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.... Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...e University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Yo n g e Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte M. Yonge CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 CH... ...e ending in demands that would be either impossible or mischievous for the Crown to grant, and moreover in misery for themselves. Sir Patrick added so... ... jewels are pledged to the Lombards.’ ‘There are moneys falling due to the Crown,’ said the Bishop, ‘and I can advance enow to Sir Patrick to provide ... ...that the Bishop will pay to Morini, sums owing, he says, by himself to the Crown—though I shrewdly suspect ’tis the other way, gude man!—then the Lomb... ...hat the sisters pursued the question no further. They saw the masts of the shipping in the Thames, and what seemed to them a throng of church towers a... ...r man, the wis- est, canniest prince in Christendom, too! Love him! I wor- ship him, as the trouveres say, with all my heart, and wad lay down my life... ... would mar- vel to see his house at Bourges. It would fit a prince! He has ships going to Egypt and Africa, and stores of silk enough to array all the...

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... fortune or a mistress frowns, Some plunge in business, others shave their crowns: To ease the soul of one oppressive weight, This quits an empire, th... ...: The same for ever! and described by all With truth and goodness, as with crown and ball. Poets heap virtues, painters gems at will, And show their z... ...tates, can fetch or carry kings; A single leaf shall waft an army o’er, Or ship off senates 24 to a distant shore; A leaf, like Sibyl’s, scatter to a... ...eter, swell thy store, And be what Rome’s great Didius 35 was before. The crown of Poland, venal twice an age, T o just three millions stinted modest... ...r in the deep; Then lull against his Cornish lands they roar, And two rich shipwrecks bless the lucky shore. Sir Balaam now, he lives like other folks... ... would thy eyes avail, 500 Though they could see as far as ships can sail? ’Tis better, sure, when blind, deceived to be, Than be delu... ...is, that I these roses wear? For this, new-set the jewels for my hair? Ah, Princess! with what zeal have I pursued! Almost forgot the duty of a prude.... ... same sermon-mien, The filthy What-d’ye-call-it 71 —I have seen. Ah, royal Princess! for whose sake I lost The reputation, which so dear had cost; I, ... ...The false caresses, and undoing smiles. 50 Ah, Princess! learn’d in all the courtly arts, To cheat our hopes, and yet to g...

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...rine: A Story with one hand and the stirrup with the other, and expected a crown-piece from such a noble gentleman, got only a kick and a curse, as Co... ...had been committed from interested motives; and protested that, were she a princess, he would never speak to her again. Mrs. Score thought and pronoun... ...for an hour or two. This speech was received with much wonder by his Lord- ship; who was, indeed, no other than a Liverpool tailor going to London to ... ...the constables were then told to do their duty if they liked, or to take a crown-piece, and leave us to our- selves. Off they went; and presently, in ... ...ered undauntedly; and from whom he occasionally ex- tracted a dinner, or a crown, or mayhap, by mistake, a goldheaded cane, which found its way to the... ...ing her husband’s throat; and yet, see! she talks and looks like a tragedy princess, who is suffering in the most virtuous blank verse. This is the pr...

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...rder. But this must not be taken as a propitiatory offering to the gods of shipwreck; I trust my cargo unreservedly to the chances of the sea; and do ... ... are of a sort that is really indifferent in art. If Shakespeare makes his ships cast anchor by some seaport of Bohemia, if Hugo imagines T om- Tim-Ja... ... the hill-tops but in the factory; not only by the harbour full of stately ships, but in the magazine of the hope- lessly prosaic hatter. To show beau... ...before the Court. His last scene was of a piece with his career, and fitly crowned it. He seized on the opportunity of a public audience, con- fessed ... ...isreputable troubadour was tubbed and swaddled as a subject of the English crown. We hear nothing of Villon’s father except that he was poor and of me... ...eyond the family average, and was reported to be worth five or six hundred crowns. Of this uncle and his money-box the reader will hear once more. In ... ... golden sayings they had ut- tered; but it is not so well known, that this princess was herself the most industrious of poetasters, that she is sup- p... ...nt of any joyless passage. He had a kind of idealism in pleasure; like the princess in the fairy story , he was conscious of a rose-leaf out of place.... ...was unsuited to ladies of a middling station, and should be re- served for princesses.* And once more, if we desire to see the same principle carried ...

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...ent that we had no navy and no army. At the most we could muster a few old ships, a couple of experimental ves- sels of war, and twenty-five thousand ... ...ling fire or water, as the occasion may require. It turned out that we had ships ready for launching, and certain regiments com- ing home from India; ... ...rning to Govern- 6 Beauchamp’s Career ment; and Government launched a big ship with hurrahs, and ordered the recruiting-sergeant to be seen conspicuo... ...’s pair of ep- aulettes, and the anchor and star on a commander’s, and the crown on a captain’s, with a well-feigned solicitousness to save his uncle ... ... of tears as to make Mr. Romfrey 100 Beauchamp’s Career believe the naval crown of glory his highest ambition. Who on earth could have guessed him to... ...nd spirit, their port and their beauty, decree unto themselves the rank of princesses among women, before our world has tried their claim to it. She h... ...er Palmet had traced the authorship of the sally to Mr. Algy Borolick, and crowned him with praise for it. He asked, ‘Why not know till to-morrow?’ A ... ... their fate, only in degree less inhuman than that of Hellenic and T rojan princesses offered up to the Gods, or pretty slaves to the dealers. Their a...

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...1. Enter Dame Gossip As Chorus. Everybody has heard of the beautiful Countess of Cressett, who was one of the lights of this country at the time when crowned heads were running over Europe, crying out for charity?s sake to be amused after their tiresome work of slaughter: and you know what a dread they have of moping. She was famous for her fun and high spirits besides her...

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...ss of Cressett, who was one of the lights of this country at the time when crowned heads were running over Europe, crying out for charity’s sake to be... ...gners, 7 George Meredith with their Achs and Hechs! and surrounded by her crowned courtiers in frogged uniforms and moustachioed like sea- horses, a ... ...ed by the highest, and she in love with him! Go and gaze at one of our big ships coming out of an engagement home with all her flags flying and her cr... ...brave, Countess Fanny related the well-known tale of Captain Kirby and the shipful of mutineers; and how when not a man of them stood by him, and he i... ...the service of the first insurgent State of Span- ish America, to save his ship from being taken over to the enemy,—he blew her up, fifteen miles from... ...ased: it is I who am the shifty Pole to the steadiest of magnets. She is a princess in other things besides her superiority to Physics. There will be ... ...he fiery-velvet triune behind slips after it, in an easy milky way, like a princess’s train on a state-march, and you are completely, transformed, ver... ...women—or modern women. One might imagine an apotheosis of a militant young princess of Goths or Vandals, the glow of blessedness awak- ening her marti... ..., shoot, walk, run, box, in time: the creature has muscle. It’s one way of crowning a freak; we follow the direction, since the deed done can’t be und...

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...ations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients --...

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...ats -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Chang... ... Egypt a country of marvels -- A great naval battle 1250 B.C. -- The monstrous ship built by Ptolemy IV, which was propelled by 4000 rowers -- The mag... ... Thalamegus -- The giant fleet which Hiero sent against Carthage -- An ancient ship that exceeded in size and splendor of any modern vessel 67-69 CHAP... ...rocession of natives -- Singular ceremonies and kingly investiture -- Drake is crowned King of California -- Descriptions of the Indians and their vil... ...6 Capture of a rich galleon............................................... 361 Crowning of Drake by the King of California............................... ...of seven millions and a half of gold, according to the authority of Strabo. If crowns are meant, the sum in American money was $43,500,000. This is al... ...inue her reign among us; for at this day she is the most famous and victorious princess that liveth in the world." CHAPTER XXXVII CAVENDISH'S SECOND ...

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...ome believe. The time would come when he would enter the stars to explore. His ship would be ready soon enough once the repairs were finalized a... ... exterior was sleek and well defined in the shape of a silver bird. He circled the ship and looked upon it as a proud father would upon his newborn ... ...e. In the past, he would have caused an uproar when he took the hand of an African princess whose own lineage was hanging by the thread of the forme... .... Something was set into motion and she had to pay attention. Her gaze fell to the ship near the edge of the forest. “My lady?” Banier Hers... ... in a white cloth like that of silk and above her long mane of platinum hair sat a crown with different colored jewels carved into various shapes. ... ...er mother whose eyes searched the room. “Yes, mother?” “Where’s your veil and crown?” Saria looked around the room. “I guess I must have le... ...ing her not to get her dress dirty. ***** Saria grabbed the gold, braided crown and attached veil that the elves designed and created for h...

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...dle, where they rose higher to allow the passage of the London and Antwerp shipping and the Hamburg- America liners. Then heavy motor-cars began to ru... ...ming. Glasgow he reached by one o’clock, and it is related that scarcely a ship-yard or factory in that busy hive of industry resumed work before half... ...tenderness in his voice, about his mother and his childhood—his mother who crowned a complete encyclopedia of maternal virtue by being “largely Scotch... ... the badinage of the passersby. And there were several navi- gable gas air-ships, not to mention balloons, in the air. It was all immensely interestin... ... Bert began to light matches from a borrowed boxful, and search for a half-crown that still eluded him among the charred remains. His face was grave a... ...rope, and almost brought about a new T rojan war, was his abduction of the Princess Helena of Norway and his blank refusal to marry her. Then followed... ...f civilisation and disorder. In one quarter, palaces of marble, laced and, crowned with light and flame and flowers, towered up into her mar- 117 H G...

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... the grown- up daughters had made very fine during their periods of court- ship. Its walls were hung with fine grey canvas, it had a large, silvery gr... ...ly, that we’re the world?” said Robert ironically. “Oh, yes, I guess we’re shipwrecked in this box, like Robinson Crusoes. And what we do on our own l... ...yed! No, it’s foul. Don’t you see it’s the Judas principle you really wor- ship. Judas is the real hero. But for Judas the whole show would have been ... ...ght we are, then!” Lilly felt in his pocket, and gave the policeman half a crown. But he was watching Aaron, who sat stupidly on the sofa, very pale a... ...he sent for the kettle-lid. He always had the kettle- lid, for that little crown of hers. And then he impersonated her. But he was awfully good—so cle... ...ou, tout doux. Il y a unpommier doux. T rois belles princesses Vole vole mon coeur, vole! T rois belles p... ...her so much.” “And him?” “Mr. French!—Well, he’s perhaps a little like the princess who felt the pea through three feather-beds. But he can be quite w... ...ite flowers and pink, so it seemed. So there they all lay, in their flower-crowns in the vast space of the rooms. And Aaron went away. He could not re...

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...AIN: lords attending on the King. BOYET and MERCADE: lords attending on the Princess of France. DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO : a fantastical Spaniard. SIR ... ...LL: a constable. COSTARD: a clown. MOTH: page to Armado. A Forester. The PRINCESS of France: (PRINCESS:) ROSALINE, MARIA, and KATHARINE: ladies... ...ance: (PRINCESS:) ROSALINE, MARIA, and KATHARINE: ladies attending on the Princess. JAQUENETTA: a country wench. Lords, Attendants, &c. (First Lor... ...ND: Madam, your father here doth intimate The payment of a hundred thousand crowns; Being but the one half of an entire sum Disbursed by my father in... ... little purposeth, For here he doth demand to have repaid A hundred thousand crowns; and not demands, On payment of a hundred thousand crowns, To have... ...ARIA: Two hot sheeps, marry. BOYET: And wherefore not ships? No sheep, sweet lamb, unless we feed on your lips. MARIA: You she... ...on:’ why, it carries it. Remuneration! why, it is a fairer name than French crown. I will never buy and sell out of this word. [Enter BIRON.] BIRON:... ... again Cannot pick out five such, take each one in his vein. FERDINAND: The ship is under sail, and here she comes amain. [Enter COSTARD, for Pompey ...

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...a, then had you indeed a cut, and the case to be lamented: this grief is crowned with consolation; your old smock brings forth a new petticoat: and... ...To trumpet such good tidings! If not well, Thou shouldst come like a Fury crown d with snakes, Not like a formal man. Messenger: Wil... ...hink so too. But you shall find, the band that seems to tie their friend- ship together will be the very strangler of their amity: Octavia is of a h... ... thy fats our cares be drown d, With thy grapes our hairs be crown d: Cup us, till the world go round, C... ...had not rated him His part o the isle: then does he say, he lent me Some shipping unrestored: lastly, he frets That Lepidus of the triumvirate Shou... ...or his vantage, be shakes off; And so should you. DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS: Your ships are not well mann d; Your mariners are muleters, reapers, people Ingr... ...Charmian, is this well done? CHARMIAN: It is well done, and fitting for a princess Descended of so many royal kings. Ah, soldier! [Dies.] [Re-enter D...

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... name and character of Dalberg, and also with the deep and lasting friend- ship that existed between them, from which Schiller too was not absent; rec... ...nows’t me well; thy panting heart I led T o join me in a bond with rapture crown’d. Did I not see thee, when a stripling, yearning T o welcome me with... ...tt’ring dart. Yes! I was a man! Next I formed the knightly plan 28 Goethe Princess Fish to free; She was much too complaisant, Kindly welcomed me,— A... ...nce with me, come with me, fair one! Dances a feast-day like this may well crown. If thou my sweetheart art not, thou canst be so, But if thou wilt no... ...nce with me, come with me, fair one! Dances a feast-day like this may well crown. THE TENDER. Loved one, without thee, what then would all feast be? S... ... and lip to lip! Oh, be faithful, maiden dear! Fare thee well! thy lover’s ship Past full many a rock must steers But should he the haven see, When th... ... heart With creative pow’r arise. During many a beauteous year I have seen ships ‘neath me steer, As they seek the shelt’ring bay; But, alas, each las... ...e!’ ‘When thou know’st,’ cries the old man, ‘the treasure that’ s there, A princess thou’lt make her of right; Betroth’d be she now, on this spot gree... ...l hath turned out for good, And each hath a star that is bright, Those the princess hath borne thee are princely in blood,”— The children thy hear wit...

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... is some comfort to his faith- ful adherents, I do not know what hands the crown of France might not fall into if things are to go on like this. Their... ...sieur de Fontaine on the King’s memory as one of the loyal servants of the Crown. At the second restoration the Count was one of those spe- cial envoy... ...ving Monsieur de Fontaine an appointment as administrator in the office of Crown lands. As a consequence of the intelligent at- tention with which he ... ...judged the merits of her adorers. It might have been supposed that, like a princess in the Arabian Nights, Emilie was rich enough and beautiful enough... ...t she seemed to be accepting homage rather than compliments, and even in a princess her airs and manner would have trans- formed the chair on which sh... ...Aided by her uncle, who was as skilful in such manoeuvres as in handling a ship, she endeavored to bring upon the scene the hitherto unseen figure of ... ...e was often heard to say that he had rescued his niece as a castaway after shipwreck; and that, for his part, he had never taken a mean advantage of h... ...Lady Arabella The Lily of the Valley The Magic Skin The Secrets of a Princess A Daughter of Eve Letters of T wo Brides Fontaine, Comte de ...

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... one has triumphantly pulled up a specimen for examination one finds only the crown in one’s hand, and the tough root still clenched in some crevice of... ... my cloak on. When I got back to the hotel, highly indignant, I met a German Princess, a Serene Highness, one of the greatest ladies in Germany, a cou... ...between them and their dressmaker. The interesting thing was that the German Princess did not in the least resent being bullied herself, or having neu... ...rdinal Richelieu, paused in his long fight with the rebellious vassals of the crown to create a stan dard of French speech: “To establish the rules of... ...eresting. The Frenchwoman rules French life, and she rules it under a triple crown, as a business woman, as a mother, and above all as an artist. To e... ...r able aeroplane and a stoker in the burning hold of an eternally torpedoed ship. On this distinction between the two classes of offences— the antile...

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...titude, and rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crowned persons. The Muse of History hath encumbered her- self with ceremon... ...blishment, her maids, lap-dogs, and gentlewomen, her priest, and his lord- ship her husband, to Castlewood Hall, that she had never seen since she qui... ...t the chapel of Castlewood (though the chapel had been built for that wor- ship before any other was heard of in the country, and though the service w... ...ild had of a different coun- try; and a town with tall white houses: and a ship. But these were quite indistinct in the boy’s mind, as indeed the memo... ...hens by a single sermon? What is a scholarship at Trinity by the side of a crown of martyrdom, with angels awaiting you as your head is taken off? Cou... ...ry who remained faithful to the old King’s cause; and no prince usurping a crown, as his en- emies said he did, (righteously taking it, as I think now... ...; and she tossed up her head (which hung down commonly) with the mien of a princess. “Hey-day!” says my lord, who was standing by the fire- place—inde... ...d the Tower; and St. James’s; and the play; and the Prince George, and the Princess Anne—didn’t you, Trix?” “They are both very fat, and smelt of bran... ... not only that her reign was over, but that her successor was appointed, a Princess of a noble house in Drury Lane somewhere, who was installed and vi...

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... tenure of his enjoyments and his power to protect, even for a moment, the crown of flow- ers—flowers, at the best, how frail and few! —which some- ti... ...rative and Miscellaneous Papers of the sunny beams into a dark wilderness. Shipwrecks and nightly conflagrations are sometimes, and especially among s... ...ome under the review of public justice. Any of these is sufficient to make shipwreck of all peace and com- fort for a family; and often, indeed, it ha... ...very slender circle of my acquaintance; and finally, which perhaps was the crown- ing grace to all these elements of happiness, I suffered not from th... ... 10 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers that final consummation and perfect crown of my felicity— that almighty blessing which ratified their value to ... ...lternating with disappointment, as it may be supposed to act upon the poor shipwrecked seaman, alone and upon a desolate coast, straining his sight fo... ...t Czarina was no longer Elizabeth Petrowna, it was Catharine the Second; a princess who did not often err so injuriously (injuriously for herself as m... ... sole brother of Louis Quatorze. He married for his first wife our English princess Henrietta, the sister of Charles II., (and through her daughter, b... ...herwise on bad terms with her, married for his second wife a coarse German princess, homely in every sense, and a singular contrast to the elegant cre...

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...put to it to find one. The Hive’s all Wax-moth and muckings. But—well?” “A Princess might help us in the time of the Voice behind the Veil that the Qu... ...r favourite amusement. How in an auspicious hour, on a moonless night, the Princess came forth a Princess in- deed, and how Melissa smuggled her into ... ...ome, oh come!” she cried. “It is the destruction the Old Queen fore- told. Princess, come!” “Really, you are too archaic for words,” said an Oddity in... ... Sweet music that shall make ‘em settle; But when to crown the work he goes, Gods! What a stink salutes his nose! ... ...in Hodgson’s legs where he stands on the Control Platform that runs thwart-ships overhead. The bow colloid is unshuttered and Captain Purnall, one han... ...limb to the stars. Captain Purnall prefers an overlifted to an underlifted ship; but no two captains trim ship alike. “When I take the bridge,” says C... ...John’s—not even with this breeze?” the voice quavers. “Stand by to abandon ship. Haven’t you any lift in you, fore or aft?” “Nothing but the midship t...

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...demeanour. When he came back from his captivity and found the King bent on crowning his return by the marriage of the children, he had hung back, spok... ...m that Madame Marguer- ite desired that he should be presented to her. The princess was standing by her pale sister-in-law, Elizabeth of Austria, who ... ...ing for worlds!’ However, Eustacie was enchanted. It was like a prince and princess in Mere Perinne’s fairy tales. Could they go like a shepherd and s... ...ad been well filled for the flight, and by the persuasive argument of gold crowns, obtained egress from the door-keeper of the postern, where Berenger... ...ne leading to the road to Paris, it was separated from it by a steep bank, crowned by one of the thick hedgerows charac- teristic of the Bocage. Here,... ...h sweetness in the cheerful patience with which she endured the many hard- ships of her situation, that he could not help being strongly interested in... ...her despatches were ready, to go on to La Rochelle, and make inquiry for a ship. Chance, however, seemed unusually propitious, for the next day there ... ...range oaths. They were well known at La Sablerie as sailors belonging to a ship of the fleet of the Count de Mont- gomery, the unfortunate knight whos... ...’ said Charles. Just then, Madame la Comtesse returned, leading the little Princess by the long ribbons at her waist; Charles bent forward, calling, ‘...

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... may ‘scape those Goddesses. And with her followed twelve beside, each one A princess, hot for war and battle grim, Far famous each, yet handmaids unt... ...mite the wide host of the Argive men, And cast the brands red flaming on the ships. Ah fool! — but little knew she him, the lord Of ashen spears, how ... ... Her coming kindled all the sons Of Troy to rush into the battle forth Which crowneth men with glory. Swiftly all Hearkened her gathering ery, and th... ...o cried they; and their flashing battle gear Cast they about them: forth the ships they poured Clad in the rage of fight as with a cloak. Then front t... ...her hurl amid yon Argive men Mad shrieking slaughter, see her set aflame Yon ships wherein they came long years agone Bringing us many sorrows, yea, t... ...deth by the roots, and on the earth Dashes them down, the tail stems blossom crowned, And snappeth some athwart the trunk, and high Whirls them throug... ...ng. She was made A wonder of beauty even in her death By Aphrodite glorious crowned, the Bride Of the strong War god, to the end that he, The son of ... ...So cried he groaning sore; with answering moan Queenly T ecmessa wailed, the princess bride Of noble Aias, captive of his spear, Yet ta’en by him to w... ..., wailing sore Mid other captives, when the day of bondage Had come on me, a princess theretofore. Not for that dear lost home so much I grieve, Nor f...

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...s is what you wanted. Well then, gloat over it! Gloat over it!” After that Princess Mary did not see her father for a whole week. He was ill and did n... ...t see her father for a whole week. He was ill and did not leave his study. Princess Mary noticed to her surprise that during this ill- ness the old pr... ...e 9 Tolstoy me quarrel with him, but you see I need neither her nor you!” Princess Mary spent half of every day with little Nicholas, watching his le... ...edom.” In the vicinity of Bogucharovo were large villages belonging to the crown or to owners whose serfs paid quitrent and could work where they plea... ...ons (for whose movements no directions are given), which under his leader- ship will be directed against the redoubt and come into line with the rest ... ...ernaturally become impotent. All the old methods that had been unfailingly crowned with success: the concentration of batteries on one point, an attac... ...been devoted, in company with the Empress and during the royal apprentice- ship of my son, to leisurely visiting, with our own horses and like a true ... ...rms on the fields and meadows belong- ing to the Davydov family and to the crown serfs—those fields and meadows where for hundreds of years the peasan...

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...le person who is very unhappy with her father. She is a relation of yours, Princess Mary Bolkonskaya.” Prince V asili did not reply, though, with the ... ...sently he added: “That’s what we fa- thers have to put up with.... Is this princess of yours rich?” “Her father is very rich and stingy. He lives in t... ... a vexa- tious duty and did not return to her the whole evening. The young Princess Bolkonskaya had brought some work in a gold-embroidered velvet bag... ...the hand of the artist be- longing to the estate) of a ruling prince, in a crown—an alleged descendant of Rurik and ancestor of the Bolkonskis. Prince... ...re quite beggarly. There they all seemed to be Poles—all under the Russian crown—but here they’re all regular Germans.” “Singers to the front “ came t... ...is hemmed in and borne along by his regiment as much as a sailor is by his ship. How- ever far he has walked, whatever strange, unknown, and dangerous... ...a sailor is always surrounded by the same decks, masts, and rigging of his ship, so the soldier always has around him the same com- rades, the same ra... ...me com- manders. The sailor rarely cares to know the latitude in which his ship is sailing, but on the day of battle—heaven knows how and whence—a ste... ...g to say. When Prince Andrew entered the room Magnitski’s words were again crowned by laughter. Stolypin gave a deep bass guffaw as he munched a piece...

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...ove himself presum’d to throw: With whirlwinds from beneath she toss’d the ship, And bare expos’d the bosom of the deep; Then, as an eagle gripes the ... ...scending down the steep, Thro’ gaping waves behold the boiling deep. Three ships were hurried by the southern blast, And on the secret shelves with fu... ...embling pilot, from his rudder torn, Was headlong hurl’d; thrice round the ship was toss’d, Then bulg’d at once, and in the deep was lost; And here an... ...’d their arms, and there renew’d their name, And there in quiet rules, and crown’d with fame. But we, descended from your sacred line, Entitled to you... ...then, Now call’d Iulus, shall begin his reign. He thirty rolling years the crown shall wear, Then from Lavinium shall the seat transfer, And, with har... ...azen plates the cedar beams inclose: The rafters are with brazen cov’rings crown’d; The lofty doors on brazen hinges sound. What first Aeneas this pla... ...v’d in gloomy night; One cave a grateful shelter shall afford T o the fair princess and the Trojan lord. I will myself the bridal bed prepare, If you,... ...s enrich’d the ground. He, when he heard a fugitive could move The T yrian princess, who disdain’d his love, His breast with fury burn’d, his eyes wit... ...d driven plains. Y et, if desire of fame, and thirst of pow’r, A beauteous princess, with a crown in dow’r, So fire your mind, in arms assert your rig...

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...ntrasted with the usual methods of solution by rewards and punishments, by crowned love, by fortune, by a broken leg or a sudden death. Why the readin... ...es and a German Emperor condescendingly suggested the last improvements in ships’ dining-tables. The best idea of the inconceivable antiquity of that ... ...hat en- terprise I can give you is by stating the nature of the explorer’s ship. It was a trough of stone, a vessel of hollowed granite. The explorer ... ...nuity. His punishment was adequate. A terrific tempest snatched the rigged ship of stone in its whirlwinds, and, to be brief, the dazed St. Mael was s... ...asted a little more than a year ago) or give up to Japan that jewel of her crown, Saghalien, together with some other things; whether, perchance, as a... ...may thank the Teutonic thoroughness. Was it not that excellent bourgeoise, Princess Bismarck (to keep only to great examples), who was so righteously ... ...labours under the sleepless eye of the sun. It held up the Edifice. But it crowned it too. This is not the extravagance of a mixed metaphor. It is the...

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... Palatine, Frederick V., is chosen King by the Bohemians. — He accepts the Crown of Bohemia. — Bethlen Gabor, Prince of Transylvania, invades Austria.... ... with what con- sistency could an apostate from the Romish Church wear the crown of a Roman emperor?) bound the successors of Ferdinand I. to the See ... ...ine, on the banks of the Loire and the Seine, the succession of the French crown. The Dane crosses the Eider, and the Swede the Baltic, to break the c... ...nded a church and the public exercise of their wor- 45 Friedrich Schiller ship, and the demand being unfavourably re- ceived, they succeeded by viole... ...of Burgau, an Austrian prince, claimed it as a female fief in name of four princesses, sisters of the late duke. Two others, the Elector of Saxony, of... ...he Palatine of Neuburg; and a marriage between the Prince of Neuburg and a Princess of Brandenburg was to have inseparably united the interests of the... ...houses was at an end. The Prince of Neuburg embraced popery. The hand of a princess of Bavaria re- warded his apostacy, and the strong support of Bava... ...e Emperor was ruled, impru- dently deprived him of this harmless guardian- ship of the dead, to leave him his full influence over the living. They too... ...welve years of age, he was in- trusted by the archduchess to the guardian- ship of her brother William, Duke of Bavaria, under whose eyes he was instr...

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...r the icons, sat Barclay de Tolly, his high forehead merging into his bald crown. He had a St. George’s Cross round his neck and looked pale and ill. ... ... to doubt the justifiability of the proposed marriage was Helene’s mother, Princess Kuragina. She was continually tormented by jealousy of her daughte... ...ays plainly: ‘Whosoever shall marry her that is di- vorced…’” said the old princess. “Ah, Maman, ne dites pas de betises. V ous ne comprenez rein. Dan... ...aired young man with a long face and nose, as he entered the room. The old princess rose respectfully and curtsied. The young man who had entered took... ...ruler- administrator in his frail bark, holding on with a boat hook to the ship of the people and himself moving, naturally imagines that his efforts ... ...he people and himself moving, naturally imagines that his efforts move the ship he is holding on to. But as soon as a storm arises and the sea begins ... ...g on to. But as soon as a storm arises and the sea begins to heave and the ship to move, such a delusion is no longer possible. The ship moves indepen...

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...ad decided a year earlier to attack a U.S. target in Saudi Arabia, and had shipped explosives to the peninsula for this purpose. Some of Bin Ladin’s a... ... the one that had killed 241 U.S. Marines in Lebanon in 1983.The relation- ship between al Qaeda and Iran demonstrated that Sunni-Shia divisions did n... ...nistan, Banshiri had remained in Kenya to oversee the training and weapons shipments of the cell set up some four years earlier. He died in a ferryboa... ...rrorism, and Tenet visited Riyadh in May and again in early June. 33 Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, who had taken charge from the ailing King Fahd, prom... ... that recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.) Crown Prince Abdullah told President Clinton and Vice President Gore about ... ... Saudis provided limited information. In his Septem- ber 1998 meeting with Crown Prince Abdullah,Vice President Gore, while thanking the Saudi governm... ...rdale to Freeport, the Bahamas, where they had reservations at the Bahamas Princess Resort.The two were turned away by Bahamian officials on arrival, ... ... Aufhauser interview (Feb. 12, 2004).W e have found no evidence that Saudi Princess Haifa al Faisal provided any funds to the conspiracy, either direc...