he must have ...