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I never saw any one more surprised than she was; she, however, came up to me, and said very warmly that my people were delighted to see me in Scotland. At a later date the Queen revisited Taymouth, where once 'Albert and I were then only twenty-three! she passed such happy days. 'I was very thankful to have seen it again, says she, with quiet pathos. 'It seemed unaltered.
It began with what we may call the "Bible of History" idea: that all affairs and politics were a clouded but unbroken revelation of the divine. Thus any enormous and unaltered human settlement as the Norman Conquest or the secession of America we must suppose to be the will of God. It lent itself to picturesque treatment; and Carlyle and the Carlyleans were above all things picturesque.
Diamantstein turned from one to another of these stern-faced officials and to each in turn he made his unaltered plea: "Mine leetle Izzie was a goot leetle boy. He don't never make like you says. Ach! never, never!" Again, for effect, scenic or moral, the Principal indicated one of the hostile figures of the court.
He was as used to loss as to gain, and his spirits were unaltered; he was still gay, still ate well and drank better, and caressed his victim, who had no suspicions of what was going on.
"This ceremony of receiving visits being performed, we went to wait on his mother, the duchess of H , who, hearing I was an heiress, readily forgave her son for marrying without her knowledge and consent, and favoured us with a very cordial reception; insomuch, that for several months, we dined almost constantly at her table; and I must own, I always found her unaltered in her civility and affection, contrary to her general character, which was haughty and capricious.
But it will take much to reassure me of your unaltered regard. Yours truly, EMMA. It takes acquaintance to found a noble esteem, but politeness prepares the way. Urbanity is half of affability, and affability is a charm worth possessing. A pleasing demeanor is often the scales by which the pagan weighs the Christian. It is not virtue, but virtue inspires it.
In this respect it must have become a matter of importance that, while previously the subaltern as well as the staff-officers had been uniformly nominated by the general, after 392 some of the latter posts were filled up through election by the burgesses. Lastly, the old, fearfully strict, military discipline remained unaltered.
To everyone else he was the same; but for some little time past, a complete and unaltered serenity, accompanied by a visible and cheerful return of inclination towards life, had been noticed in him. He had made no charge in the hours or the duration of his studies; but he had begun to attend the anatomical classes very assiduously.
If their decision was not accepted a final Court of Appeal, called the Bailiffs' Égard, was formed by the addition of the conventual bailiffs, or, if absent, their lieutenants, and their decision was final. This admirable Court of Equity existed almost unaltered right down to 1798. The Hospital was a characteristic institution of the Order, and deserves some mention.
His Lordship immediately rose and left the apartment, returning in the course of a minute or two leading in the lady, and while arranging chairs for the trio, he said to me, 'I shall make her speak each of the principal dialects, but you are not to mind how I pronounce, for I do not speak Italian well. After the scene had been performed he resumed to me, 'Now what do you think? To which I answered, that my opinion still remained unaltered.
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