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He would not deign to examine even the masterpieces of Elephanta, or the mysterious hypogea, concealed south-east from the docks, or those fine remains of Buddhist architecture, the Kanherian grottoes of the island of Salcette. Having transacted his business at the passport office, Phileas Fogg repaired quietly to the railway station, where he ordered dinner.
You have inspired me with feelings that will make me unhappy unless you reciprocate them. I beg to take the liberty of asking myself to sup with you, but please tell me how much it will cost me. I am obliged to leave for Warsaw in the course of a month, and I shall be happy to offer you a place in my travelling carriage. I shall be able to get you a passport.
He said he thought it was unnecessary to have a passport in Spain when one had once journeyed in the country. "I want to go to Madrid," said he to me, "and hope to obtain a chaplaincy in the house of a grandee. I have a letter for him." "Shew it; they will let you pass then." "You are right."
At first she thought of making a trip to Switzerland, but this plan had to be abandoned because of the difficulty in procuring a passport. She therefore went to Neuilly, where, her ready money wellnigh exhausted, she lived as simply as she could. Economy was doubly necessary at a time when heavy taxes were sending a hungry multitude into the streets, clamoring for bread.
It was considered as a mark of great favor on the part of his excellency to grant this indulgence, particularly as he had a few months prior denied it to a party of French officers. I was told that he preferred to make it a domestic concern, by issuing the passport in the name of a resident, in order that compliance in this case might not give umbrage to the French.
"'Yes, I must reach the capital as soon as possible. I must rescue the emperor. "'The roads are not safe, I hesitatingly replied, 'and if you have no passport "'You are an official, he interrupted me, 'perhaps a judge? "'I am what is called in England attorney for the crown. "'Ah, in England there are no judges, he violently said. 'In England are only hangmen!
Herman Harjes, Hôtel de Crillon, Paris; if the Serbian refugees, address Monsieur Vesnitch, the Serbian minister to France. If among these bargains you cannot find one to suit you, you should consult your doctor. Tell him there is something wrong with your heart. February, 1916. A year ago you could leave the Continent and enter England by showing a passport and a steamer ticket.
If you desire to be respected, keep clean. The finest attire and decorations will add nothing to the appearance or beauty of an untidy person. Clean clothing, clean skin, clean hands, including the nails, and clean, white teeth, are a requisite passport for good society. A bad breath should be carefully remedied, whether it proceeds from the stomach or from decayed teeth.
His prime ministership was gone from him, and he sank down into the comparatively humble position of Minister for Foreign Affairs. His lettres de cachet no longer ran. His passport system was repealed. His prisoners were released. And though it is too much to say that writs of habeas corpus were no longer suspended, the effect and very meaning of the suspension were at once altered.
Yonder, that raw-looking young gentleman, with the crumpled frock-coat, and loose cravat, and sea-sick visage, is asking every one "if they think he may land without a passport." You scarcely recognise him for the cigar-smoking dandy of yesterday, that talked as if he had lived half his life on the continent.
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