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He had a right by birth, by personal and family service, to claim admittance among the monarchs of Europe. The pistol of Balthasar Gerard had alone prevented the elevation of his father to the sovereignty of the provinces. The patents, wanting only a few formalities, were still in possession of the son.
He had a right by birth, by personal and family service, to claim admittance among the monarchs of Europe. The pistol of Balthasar Gerard had alone prevented the elevation of his father to the sovereignty of the provinces. The patents, wanting only a few formalities, were still in possession of the son.
Sometimes his voice was very strong, and a sort of hopefulness lighted his wasted features. Don Balthasar paid many visits to his nephew in the course of each day. He sat apparently attentive, and nodding at the name of O'Brien.
Observing, about the end of the first hour, that the violence of the crowding up on the knoll was somewhat abated, at his suggestion the party advanced to take position nearer the crosses. Ben-Hur gave his arm to Balthasar; yet the Egyptian made the ascent with difficulty. From their new stand, the Nazarene was imperfectly visible, appearing to them not more than a dark suspended figure.
He began, with great gentleness, to assist me out of my black robes, and then he said: "The senorita will be here very soon with the Señor Tomas," and then added, with an infinitely sad and tender, dim smile: "Will not the Señor Caballero, if it is not repugnant, say a prayer for the repose of..." He pointed gently upwards to the great flagstone above which was the coffin of Don Balthasar and Carlos.
Off to one side a portable earthenware oven was established under the presidency of a woman whose duty it was to keep the company in bread, or, more precisely, in hot cakes of flour from the handmills grinding with constant sound in a neighboring tent. Meanwhile Balthasar was conducted to the divan, where Ilderim and Ben-Hur received him standing.
"I suppose," said Jolly, "it's the second God, you mean, that old Balthasar had a sense of." "Yes, or he would never have burst his poor old heart because of something outside himself." "But wasn't that just selfish emotion, really?" Jolyon shook his head. "No, dogs are not pure Forsytes, they love something outside themselves." Jolly smiled. "Well, I think I'm one," he said.
She was to fling away all the trophies of Heemskerk and Sebalt de Weerd, of Balthasar de Cordes, Van der Hagen, Matelieff, and Verhoeff; she was to abdicate the position which she had already acquired of mistress of the seas, and she was to deprive herself for ever of that daily increasing ocean commerce which was rapidly converting a cluster of puny, half-submerged provinces into a mighty empire.
"All, your excellency." "Then ride back again, and return to the commandant my warmest thanks for his welcome message." "Yes," repeated the count, when the courier had taken leave, "yes, this is a welcome message and by ! I shall derive profit from it." "Ho, Balthasar, Balthasar! Is the commander of police in the antechamber?" "Your highness, he has been there an hour already." "Bid him come in.
"The Greeks would call him a philosopher," said Iras. "Nay, daughter," said Balthasar, "the philosophers had never the power to do such thing." "How know you this man has?" Ben-Hur answered quickly, "I saw him turn water into wine." "Very strange, very strange," said Simonides; "but it is not so strange to me as that he should prefer to live poor when he could be so rich. Is he so poor?"
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