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...vantaged, and embellished by such deriving; and doth it drive our noblest Colonies upon the rockes of ruine? And did they well? and prooved they wel... ...The Tuscan altiloquence, the Venus of the French, the sharpe state of the Spanish, the strong signifacncy of the Dutch cannot from heere be drawne to... ... great pleasure at it, that hee wept for joy, and forthwith converted that former inexorable rage, and mortall hatred he bare the Duke, into so milde... ...ffered himselfe to be so far transported, that quitting and forgetting his former resolution, he so abandoned himselfe to all manner of sorrow and gr... ...ecause this last displeasure may be manifested by weeping whereas the two former exceed by much, all meanes and compass to bee expressed by teares.'... ...r wont to entermixe some ornament taken from vulgar bookes, and above all Spanish amongst his common speeches. And of all Spanish authors, none was ... ...rom all venerian acts and touching of women. In a certaine country of the Spanish Indies, no man was suffered to take a wife before he were thirtie y... ...there in to plant habitations, and as Plato and Plutarch doe, erect their colonies for our use. And to make of our knowne earth a bright shining plan... ...f such a remooving alteration. The Romanes, by such meanes, erected their Colonies; for, perceiving their citie to growe over-populous, they were wo...

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...his confidant had honoured with their choice. “I tell you, Geraldine,” the former was saying, “the ac- tion is madness. Y ourself (I am glad to rememb... ...own correspon- dent had wearied and gone away. He became as bold as he had formerly been timid. It seemed to him that if he came at all to the appoint... ...th his eyes fixed upon the Saratoga trunk in dismal contemplation. His own former indiscre- tions were now returned upon him in kind; for the obser- v... ...nt on, taking Harry by the wrist; 92 Robert Louis Stevenson “think of the Colonies and the Day of Judgment.” “I cannot help it,” wailed Harry. “It is... ...ly suited his deportment to the costume of the hour. He affected something Spanish in his air, and something of the bandit, with a flavour of Rembrand... ...ime, struck a few chords, and fell into an attitude which was irresistibly Spanish. “Now,” he continued, “feel your voice. Are you ready? Follow me!” ...

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...afterwards the famous Cardinal Dubois), whose history was singular. He had formerly been a valet; but dis- playing unusual aptitude for learning, had ... ...nd poorest gentle- men of France: he was well-made, but very swarthy, with Spanish features, had a charming voice, played the guitar and lute very wel... ...erred it upon the Comte de T oulouse, giving to the friend and heir of the former the successorship to the government of Guyenne, by way of recompense... ...he ground floor. Our festivi- ties finished by a supper that I gave to the former friends of my father, whose acquaintance I had always cultivated wit... ...leasantry, thought it would be a good joke to empty his snuff-box, full of Spanish snuff, into a large glass of wine, and to make Santeuil drink it, i... ...ught about a reconciliation be- 155 Saint-Simon tween the two powers. The Spanish ambassador returned to London. The Emperor next endeavoured to stre... ...it, the desire came to establish, according to the example of the English, colonies in the vast countries beyond the seas. In order to people these co...

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...ad the cour- age; if George and Miss Sedley had remained, according to the former’s proposal, in the farther room, Joseph Sedley’s bachelorhood would ... ... late monarch George III when he heard of the revolt of the North American colonies: fancy brazen Goliath when little David stepped forward and claime... ...of Dobbin’s hand, acted over the scene, to the horror of the original per- former, and in spite of Dobbin’s good-natured entreaties to him to have mer... ...the heart, had been called into requisition—Rebecca and Amelia parted, the former vowing to love her friend for ever and ever and ever. CHAPTER VII Cr... ... Greek, Latin, and the rudiments of Hebrew; in mathematics and history; in Spanish, French, Italian, and geography; in music, vocal and instrumental; ...

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...f it be not just, it is impossible it should be always one.” I have indeed formerly learned that vice is nothing but irregularity, and want of measure... ... magnum Socratem palmam promeruisse ferunt.” [“In this trial of power formerly they relate that the great Socrates deserved the palm.”—Cornet. Ga... ... language with some illustration out of authors most in use, especially in Spanish, and among the Spanish he whom they called Marcus Aurelius—[ Guevar... ... regulate the justice and opportunity of voluntary death. 39 Montaigne In former times there was kept in our city of Marseilles a poison prepared out... ... ing that preparation all commerce with Venus. In a certain country of the Spanish Indies men were not permitted to marry till after forty age, and ye... ...poets have avoided affec- tation and the hunting after, not only fantastic Spanish and Petrarchic elevations, but even the softer and more gentle touc... ...t felt the effect of such removals. The Romans by this means erected their colonies; for, perceiving their city to grow immeasurably populous, they ea...

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... make war. His father was feeble, and worn out, and could not resist as in former times. He fell ill, and gave up the struggle, saying he would grant ... ...en saw that harm was intended, and went with all her other children to her former refuge in the sanctuary at Westminster; nor would she leave it when ... ...e king, died while yet a boy, and Anne, his wife, not long after. Then his former staunch friend, the Duke of Buckingham, began to feel that though he... ...o strong was it that, as 86 Young Folk’s History of England armada is the Spanish for a fleet, it was called the Invincible Armada. It sailed for Eng... ...e hand, and Frenchmen, on the other, had made those new homes that we call colonies. In North America, both English and French had large settlements; ... ... after George III. came to the crown, a great war broke out in the English colonies in America. A new tax had been made. A tax means the money that ha... ...Zealand, making, in all these distant places, the new English homes called colonies; and thus there have come to be En- glish people wherever the sun ...

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...which was Lieutenant Collonel to an En glish Regiment of Foot in Flanders,formerly commanded by the famous Coll. Lockhart, and was killed at the Batt... ...ns of being swallow’d up by the Sea being forgotten, and the Current of my former Desires return’d, I entirely forgot the V ows and Promises that I ma... ...t me at that time, I was in tenfold more Horror of Mind upon Account of my former Convictions, and the having returned from them to the Resolutions I ... ...n, believing that it would some time or other be his Fate to be taken by a Spanish or Portugal Man of War; and that then I should be set at Liberty. B... ...rt of America, and as I concluded by all my Observations, must be near the Spanish Dominions, and perhaps was all Inhabited by Savages, where if I sho... ...after some Pause upon this Affair, I consider’d, that if this Land was the Spanish Coast, I should certainly, one Time or other, see some Vessel pass ... ... our Vessel, if we should build one, for a V oyage to any of the Christian Colonies of America. So he told me, he thought it would be more advisable, ... ... to the Gallows, as soon as they came to England, or to any of the English Colonies; and that therefore there would be no attacking them, with so smal...

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...st vermin. The prototypic Don Juan, invented early in the XVI century by a Spanish monk, was presented, accord- ing to the ideas of that time, as the ... ...nd, those forces of middle class public opinion which hardly existed for a Spanish nobleman in the days of the first Don Juan, are now triumphant ever... ...recognition of his new point of view is heaping responsibility on him. His former jests he has had to take as seriously as I have had to take some of ... ...asual trade and speculation into an ordered productivity; and federate our colonies into a world-Power of the first magnitude? Give these people the m... ...etimes. Ramsden returns, followed by Ann. They come in quickly, with their former leisurely air of decorous grief changed to one of genuine concern, a... ... of vegetation: even a touch of aridity in the frequent patches of stones: Spanish magnifi- cence and Spanish economy everywhere. Not very far north o... ... good humor. T anner and Mendoza shake hands. The Brigands drop into their former places STRAKER. Ere! where do I come in? TANNER. [introducing] My fr...

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... tragedies would not occur. No doubt as woman enters the field of industry formerly monopolized by man, and as she takes her part in politics and sits... ... war, learning, invention and discovery have been the mov- ing passions of former ages, so now the accumulation of large fortunes is the main object t... ... by statistics, may mean that the records are kept more completely than in former times. It may mean temporary causes like bad times are adding to the... ... Draper’s Intellectual Development of Europe, and in many other books. The Spanish Inquisition alone furnished about 350,000 victims in the two centur... ...entional as the English society that banished them for England’s good. The colonies in Virginia with access to land and a chance to make homes for the...

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...ho gave him a position in his business. On Denman’s death he returned to his former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of his own from which... ...sman rests chiefly on his services in connec tion with the relations of the Colonies with Great Britain, and later with France. In 1757 he was sent t... ...im still a suspect; but he continued his efforts to present the case for the Colonies as the troubles thickened toward the crisis of the Revolu tion.... ...at might jus tify the slaughter. All this seemed very reasonable. But I had formerly been a great lover of fish, and, when this came hot out of the f... ...ow about to do. I must record one trait of this good man’s character. He had formerly been in business at Bristol, but failed in debt to a number of p... ...ave contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout the colonies in defense of their privileges. Memo. Thus far was written with ... ...at language. I afterwards with a little painstaking, acquir’d as much of the Spanish as to read their books also. I have already mention’d that I had ... ...f so many diverse and scattered types. 1738 Begins to study French, Italian, Spanish, and Latin. 1736 Chosen clerk of the General Assembly; forms the ...

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...quick about the life of others. In *1881. 6 Robert Louis Stevenson French colonies, and still more in the Dutch, I have read that there is an immedia... ...hard hap to meet in the valley with Apollyon, yet I must tell you, that in former times men have met with angels here; have found pearls here; and hav... ...ble, many prints of famous members, and a mural tablet to the virtues of a former secretary. Here a member can warm himself and loaf and read; here, i... ... corridor, under the mural tablet that records the virtues of Macbean, the former secretary . We would often smile at that ineloquent memorial and tho... ... yet filling the world, a friend of mine was this winter on a visit to the Spanish main, and was asked by a Peruvian if he “knew Mr. Stevenson the aut... ...ny one who mingled so largely the possible ingredients of converse. In the Spanish proverb, the fourth man necessary to com- pound a salad, is a madma... ...ding foreland of Dunrossness – moving, with the blood on his hands and the Spanish words on his tongue, among the simple islanders – singing a serenad...

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...ttle wearisome. Ursus and his wolf are pleasant enough companions; but the former is nearly as much an abstract type as the latter. There is a beginni... ... family greeted him with a “mean, servile compliance,” which increased his former disgust. Jean was not less compliant; a second time the poor girl su... ...goes, “I have almost ru- ined one source, the principal one, indeed, of my former happiness – the eternal propensity I always had to fall in love. My ... ... old sea-dog might have welcomed the sight of the enemy’s topsails off the Spanish Main. There, at least, he seems to say, is some- thing obvious to b... ...e he retreats; but the prose writer has conquered like a Roman and settled colonies.” We may ask ourselves, almost with dismay, whether such works exi...