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It is only when we recall the temper of England at the time that we can understand the profound emotion which was roused by threats such as these. Three months after the conference at Hampton Court the members were gathering to the first parliament of the new reign; and the Parliament of 1604 met in another mood from that of any parliament which had met for a hundred years.
'What! exclaimed the old gentleman, reddening. 'Swear this person! said Fang to the clerk. 'I'll not hear another word. Swear him. Mr. Brownlow's indignation was greatly roused; but reflecting perhaps, that he might only injure the boy by giving vent to it, he suppressed his feelings and submitted to be sworn at once. 'Now, said Fang, 'what's the charge against this boy?
Gaff's blows had been delivered with such vigour that Graddy's head was much damaged, and it was a long time before the two could get him restored sufficiently to sit up. At length, however, he roused himself and looked with a bewildered air at the sun, which had just risen in a flood of golden light.
It must have been for some minutes, for what roused her from her stupor of terror was the word "Suicide." It was like an echo, a mockery to her, at first; and then, as she listened with passionate attention to what followed, my instructions about the poison took on the voice of a ministering providence.
The next morning Wilfrid was roused by an orderly coming from his uncle, who placed in his hands a copy of Vittoria's letter: at the end of it his uncle had written, 'Rather astonishing. Done pretty well; but by a foreigner. "Affection" spelt with one "f." Who the deuce, sir, is this opera girl calling herself Vittoria? I have a lecture for you.
He knew that, in the moment when the child had turned from him, his father had felt outcast from life and utterly alone. Mr. Ransome stirred and looked after him. "You come back here," he said. "I've something to say to you." Ranny took the children to his mother and went back. Mr. Ransome was sitting up in his chair. He had roused himself. He looked strangely intelligent and alert.
"And I am an old man of seventy. Curious, that we should agree about any thing. More than curious that we should agree in disliking Mr. Delamayn." He roused himself, and looked again at Blanche. She was seated at the table, with her head on her hand; absent, and out of spirits thinking of Arnold, and set, with the future all smooth before them, not thinking happily. "Why, Blanche!
It was ten o'clock when Kavanagh was roused to go on; Dobbs was his companion, and Corporal Adams posted them. "You are to challenge any one approximating this post," he said; "and if they say `friend' or `rounds' you must stop them and make them give the countersign.
For all these causes, they soon began to reproach Nero for his prodigality, although the people enjoyed it, just as they had been malcontent with Tiberius for his parsimony. His caprices, ever stranger, little by little roused even that part of the public which was not fanatically attached to tradition.
At every time of his life his pity was easily roused for persons in distress, and he sought to comfort them by shutting their eyes to the truth as long as possible. This sometimes brought relief to them, but it was useless to Grizel, who must face her troubles. "Why don't you answer truthfully?" she cried, with vehemence. "It is so easy to be truthful!"
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