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...elicate flowers, the ladies of the Court of China, on rice-paper. A little French dressing would make her at home on the sward by the fountain among t... ...ngels of Luini. Lady Culmer had seen crayon sketches of demoiselles of the French aristocracy resembling her. Some one mentioned an antique statue of ... ...are in very good condition.” “I am glad. Do you know, I love those ancient French cha- teaux and farms in one, where salon windows look on poul- try-y... ...ciency. His cook, M. Dehors, pupil of the great Godefroy, was not the only French cook in the county; but his cousin and secretary, the rising scholar... ... “Why he cannot give us daily so good a dinner, one must, I suppose, go to French nature to learn. The French are in the habit of making up for all th... ...e Irish or half Irishmen are my taste. If they’re not 335 George Meredith politicians, mind; I mean Irish gentlemen. I will never have another dinner...

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...oreign courts and much of foreign scenery, and had perhaps perfected their French. The Duke had gone to work at his travels with a full determination ... ...hemselves with the earth, had the people of London risen in rebellion with French ideas of equality, had the Queen persistently de- clined to comply w... ...e Duchess found that he cold talk without any shyness, that he could speak French fluently, and that after a month in Italy could chatter Italian, at ... ...ted. Lord Silverbridge was to be met at Silverbridge by various well-known politicians from the neighbourhood, and Major Tifto was greatly elated by t... ... Liberals, when some dozen unexpected votes had been acquired, the leading politicians of that party should have found themselves compelled to look ab... ...he falling friend is apt to be deserted. There was a general feeling among politicians that Lord Drummond’s ministry,—or Sir Timothy’s—was failing, an... ...low himself to be stuck up as a ninepin only to be knocked down! There are politicians for whom such occupation seems to be proper,—and who like it to... ...there was to be a consid- erable infusion of royal blood,—German, Belgian, French, Spanish, and of native growth. Everybody, who was asked would go, a... ... carried headlong to ruin by their own machinery. You have read Carlyle’s French Revolution?’ ‘Yes, I have read that. ’ ‘Wasn’t it so there? There w...

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... to learn without trouble at the great house. Something also she learnt of French, seeing that the Greshamsbury French governess was always in the roo... ...rector, and a rector’s sister; and with the latter Mary studied German and French also. From the doctor himself she learnt much; the choice, namely, o... ...ella could no longer oppose it, even when she had the wish to do so. A new French governess had lately come to Greshamsbury, 44 Dr Thorne and was, or... ... this a valued little locket belonging to Augusta Gresham was missing. The French governess had objected to its being worn in the schoolroom, and it h... ...pe Scatcherd. Yes; he was christened Louis Philippe, after the King of the French. If one wishes to look out in the world for royal nomenclature, to f... ...te purity all political delin- quency is abominable in the eyes of British politicians; but no delinquency is so abominable than the venality at elect...

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...n, held com- missions in the English army, in 1756, in the war against the French and Indians. Both were killed that year. My grandfather, also named ... ... came, I passed the examination, taking a good standing in that branch. In French, the only other study at that time in the first year’s course, my st... ...nd of my class, in any one study, during the four years. I came near it in French, artillery, infantry and cavalry tac- tics, and conduct. Early in th... ...t of this incident since when I have heard the noise of a few disappointed politicians who had deserted their associates. There are always more of the... ...ection of the State. It embraced the sons of farmers, lawyers, physicians, politicians, merchants, bankers and ministers, and some men of ma- turer ye... ...ceived at once, however, that Hardee’s tactics—a mere translation from the French with Hardee’s name attached —was nothing more than common sense and ... ...st Richmond and Lee, the credit would be given to them for the capture, by politicians and non-combatants from the section of country which those troo... ...ers of the two sections; and, fortunately, there has been none between the politicians. Possibly I am the only one who thought of the liability of suc... ...s to the Rio Grande to have him where he might aid Juarez in expelling the French from Mexico. These troops got off before they could be stopped; and ...

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...ould probably have called her boudoir, had her education embraced any such French phrase. It was strewn about with a few old books, and a work-basket,... ...not quite so much distinctness in his mind as in that of the systematizing Frenchman.” “Come, Phoebe,” said Hepzibah, “it is time to bring the currant... ...m welcome to a little better than his ordinary fare. Nothing in the way of French cookery, but an excellent dinner, nevertheless. Real turtle, we unde... ..., not without purpose, from every quarter of the State. They are practised politicians, ev- ery man of them, and skilled to adjust those preliminary m... ... stiffness still in his garb and mien, and a red-coated officer of the old French war; and there comes the shop-keeping Pyncheon of a century ago, wit... ... of men happened to be passing, On their way to dinner. “I say, you young French fellow!” called out one of them,— ”come away from that doorstep, and...

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...ur- ing the Crimean War, that the Russians might be beaten— but not by the French, to the exclusion of the English, as had seemed to her to be too muc... ...o very highly of the vicar of Framley, that she does begrudge him to those politicians at Chaldicotes. ’ ‘But, Justinia, the bishop will be there, you... ... Mr Supplehouse; and he points away to the East, where our dear allies the French are supposed to live, and where our head of affairs is supposed to h... ...e teeth. They were white and regular and lofty as a new row of houses in a French city. But then when she laughed she was all teeth; as she was all ne... ... who now hated the enemy with a hatred surpassing that of women—or even of politicians. The minor gods, it was thought, would con- gregate together in... ...tand against him with any chance of success. This threw him much among the politicians of his party—those giants, namely, who it would be his business... ...rank Gresham made a pretty little speech in reply, such as young suck- ing politicians are expected to make; and this, with sun- dry other small court... ...of a jeweller’s shop. But as far as silks and satins went—in the matter of French bonnets, muslins, velvets, hats, riding-habits, artificial flowers, ...

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...road. At Passadumkeag we found anything but what the name implies, — earnest politicians, to wit, — white ones, I mean, — on the alert, to know how th... ...He had been up two or three times: he had planted letter, — English, German, French, &c. These men were slightly clad in shirt and pantaloons, like la... ...n shore, who recognized my companion, was full of mirth and gestures, like a Frenchman. A Catholic priest crossed to the island in the same bateau wit... ...s familiar with the route. According to his calculation, we should reach the French settlements the next night after The Allegash and East Branch 143... ...ber of them in those parts, “and so insupportable,” says he, “that the three Frenchmen who have made that voyage, affirm that there was no other means ... ...he night, he would be unexpectedly sociable, exhibit even the bonhommie of a Frenchman, and we would fall asleep before he got through his periods. Ni...

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...s he ran down again, called Richard to take the reins, and was off. It was French day, always a trial to Ethel. M. Ballompre, the master, knew what wa... ...ays a trial to Ethel. M. Ballompre, the master, knew what was good and bad French, but could not render a reason, and Ethel, being versed in the princ... ... and ship-shape. There was no speaking to Margaret the next morning—it was French day—and Ethel had made strong resolutions to behave better; and whet... ...blunder upon any of the subjects Ethel feels too deeply to talk of in good French, and really Ethel has a great talent for languages. How fast she get... ...hould wish you only just to look at her writing.” And Miss Winter opened a French exercise-book, certainly containing anything but elegant specimens o... ..., and Miss Leonora is given over to me; for you must know we are wonderful politicians. Flora studies all the debates till George finds out what he ha...

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...ealize that the great heroes who have ad- vanced human destiny are not its politicians, generals, and diplomatists, but the scientific discoverers and... ...endowed it with activities to be exercised upon the material received. His French successors razed away the powers and derived them also from impressi... ...rom what was essentially the rationalistic philosophy of Descartes and his French successors. But while French thought upon the whole developed the id...

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...he rebeck and guitar, I hear continual echoes from the Thames, I hear fierce French liberty songs, I hear of the Italian boat sculler the musical reci... ...n! You Spaniard of Spain! you Portuguese! Leaves of Grass –Whitman 151 You Frenchwoman and Frenchman of France! You Belge! you liberty lover of the ... ...hoever he looks at in the traveler’s coffee house claims him, The Italian or Frenchman is sure, the German is sure, the Spaniard is sure, and the isla... ...h on jaffa’s gate and on Mount Moriah, The same on the walls of your German, French and Spanish castles, and Italian collections, For know a better, f... ...the good old cause in it? Has it not dangled long at the heels of the poets, politicians, literats, of enemies’ lands? Does it not assume that what is...

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...an, I see. The poor folks here might have a fowl in their pot, as the good French king used to wish for all his people. The French eat a good many fow... ...ke another Alexander, left a realm large enough for many heirs. That great Frenchman first carried out the con- ception that living bodies, fundamenta... ...t has become of Trawley? I have quite lost sight of him. He was hot on the French social systems, and talked of going to the Backwoods to found a sort... ...ss of glance. In her snowy-frilled cap she reminded one of that delightful Frenchwoman whom we have all seen marketing, basket on arm. Looking at the ... ...or Mr. Caius Larcher! Those young 244 Middlemarch men had not a notion of French, and could speak on no sub- ject with striking knowledge, except per... ...voice. Nothing, had done instead—not the opera, or the converse of zealous politicians, or the flattering reception (in dim corners) of his new hand i...

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...an, I see. The poor folks here might have a fowl in their pot, as the good French king used to wish for all his people. The French eat a good many fow... ...ke another Alexander, left a realm large enough for many heirs. That great Frenchman first carried out the conception that living bodies, fundamentally... ...t has become of Trawley? I have quite lost sight of him. He was hot on the French social systems, and talked of going to the Backwoods to found a sort... ...ss of glance. In her snowy frilled cap she reminded one of that delightful Frenchwoman whom we have all seen marketing, basket on arm. Looking at the ... ...m young Plymdale or Mr. Caius Larcher! Those young men had not a notion of French, and could speak on no subject with striking knowledge, except perha... ...oice. Nothing, had done instead— not the opera, or the converse of zealous politicians, or the flattering reception (in dim corners) of his new hand in...

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...flect calls for even stronger regulation. In 1983,Attorney General William French Smith revised the Levi guidelines to encourage closer investigation ... ... more proposed operations for al Qaeda.The October 6, 2002, bombing of the French tanker Limburg in the Gulf of Aden also was Nashiri’s handiwork.Alth... ...se, this involved flying from France to Montreal using a photo-substituted French passport under a false name. Under questioning, Ressam admit- ted th... ...urther training that he could use to carry out a potential attack. 92 As a French national who had overstayed his visa, Moussaoui could be detained im... ...t the case. 96 The FBI legal attaché’s office in Paris first contacted the French government on August 16 or 17, shortly after speaking to the Minneap... ...n, dominated by a wealthy and indolent elite. Saudi contacts with American politicians are frequently invoked as accusations in partisan polit- ical a...

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...his troubles would be lighter to him than was usual. Books in Latin and in French he read with as much ease as in English, and took delight in such as... ... being himself a strong politician, constantly expressed a belief that all politicians opposed to him are thieves, child-murderers, parricides, lovers... ...ome for that;—and Edith would get lessons cheaply, and would learn to talk French fluently. He certainly would do it. He would go down to Allington, a... ...knighted in consequence of some benefit supposed to have been done to some French scion of royalty—when such scions in France were royal and not imper... ...he will be in two or three years’ time, when he becomes a woman. She talks French, and Italian, and He- brew for anything that I know; and she is perf... ...henbane to Archdeacon Grantly to have a poor son—a son living at Pau—among French- men!—because he could not afford to live in England. Why had the ar...