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Belloc "accounted for some thirty thousand unwounded or slightly wounded prisoners; for much more than 100 guns; for a belt of territory over five miles in its extreme breadth, and what is much more important than any of these numerical and local calculations it has proved itself capable of continuous effort against all the concentration which the enemy has been able to bring against it."
Perhaps the old national genius has survived the urban enslavement most spiritedly in our comic songs, admired by all men of travel and continental culture, by Mr. George Moore as by Mr. Belloc. "O wind from the South Blow mud in the mouth Of Jane, Jane, Jane." Say "bone" and "bouche" for mud and mouth and it is not the same.
The organization of feudal government by the Normans brings us to a consideration of the territorial system of England which can be traced certainly from Saxon and conjecturally from Roman times. In making the study of history, as does Mr. Belloc, living and organic, it is of capital importance to seize the fact that the fundamental economic institution of pagan antiquity was slavery.
"No, not in my case," said Mildred. "The peculiar quality of my voice what makes it unusual is due to the delicateness of my throat." "Maybe so," said Mrs. Belloc. "Of course, I can always sing after a fashion," continued Mildred. "But to be really valuable on the stage you've got to be able always to sing at your best.
"M. Belloc said the reason was because there was in it more genuine faith than in any book; and we branched off into florid eloquence touching paganism, Christianity, and art. "Wednesday, June 22. Adieu to Paris! Ho for Chalons-sur-Saône! After affectionate farewells of our kind friends, by eleven o'clock we were rushing, in the pleasantest of cars, over the smoothest of rails, through Burgundy.
Three of these passes alone existed, and to this day there is very little choice in the crossing of these hills. We may compare with this extract a most remarkable description of country given by Mr. Belloc in his article on "The Great Offensive" in the issue of Land and Water of October 2, 1915.
Belloc's writings on the military aspect of the present war. The issue of the Daily Mail of September 6, 1915, contained an article in which Mr. Belloc was charged with grave errors of judgement. The gist of this article was that Mr.
As some pupils can come only at evening, M. Belloc has prepared a set of casts of plants, which he says are plaster daguerreotypes. By pouring warm gelatine upon a leaf, a delicate mould is made, from which these casts are taken. He showed me bunches of leaves, and branches of the vine, executed by them, which were beautiful.
I'll warrant YOU'RE getting on. Tell me about it." "Tell me about yourself, first," said Mildred. "WHY all this excitement about improving?" And she smiled significantly. "No, you'll have to guess again," said Mrs. Belloc. "Not a man.
Once more her life went on in uneventful, unbroken routine diet, exercise, singing singing, exercise, diet no distractions except an occasional visit to the opera with Moldini, and she was hating opera now. All her enthusiasm was gone. She simply worked doggedly, drudged, slaved. When the days began to grow warm, Mrs. Belloc said: "I suppose you'll soon be off to the country?
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