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And we will venture to assert, from the united observations that have been made upon the subject, in opposition to any arguments that may be advanced, that there is scarcely one of those, who are called African convicts, on whom the prince has a right to inflict a punishment at all; and that there is no one whatever, whom he has a power of sentencing to labour for the benefit of an unoffended individual, and much less whom he has a right to sell.
I am so glad to have said it all over, and yet, since I have done it, I cannot bear to see you." The peculiarity of her voice and manner, of which I have spoken, that made all her words sweet and gentle, however unconventional they might be, left me unoffended. "Perhaps you are right;" I said, "yet I wish you would try my way."
But the monks are even less diffident of claiming their own separate mugs and plates at table, and are unoffended by miscellaneous eating and drinking from one another's dishes. Every one is the servant of all and without hypocrisy not only in act but in sentiment and prayer. Wherever I went I found the tone ring true. This fair exterior glory seems to spring from a strong inner life.
'I shall considerably more surprise you at the next police office, returned Somerset, with something bordering on rage. 'For on one point my mind is settled: either I see you packed off to America, brick and all, or else you dine in prison. 'You have perhaps neglected one point, returned the unoffended Zero: 'for, speaking as a philosopher, I fail to see what means you can employ to force me.
She laughed again, and the King stared at her unoffended, being spellbound, both by her regal beauty, and her complete indifference to himself.
When Caesar said that he would do so, he added, "No one will believe that you have taken me back into favour unless you make me a present of something;" and he asked for and obtained a sum of money so large, that it would have been a gift not to be slighted even if bestowed by an unoffended prince. Caesar added: "In future I will take care never to quarrel with you, for my own sake."
This is the beatitude of the unoffended, of those who do not stumble over the mystery of God's dealings with their life. This blessedness is within our reach also. There are times when we are overpowered with the mystery of life and nature.
But the eye is unoffended in the long walk down the steep road to the shore, and in these days when the canons of good taste seem to have some weight with property owners and builders it is probable that the growth of Lyme will be effected with circumspection.
If that's the way you feel about it, I withdraw my request. Keep your darned old brandy. But let me tell you one thing, Murray; I don't like your impertinence. Just remember that, will you?" "I beg your pardon, sir," said Murray, unoffended. He was seeing with a clearer vision. "You are ill. I mistook it for—" "No, I'm not ill. And I'll forgive you, too, Murray," he added impulsively.
Haward rose to take his leave. Evelyn yielded him her hand; it was cold against his lips. She was nonchalant and smiling; he was easy, unoffended, admirably the fine gentleman. For one moment their eyes met. "I had been wiser," thought the man, "I had been wiser to have myself told her of that brown witch, that innocent sorceress! Why something held my tongue I know not.
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