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But far more regal than any descendant of Charlemagne, more haughty than any Mogul of the East, and almost mysterious and voiceless in his authority as the Great Spirit of the Five Nations, the Commodore deigns not to verbalise his commands; they are imparted by signal.
'I believe she deigns not to disregard it, said Coningsby, his white cheek becoming scarlet. 'It is then a mutual attachment, which, if cherished, must produce mutual unhappiness, said Mr. Millbank. 'I would fain believe the reverse, said Coningsby. 'Why? inquired Mr. Millbank.
Or he might have indulged in that starvation so heartily prescribed for authors by a plutocratic noble who occasionally deigns to employ the English tongue in prose. Meredith subdued his muse, and Meredith wrote potboilers, because he was a first-class artist and a man of profound common sense.
'To those in pain or distress he is pitiful, and sometimes deigns to afford relief. He is Judge of Souls, and the dread of future punishment 'to some extent is said to affect their course of action in the present life.
We are thankful whenever our gracious Sovereign deigns to speak to us. Especially thankful are we when, as on the present occasion, he speaks out, and gives us fair warning of what we are to suffer." Doctor Henry Compton, Bishop of London, spoke strongly for the motion.
If criminals had to calm the furies of a tyrant, what would they do more?... There are people of whom we ought not to say that they fear God, but that they are horribly afraid of him.... Judging from the picture they paint of the Supreme Being, from his wrath, from the rigour of his vengeance, from certain comparisons expressive of the ratio between those whom he leaves to perish and those to whom he deigns to stretch out a hand, the most upright soul would be tempted to wish that such a being did not exist.
He's as heavy, I tell you, by himself, as a pair of merchant's horses, and you should see how condescendingly he talks with your humble servant, how graciously he deigns to smile at the civilities of our starving mothers and daughters!... And he sometimes sets up for a wit, but he is only here for a little time; and oh, his witticisms!
How would my own skin appear in the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus? This must not be. I will send an embassy to him, and impress him with my greatness. But how?" He accordingly convoked his counsellors; the viziers, the warriors, the magi, the philosophers; and addressed them thus: "The king deigns to consult ye touching a difficult matter.
Neither art nor science, neither criticism nor narrative; only furies and fainting-spells and epileptic fits over matters which he never deigns to explain. Childish outcries envies de femme grosse! and a style, my friends! not a single finished phrase! It is astounding!" And he handed the book back to his comrade.
Perhaps some servant of the church, coming to him with submissive, almost suppliant gesture, begs him to step back just for one moment. The lover of art glares at him with insulted look, and hardly deigns to notice him further: he merely turns his eye to his Murray, puts his hat down on the altar-step, and goes on studying his subject.
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