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The one, Maury, early trained to struggles of polemical theology, had sharpened and polished in the pulpit the eloquence he was to bring into the tribune. Sprung from the lowest ranks of the people, he only belonged to the ancien régime by his garb, and defended religion and the monarchy as two texts, imposed upon him as themes for discourses.
It modern reputation, arises from its election of the Abbe Maury for its representative, and for entertaining political principles every way analogous to such a choice. I found the Marquise much altered in her person, and her health much impaired, by the frequent alarms and continual apprehensions she had been subject to at Paris.
It may be surmised that they arose from aristocratic prejudices of rank. Nor is it impossible but that M. le Comte de Buffon instinctively foresaw, with some repugnance, his approaching confraternity with a man formerly a lapidary; but was not Maury the son of a shoemaker?
'Not so rough, fellows! he'd say in a little squeaky voice, 'please! ..." Was this Maury? thought Gloria. From any one else the story would have amused her, but from Maury, the infinitely appreciative, the apotheosis of tact and consideration.... "The pan-ic has come over us, So ha-a-as "
The materials they had been discussing were examined, and a chart was prepared to show the course of the Gulf Stream at that season of the year. Two revenue cutters were then appointed to proceed to sea in search of the steamer, and Maury was requested to "furnish them with instructions."
Watt, the Stephensons, Brunel, A. Maury, and others, rose up to perfect the various steam-machines already known and in use; to investigate the currents of the ocean, the different qualities of its waters, its depth and soundings, in order to make the paths of the deep easier and surer to navigators.
"In my dreams at Maury, we would be strolling together among roses, under cloudless skies, nothing to darken my joy. Then I would see you wounded, the soldiers of the governor gathered around you and laughing at my horror and grief.
DICK: As Goliath said, he understood how David felt, but he couldn't express himself. The remark was immediately adopted for a motto by the Philistines. MURIEL: I don't get you. I must be getting stupid in my old age. MAURY: Can't tolerate those Victorian designs it comes in. Messrs.
PARAMORE: I guess so. The Japanese told me they'd be back shortly. MAURY: Suppose we have a drink. PARAMORE: No, thanks. I don't use it. MAURY: Mind if I do? PARAMORE: Oh, many things. I've led a very active life. Knocked about here and there. MAURY: Oh, been over to Europe? PARAMORE: No, I haven't unfortunately. MAURY: I guess we'll all go over before long. PARAMORE: Do you really think so?
What's the fundamental principle of biology? DICK: You don't know yourself. MAURY: Don't hedge! DICK: Well, natural selection? MAURY: Wrong. DICK: I give it up. MAURY: Ontogony recapitulates phyllogony. FIFTH YOUNG MAN: Take your base! MAURY: Ask you another. What's the influence of mice on the clover crop? FOURTH YOUNG MAN: What's the influence of rats on the Decalogue?
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