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He holds his predecessor's false concept of freedom responsible for the failure of his very acute inquiry. All previous writers on the passions have either derided, or bewailed, or condemned them, instead of investigating their nature.
A moment later the cure was blowing vigorously the note of his grief, in trumpet-tones, through the organ that only a Frenchman can render an effective adjunct to moments of emotion. "You see, mes enfants, I am like that I weep over my friends when they are gone! But see," he added quickly, recovering himself "see, over yonder there is my predecessor's grave.
Joinder of possessions, he says, that is, the right to add the time of one's predecessor's holding to one's own, clearly belongs to those who succeed to the place of others, whether by contract or by will: for heirs and those who are treated as holding the place of successors are allowed to add their testator's possession to their own.
In the following year no less than four attempts were made to steal the stone from the Paternostros; but as they had learned caution from their unfortunate predecessor's death to the extent, at least, of keeping such treasure in bank these attempts were abortive.
In the Doll's House Ibsen had renounced all objectivity. It does not seem to me that further apologies are necessary for my predecessor's remark to Dr. Aveling after the reading that he was engaged in moulding a woman in one of Nature's moulds.
I left the sanatorium in the Harz and returned to my parents' home a lost man. That cursed winter in the Heuscheuer Mountains! After a stay in tropical countries, I should not have thrown myself into the fangs of such a winter. Of course, the worst thing was my predecessor's fur coat. To my predecessor's fur coat I owe my sweet fate. May the devil in hell take special delight in burning it.
"To fly for refuge from distracting thought To such amusements as ingenious woe Contrives, hard shifting, and without her tools To read, engraven on the mouldy walls, In stagg'ring types, his predecessor's tale, A sad memorial, and subjoin his own To turn purveyor to an overgorg'd And bloated spider, till the pamper'd pest Is made familiar, watches his approach, Comes at his call, and serves him for a friend "
The moment of enormous danger passed, the pope received both his enemies; but from that moment it was evident that the Lombards were not to be trusted and must one day feel the weight of the papal arm. Gregory died in February 731, and was succeeded by Gregory III. who continued his predecessor's Italian policy.
"Why, it rather encroaches on my respected predecessor's fame for prudence and wisdom Sed semel insanivimus omnes everybody has played the fool in their turn.
The commissary interrupted him: "Were you authorized to draw money whenever you wished to advance the clerks' pay?" "No; but I knew that M. Fauvel would not have refused me permission to oblige my friends in the bank. What I did is done everywhere; I have simply followed my predecessor's example." The banker made a sign of assent.
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