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Proud of his strength, and easily deceived, The wondering youth the artful tale believed; Released his prey, and, wild as wind or wave, Neglecting all the prudence of the brave, Turned from the place, nor once the strife renewed, But bounded o'er the plain and other cares pursued, As if all memory of the war had died, All thoughts of him with whom his strength was tried.
He prudently declined the tribunal of his enemies; despised the summons of the synod of Cæsarea; and, after a long and artful delay, submitted to the peremptory commands of the emperor, who threatened to punish his criminal disobedience if he refused to appear in the council of Tyre.
That old pony had a sly, artful eye and a way of shaking his head that was tricky and try to catch him loose on the prairie with a bucket of oats as a coaxer! There were times on the trail when one could not see him moving except at close range. When he took such a spell, one of us drove while the other walked alongside, "persuading" him to keep ahead of the buggy.
"Well, now," said his host, while a slight blush rose to his cheeks, "I will tell you, that though to my father's sternness and avarice I attribute many of my faults, I yet always had a sort of love for him; and when in London I accidentally heard that he was growing blind, and living with an artful old jade of a housekeeper, who might send him to rest with a dose of magnesia the night after she had coaxed him to make a will in her favour.
I heard him mutter to himself as if uttering his thoughts aloud, as I turned away with another touch of my cap and left the quarter-deck to fulfil my errand. "He's like those monkeys at the Rock too artful to speak. Keeps his tripping lines too taut for that!"
He was greatly influenced by his mother, Livia, an artful and ambitious princess, and by Sejanus, his favorite, a man of rare energy and ability, who was prefect of the prætorian guards. This office, unknown to the republic, became the most important and influential under the emperors.
"Then the five thousand constables weren't no use?" said Mrs. Bunting slowly. She had relaxed her grip of the table, and was standing more upright. "No use at all," said Bunting briefly. "He is artful and no mistake about it. But wait a minute " he turned and took up the paper which he had laid aside, on a chair. "Yes they says here that they has a clue." "A clue, Bunting?" Mrs.
And it is joy and glory to lose myself for you for you!" he exclaimed passionately, and attempting to embrace her. "Ha! stop! beware! You are not free yet nor am I your wife!" exclaimed the artful woman, withdrawing herself from his advances. "But I shall be free soon, and you shall be my wife. You know it, Faustina. You know that I am your slave. You can do with me as you please.
For two or three weeks Flore Brazier complained to the tradespeople in the markets, and to the women with whom she gossiped, about Monsieur Rouget's tyranny, how he had taken it into his head to invite his self-styled natural brother to live with him. No one, however, was taken in by this comedy; and Flore was looked upon as a wonderfully clever and artful creature.
Thus a second time abandoned by his artful protector, the Elector separated from Wallenstein at Bamberg, to protect his defenceless territory with the small remains of his troops, while the imperial army, under Wallenstein, directed its march through Bayreuth and Coburg towards the Thuringian Forest.
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