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He disappeared pretty well from the periodical, and when the novel was republished, the whole machinery of the Clock had gone; and with it I may add, some very characteristic and admirable writing. There is no hero in "The Old Curiosity Shop," unless Mr. Richard Swiveller, "perpetual grand-master of the Glorious Apollos," be the questionable hero; and the heroine is Little Nell, a child.
And the emperor's sisters were not the only persons who regarded the imperial pair with displeasure on the day of the marriage celebration. Only a small number of the high dignitaries of the Church had responded to the invitation of the grand-master of ceremonies, and attended the marriage celebration in the chapel in the Tuileries.
The point was, To choose as Hochmeister some man of German influence, of power and connection in the Country, who might help them to their so-called right. With this view, they chose one and then another of such sort; and did not find it very hopeful, as we shall see. Albert was chosen Grand-Master of Preussen, in February, 1511; age then twenty-one.
No description of Empress Frederick seems complete without adding thereto a brief reference to the grand-master of her court, Count Seckendorff, who may be said to have devoted his entire life to her service, and to that of her husband.
Sully had recently been appointed grand-master of artillery. Saint-Edmé, vol. ii. p. 207. Dreux du Radier, vol. vi. pp. 74-76. Louis de Comboursier, Seigneur du Terrail, commenced his military career as a cornet in the troop of the Dauphin.
Whether it was in consequence of his previous inclination to the reformed doctrines, or that the charms of his mistress alone effected this wonder, he renounced the Roman Catholic faith, and led the beautiful Agnes to the altar. * Grand-master of the kitchen. This event was of the greatest importance.
Since the red men have been exterminated by you white savages, I amuse myself by presiding at the persecutions of Quakers and Anabaptists; I am the great patron and prompter of slave-dealers and the grand-master of the Salem witches." "The upshot of all which is, that, if I mistake not," said Tom, sturdily, "you are he commonly called Old Scratch."
"Of you and the Princesse de Conde, you mean, sire?" quoth he, and gravely he shook his head. "It is a matter that has filled me with apprehension, for I foresee from it far greater trouble than from any former attachment of yours." "So they have convinced you, too, Grand-Master?" Henry's tone was almost sorrowful. "Yet I swear that all is greatly exaggerated. It is the work of that dog Concini.
"The general-superior of the Sisters of Charity will live in Paris ; the entire body will then be in the hands of the government." As to the brethren of the Christian schools, Napoleon absorbs these in his university. "They must be licensed by the grand-master, who will certify to their internal regulations, accept their oaths, prescribe a special costume, and superintend their schools."
Grand-Master, I will trouble you." And with these words, uttered in a voice and with an air that silenced even the angry woman before us, he signed to me to follow him, and went from the room; the first glance of his eye stilling the crowded ante-chamber, as if the shadow of death passed with him. I followed him to his closet; but, until he reached it, had no inkling of what was in his thoughts.
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