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Have you become a Catholic in this Catholic country, Christian, and are you celebrating a saint's holiday?" "Yes, field-marshal," said Christian, resolutely stepping forward, "I am celebrating the holiday of my saint, and his name is Blucher!" "He is a queer saint," cried Blucher, laughing. "But what does it all mean, Christian?"
John C. Calhoun, United States Senator from South Carolina, was at the head of the extreme State Sovereignty party, and at a banquet celebrating the birthday of Jefferson, January 13, 1830, he proffered the toast "The Union: next to Liberty, the most dear; may we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States, and distributing equally the benefit and burden of the Union."
The very power and majesty of Aeschylus' work has made it difficult for successors to imitate him; few can hope to equal his sublime grandeur; Shelley attempted it in his Prometheus Unbound, but his Prometheus becomes abstract Humanity, ceasing to be a character, while his play is really a mere poem celebrating the inevitable victory of man over the evils of his environment and picturing the return of an age of happiness.
The supper terminated, the king's friends remained some time conversing with us. Whilst these noblemen were busily celebrating my praises in words sufficiently loud to reach the king's ear, the baron de Gonesse, standing by my side, was prosecuting his suit in the most ardent terms. I received his overtures with becoming grace and modesty.
They'll be too busy celebrating your supposed loss in the fire last night." This grim reminder of their escape caused all of the ranchers to smile, and without further objection the men made themselves comfortable while they waited the arrival of the raiders. Huddled together, the boys sat where they could watch the trail.
"I do not think," he said to Count Timascheff and Lieutenant Procope, "that we ought to allow our people to lose their interest in the world to which we are all hoping to return; and how can we cement the bond that ought to unite us, better than by celebrating, in common with our fellow-creatures upon earth, a day that awakens afresh the kindliest sentiments of all?
To this Florus subjoined: Now we are celebrating Plato's nativity, why should we not mention Carneades, the most famous of the whole Academy, since both of them were born on Apollo's feast; Plato, whilst they were celebrating the Thargelia at Athens, Carneades, whilst the Cyrenians kept their Carnea; and both these feasts are, upon the same day.
Only a few men were there; the rest were celebrating and campaigning in the streets. So I arose and said: "I would like to ask how many men there are in the audience who intend to vote for the amendment to-morrow?" Every man in the hall stood up. "I thought so," I said. "Now I intend to ask your indulgence.
Annabel groaned, putting on her clothes with eager haste. "I have a vision of the mark I'll get!" She went to the door and took a sweeping glance down the hall. "Coast's clear," she announced. "Shoo both of you." Spring had come at last. In Woodford, up among the hills, the We Are Sevens or "Sixes," in the absence of Blue Bonnet were celebrating its advent with a riding party.
The liberated prisoners, celebrating their deliverance with the wildest yells of joy, mingled among the mob which had given them freedom. In the midst of the confusion that ensued three or four of the principal smugglers hurried to the apartment of Bertram with lighted torches, and armed with cutlasses and pistols.
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