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The mass of unattached men who had had two nights and two days in which to cross the bridges, and who had, apathetically, failed to do so because they were not compelled, when Wittgenstein's cannon-balls began to fall among them, rushed in a body to get across.
But Gavin had turned and gone away at once with the other boys who were unattached. And with the perversity of a woman's mind Christina felt a little hurt. She wondered why he seemed to have stopped trying for her favour. Was it because he was discouraged, or because he did not care? She was so far from understanding Gavin that she did not guess that his pride was keeping him aloof.
'Permit me, he added rapidly; an idea had struck him from his malicious reserve stores, 'Here is Lieutenant Pierson, of the staff of the Field-Marshal of Austria, unattached, an old friend of Mademoiselle Emilia Belloni, permit me, here is Count Ammiani, of the Lombardia Milanese journal, a new friend of the Signorina Vittoria Campa-Mademoiselle Belloni the Signorina Campa it is the same person, messieurs; permit me to introduce you.
From the time he arrived, he naturally fell into the position of his aunt's escort, thus again relieving Levice, who preferred the quieter life. When Ruth began to go into society, his presence was almost a necessity, as Jewish etiquette, or rather Jewish espionage, forbids a young man unattached by blood or intentions to appear as the attendant of a single woman.
Probably the custom was developed gradually and, like other such customs, had its ground in simple needs. Women were required for the menial work of shrines. Once established in service, they would acquire a certain sanctity and power by their relation to sacred things, and at the same time would, as unattached, be sought by men.
Go, Tristan, my friend! slay! slay!" This eruption having passed, he returned to his seat, and said with cold and concentrated wrath, "Here, Tristan! There are here with us in the Bastille the fifty lances of the Vicomte de Gif, which makes three hundred horse: you will take them. There is also the company of our unattached archers of Monsieur de Chateaupers: you will take it.
I lead a life of constant resentment against unattached mankind, who decide, after critical inspection, that they won't, when I have really never asked them to.
He took a wand and passed it over, under, around the woman to show that she was unattached to anything, that she did not rest upon anything. Viola thought that she was like that woman. She was not embittered. She was not even crushed. Her impulse of pity, when she understood what Robin was feeling, had been absolutely genuine. It had rushed upon her. It remained with her.
The married men Ffoulkes, my Lord Hastings, Sir Jeremiah Wallescourt left wife and children at a call from the chief, at the cry of the wretched. Armand unattached and enthusiastic had the right to demand that he should no longer be left behind.
In my anxiety upon the subject, I communicated my wishes to a friend on the duke's staff, and the following morning, as I presented myself at his levee, he called me towards him and addressed me: "What leave have you got, Captain O'Malley?" "Three months, your Royal Highness." "Do you desire an unattached troop; for if so, an opportunity occurs just at this moment."
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