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We were in the midst of the reaction and those who had fought at the barricades on the 18th of March applauded when the couplet was sung, of which I remember these lines: "Ah! what bliss is the aspiration To dangle from a lamp-post As a martyr for the nation!"
In such cases it has been said 'the conscience of the soldier is the liberty of the people, and the refusal of private soldiers to obey a plainly illegal order will be generally though not universally applauded. In all such cases, however, there is much obscurity and inconsistency of judgment.
This speech was highly applauded, and chimed in admirably with all prejudices, and the voice that called Lawyer Pippin to preside over the deliberations of the assembly was unanimous. The gentleman thus highly distinguished, was a dapper and rather portly little personage, with sharp twinkling eyes, a ruby and remarkable nose, a double chin, retreating forehead, and corpulent cheek.
A considerable bustle and shuffling of feet was then heard upon the stage, accompanied by whispers of ‘Here’s a pretty go!—what’s to be done?’ &c. The audience applauded again, by way of raising the spirits of the performers; and then Mr. Sempronius desired the prompter, in a very audible voice, to ‘clear the stage, and ring up.’ Ting, ting, ting! went the bell again.
The footman loudly applauded a joke at the expense of a visitor who was always coming to the house and never gave you more than three francs at the year's end. "Yes," put in the cook; "but if he cuts up rough and does not come back, there will be three francs the less for some of us on New Year's day." "Eh! How is he to know?" retorted the footman.
The "Princes in the Tower" was greatly applauded. "Have you asked about my picture?" said Nora, who stood beside Daisy. "No, I have not had a chance." "Do, Daisy! I want that to be the last." Daisy thought she was unreasonable. Why should Nora have the best place, if it was the best. She was not pleased with her. The next picture was Marie Antoinette; and that drew down the house.
The audience applauded. The judge said: "Silence! or I will clear the court." Mr. Allen looked pleased, but Wilson did not seem disturbed. He said: "Mr. Rogers, you have favored us with what you think and what you reckon, but as thinking and reckoning are not evidence, I will now give you a chance to come out with something positive, one way or the other, and shall require you to produce it.
During the four agitated months of life allowed to the Rockingham Administration Pitt distinguished himself by a motion for reform in the representative system which was applauded by Fox and by Sheridan, but which was defeated by twenty votes.
After this lame and impotent conclusion, a gentleman in a green cap and sash, richly adorned with the harp without the crown, infused some vitality into the proceedings by declaring that the only creature on God's earth worse than a landlord was the despicable wretch who presumed to take a farm at an advanced rent. This remark was distinctly to the point, and was applauded accordingly.
By the time Monferrand came down from the tribune, the trick was played, he had virtually saved himself. Both the Right and Left of the Chamber* applauded, drowning the protests of the few Socialists whose vociferations only added to the triumphal tumult. Members eagerly stretched out their hands to the Minister, who for a moment remained standing there and smiling.
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