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He goes to Perugia, to consult the cardinal protector His opinion on the promotion of his friars to ecclesiastical dignities He returns to S. Mary of the Angels His thoughts on these dignities More than five thousand Friars Minors are present at the chapter he had appointed He addresses the assembly, and forbids them troubling themselves about their food Assistance comes to him from all sides He receives more than five hundred novices during this chapter He forbids indiscreet mortifications The devils are incensed against him and his Order He cautions his friars, and upon that gives them some instruction He humbles them to preserve them from vainglory He confounds those who wish the Rule mitigated He wishes not for privileges which can engender disputes He gives his friars instructions about their conduct to ecclesiastics He obtains from the Pope letters apostolical confirming the approval of the Order What he decrees in the chapter He sends his friars through the whole world The travels of his Friars in various parts of the world In Greece In Africa In Spain and Portugal In France In the Low Countries He himself prepares to go to the Levant On the government of the monastery of S. Damian, and other houses of the same order He sends six of his friars to Morocco What he says to them He starts on his voyage to Syria, with twelve companions He rejects a postulant too much attached to his parents A house at Ancona is given to him He appoints, by means of a child inspired by God, those who are to accompany him to Syria He embarks at Ancona and anchors at the isle of Cyprus Arrives at Acre Distributes his companions in different parts of Syria, and comes to the army before Damietta He arrives at the camp before Damietta, and predicts the ill-success of the battle the Crusaders are about to give His prediction is accomplished He finds out the sultan of Egypt Announces to him the truths of the faith, and offers to throw himself into the fire to prove them He refuses the sultan's presents Is esteemed and respected The good dispositions with which he inspires the sultan He obtains permission to preach in his States He receives some disciples from the army of the Crusaders Visits the holy places Some whole monasteries of religious embrace his Institute He returns to Italy Establishes his Order in various places Preaches at Bologna with great success What he says and does on seeing a house of his Order too much ornamented He makes a retreat at Camaldoli Returns to S. Mary of the Angels Reads the thoughts of his companion Confounds the vanity of Brother Elias Abolishes the novelties introduced into the Order by Brother Elias In a vision the fortunes of his Order are made known to him He holds the chapter in which he deposes Brother Elias, and in his place substitutes Peter of Catania He renounces the generalship Will not receive anything from novices entering his Order He learns the news of the martyrdom of the friars he had sent to Morocco What he says on the subject of their martyrdom The martyrdom of these friars is the cause of the vocation of S. Antony of Padua His friars pass into England He visits some convents Receives the Vicar General's resignation, and re-appoints, by the command of God, Brother Elias to his place He holds a chapter, and sends missionaries to Germany

In a natural desire for yet more publicity, that afternoon he took Pollyooly with him and drove over to Overton Grange to introduce her to the Ashcrofts, who had tried to play the part of mediators, with signal ill-success, between him and the duchess. The Ashcrofts had heard that Lady Marion Ricksborough had been present at the garden party at Ilkeston Towers the day before.

Although he returned from Egypt a substantial conqueror, his laurel wreath was tarnished by ill-success; his army, weakened by its losses, and dispirited by its failures, was out of heart; it had no trust in his capacity as a commander, and could not be expected to fight with enthusiasm on his behalf.

At last I met an old gardener, of whom I enquired for them, and he said to me, "O my son, this fruit is rare with us and is not now to be found but in the garden of the Commander of the Faithful at Bassora, where the gardener keeps them for the Khalif's table. I returned home, troubled at my ill-success, and my love and concern for her moved me to undertake the journey to Bassora.

You are saying to yourself that because of my ill-success with you I am trying to injure him; but what if I could prove that he does not love you as much as he pretends ?" "Come, come, control your naughty tongue! Are you going to begin backbiting again? You are playing a mean part, Trumeau.

To a man, the business of whose whole life was to procure for himself a heritage of unalloyed pleasure, whose sole occupation was to pamper that refined sensuality which the habits of a life had made the very material of his heart, by diffusing luxury and awakening smiles wherever he turned his steps, the mere mental disquietude attending the ill-success of his intrusion into Numerian's dwelling, was as painful in its influence, as the bitterest remorse that could have afflicted a more highly-principled mind.

For two years past, amidst a great deal of ill-success, Vendome had managed to keep in check Victor-Amadeo and Prince Eugene, in spite of the embarrassment caused him by his brother the grand prior, the Duke of La Feuillade, Chamillard's son-in-law, and the orders which reached him directly from the king; he had gained during his two campaigns the name of taker of towns, and had just beaten the Austrians in the battle of Cascinato.

When asked how he felt upon his ill-success, he replied "like the monument," and indeed he made it a principle throughout life to accept the decision of the public like a sensible man without murmurs. Meanwhile, Johnson was already embarked upon an undertaking of a very different kind.

It is now recognized that nine years is the utmost that can be assigned, letters being extant which fix the genesis of the play in 1581, or at the earliest in 1580 a year or so previous to Guarini's departure from Ferrara . Again, it has been usual to assume that the play was performed as early as 1585, whereas there is in truth no evidence of any representation previous to the appearance of the first edition dated 1590 . The early fortunes of the play are indeed typical of the ill-success that dogged the author throughout life.

The product of this tax was nothing like so much as had been imagined in this bureau of Cannibals; and the King did not pay a single farthing more to any one than he had previously done. Thus all the fine relief expected by this tax ended in smoke. The Marechal de Vauban had died of grief at the ill-success of his task and his zeal, as I have related in its place.