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He could not wear the flowers upon his breast, having the volcano within it. Professionally, he could be no roue. He could seem no other than he was. Conscious of guilt, which he had not the moral strength to counteract and overthrow, he had not, at the same time, the art necessary for its concealment. He could use no smooth, subtle blandishments.
Porne was out, or descending into their own kitchens of an evening when the strange Miss Bell was visiting "the help," made flattering propositions to her to come to them. She was perfectly polite and agreeable in manner, but refused all blandishments. "What are you getting at your present place if I may ask?" loftily inquired the great Mrs. Thaddler, ponderous and beaded.
And there they all sleep, the holy ones, with their arms crossed upon their breasts, or lying motionless by their sides, not carved in marble by the hand of man, but formed in dust, by the hand of God. God's peace be with them. No one comes to them now, to hold them by the hand, and with delicate fingers smooth their hair. They heed no more the blandishments of earthly friendship.
He seemed to be totally unconscious of her blandishments, as, with a slight inclination to the company, he came very close to the hostess, and, regardless of etiquette, whispered something in her ear. His communication must have been of a nature to excite mirth, for she threw back her head, and, laughing rather more boisterously than was her wont, rose quickly from her seat.
Only Sholto kept his suspicion edged and pointed, and resolved that he would not sleep that night, but watch till the dawn the things which might befall in the house on the forest's border. Yet it was conspicuously to Sholto that La Meffraye directed most of her blandishments.
Pleased with royal blandishments, and highly enjoying the splendid hospitalities of England he quite forgot the "thirty thousand devils" whom he had left running loose in the Netherlands, while these wild soldiers, on their part, being absolutely in a starving condition for there was little left for booty in a land which had been so often plundered now had the effrontery to apply to the Prince of Parma for payment of their wages.
Will I recant the denunciations which legitimate vengeance had pronounced? Fairfax I am not certain that I do not hate her! No! Angelic sorceress! It is not hatred, neither But it is a tumult, a congregate anarchy of feelings which I cannot unravel; except that the first feature of them is revenge! Roused and insulted as I am, not all her blandishments can dazzle, divert, or melt me!
"Well, then, Sam, we'll get out the supplies you need to take for the excursion, and then you can catch a few hours' sleep." But it will take another book to tell what actually did happen there and on Grizzly Slide; and who Ken proved to be; and whether John Brewster loved Anne Stewart, or Tom Latimer fell a victim to Barbara's blandishments.
We can only explain his conduct in relation to the constitutional controversy between Lord Metcalfe and the Liberal party by the supposition that he could not resist the blandishments of that eminent nobleman, when consulted by him, but allowed his reason to be captured and then gave expression to opinions and arguments which showed that he had entirely misunderstood the seriousness of the political crisis or the sound practice of the parliamentary system which Baldwin, LaFontaine and Howe had so long laboured to establish in British North America.
But Jaune was deaf not only to the tailor's blandishments, but to his offers of substantial cash. "Not for the millions would I be in this part of the Marquis for one day yet more," he said firmly. And he added, "I trust to you in honor, sare, that not never shall my name be spoken in this affair." "Couldn't speak it if I wanted to, my dear boy.
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