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"such as no man before ever saw;" it appeared on the 8th, before the kalends of May; seven nights did it shine , and the faces of sleepless men were pale under the angry glare. The river of Thames rushed blood-red in the beam, the winds at play on the broad waves of the Humber, broke the surge of the billows into sparkles of fire.
He viewed every show of gladiators, every day of racing, almost every combat and every race. The day after the spectacular games for Murmex and his more spectacular cremation, the eighth day before the Kalends of January, was nominally the last racing day of the year. The weather was fair and mild.
We will teach you the manner of cultivating it, as follows: The land which you wish to set in alfalfa the following spring should be broken up about the Kalends of October, so that it may mellow through the entire winter. About the Kalends of February harrow it thoroughly, remove all the stones and break up the clods. Later, about the month of March, harrow it for the third time.
On the day before the Kalends of May, when I had dined and was just going to sleep, the letter was delivered to me containing your news about the Campanian land. You needn't ask: at first it gave me such a shock that there was no more sleep for me, though that was the result of thought rather than pain. On reflexion, however, the following ideas occurred to me.
"Worshippe, ye that lovers be, this May, For of your bliss the kalends are begun, And sing with us, 'Away, Winter, away, Come, Summer, come, the sweet season and sun!" Much of this Scotch poetry is remarkable for showing in that early age a genuine love of nature. Changes are not rung on some typical landscape, copied from an Italian versifier.
'I may tell you, my dear lad, that this visit to Venice has been a dream of my life, cherished though long deferred. I had not your advantages when I was a young man. The Grand Tour was denied me; and a country curacy with an increasing family promised to remove the realization of my dream to the Greek Kalends. But in all those years I never quite lost sight of it.
It was instinctively felt throughout Christendom that the great duel between the ancient church and the spirit of the Reformation was now to be renewed upon that narrow, debateable spot. The Emperor at once proclaimed his right to arbitrate on the succession and to hold the territory until decision should be made; that is to say, till the Greek Kalends.
Then it has an authoritative will and an organ to make it known and an executive to carry it into effect Where are they? We repeat it if the consent of the people of the District be necessary, the consent of every one is necessary and universal consent will come only with the Greek Kalends and a "perpetual motion."
The Emperor still claimed the right to decide among the candidates and to hold the provinces under sequestration till the decision should be made that was to say, until the Greek Kalends. The original attempt to do this through Archduke Leopold had been thwarted, as we have seen, by the prompt movements of Maurice sustained by the policy of Barneveld.
When you speak before the council, if you take my advice, you will fix a date after which you are not to be held responsible that is to say, after which you will have nothing more to do with it. Unless you do so, you will be certain to encounter trifling and procrastination which will defer your plan to the Greek Kalends.
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