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...s placed their general in safety, provided afterwards each man for his own security. Nor were the Spaniards alone ambitious to serve him, but the Roma... ...y cohorts. And when now all the cities on this side of the river Ebro also united their forces together under his command, his army grew great, for th... ...rendered to the Romans in his treaty with Sylla. Sertorius summoned a full council which he called a senate, where, when others joy- fully approved of... ...tus’s design, and thus gained great interest with him, and was made of the council. Soon after, Perdiccas, with a great army, which he led himself, co... ...a true lover of war, for he preferred his covetous ambition before his own security; but Sertorius was truly warlike, who pro- cured his own safety by... ...magogues and the orators in Thebes and Athens, and thus inciting those two States to hostility against Sparta. Having passed the Hellespont, he marche... ... ascendant which he had over Crassus; for he, the wealthiest among all the states- men of his time, and the most eloquent and greatest too, who had lo... ... now succeeded in making up, and by this means strengthened himself by the united power of both, and so under the cover of an action which carried all... ...e same title as those sent to Delphi or Olympia for the performance of the national sacrifices in behalf of the state, at the great Greek festivals. T...

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...of “virtus” strength, courage. The present dissertation is excusable as of national interest; besides, it may help to re- store the use of such words ... ...e it odious to sound minds. English gold would, as formerly, assist in the national discords. The Republic, aban- doned by young Bonaparte who had see... ...old trooper like Hulot should pull such a gloomy face? He’s as solemn as a council of war.” Hulot gave the speaker a stern look, silence being ordered... ...ely accidental, said to Corentin in a natural tone and manner; “How little security there is on these roads. We were attacked by Chouans just beyond M... ...ught out the transparent rose of the nos- trils and the double curve which united the nose with the upper lip; at other times a pale glint of sunshine... ...ge?” 121 Balzac “That is one of our go-betweens, La Billardiere, son of a councillor to the Breton Parliament, whose real name is some- thing like Fl... ...demoiselle de Verneuil placed one hand over her eye- lids; but for greater security d’Orgemont blew out the lamp, took his liberator by the hand, and ... ... murmur through the open space, the praying men filled with conviction and united by one and the same sentiment, the bare cross, the wild and barren t... ... uniform with any of your tricks.” “Commandant, the order of the ministers states that you are to obey Mademoiselle de Verneuil.” “Let her come and gi...

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...ssible that the appellation grew out of the meetings that were held at his council fires; the war drove off the agent, in common with the other office... ... until, uniting their streams, they form one of the proudest rivers of the United States. The mountains are generally arable to the tops, although ins... ... uniting their streams, they form one of the proudest rivers of the United States. The mountains are generally arable to the tops, although instances ... ...a wilderness. Very soon after the establishment of the independence of the States by the peace of 1783, the enterprise of their citizens was directed ... ...te to which we have alluded. *Sleigh is the word used in every part of the United States to denote a traineau. It is of local use in the west of Engla... ...lers had united, according to the Christian custom, his baptismal with his national name, and to them he was generally known as John Mohegan, or, more... ... a lawyer—’but Can communicate nothing further at present’—hum, hum. “ The national convention ‘— hum, hum—’ unfortunate Louis’—hum, hum—’ex- ample of... ...without wholesome restraints. Those restraints cannot be inflicted without security and respect to the persons of those who ad- minister them; and it ... ... my care. When we separated he had such confidence in me that he wished on security , no evidence of the trust, even had there been time or convenienc...

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...t of his pottery. In 1793 he was able to buy a chateau sold as part of the National domain, which he at once pulled to pieces. The profits were such t... ...ntly at Veronique as she returned to her seat from the altar where she had united herself with God,—a moment when she appeared to all the parish in he... ...prefecture; for he had been appointed, much to his regret, a member of the Council-general of the depart- ment—”a waste of time,” he remarked. Sometim... ...f all chance of the episcopate. 38 The Village Rector This eminent priest united in himself great Christian mod- esty and a noble character. Without ... ...gardener, Graslin used the greenhouse to store articles conveyed to him as security for loans. He let the birds in the aviary die for want of care, to... ... to me the only influence exercised over the public works of France by the Council-general of the Ponts et Chaussees. Suppose, however, that I become,... ...magnificent phase of public works, which is destined to change the face of States and nations, to double human life, and modify the laws of space and ... ...ble human life, and modify the laws of space and time. Belgium, the United States of America, England, none of whom have an Ecole Polytechnique, will ... ...tempted,” said the juge de paix. “Or, at any rate, the weak- nesses of our national character should have been guarded against by the admirable restri...

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...irculating the Scriptures, (whether through the Bible Society, that is the National Society, or Provincial Societies,) of translating the Scriptures i... ...ealm. But probably it was the deep sense of that truth which reined up the national resistance. Sure of a speedy collision between some patron and the... ... is thus al- ready made to what is technically known as Voluntaryism. The ‘United Secession,’ that is the old collective body of Scottish Dissenters, ... ...uation, combined with one of their two characteristic principles. The same United Secession journal openly anticipates an- other and more diffusive re... ...ratiast. Bonaparte wanted those even which were essential to his own daily security. Charlemagne swam well; Bonaparte not at all. Charlemagne was a fi... ...mes demanded, it was essential that they should be wielded by a first-rate statesman, sup- ported by a first-rate soldier. The statesman and the soldi... ...Charlemagne to something beyond the customary ends of victory and domestic security. Of all con- querors, whose history is known sufficiently to throw... ... doubtless some equi- librium to a nobler nature in the other. NOTE 13. In council, we say purposely and in candor; for the only pleas in palliation e... ..., the Resolution, and her consort, the Adventure, were as much independent states and objects of lawful war to the is- landers, as Owyhee, in the Sand...

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...nner. And here the in- structor had to combat another propensity too often united with brilliancy of fancy and vivacity of talent,—that indo- lence, n... ...ce of the rector, the curate, the clerk, and the whole congregation of the united parishes of Waverley cum Beverley. I beg pardon, once and for all, o... ...ments should be repaid forthwith, and, if delayed, if would be a matter of national reproach. Sir Everard, accus- tomed to treat much larger sums with... ...ith groves of nettles, and exhibited here and there a huge hemlock, or the national thistle, overshadowing a quarter of the petty enclosure. The broke... ...per-box than a Gothic watch-tower. Neither did the front indicate absolute security from danger. There were loop-holes for musketry, and iron stanchio... ...w, nor indeed possible to trace them. This proposition was undeniable. The council therefore broke up without coming to any conclusion, as has occurre... ...l, sympathized little in the disappointment of this selfish and interested statesman; and he retired to the country under the comfortable reflection, ... ..., joined to the obscurity of expression which they adopted for the sake of security, that has confounded my judgement. Had I yielded to the first gene... ...ench prisoners. May repose and blessings attend the ashes of the patriotic statesman, who, amongst his last services to Scot- land, interposed to prev...

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...er mistaken. Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a st... ...aken. Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a stronger ... ...Prejudiced, I am not, and never have been, otherwise than in favour of the United States. I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest i... ...ced, I am not, and never have been, otherwise than in favour of the United States. I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest in the c... ...s there, I sincerely believe, any insolence of office of any kind. Nothing national is exhibited for money; and no public officer is a showman. We hav... ...of obtaining it, I suppose?’ ‘Well, I don’t know:’ which, by the bye, is a national answer. ‘Her friends mistrust her.’ ‘What have they to do with it... ...er rule is under stood to be absolute, though she has the assistance of a council of elders. She lives, it is said, in strict seclusion, in certain r... ...hat pilot had wanted to borrow fifty pounds for an indefinite period on no security, we should have engaged to lend it to him, among us, before his bo... ...H , Wiscon sin, we learn that the Hon. Charles C. P. Arndt, Member of the Council for Brown county, was shot dead on the floor of the concil chamber...

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...rwin quickened the thought of the world. Those were all perfect and static States, a balance of happi- ness won for ever against the forces of unrest ... ...it moves them, to wander and see—and though they have every comfort, every security, every virtuous discipline, they will still be unhappy if that is ... ...ut migratory. The old Utopias were all localised, as localised as a parish councillor; but it is manifest that nowa- days even quite ordinary people l... ...ossible and pu- berty correspondingly retarded, and by wise regulation the statesmen of Utopia will constantly adjust and readjust regu- lations and t... ...economy of organisation still leaves the fact untouched that all order and security in a State rests on the certainty of getting work done. How will t... ...its of energy, the grand total of work upon which the social fabric of the United States or England rests, it would be found that a vastly preponderat... ... civilised State—even that compendium of old- fashioned Individualism, the United States of America—is now disposed to admit the necessity of that pro... ...s shoulders, and shows us the palms of his hands. On earth, where there is nationality, this would have been a Frenchman—the inferior sort of Frenchma... ...lear evening sky. “Don’t you think that rather more beautiful than—say—our National Gallery?” He looks at it critically. “There’s a lot of metal in it...

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...er has so vast a drainage basin: it draws its water supply from twenty eight States and T erritories; from Dela ware, on the Atlantic seaboard, and f... ...e in the New Orleans ‘Times Democrat,’ based upon reports of able engineers, states that the river annually empties four hundred and six million tons ... ...e. In fact, all around, religion was in a peculiarly blooming condition: the Council of T rent was being called; the Spanish Inquisition was roasting,... ...isolated communities is the pastime of my idle moments, the de struction of nationalities the serious business of my life! The boundless vastness of ... ...of them that you are allowed to run at all down stream. There’s a law of the United States against it. The river may be rising by the time we get to 1... ..., he promptly resented even the merest sugges tions. Indeed, the law of the United States forbade him to listen to commands or suggestions, rightly c... ...g as it should be wise enough not to carry the thing too far and provoke the national government into amending the licensing system, steamboat owners ... ...d the whole. With these helps, one may run in the fog now, with considerable security, and with a confidence unknown in the old days. With these abund... ...m houses, as the boat swung by, and pictured to themselves the serenity and security and coziness of such refuges at such times, and so had by and by...

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...ave called forth the actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm is often united with the utmost tenderness of heart, the very appreciation of suffer... ...pus was killed by lightning, and the two sisters re- turned to Thebes. The united armies of the seven chiefs against Thebes came on, led by Polynices.... ...haste they girded up their gowns, And hied them to the wall. ‘They held a council standing Before the River Gate: Short time was there, ye well may ... ...Caspian to the Red Sea, was marshalling his forces against the little free states that nestled amid the rocks and gulfs of the Eastern Mediterranean. ... ...mpire was about to launch his countless host against the little cluster of states, the whole of which together would hardly equal one prov- ince of th... ... for his return? Pythias made reply that he had a friend, who would become security for his return; and while Dionysius, the miserable man who trusted... ...d mountains came next in order, and after them waved for the last time the national ensigns of the many tribes of Gaul. Once more Vercingetorix and Ve... ...ious attacks upon the peace- ful plains, where the Gauls had long lived in security, and reports were everywhere heard of villages harried by wild hor... ...chanted out question and answer in Russ, unsuspected, to the tune of their national airs. He was taken on an expedi- tion against the Russians, and ve...

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...ad gone rather deep into poli- tics, and that he was entitled to call many statesmen asses 15 Anthony Trollope because they did not see the things wh... ... lous of matrons are talked out of their virtue; the most expe- rienced of statesmen are talked out of their principles. And who can really calculate ... ... aunts, people that everybody knows about, then there is some guarantee of security. Did you ever hear this man speak of his father?’ ‘I don’t know th... ... get to work. I suppose you would wish that I should take the chair at the Council.’ ‘Certainly;—of course,’ said the Duke of Omnium, turn- ing to the... ...ernment, —the work of getting a team together had been accomplished by the united energy of the two dukes and other friends. The filling up of the gre... ...larity is the staff on which alone Ministers can lean in this country with security.’ ‘Political but not social security.’ ‘You know as well as I do t... ...lives less safe, their general position more debased, and their chances of national success more remote than ever.’ ‘Y ou can never teach them, except... ...was not one there in the room who did not know that it was the wish of the united families that Arthur Fletcher should marry Emily Wharton, and also t... ...lently,—I mean openly, to my face. But he based his objection solely on my nationality,—national- ity and blood. As to my condition in the world, fort...

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...ching, leaving still behind Something of which its masters are afraid, States to be curb’d and thoughts to be confined, Conspiracy or Congress... ...or a grot. ‘Oh Love! in such a wilderness as this, Where transport and security entwine, Here is the empire of thy perfect bliss, And here... ...ith the exception of the second line, For that same twining ‘transport and security’ Are twisted to a phrase of some obscurity. The poet meant, ... ...es, making history change its tune, Then spur away o’er empires and o’er states, Leaving at last not much besides chronology, Excepting the po... ... Love’s, and Night’s, and Ocean’s solitude, O’erflow’d her soul with their united power; Amidst the barren sand and rocks so rude She and her ... ... their witness, and the cave their bed, By their own feelings hallow’d and united, Their priest was Solitude, and they were wed: And they were... ...ally, when he was ask’d to sing, He gave the different nations something national; ‘T was all the same to him—’God save the king,’ Or ‘Ca ir... ... meet and share ‘em. But as it was, his Highness had to hold His daily council upon ways and means How to encounter with this martial scold, ... ...ic Of Dido’s alphabet; and this is rational As any other notion, and not national);— Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Eight” 187 But Juan was quite ‘a...

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... seduce young and enthusiastic minds to the cause in which they were found united, although wisdom and reason frowned upon the en- terprise. The adven... ...nion and unanimity which for some 5 Sir W alter Scott time animated their councils, were all in a considerable de- gree produced by the smallness of ... ...esistance. If the unhappy prince gave implicit faith to the professions of statesmen holding such notions, which is implied by his whole conduct. 11 ... ...om failed to charm forth my mite. You Scotch, who are so proud of your own nationality, must make due allow- ance for that of other folks. On the next... ...hese crea- 85 Sir W alter Scott tures may here at least enjoy undisturbed security. Yet this harmless or humane propensity, or humour, hath given of-... ...swork says that he believes he was very familiar with your father, whom he states to have been called Ralph Latimer of Langcote Hall, in Westmoreland;... ...on the pipes weel aneugh at a bytime; and abune a’, he thought he had gude security for the siller he lent my gudesire ower the stocking at Primrose K... ... which the elder Mr. Fairford had expected and desired. The young men were united by the closest bonds of intimacy; and the more so, that neither of t... ...attained; since it is well known that, in Scotland, where there is so much national music, the words and airs of which are generally known, there is a...

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...er, bought of needy manufactur- ers, the other, editions of books given as security for loans. The shark of bookselling and the pike of paper-dealing ... ...igitte and Jerome, the former being twenty-seven, the latter twenty-three, united their ex- istence. Brother and sister were bound together by an ex- ... ...oyed the respect and consideration of the governors and auditors. The Bank council, on hearing of the probable marriage of Celeste to an honorable emp... ... at last, a serene and peaceful autumn. The two women were still fur- ther united by the one sentiment that lay within them, namely, their adoration f... ...ds which said noth- ing but answered all things,—progress, steam, bitumen, National guard, order, democratic element, spirit of associa- 33 Balzac ti... ...ter a service of thirty-six years. In 1832 he had led his battalion of the National Guard to the attack on Saint-Merri, but his neighbors had previous... ... in order to have a hold upon you; the owners of a privateer ought to have security when the brig and the captain are at sea.” The day after this inte... ...tely demanded in the interests of commerce, which is certainly the life of States. In any case, this view, which isn’t yours, appears to have been tha... ...o displayed more science and calculation in merely get- ting a living than statesmen had shown in governing Spain for a hundred years, he, la Peyrade,...

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...ers, and in the bag of my railway rug the whole of Bancroft’s History of the United States, in six fat volumes. It was as much as I could carry with c... ...d in the bag of my railway rug the whole of Bancroft’s History of the United States, in six fat volumes. It was as much as I could carry with convenie... ... where nomenclature is so rich, poetical, hu- morous, and picturesque as the United States of America. All times, races, and languages have brought th... ...nomenclature is so rich, poetical, hu- morous, and picturesque as the United States of America. All times, races, and languages have brought their con... ...fore nine that night, we were deposited at the Pacific Transfer Station near Council Bluffs, on the eastern bank of the Missouri river. Here we were t... ...e international obscurity prevailed between me and the coloured gentleman at Council Bluffs; so that what I was asking, which seemed very natural to m... ...ct you, now blazed upon a tree, now posted in the corner of a rock. But your security from interruption is complete; you might camp for weeks, if ther... ...hich the Arethusa was to pay dear: both were gone upon in days of incomplete security. It was not long after the Franco-Prussian war. Swiftly as men f... ... proud to remember) as a friend. Like my old soldier, he was far gone in the national com- plaint. Unlike him, he had a vulgar taste in letters; scarc...

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... undeserving friends. There was a long frameful of his work in the Clayton National School, for example, inscribed in old English lettering, “Italian ... ...of men known as the “New Finan- ciers,” one heard frightened old-fashioned statesmen assert- ing with passion that “dumping” didn’t occur, or that it ... ...o the cottage, I fell talking rather more freely with her father about the nationalization of railways, and my spirits and temper had so far mended at... ... ques- tionable, were constantly thrusting themselves from insecu- rity to security, and the sons and daughters of secure people, by marrying insecuri... ...l economy but they displayed an instinctive disinclination to think. Their security was not so perfect that they had not a dread of falling towards th... ...now lives in us… . To every one, I think, came some parallel to the mental states I have already sought to describe —a wonder, an im- pression of joyf... ...dible, to describe Laycock, who first gave the horror words at the cabinet council, “an undersized Oxford prig with a tenoring voice and a garbage of ... ...purse-proud farmer with an enormous belly, that fine dream of freedom, the United States, by a cunning, lean-faced rascal in striped trousers and a bl... ...duties, did it obtain, but the “new countries,” as we called them then—the United States of America, the Cape Colony, Australia, and New Zealand—spent...

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... work perpetually; crouching in country districts, intrenched in municipal councils, un- der arms in the national guard of every canton in France,— on... ...n country districts, intrenched in municipal councils, un- der arms in the national guard of every canton in France,— one result of the year 1830, whi... ...ainted from designs by Boucher. Bath, table and love are therefore closely united. After the salon, which, I should tell you, my dear fellow, exhibits... ...s in the air. ‘I’ve the good tobacco, it never shall be thine,’ that’s the national air of the rich man, hey? The peasant will always be the peasant. ... ...o the conception of the problem of public welfare and fu- 133 Balzac ture security which the law seeks to solve; but throughout the rest of France no... ...uture of her husband’s son by marrying him to Rigou’s only daugh- ter. The united fortunes of the Soudrys and the ex-monk, which would come eventually... ...ion which to-day threat- 143 Balzac ens every man, the man of genius, the statesman, the mod- ern agriculturalist,—in short, all innovators. This las... ...the reeking hovel, while old Mother T onsard stood sentinel at the door as security for the secret words of the drinkers. Of all those faces, that of ... ...officials.” Rated in the community as an able man, Sarcus was the accepted statesman of Madame Soudry’s salon; you can readily imagine that he was the...

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...people, established themselves in another; and gradually seven kingdoms or states arose in England, which were called the Saxon Heptarchy. The poor Br... ...is reign, without fear, allowed his child to be baptised, and held a great council to consider whether he and his people should all be Christians or n... ...tended his power over the whole of England, and so the Seven Kingdoms were united into one. When England thus became one kingdom, ruled over by one Sa... ...ut at any rate it is true that Fine Scholar could not hold out against his united brothers, and that he abandoned Mount St. Michael, and wandered abou... ...ut into him by the brave spirit of the Scottish people, who took this as a national insult, that he refused to come any more. Thereupon, the King furt... ...elp him in his war abroad (which was then in progress), and to give up, as security for his good behaviour in future, the three strong Scot tish Cast... ...tinent of Europe, occasioned by the reigning Princes of little quarrelling states in Italy having at various times married into other Royal families, ... ...oo fed the fire. All this the people bore, and more than all this yet. The national spirit seems to have been banished from the king dom at this time... ...he country, and would bring the King to trial. The King had been taken for security to a place called Hurst Castle: a lonely house on a rock in the se...

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... people had said they were “going to the Beauforts’” with the same tone of security as if they had said they were going to Mrs. Manson Mingott’s, and ... ...fore- seen by watchful relatives, had been carefully passed upon in family council; and the engagement ring, a large thick sapphire set in invisible c... ...ding out when they were to pass through London on their way to or from the States. The intimacy be- came indissoluble, and Mrs. Archer and Janey, when... ...rcher, getting up. “Look here—the fog’s lifting. If we made a dash for the National Gallery we might manage to catch a glimpse of the pictures.” THE N... ...hanging calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States. That such a conversation should be going on anywhere within ... ... calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States. That such a conversation should be going on anywhere within the mil... ... from being as simple as that.” Archer looked back to the President of the United States, and then down at his desk and at the papers scattered on it.... ...own conclusions as to the rea- sons for Archer’s exclusion from the family councils. This fact warned Archer to go warily; but the insinuations about ... ...ready to risk everything, and suddenly tastes the dangerous sweet- ness of security. “She couldn’t have gone back—it was impossible!” he ex- claimed. ...

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...der has ever been present in a vast metropolis, on the day when some great national idol was carried in fu- neral pomp to his grave, and chancing to w... ...ersate diurne; Especially nocturnâ. In these assassinations of princes and statesmen, there is nothing to excite our wonder; important changes often d... ...ther, warm already, became warmer; culinary and meta- physical irritations united to derange his liver: he took to his bed, and died. Such is the comm... ...I believe he was nettled at this neglect, and felt himself insulted by the security in which he passed his days. In no other way can I explain his con... ... of the company during the earlier toasts, I overruled the call. After the national toasts had been given, the first official toast of the day was, Th... ...uffer. All this forward movement was her own: excepting one man, the whole council was against her. Her enemies were all that drew power from earth. H... ...ted together by cords of superstition. What else was it but her constancy, united with her angelic gentleness, that drove the fanatic English soldier—... ...ind was very feebly illuminated; and it became necessary to call a cabinet council on the grand state question— “Where was the emperor to sit?” The ha... ...sweat of their brow. In Rome only, (and at one time in some of the Grecian states,) it was the very mean- ing of citizen that he could vote and be idl...