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...try. When young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....

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...r a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flash- ing swords at us for some critical observations of... ...hile Lords and Commons suggest the decapitation of the leading figure. The united three, however, no longer cast re- flections on one another, and wer... ...ry, drawing their strategy from maga- 23 George Meredith zine articles by military pens, reverberations of the extinct voices of the daily and weekly... ...rly poised again; the Muscovite was battered; fresh guilt was added to the military glory of the Gaul. English grum- blers might well be asked what th... ...ent. Commander Beauchamp, in responding to the invitation of the great and united Liberal party of the borough of Bevisham, obeyed the inspirations of... ...ead of ancient Egyp- tians in spirituality or in priestcraft! They call it statesman- ship. O for a word for it! Let Palsy and Cunning go to form a wo... ...e it out worse to you than to any one else, because I want our minds to be united.’ ‘Give me a respite now and then.’ ‘With all my heart. And forgive ... ...ics of impatience. The study of politics should be guided by some light of states- manship, otherwise it comes to this wild preaching. These men are t... ...mp: she could not realize the friend of Trajan, ora- tor, lawyer, student, statesman, benefactor of his kind, and model of her own modern English gent...

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... the king’s proclamations and planting food in the bush, the first step of military prepara- tion. The religious sentiment of the people is indeed for... ...it. They figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. ... ...y figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. It was ... ...hed story. And the end of it spattered the credit alike of England and the States, when this man (the premier of a friendly sovereign) was kidnapped a... ...nsulate. Malietoa supposed himself betrayed by Tamasese. Consul Churchward states with precision that the document was sold by a scribe for thirty-six... ...an of notable personal appearance; he looks the part allotted him; and the military clerk was soon the centre of observa- tion and rumour. Malietoa wr... ...deis. Be it well known that the gentleman Brandeis has no appointment in a military character, but resides peace- ably assisting the government of Leu... ...t Malietoa,” said Mataafa “but try to bring about a compromise, and form a united government.” “Very well,” said Tamasese, “leave it to me, and I will... ... of humanity I hereby respectfully and solemnly protest in the name of the United States of America and of the civilised world in general against the ...

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...n with war, the smash-up of civilization is inevitable. It is chaos or the United States of the World for mankind. There is no other choice. Ten years... ...war, the smash-up of civilization is inevitable. It is chaos or the United States of the World for mankind. There is no other choice. Ten years have b... ...ur young people attach any great importance to the flitting suggestions of military activity they glimpsed ever and again. Near Maidstone they came on... ...r, was over and for- gotten, and the public had lost the fashion of expert military criticism. Our four young people picnicked cheerfully, and were ha... ...e. Once or twice he saw guns and soldiers, and was reminded of the stir of military preparations he had wit- nessed on the Bank Holiday in England; bu... ...ness of equipment and military efficiency. The great powers were first the United States, a nation ad- dicted to commerce, but roused to military nece... ... equipment and military efficiency. The great powers were first the United States, a nation ad- dicted to commerce, but roused to military necessities... ...ial ex- pansion, and its imposition of the German language upon a forcibly united Europe. These were the three most spirited and aggressive powers in ... ...British Empire were France and its allies, the Latin powers, heavily armed states indeed, but reluctant warriors, and in many ways socially and politi...

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...t because of the develop- ment of scientific knowledge, separate sovereign states and separate sovereign empires are no longer possible in the world, ... ...ave supposed a sort of epidemic of sanity to break out among the rulers of states and the leaders of mankind. I have represented the native common sen... ... land a poor little League of (Allied) Nations (excluding the 5 H G Wells United States, Russia, and most of the ‘subject peoples’ of the world), mee... ... poor little League of (Allied) Nations (excluding the 5 H G Wells United States, Russia, and most of the ‘subject peoples’ of the world), meeting ob... ...llows, come and scrap the mint!’ In the year 1955 the suicide rate for the United States of America quadrupled any previous record. There was an enor-... ...cely and less forensic; the Chinese still refused reso- lutely to become a military power, and maintained a small standing army upon the American mode... ... battery since the opening decades of the century. Barnet’s opinion of his military training was manifestly a poor one, his Modern State ideas dispose... ...ost charming description over the Fox Hills.’ All Barnet’s accounts of his military training were written in the same half-contemptuous, half-protesti... ...bombs first. China and Japan had assailed Russia and destroyed Moscow, the United States had attacked Japan, India was in anarchistic revolt with Delh...

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...d in scarlet Virginia-creeper. You turn into the town again beside a great military barrack which is ornamented with a rugged mediaeval tower, a relic... ...e ladies of France, a collection of the toys of the enfant du miracle, all military and of the finest make. “Tout cela fonctionne,” the guide said of ... ...rooms; it will have to be completely reconstructed. A worthy woman, with a military profile and that sharp, positive manner which the goodwives who sh... ...s which are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune ... ... are only houses. The trouble with the domestic architecture of the United States is that it is not scenic, thank Heaven! and the good fortune of an o... ...al good faith which is not the commonest feature of French art, and which, united as it is in this case with exceeding knowledge and a remarkable sens... ...tion” with the establishment across the way, al- though the two places are united (if old Carcassonne may be said to be united to anything) by a vague... ...to the esteem of posterity. But history has been whitewashed away, and the scandals of that period have mingled with the dust of dilapidations and rep...

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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... ...yet, Joubert, Hoche, Marceau, Lannes, Desaix, Moreau, With many of the military set, Exceedingly remarkable at times, But not at all adapted... ...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... ... finish’d by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage; The future states of both are left to faith, For authors fear description might ... ...clock scarce past— And, running out as fast as I was able, I found the military commandant Stretch’d in the street, and able scarce to pant. ... ...ives of others, And not our own. I am too qualified By service with my military brothers To break the rules by bringing one’s own bride In... ... wrong, To aid the damsel and destroy the caitiff; Opposing singly the united strong, From foreign yoke to free the helpless native: Alas...

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...ime a porter in the em- ploy of the Messrs. Didot. Kolb had been drawn for military service, chance brought him to Angouleme, and David rec- ognized t... ...th them through the daily chat, and at length saw a chance of escaping the military service, a bait held out to him by the brothers. So far from requi... ...t day, swarm in the provinces; but in 1822 the country attorney very often united the functions of solicitor and counsel. As a result of this double l... ...on in the bank. You would not believe how greatly the qual- ity of banker, united with the august title of creditor, changes the debtor’s position. Fo... ...e Negrepelisse was blameless, oth- ers believed in Stanislas de Chandour’s scandals. Mme. de Senonches declared for the Bargetons, and began by win- n... ...ght the whole household was awak- ened by the town band, reinforced by the military band from the barracks. The Place du Murier was full of people. Th... ... at that time a treaty was being negotiated between Russia and Sweden. The States-General insisted that Charles XII. should make peace (much as they t... ...ecretary’s keeping; but when the time came for laying the draft before the States- General, a trifling difficulty arose; the treaty was not to be foun... ... General, a trifling difficulty arose; the treaty was not to be found. The States-General believed that the Minister, pan- dering to the King’s wishes...

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.... Monsieur Leprince assured his daughter that Xavier was of the stock that statesmen came of. Celestine answered that a man named Rabourdin would neve... ...of heaven. Madame Rabourdin conceived herself fully capable of directing a statesman, inspiring an artist, helping an inventor and pushing his interes... ...rts and where decisions were prompt and spontaneous. The dominant law of a statesman is to apply precise formula 13 Balzac to all cases, after the ma... ...d prevented all ameliorations of home rule. In Austria, where many diverse united nations present so many conflicting interests to be conciliated and ... ... with that of registra- tion and the management of domains. Thus Rabourdin united in one centre all divisions that were allied in nature. The mortgage... ...no longer offered a chance for fortune. Special careers, such as civil and military engineering, the navy, mining, and the pro- fessorial chair were a... ...n who has gone through the grammar-school, been vaccinated, is exempt from military service, and possesses all his faculties (I don’t mean transcenden... ...young friend” [he rose, a rare thing], “do you know what is going on? what scandals are rife about Mon- sieur Rabourdin whom you love, and” [bending t... ...nd the whole Jesuitical Chapter as politi- cal, administrative, civil, and military giants. Fear creates bugbears. At this crisis Baudoyer firmly beli...

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...*In this case the term General refers to a civil grade equiva- lent to the military rank of the same title. 31 Gogol trees with old, scarred trunks, ... ...w. Yet he need not have flown into such a passion. More than one respected statesman reveals himself, when confronted with a business matter, to be ju... ...itions to it, and spread such stories as would give rise to God knows what scandals. “This is indeed bad!” Chichikov said to himself. “I have been an ... ...be held lest he attempt deeds of over-presumptuous daring. Seized with the military spirit, however, the lieutenant’s head begins to whirl, and before... ...-gabled roof, for it was a mansion of the kind which Russia builds for her military settlers and for German colonists. A notice- able circumstance was... ...and, divides into runlets (all flashing in the sun like fire), plunges, re-united, into the midst of a thicket of elder, birth, and pine, and, lastly,... ...ithout that accomplishment, no one could ever hope to become a Minister or Statesman. Thus, with great difficulty, and also with the help of his uncle... ...r to manage it. And the reason for his conduct—his very strange conduct—he states as follows: ‘I do not know my nephew, and very likely he is a spendt... ...to Chichikov’s past history and the story of the dead souls such a crop of scandals and innuendoes that by no manner of means could any mortal decide ...

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...erpents that disorder sky and earth with a deadly flight of zig-zags, like military rockets, among the living. And if these are given to cry too much,... ...fe. Well, there was a suspicion of disdain.—Yes, I can re- spect the hero, military or civil; with this distinction, that the military hero aims at pe... ..., in which he was impressed by the vibration of her tones when speaking of military heroes, she quitted the table, saying: ‘An argument between one at... ...selecting the position of dignity to suit her: an eminent military man, or statesman, or wealthy nobleman: she had but to choose. A war would offer he... ...eing confessedly to do; and they cut the knot: Men, men calling themselves statesmen, declined to perform that operation, because, forsooth, other men... ... her words, every fleeting gesture, even to the ingenuousness of the noble statesman’s admiration of her, for the confusion of her unmanly and unworth... ...Copsley raised an exclamation of, ‘Oh! that those two had been or could be united!’ She was conscious of a mystic symbolism in the prayer. She was not... ...at somehow you contrive to get the pick of us in the girls! If ever we ‘re united, ‘twill be by a trick of circumvention of that sort, pretty sure. Th... ...dwelling on the fond reciprocal affection of the two devoted lovers, to be united within three days’ time, Lady Wathin said at last: ‘And is it not sh...

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...e gossip brought to him by his unsuspecting friends; for neither courtier, statesman, minister, nor friend ever looked upon those notes which this “li... ...owed in speak- ing of young people, so unequal in position, friendship had united us. I made up my mind, therefore, to escape from my leading-strings;... ...alting-places was Marienburgh, where we camped for the night. I had become united in friendship with Comte de Coetquen, who was in the same company wi... ...une, whom the consciousness of wit—of the insinuating and captivating kind—united with much ability, gracefulness of intellect, and learning, inspired... ...ition cost the King. M. le Duc presided this year over the Assembly of the States of Burgundy, in place of his father M. le Prince, who did not wish t... ... was obliged to go, and was established at the house of the Duke while the States were held. Every evening there was a supper, and Santeuil was always... ...his return, he visited the Marechal de Villeroy, who received him with all military honours, and conducted him all over the army, pointing out to him ... ...w that I am speaking of the armies, let me give here an account of all our military operations this year, so as to com- plete that subject at once. M.... ...EANWHILE, as I have promised to relate, in a continuous narrative, all our military operations of this year, let me say what passed in other direction...

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...er, and even thine, O Rome!) No single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th’ admiring eyes; 250 61 The Poetica... ...h’s care; 21 Seldom at council, never in a war: Jilts ruled the state, and statesmen farces writ; Nay, wits had pensions, and young lords had wit; ... ...c frame, Which from the neighb’ring Hampton takes its name. Here Britain’s statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; ... ...imes to come; 380 There kings shall sue, and suppliant states be seen Once more to bend before a British queen. Thy trees, fair Wi... ... Productive as the sun. SEMICHORUS. Oh source of every social tie, United wish, and mutual joy! What various joys on one attend, As son, as ... ...ugh every region flies, In every ear incessant rumours rung, And gathering scandals grew on every tongue. From the black trumpet’s rusty concave broke... ...erstood A sovereign Being, but a sovereign good. T rue faith, true policy, united ran, That was but love of God, and this of Man. 24... ...Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough, a man distinguished by the rapidity of his military movements—a petty Napoleon. 217 The Poetical Works of Alexander P...

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...per of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers. She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and ... ...thing as that.” “How on earth — ” “My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness which char acterizes you. You shave every morning, a... ...estate in Sussex, near Horsham. He had made a very considerable fortune in the States, and his reason for leaving them was his aversion 80 The Advent... ...ave soldier. Others were of a date during the reconstruc tion of the Southern states, and were mostly concerned with politics, for he had evidently t... ...rs. For some years the organiza tion flourished in spite of the efforts of the United States government and of the better classes of the community in ... ...rest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves. Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn th... ... the thief; had struggled with him; they had each tugged at the coronet, their united strength causing injuries which neither alone could have effecte... ...annot make our way in.” It was an old rickety door and gave at once before our united strength. Together we rushed into the room. It was empty. There ...

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... the chang- ing conditions of literary intercourse between England and the United States had up to then left unaltered. It is a long novel, and I was ... ...ang- ing conditions of literary intercourse between England and the United States had up to then left unaltered. It is a long novel, and I was long in... ...here—you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve bee... ...u had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve been there... ...d deal of a vagabond, and she had spent much ingenuity in training it to a military step and teaching it to advance, to halt, to retreat, to perform e... ...or. Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with h... .... Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with her it w... ...e was indeed very pretty and that she formed the ornament of those various military stations, chiefly in the unfashionable West, to which, to her deep... ...nd she pointed out to Isabel that as he had been there before, as he was a military man and as he had had a classical education—he had been bred at Et...

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... there—you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve b... ...you had only to come and see me.” “There? Where do you mean?” “In the United States: in New York and Albany and other American places.” “I’ve been the... ...ood deal of a vagabond, and she had spent much ingenuity in training it to a military step and teaching it to advance, to halt, to retreat, to perform... ...erior. Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with... ...Mrs. Keyes, the second of the group, was the wife of an officer of the United States Engineers, and as our history is not further concerned with her it... ...she was indeed very pretty and that she formed the ornament of those various military stations, chiefly in the unfashionable West, to which, to her dee... ...ve brought over my native costume!” Lord Warburton had travelled through the United States and knew much more about them than Isabel; he was so good a... ...ght over my native costume!” Lord Warburton had travelled through the United States and knew much more about them than Isabel; he was so good as to sa... ... and she pointed out to Isabel that as he had been there before, as he was a military man and as he had had a classical education—he had been bred at ...

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...et for twenty-four years, and whose salon was the echo of all reports, all scandals, and all the gossip of the department of the Aube,—a good deal of ... ...omise the influence of his family in the arrondissement of Arcis, that old statesman would doubtless propose for candidate some young man who could be... ...the country; he knows parliamentary necessities; he is much nearer being a statesman than my friend Simon, who will not pretend to have made himself a... ...gnificent enterprise, which, in its results, would attain to the height of statesmanship. In fact, industry of all kinds would gain by establishing wi... ... Historical Mystery.”] The Marions, Grevins, and Giguets were all the more united be- cause the triumph of their political opinions, called “consti- t... ...t serious in itself—” Fresh interruption, noisier than the first. Like all military men, Colonel Giguet is not patient nor 200 The Deputy of Arcis pa... ...self in the most ardent manner to the dynasty of July. He did not re-enter military service, because, shortly after his misadventure he had met with a... ...me pretensions to the after-glow of youth, which his slim figure and agile military bearing seemed likely to preserve to him for some time longer. Alt... ...thful to any secret that concerned you per- sonally.” “ Ah! you are such a united pair,” said Madame de l’Estorade, with a heavy sigh. “I don’t regret...

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...ing play of instinctive passion and desire against too abstract a dream of statesmanship. But things that seemed to lie very far apart in Machiavelli’... ... a condition of affairs infinitely more complex, in which every prince and statesman is something of a servant and every intelligent human being somet... ...d come across a vast interval since his time, into the very chamber of the statesman. 2 2 2 2 2 In Machiavelli’s outlook the interest of womanhood was... ... glove fingers tied up with thread and sent off by waggons along the great military road to the beleaguered fortress on the Indian frontier beyond the... ... in life that it isn’t really virile to reek of tobacco. I should have had military manoeuvres, training ships, aeroplane work, mountaineering and so ... ...d, the equally reasonable socialisation of individuals which is implied by military service is steadily and quite naturally and quite illogically oppo... ...o Republican and Democrat, for example, and you have the conditions in the United States. The Crown or a dethroned dynasty, the Estab- lished Church o... ... of their possible babies in the fur- naces that run the machinery. In the United States the na- tive Anglo-American strain has scarcely increased at ... ...e wanted to make that idea of a collective mind play in this book the part United Italy plays in Machiavelli’s Prince. I have called it the hinterland...

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... of youth in a railway station in Bombay, he had seen only coloured women, military women, offi- cial women; and his ideal was a woman who could read ... ... to admit that; but I have never met a woman who even saw what is meant by statesmanship. I am going to make you still more angry. I hope that I never... ...rved in the Bechuanaland Expedition 1884-85 (honourably mentioned). Clubs: United Service, Naval and Military. Recreations: an en- thusiastic curler.’... ...xpedition 1884-85 (honourably mentioned). Clubs: United Service, Naval and Military. Recreations: an en- thusiastic curler.’” Sitting on the deck at H... ...ies of bankers, writers, clergymen, sailors, surgeons, judges, professors, states- men, editors, philanthropists, merchants, and actresses; what clubs... ...nd my Aunts, in spite of these?” She swept her hand across a whole page of statesmen and soldiers. “In spite of them all,” said Helen gravely. She the... ...s wheeled past. Susan followed. Mr. Venning strolled after her. Portuguese military families, their clothes suggesting late rising in untidy bedrooms,... ...p into the air seemed like the fiery way in which lovers suddenly rose and united, leaving the crowd gazing up at them with strained white faces. But ... ..., many of whom had only met on the staircase, felt themselves pathetically united and well-disposed towards each other. As if the prayer were a torch ...

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...these mouthy young- sters that hang around the pool-room need is universal military training. Make men of ‘em.” Mrs. Dyer removed the new schoolbuildi... ...es the permanent Mother Chautauqua, in New York, there are, all over these States, commercial Chautauqua companies which send out to every smallest to... ...ch Carol derived from them were: Lincoln was a celebrated president of the United States, but in his youth extremely poor. James J. Hill was the best-... ...l derived from them were: Lincoln was a celebrated president of the United States, but in his youth extremely poor. James J. Hill was the best-known r... ... known to be honest and courteous. London is a large city. A distinguished statesman once 246 Main Street taught Sunday School. Four “entertainers” w... ...d to the street fair which added mundane gaiety to the annual rites of the United and Fraternal Order of Beavers. Beavers, human Beavers, were everywh... ...wers and poetry and music and everything; he spieled like he was a regular United States Senator; and Myrtle—she’s a devil, that girl, ha! ha!—she kid... ...want to be un- just to him. I believe he took his physical examination for military service. Got varicose veins—not bad, but enough to disqualify him.... ...ing the first to tell the latest, which included seven distinct and proven scandals about Mrs. Swiftwaite, and one con- siderable doubt as to the chas...

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...tanding. A loud laugh from behind Tess’s back, in the shade of the garden, united with the titter of the room. She looked round, and saw the red coal ... ...tood in the relations to d’Urberville that Car had also been suspected of, united with the latter against the common enemy. Several other woman also c... ...d’s note seemed to lurk a joy. Her face had latterly changed with changing states of mind, continually fluc tuating between beauty and ordinariness, a... ...y, and the polished brass knobs on their horns glittered with something of military display. Their large veined udders hung ponderous as sandbags, the... ...m with her hand, and as she and Clare stood side by side at leaving, as if united body and soul, there would have been some thing peculiarly sorry in... ...s; but by reason of the presence of the strange women, who were recounting scandals, Marian and Izz could not at first talk of old times as they wished...

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...e know not, whether it was dis- taste for the career before him, or purely military enthusiasm. It may well have been the latter, for it was a stirrin... ...trymen, Don Felix Pacheco, as reported by Captain George Carleton, in his “Military Memoirs from 1672 to 1713.” “Before the appearance in the world of... ...te, “that this is done to divert our idle thoughts; and as in well-ordered states games of chess, fives, and billiards are allowed for the diversion o... ...a, thou hast conquered, for it is impossible to have the heart to deny the united force of so many truths.” Luscinda in her feebleness was on the poin... ... arms make answer that without them laws cannot be maintained, for by arms states are defended, kingdoms preserved, cities protected, roads made safe,... ...ade safe, seas cleared of pirates; and, in short, if it were not for them, states, kingdoms, monarchies, cities, ways by sea and land would be exposed... ...r, storehouse of lies, hoard of untruths, garner of knaveries, inventor of scandals, publisher of absurdities, enemy of the respect due to royal perso... ...perfectly, and perceived it was promised to him that he should see himself united in holy and lawful matrimony with his beloved Dulcinea del Toboso, f... ...n a Knight of the Twelve Peers, because twelve equals were chosen for that military order. That there was a Cid, as well as a Bernardo del Carpio, the...

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...e know not, whether it was dis- taste for the career before him, or purely military enthusiasm. It may well have been the latter, for it was a stirrin... ...trymen, Don Felix Pacheco, as reported by Captain George Carleton, in his “Military Memoirs from 1672 to 1713.” “Before the appearance in the world of... ...te, “that this is done to divert our idle thoughts; and as in well-ordered states games of chess, fives, and billiards are allowed for the diversion o... ...a, thou hast conquered, for it is impossible to have the heart to deny the united force of so many truths.” Luscinda in her feebleness was on the poin... ... arms make answer that without them laws cannot be maintained, for by arms states are defended, kingdoms preserved, cities protected, roads made safe,... ...ade safe, seas cleared of pirates; and, in short, if it were not for them, states, kingdoms, monarchies, cities, ways by sea and land would be exposed... ...r, storehouse of lies, hoard of untruths, garner of knaveries, inventor of scandals, publisher of absurdities, enemy of the respect due to royal perso... ...perfectly, and perceived it was promised to him that he should see himself united in holy and lawful matrimony with his beloved Dulcinea del Toboso, f... ...n a Knight of the Twelve Peers, because twelve equals were chosen for that military order. That there was a Cid, as well as a Bernardo del Carpio, the...

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...onger to be the surest claims to promotion with at any rate one section of states- men, and Dr Proudie was one among those who early in life adapted h... ... conception of the work to be done were generally furnished by the liberal statesmen of the day, and the labour of the details was borne by officials ... ...making woman; and the people of Barchester were surprised at the amount of military vigour she displayed as general of the feminine Grantlyite forces.... ...et us grant it, and then let us say which church has incurred the heaviest scandals. ’ There was a quiet earnestness about Mr Arabin, as he half ackno... ...able to tell their own minds to each other as any Damon and Phillis, whose united ages would not make up that to which Mr Arabin had already attained....

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...2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation?and Nonadaptation?...

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... Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–... ...(1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) ... ...MS 215 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and... ...5 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and Tactic... ... of Effort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table o... ...ort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table of Names... ... plebiscite, and equal rights for women. It makes no dis- tinction between military and civilian targets. Collateral damage is not in its lexicon. We ... ...tly behind Lewin. Lewin had served four years as an officer in the Israeli military. He may have made an attempt to stop the hijackers in front of him... ...mately 530 miles per hour. 61 All on board, as well as many civil- ian and military personnel in the building, were killed. The Battle for United 93 A...

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...at. The second is that, in spite of our fleet, this is no longer, from the military point of view, an inaccessible island. So long as one had to consi... ... to our happy-go-lucky Army that it was possible to 9 H. G . Wells make a military use of barbed wire or construct a trench to defy shrapnel. Suppose... ...rom the Mediterranean. Italian work- men by the hundred thousand go to the United States in the spring and return in the autumn. Again, there is a str... ... Mediterranean. Italian work- men by the hundred thousand go to the United States in the spring and return in the autumn. Again, there is a stream of ... ... Europe. Compared with any European country, the whole popula- tion of the United States is fluid. Equally notable is the enor- mous proportion of the... .... Compared with any European country, the whole popula- tion of the United States is fluid. Equally notable is the enor- mous proportion of the Britis... ...n of the population whose in- terests go beyond the State. Politicians and statesmen, being the last people in the world to notice what is going on in... ...23 H. G . Wells a contented acquiescence in the rivalry of Germany and the United States for the moral, intellectual and material leader- ship of the ... ...d torpedoes and destroyers and airships and submarines. And when I come to military matters my persuasion that things are not all right, that our curr...

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...ecrable actions of murthering princes, butchery of people, and subversion of states and governments? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost, inst... ...th wise men at weak times. Therefore we see it hath done wonders, in popular states; but with senates, and princes less; and more ever upon the first ... ...f religion, and of cantons. For utility is their bond, and not respects. The united prov inces of the Low Countries, in their government, excel; for ... ...asts of wind, and secret swellings of seas before a tempest, so are there in states: —Ille etiam caecos instare tumultus Saepe monet, fraudesque et op... ...be full of discord and faction, and those that are against it, be entire and united. I have noted, that some witty and sharp speeches, which have f... ...against all events, not be without some great person, one or rather more, of military valor, near unto them, for the repressing of seditions in their ... ...imum facinus auderent pauci, plures vellent, omnes paterentur . But let such military persons be assured, and well reputed of, rather than factious an... ... draw to themselves such natures. Besides, coun sellors are not commonly so united, but that one counsellor, keepeth sentinel over another; so that i... ...nt, that the principal point of greatness in any state, is to have a race of military men. Neither is money the sinews of war (as it is trivially said...

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...onfess it. Next the Senator’s son and the son of the Vice President of the United States—perfectly right, there’s no permanency about those little dis... ...it. Next the Senator’s son and the son of the Vice President of the United States—perfectly right, there’s no permanency about those little distinctio... ...situation is new in romance. I feel sure it has not been attempted before. Military celebrities have been disguised and set at lowly occupations for d... ...ifferences to the learned for settlement; he had achieved a vast fame as a military chieftain, the Achilles of the Florida campaigns, and then had got... ...t they very soon arrived at Rural Retreat, where they dismounted, and were united with all the solemnities that usually attended such divine operation... ... gods of battle, and by that faith whereby just men are made perfect—to be united. I hope, my dear sir, you will find it convenient as well as agreeab... ...hat he was there because he had once had his opportunity to go home to the States rich, and had not done it; had rather lost his wealth, and had then ... ...innocence printing them calmly and tranquilly in a book. For instance: He states that he entered a hair dresser’s in Paris to get shaved, and the fir... ...t gets out of it. The king, class A, is happy in the state banquet and the military show which the emperor provides for him, and he goes home and gath...

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...im!’ An’ yeh bet I dusted fer the barn.” “Any kids waiting for you back in the States?” asked the stranger. “Nope; Sal died ’fore any come. Thet ’s wh... ...t know I ’d been there? Never told you, eh? Well, I tried it once, down in the States. That ’s why I ’m here. Been raised together, too. I came away t... ...told me why you came to this country. Be kind to her, and send her back to the States as soon as you can. But fix it so as she can come back, — liable ... ... miles of pain. “Contrary minded?” “No!” For the first time the Incapables were united without some compromise of personal interests. “And what are you... ...ding with their superiors in the Order concerning the sending of El Soo to the United States to complete her education, when a man of her own tribe ar... ...weeping. Sister Alberta even revealed to her the project of sending her to the United States. El Soo stared wide eyed into the golden vista thus opene... ...t tools of the Diaz secret service. Too many of the comrades were in civil and military prisons scattered over the United States, and others of them, ... ... devil will be glad for my coming, for I have some very fine songs for him, and scandals and old gossips of the high aliis that will make him scratch h...

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...ile complete knowledge with devoted piety; here was a modern Augustine who united the glories of doctor and saint. The sanctity seemed no less clearly... ...ady Chettam, who attributed her own remarkable health to home-made bitters united with constant medical attendance, entered with much exercise of the ... ...ot that, like her, he had been weaving any future in which their lots were united; but a man naturally remembers a charming girl with pleasure, and is... ... been left an orphan when he was fresh from a public school. His father, a military man, had made but little provision for three children, and when th... ...cceed each other like the magic-lantern pictures of a doze; and in certain states of dull forlornness Dorothea all her life continued to see the vastn... ...actitioner, having increased Middlemarch practice in that direction. Great statesmen err, and why not small medical men? Mr. Wrench did not neglect se... ...re, snatches of diction which he associated with various points of view or states of mind; and whenever he had a feeling of awe, he was haunted by a s... ...quests,” it may end by letting us into the secret of usurpations and other scandals gossiped about long empires ago:—this world being apparently a hug... ...ance, might have been disadvantageous in any young gentleman who had not a military bearing and mustache to give him what is doted on by some flower-l...

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...ile complete knowledge with devoted piety; here was a modern Augustine who united the glories of doctor and saint. The sanctity seemed no less clearly... ...ady Chettam, who attributed her own remarkable health to home made bitters united with constant medical attendance, entered with much exercise of the ... ...ot that, like her, he had been weaving any future in which their lots were united; but a man naturally remembers a charming girl with pleasure, and is... ... been left an orphan when he was fresh from a public school. His father, a military man, had made but little provision for three children, and when th... ...cceed each other like the magic lantern pictures of a doze; and in certain states of dull forlornness Dorothea all her life continued to see the vastn... ...ti tioner, having increased Middlemarch practice in that direction. Great statesmen err, and why not small medical men? Mr. Wrench did not neglect se... ...re, snatches of diction which he associated with various points of view or states of mind; and whenever he had a feeling of awe, he was haunted by a s... ...quests,” it may end by letting us into the secret of usurpations and other scandals gossiped about long empires ago:— this world being apparently a hu... ...ance, might have been disadvantageous in any young gentleman who had not a military bearing and mustache to give him what is doted on by some flower li...

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...—the relative advantages of classical and of modern education, and universal military service— had not to move out either of them, while Countess Nord... ... hold of the door post and get back into the carriage, when another man in a military overcoat, quite close beside her, stepped between her and the fli... ...emarkable man,” said the am bassador’s wife. “My husband says there are few statesmen like him in Europe.” “And my husband tells me just the same, bu... ...iving, feigning, and continu ally thinking of others, when the passion that united them was so intense that they were both oblivious of everything el... ... in the race. If England can point to the most brilliant feats of cavalry in military history, it is simply owing to the fact that she has historicall... ... friends would never allow me to fight a duel—would never allow the life of a statesman, needed by Russia, to be exposed to danger? Knowing per fectly... ...women and girls he thought of whom he knew, he could not think of a girl who united to such a degree all, positively all, the qualities he would wish ... ...hat he had always desired too for his future family life. And this girl, who united all these qualities, loved him. He was a modest man, but he could ... .... . ” The conversation passed to the misuse of political power in the United States, but Anna quickly brought it round to another topic, so as to draw...