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"The consul saw that it was useless to discuss with a man who had the dictate of the senate on his side, so he began to run, hoping to escape from his melodious companion, but he copied his actions from those of Duilius with such exactitude, that all the consul could gain was to get before the flute-player instead of behind him.
If you can't make any assured theoretical statement about the nature of the self, you can allow demands, which you regard as ethical and primary, to dictate your ultimate beliefs. It cannot be denied that Kant's argument savors of the popular notion that the virtuous must be rewarded.
Your lordship will find the matter, and I will not spare the trouble." Lord Dawton was profuse in his thanks; he explained the subject, and left the arrangement wholly to me. He could not presume to dictate. I promised him, if he lent me the necessary books, to finish the pamphlet against the following evening. "And now," said Lord Dawton "that we have settled this affair what news from France?"
"Marriage is evidently the dictate of Nature; men and women were made to be the companions of each other, and therefore I cannot be persuaded but that marriage is one of the means of happiness." "I know not," said the Princess, "whether marriage be more than one of the innumerable modes of human misery.
I do kill; but do not consider that I have done anything yet in the way of killing. Why do the white people start at nothing? I have not yet begun; I have yet to kill; it is the custom of our nation, and I shall not depart from it. Why does the Governor of Natal speak to me about my laws? Do I go to Natal and dictate to him about his laws?
When Jim thus spoke he did not intend to be impudent to his father, but; on the contrary, to allay his temper; but his words had just a contrary effect, for the latter immediately sprang to his feet and said, while his eyes were blazing with passion: "How dare you speak to me of behaving myself? Things have come to a pretty pass when you dare thus to dictate to me.
Louis Napoleon had no doubt that the immense majority of the French people would improve the first possible opportunity to re-establish the Empire; and consequently the conviction which he so confidently cherished, that he was destined to be the Emperor of France, was not a vague and baseless impression, but the dictate of sound judgment.
"Yes, yes, it's finished. Or had we better say it's begun. Now the last conflict begins. . . . Now, Monsignor, I'm afraid I must begin to dictate. Would you mind setting the phonographs?" From the hall beneath rose a sudden confusion of cheering and stamping of feet. "Monsignor," said the Cardinal, "I am afraid I shall have to ask you to go, after all.
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I'd forgotten, Henry observed calmly. Then he removed his hat and gloves, found his note-book and pencil, and strode forward to joust with the knight. 'Did you want to dictate letters, Sir George? he asked, opening Sir George's door. The knight was taken aback. 'Where have you been, the famous solicitor demanded, 'since the middle of the morning?
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