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With the accession of George I, enthusiasm for plantation ventures declined; interest in the colonies, undiminished, indeed, was more than ever concentrated upon their commercial possibilities; and the constructive policy of the Stuarts gave way, in the phrase of Burke, to one of "salutary neglect." The neglect was, indeed, by no means complete.
He saw her a dangerous, hostile spirit, that could stand undiminished and unabated. It was so finished, and of such perfect gesture, moreover. 'I'm awfully glad if it doesn't matter, he said; 'if there's no real harm done.
"At any rate," he resumed, with undiminished good temper, "we are all three equally interested in setting this matter at rest. I put it to you, Lady Janet, if we are not favored, at this lucky moment, with the very opportunity that we want? Miss Roseberry is not only out of the room, but out of the house.
Her eyes rested levelly on his; in her bearing there was something aloofly proud an undiminished stateliness, almost regal in its calm inviolability. "They know now all that I took from you. I shall not ask your forgiveness, Maurice . . . I don't expect it. I sinned for my husband and my son that is my only justification. I would do the same again."
Never did Lewis the Fourteenth, not even when he was encamped between Utrecht and Amsterdam, treat the States General with such despotic insolence, By the intervention of the Privy Council of Scotland a compromise was effected: but the old animosity was undiminished. Common enmities and common apprehensions produced a good understanding between the town and the clan of Mackintosh.
We follow your present activities with no less admiration and affection, and feel certain that you are destined to play your part in securing the ultimate and universal recognition of the Bahá’í Faith. Awaiting eagerly your individual and collective letters, and assuring you of my undiminished affection, I am your true brother and fellow-worker 3 December 1925
He even had, in some degree, the sense of comfort which one feels when safe inside four walls with a storm raging past the windows. The horse whinnied once and rubbed his nose against Ned's hand. He, too, had ceased to shiver. All that afternoon the Norther blew with undiminished violence. After a while the fall of snow thinned somewhat, but the wind did not decrease.
Do pick up for me all you can about Louis Napoleon, my one real abiding enthusiasm, the enthusiasm of my whole life, for it began with the Emperor and has passed quite undiminished to the present great, bold, and able ruler of France. Mrs. She is eighty-two now, and as active and vigorous in body and mind, as sixty years ago.
While with loving care she nursed me back to health, she showed me the folly of what I had attempted, and though making that point clear and forceful avoided saying one word that would add to the depression which weighed me down. Despite the frightful shock she had received her love remained faithful and undiminished. It was marvelous the love and courage of that noble woman!
His establishment was on so extensive a scale that upon one day twenty-eight master cooks were dismissed, for the purpose of diminishing the family expenses, and there was hardly a princely house in Germany which did not send cooks to learn their business in so magnificent a kitchen. The reputation of his table remained undiminished for years.
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