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He pretended to make out this assertion from what Aristotle wrote concerning the island of Atalantis, and Sebosus of the Hesperides. Thus, looking upon his own imagination as a certain standard of truth, he affirms upon the judgment of some persons whose writings I have duly weighed and attentively examined.
I called her to me, gave her the letter, and begged her to read it attentively. She did so, and gave it me back, asking me if I advised her to accept Petri's offer. "If you do dear Rosalie, I shall die of grief; but if I do not yield you, my honour bids me marry you, and that I am quite ready to do."
But in their hearts they are always plotting means to annihilate this kingdom and the whole Polish nation." The abbot listened attentively with approval and then said: "I know that Comthur Lichtenstein came to Krakow at the head of the embassy; he is very much respected in the Order for his bravery and intelligence.
Your foreign destination leads to the greatest things, and your parliamentary situation will facilitate your progress. Consider, then, this pleasing prospect as attentively for yourself as I consider it for you. Labor on your part to realize it, as I will on mine to assist, and enable you to do it. 'Nullum numen abest, si sit prudentia'. Adieu, my dear child!
Assuredly I had not been smitten; I long examined into the nature of my scruples, wrote down my reflections upon the subject, and derived no little advantage from the process. Man often terrifies himself with mere bugbears of the mind. If we would learn not to fear them, we have only to examine them a little more nearly and attentively.
"The crew of some vessel which has foundered, and taken to their boats," suggested the mate. "From what quarter does the sound come?" asked the captain, listening attentively. "Visitors from the brig we saw last night," he cried out. "Depend on it, they come to us with no good intention."
The emperor listened attentively; then, suddenly smiling, he recognized the song which she had sung before the King of Prussia and himself. The words were different now. They represented Poland as a beggared queen, wandering from door to door, repulsed by all. She is starving, but she remembers that death will release her from shame and hunger. The countess was singing these lines
They were talking with much gesticulation, and seemed busied with two men among a group of about thirty soldiers. D'Effiat, still holding out his leg to his servant, and leaning on the saddle of his horse, tried, by listening attentively, to understand the subject of the colloquy; but he knew nothing of German, and could not comprehend the dispute.
And inside the point as well, I suppose? The Britisher looked surprised, and listened attentively to Pluck as he assumed an air of innocence. "'Just so! Smooth is the keenest feller. Don't care a whit about the line; and the Starlight's so mighty used to fishin' inside, that even the fish seem to have a likin' for the skipper.
Her guest listened attentively, and, when the song was ended, approached the piano, and said, with some interest: "I should prefer a simple ballad, if you will favor me with one." "Something after the order of 'Lilly Dale, Beulah. He hears nothing else in his country home," said Georgia teasingly.
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