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In fact, a very serious estrangement between himself and the emperor ensued, William declining to hold any intercourse with a relative whose susceptibility to feminine charms, and whose extraordinary absence of even the most elementary discretion, had contributed to one of the most painful scandals that have overtaken the Prussian Court since the close of the last century.
Even if the lot had made you governor of Africans, or Spaniards, or Gauls uncivilized and barbarous nations it would still have been your duty as a man of feeling to consult for their interests and advantage, and to have contributed to their safety.
He worked in his library among his books, meditating on the great principles which he enforced with so much lucidity and power. It was for his skill with the pen that he was selected to draft the immortal charter of American freedom, which endeared him to the hearts of the people, and which no doubt contributed largely to cement the States together in their resistance to Great Britain.
These opinions, when communicated to the government, most probably contributed to protract the war. The narrative of military transactions will now be resumed. The British arms had heretofore been chiefly directed against the northern and middle states.
As for the Jacobites, they gladly contributed their assistance to promote any scheme that had a tendency to embroil the administration.
I took everything as a matter of course, and, except when I deliberately analyzed my feelings, was scarcely conscious of my former deprivations. This power to forget the past or recall it only at will has contributed much to my happiness.
There were two things which more immediately contributed to the defeating their design; the one was, that though five of them were to die the next day, yet four of them were so drunk that they were not able to work; the other was that they were so negligent in providing candles that two hours after they were locked up they were forced to lie-by for want of light.
But he has lacked originality; he always recalls those whom he admires and whose ideas he applies boldly and tastefully. It is probable that his conscientious nature has contributed not little towards keeping him in the second rank.
"A young man in the second sleeper gave him a pair of worn blue serge trousers and his morocco slippers. Somebody else contributed a négligé shirt and a black silk travelling cap. He was wearing these when last I spoke to him at Sacramento, where he would not eat anything. I I had wired ahead for dinner for them."
They had filled their pockets with bread, all those in the waggon having contributed a portion of their ration that evening. After a hearty shake of the hand all round, and many low-muttered good wishes, they stepped out at the rear of the waggon, with their boots in their hands. It was a light night, and the figures of the two men on sentry over the store waggon could just be made out.
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