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...illor in the Parliament of Bordeaux; in 1559 he was at Bar-le-Duc with the court of Francis II, and in the year following he was present at Rouen to w... ..., which we print a little farther on; what he says as to the commotions of courts, where he passed a portion of his life; the Instructions which he wr... ... leaving Paris, stayed a short time at Blois, to attend the meeting of the States-General. We do not know 22 Essays: Book the First what part he took... ... there being some sort of relationship be- tween them), “since I have been united to you by marriage, which is one of the most weighty and sacred ties... ...ry actions, the tender affection he had for his miserable country, and his supreme and sworn detes- tation of all vice, but principally of that villai... ...ality the praise that only be- longs to merit, and that of right is due to supreme desert, though lodged in the lowest and most inferior subject. Aris... ... 17.]—But I am astonished at the great liberty allowed by Xenophon in such cases, and that both by precept and by the example of several exploits of h... ...t of the world where the Portu- guese subdued the Indians, they found some states where it was a universal and inviolable law amongst them that every ... ... government is a structure composed of divers parts and members joined and united together, with so strict connection, that it is impos- 166 Essays: ...

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... to give him one, so he hadn’t the habit, and people who carried cigarette-cases he regarded as effeminate. 11 Sinclair Lewis Last, he stuck in his l... ...ght expensive ties “and could pay cash for ‘em, too, by golly;” and at the United Cigar Store, with its crimson and gold alertness, he reflected, “Won... ...ollars—bet there isn’t more than five per cent. of the people in the whole United States that make more than Uncle George does, by golly! Right up at ... ...bet there isn’t more than five per cent. of the people in the whole United States that make more than Uncle George does, by golly! Right up at the top... ...his evening and, after an adequate sketch of the day’s progressive weather-states, his four-hundred- and-fifty-dollar fee, his lunch with Paul Rieslin... ...The details of precedence were never offi- cially determined. There was no court to decide whether the second son of a Pierce Arrow limousine should g... ...a pine altar painted watery blue, as used nightly by the Grand Masters and Supreme Potentates of innumerable lodges. The hall was full. As Babbitt pus... ...p bad feeling.” Actually, the content of his theology was that there was a supreme being who had tried to make us perfect, but presumably had failed; ... ...er foot. When they were not at home, conducting their cautiously radi- cal courtship over sheets of statistics, they were trudging off to lectures by ...

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... noble specimen 6 Waverley of the old Highlander, far descended, gallant, courteous, and brave, even to chivalry. He had been out, I believe, in 1715... ...he costume of his hero to be impressive, would willingly attire him in the court dress of George the Second’s reign, with its no collar, large sleeves... ...aid to be tinctured sable. But the deep-ruling impulse is the same in both cases; and the proud peer who can now only ruin his neighbour according to ... ...nner. And here the in- structor had to combat another propensity too often united with brilliancy of fancy and vivacity of talent,—that indo- lence, n... ...ce of the rector, the curate, the clerk, and the whole congregation of the united parishes of Waverley cum Beverley. I beg pardon, once and for all, o... ...l, sympathized little in the disappointment of this selfish and interested statesman; and he retired to the country under the comfortable reflection, ... ...ust not dispute, nor I disobey.’ He handed to W averley a warrant from the Supreme Crimi- nal Court of Scotland, in full form, for apprehending and se... ...dly offered me this commission, and as the auld Fifteen [The Judges of the Supreme Court of Session in Scotland are proverbially termed, among the cou... ...ench prisoners. May repose and blessings attend the ashes of the patriotic statesman, who, amongst his last services to Scot- land, interposed to prev...

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...gh our readings in journals, of the wicked overblown Prince Regent and his Court, together with the view taken of honest labour in the mind of super- ... ...did at Craye Farm and at Creckholt; we are there for country air; we don’t court neighbours at all—perhaps the elect; it will depend on Nataly’s wishe... ...d signatures of gentlemen, to many of our City notables favourable in most cases: gentlemen of the Stock Exchange highly. The clergy and the medical p... .... Even the best of women, even the most beautiful, and in their moments of supremest beauty, have this gross ravenousness for facts. You must not expe... ...tence, haunted him, each swelling to possession of him in turn; until they united to head a plunge into retro- spects; which led to his reviewing the ... ...zen. But there was the obligation upon him to speak—it is expected in such cases, if only as a formality—of his ‘love’: hard to do even in view and ne... ...e slight American accent con- tracted during a lengthened residence in the United States is no bar to the patriotism urging him to pay his visit of ex... ...t American accent con- tracted during a lengthened residence in the United States is no bar to the patriotism urging him to pay his visit of expo- sit... ...carving of a maitre chef, according to Skepsey: right-left-and point, with supreme precision: they fell, accurately sliced from the joint. Having done...

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..., a frequenter of the backstairs of great houses, or had she been merely a courte- san? Was she expiating the flaunting triumphs of a youth overcrowde... ...e happiest of these hapless beings was certainly Mme. Vauquer, who reigned supreme over this hospital supported by voluntary contributions. For her, t... ... him very much changed. His aunt, Mme. de Marcillac, had been presented at court, and had moved among the brightest heights of that lofty region. Sudd... ...ets at Saint-Cloud, while we are gone to find out whether or no there is a Supreme Being. I will put you in the way of that million.” He stopped for a... ... on a vast estate, say a hundred thousand acres, somewhere in the Southern States of America. I mean to be a planter, to have slaves, to make a few sn... ...kling of an eye; and when you come to think further, how comparatively few cases of crime there are, and to count up the misdemeanors committed by you... ...he heart,” he said in a loud voice. “And when I see you, my children, thus united by a like purity and by all human affections, I say to myself that i...

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... he will sign and, in words or otherwise, assert; not this wholly, in many cases not this at all. We see men of all kinds of professed creeds attain t... ...s have methods of their own of discovering what Man is Greatest, fit to be supreme over them. Bad meth- ods: but are they so much worse than our metho... ...th and strength of a man. Nature had as yet no name to him; he had not yet united under a name the infinite variety of sights, sounds, shapes and mo- ... ...nd all Teutonic Nations; the adjectives formed from it all signify divine, supreme, or something per- taining to the chief god. Like enough! We must b... ...ve eyes and aspect, red beard, of stately robust figure, has stept in. The courtiers address him; his answers surprise by their pertinency and depth: ... ...to conciliate men. Petrarch reports of him that being at Can della Scala’s court, and blamed one day for his gloom and taciturnity, he answered in no ... ...it not, in its own dialect, the noblest that could enter into the heart of Statesman or man? For a Knox to take it up was something; but for a Cromwel... ...hypocrites,” seems to me a rather sorry business. We have had but one such States- man in England; one man, that I can get sight of, who ever had in t... ...hopeless problem, “Given a world of Knaves, to educe an Honesty from their united action;”— how cumbrous a problem, you may see in Chancery Law- Court...

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...nd-arched fire-places with black marble mantels, and im- mense glazed book-cases of mahogany; whereas old Mrs. Mingott, who had built her house later,... ...ept,” without the mitigating plea of a “previous engagement” that ordinary courtesy prescribed. New Y ork society was, in those days, far too small, a... ...cism of their se- cluded existence. They were the arbiters of fashion, the Court of last Appeal, and they knew it, and bowed to their fate. But being ... ...h Mr. Letterblair’s view; but put into words by this selfish, well-fed and supremely indifferent old man it suddenly became the Pharisaic voice of a s... ...ding out when they were to pass through London on their way to or from the States. The intimacy be- came indissoluble, and Mrs. Archer and Janey, when... ... sent a faint shiver through his heart. What if “niceness” carried to that supreme degree were only a negation, the curtain dropped before an emptines... ...hanging calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States. That such a conversation should be going on anywhere within ... ... calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States. That such a conversation should be going on anywhere within the mil... ... from being as simple as that.” Archer looked back to the President of the United States, and then down at his desk and at the papers scattered on it....

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...is I take for presupposed. But should one command me to take charge of the courts of law and lawsuits, I should make answer, that I understood it not;... ...this man was not precluded from listening to the laws of civility and pure courtesy. Had he not borrowed from his enemies the custom of sacrificing to... ...and good na- ture, diverted him to ambition. Thus a man is to deal in such cases. If your passion of love be too violent, disperse it, say they, and t... ...hts and our excrements are promiscuously shuffled to- gether; and that the supreme pleasure brings along with it, as in pain, fainting and complaining... ...fully enough, if it be ingeniously. We can- not make ourselves sure of the supreme cause, and therefore crowd a great many together, to see if it may ... ...d, they still close and stick to- gether, both moving and in heaps; as ill united bodies, that, shuffled together without order, find of themselves a ... ...v. 7, 43.] we are not, peradventure, at our last gasp. The conservation of states is a thing that, in all likelihood, surpasses our un- derstanding;—a... ...t us everyway cast our eyes; everything about us totters; in all the great states, both of Christendom and elsewhere, that are known to us, if you wil... ...- ments of the world. May God drive our divisions far from her. Entire and united, I think her sufficiently defended from all other violences. I give ...

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...rwin quickened the thought of the world. Those were all perfect and static States, a balance of happi- ness won for ever against the forces of unrest ... ...ossible and pu- berty correspondingly retarded, and by wise regulation the statesmen of Utopia will constantly adjust and readjust regu- lations and t... ...its of energy, the grand total of work upon which the social fabric of the United States or England rests, it would be found that a vastly preponderat... ... the point should be scored to you. It is not only such gross and palpable cases as our blond and tenoring friend. I could find the thing negligible w... ...ts to curi- osity at our dress. “What is the matter, madam?” he asks, in a courteous voice. She explains. So far the impression we have had of our Uto... ...ol. And the natu- ral centre of the emotional life, the cardinal will, the supreme and significant expression of individuality, should lie in the sele... ... civilised State—even that compendium of old- fashioned Individualism, the United States of America—is now disposed to admit the necessity of that pro... ...fter that I remember we fell talking of the discipline of the Rule, of the Courts that try breaches of it, and interpret doubtful cases—for, though a ... ...the middle Victorians counted Scott, the suffrage and pantaloons among the supreme blessings of life, conceal from us the very real nobility of their ...

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...mething which I may perhaps best describe as being off the stage or out of court, or as the Void without Implications, or as Nothing- ness, or as Oute... ...ime and any being of infinite qualities; and all that region I rule out of court in my philosophy altogether. I will neither affirm nor deny if I can ... ... knowledge. Imagine a large clear jelly, in which at all angles and in all states of simplicity or contor- tion his ideas are imbedded. They are all v... ...wn for example from matter to atoms and centres of force and up to men and states and countries—if you will imagine the ideas lying in that manner—you... ...nion a quality of fearless worship. These moments happen, and they are the supreme fact in my religious life to me, they are the crown of my religious... ...inguish between “dominant” and “recessive” qualities, and they es- tablish cases in which parents with all the dominant charac- teristics produce offs... ...d they have no direct recognition from the commu- nity for either of these supreme functions. They are supposed to perform them not for God or the wor... ...ollows:— “I can see no reason why even to-day a number of persons avowedly united in the same ‘Belief’ and recognizing each other as the self-constitu... ...re the regis- trar?’ and the answer would be, ‘No, we are Samurai and were united before the Elders.’ In Catholic countries those who use only the civ...

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... We shall have queens when kings are fossils, mark me!” Ammiani muttered a courtly phrase, whereat Corte yawned in very grim fashion. The signorina ha... ...rtinence. Carlo Ammiani, in fact, had opened matters with a scru- pulously-courteous bow. “Monsieur is perhaps unaware that he obscures the out- look?... ...efusing to listen to the explanation of Barto’s system; which was that, in cases where every fresh examination taught him more, they were continued, a... ...son. He pointed out the traitor here, the traitor there; and in one or two cases he did so with a mildness that made those fret at their beards vaguel... ...iguing disaffected nationalities. The same policy which played the various States against one another in order to re- duce all to subserviency to the ... ...ved intellects which admitted the possibility of a coming Kingdom of Italy united: the lunatics who preached of it he considered a sort of self-electe... ...pite of themselves by that combination of genius and beauty which is found united nowhere but in Irma, the spir- its of heaven determined to rob earth... ...nting pro- phetic vision, it was only a mother, who was at the same time a supremely noble woman, that could feel all human to him notwithstanding. He... ...tnesses are called about the table. Camillo, pen in hand, prepares for the supreme act. Leonardo at one wing watches the eagerness of Michiella. The c...

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...’s household. The post would no doubt have led to advancement at the Papal Court had Cervantes retained it, but in the summer of 1570 he resigned it a... ... names are found nowhere else. In 1601 Valladolid was made the seat of the Court, and at the beginning of 1603 Cervantes had been summoned thither in ... ...y and faithful services than that your worship give me the receipt of this supreme liquor, for I am persuaded it will be worth more than two reals an ... ...eed in taming a nature so formidable and gaining possession of a beauty so supreme. All that I have told you being such well-established truth, I am p... ... sincerity. “I, a poor young creature alone, ill versed among my people in cases such as this, began, I know not how, to think all these lying protest... ...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,... ...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...

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...the likenesses of Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Richelieu, Mazarin, and the courtiers of the period, less faithful than in the history of M. Anquetil. ... ...mpaign with it, take as much care of it as you would of an old servant. At court, provided you have ever the honor to go there,” con- 7 Alexandre Dum... ...ring, not only from all the provinces of France, but even from all foreign states, the most celebrated swordsmen. It was not uncommon for Richelieu an... ...Musketeers were much attached to their young comrade. The friendship which united these four men, and the want they felt of seeing another three or fo... ...ign to her women to resume their cush- ions and stools, and with an air of supreme hauteur, said, “What do you desire, monsieur, and with what object ... ...h of whom he had before had business, and who both knew him again; so they united against him and hanged him on a tree. Then they came and boasted of ... ...ith the spur, he cantered back to Paris. As he was accustomed to do in all cases of any consequence, D’Artagnan went straight to the residence of Atho... ...l, then I shall hope for one of those events which change the destinies of states.” “If your Eminence would quote to me some one of these events in hi... ... Milady’s forehead, and then, in a voice the more terrible from having the supreme calmness of a fixed resolution, “Madame,” said he, “you will this i...

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... of this receptacle—a thimble, a little box of peppermint, and a morsel of court-plaster. “I don’t believe she would have any dinner—or any breakfast,... ...tain matters of detail, one might have looked in vain at the frugal little court of Silberstadt-Schreckenstein. She perceived immediately that her Ame... ...mentable an account of Mr. Adolphus Young, to whom the headstrong girl had united her destiny, that it operated as a chill upon family feeling—especia... ...is nephew’s advice. “Have you ever entertained the idea of settling in the United States?” he asked one morning, while Felix bril- liantly plied his b... ...ew’s advice. “Have you ever entertained the idea of settling in the United States?” he asked one morning, while Felix bril- liantly plied his brush. “... ...nal mood. She had, however, never been, during her residence in the United States, what is called a regular attendant at divine service; and on this p... ...l engraving of one of Raphael’s Madon- nas; and on the third several glass cases containing speci- mens of butterflies and beetles. Charlotte was sitt... ...id n’t want to ‘arrange. ’ “ “I am delighted to hear that. Because in such cases— even when the woman is a thoroughly good creature— she can’t help lo... ... the little circle of spectators who have figured in our narrative but the supreme exhibition of a character to which the experience of life had impar...

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...Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven” Mark Twain 7 “Man, we don’t deal in States here. Will you tell me where you are from in general — at la... ...you understand?” “Oh, now I get your idea,” I says. “I’m from America, — the United States of America.” Peters, do you know I had him again? If I had... ...erstand?” “Oh, now I get your idea,” I says. “I’m from America, — the United States of America.” Peters, do you know I had him again? If I hadn’t I’m... ...e she hasn’t found the child, but I think she has. Looks so to me. I’ve seen cases before. Y ou see, she’s kept that child in her head just the same a... ...out his wings, any more than you would see a military officer presiding at a court martial without his uniform, or a postman delivering letters, or a ... ...n, clear from one end of it to the other — fully as well known as the eighty Supreme Archangels, in fact — where as our Moses, and Adam, and the rest,... ...rned Hindoo showing off how much he knows by saying Longfellow lives in the United States — as if he lived all over the United States, and as if the...

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...for the moment); so that here was a chance to confer on some such figure a supremely touching value. To be the heir of all the ages only to know yours... ...s, that reflect, taken together, the early bloom of one’s good faith. Such cases are of course far from abnormal—so far from it that some acute mind o... ...ing—to which she often went back—had been a scene, for our young woman, of supreme brilliancy; a party given at a “gallery” hired by a hostess who fis... ...fteen or twenty weeks to America. The idea of a series of letters from the United States from the strictly social point of view had for some time been... ...r twenty weeks to America. The idea of a series of letters from the United States from the strictly social point of view had for some time been nursed... ...ect up—that was just what they wanted; and it would take more than all the United States together, visit them each as he might, to let him down. It wa... ...that was just what they wanted; and it would take more than all the United States together, visit them each as he might, to let him down. It was just ... ...Service was in other words so easy to render that the whole thing was like court life without the hardships. It came back of course to the question of... ...he could extract; for she her- self was seated in the magnificence as in a court-car- riage—she came back to that, and such a method of pro- gression,...

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...tis Jadwin, capitalist and speculator. Sheldon Corthell, an artist. Landry Court, broker’s clerk. Samuel Gretry, a broker. Charles Cressler, a dealer ... ...ered: “That’s the Helmick failure they’re talking about, those men. Landry Court told me all about it. Mr. Helmick had a corner in corn, and he failed... ...was eighteen he had cher- ished an ambition to become the President of the United States. “Yes, yes,” he said to Laura, “the bridge was turned. It was... ...hteen he had cher- ished an ambition to become the President of the United States. “Yes, yes,” he said to Laura, “the bridge was turned. It was an imp... ...tre itself. Here and there in the press, footmen, their top hats in rubber cases, their hands full of umbrellas, searched anxiously for their masters.... ...rowding the Sault Sainte Marie. For her and because of her all the Central States, all the Great Northwest roared with traffic and industry; sawmills ... ...ttle of the Street, and therein he was a being transformed, case hardened, supremely selfish, ask- ing no quarter; no, nor giving any. Fouled with the... ...mind telling you this much—that he’s not the least important member of the United States Lega- tion. Well, now and then he is supposed to send me what... ...r, and the surrender was a glory. Laura in that moment knew that love, the supreme triumph of a woman’s life, was less a victory than a capitulation. ...

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... two vowel-sounds are confounded under the one spelling, ‘leapt.’ In a few cases Shelley’s spelling, though unusual or obsolete, has been re- tained. ... ...ord Shelley will have been attained. I desire cordially to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr. H. Buxton Forman, C.B., by whose kind sanction the second p... ...ring arose, Filling the chamber and the moonlight sky. Maiden, the world’s supremest spirit Beneath the shadow of her wings Folds all thy memory doth ... ...weet the smiles of taintless infancy. Within the massy prison’s mouldering courts, Fearless and free the ruddy children play, ... ...wings Speeded like thought upon the light of Heaven. The Body and the Soul united then, _615 A gentle start convulse... ...rly my own. The erroneous and degrading idea which men have conceived of a Supreme Being, for in- stance, is spoken against, but not the Supreme Being... ...irth From common joy; which with the speechless feeling That led her there united, and shot forth From her far eyes a light of deep revealing, All but... ...es The Devil is a gentleman; At others a bard bartering rhymes For sack; a statesman spinning crimes; A swindler, living as he can; ... ...han that here alluded to.—Shelley’s Note. 415 Shelley 17. 17. 17. 17. 17. Statesmen damn themselves to be Cursed; and lawyers damn their souls To the...

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... obvious peculiarities; and, in describing their customs, refrains in most cases from entering into ex- planations concerning their origin and purpose... ...s particular. In the Polynesian words used in this volume,—except in those cases where the spelling has been previously determined by others,—that for... ...ur months, employed as a clerk. He joined the crew of the American frigate United States, which reached Boston, stopping on the way at one of the Peru... ...hs, employed as a clerk. He joined the crew of the American frigate United States, which reached Boston, stopping on the way at one of the Peruvian po... ... and the interviewer could not help feeling although treated with pleasant courtesy, that more 15 Melville important matters were in hand than the pe... ...on agent of an American publisher, for its simultaneous publication in the United States. I understand that Murray did not then publish fiction. At an... ...t of an American publisher, for its simultaneous publication in the United States. I understand that Murray did not then publish fiction. At any rate,... ...gracefully with the aiguillettes that danced upon his breast, proceeded in courteous accents to deliver his mission. ‘The admiral desired the flag to ... ...where the rise and fall of Polynesian Stock was discussed. Mehevi acted as supreme lord over the place, spending the greater portion of his time 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... ...ld be sorry to make too much of. Maria Gostrey and Miss Stackpole then are cases, each, of the light ficelle, not of the true agent; they may run besi... ...ng her chair. It is obviously the best thing in the book, but it is only a supreme illus- tration of the general plan. As to Henrietta, my apology for... ...e entrance- front; this was in quite another quarter. Privacy here reigned supreme, and the wide carpet of turf that cov- ered the level hill-top seem... ...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... ...g there in a well-worn waterproof, talked with striking familiarity of the courts of Europe. There was nothing flighty about Mrs. Touchett, but she re... ...ess was tem- pered by a vague radiance sent up through the window from the court of the hotel, and Isabel could make out the masses of the furniture, ...