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Updated: June 12, 2025
The 'Grand-Master' Yin must have been one of the 'three Kung, the highest ministers at the court of Kau, and was, probably, the chief of the three, and administrator of the government under Yu. Lofty is that southern hill , With its masses of rocks! The tortoise-and-serpent banner marked the presence in a host of its leader on a military expedition.
"Why not?" said the grand-master of the new Templars. "Tradidit mundum disputationibus! God has given us the earth. Hear this once more: man is master here below; matter is his; all forces, all means are at his disposal. Who created us? Motion. What power maintains life in us? Motion. Why cannot science seize the secret of that motion?
The envoys, driven contemptuously away, returned to the presence of the grand-master, who, surprised at receiving no response to his proposal, soon assembled a thousand foot-soldiers and three hundred cavaliers, and hastened to the conquest of Grenada under the guidance of the prophetic hermit.
The order of the honey-bee had been founded by Madame de Maine, apropos of the Italian motto which she had adopted at her marriage: "Little insects inflict large stings." This order had, like others, its decorations, its officers, and its grand-master.
M. de Bregé replied, with all gravity, that he had given this subject his earnest consideration day and night, but that he had not yet arrived at a conclusion worthy of the grand-master of ceremonies of the legitimate king. "Sire," said the Duke de Chartres, smiling, "I, for my part, demand knee-breeches, shoe-buckles, and the cue."
A God and a Grand-Master of the Craft am I, and a Lodge in the Third Degree I will open, and we'll raise the head priests and the Chiefs of the villages. "'It's against all the law, I says, 'holding a Lodge without warrant from any one; and you know we never held office in any Lodge. "'It's a master-stroke o' policy, says Dravot.
The grand-master of ceremonies replied to this jest at his expense with a profound sigh only; and the king at last put an end to this great question, by deciding that every one should be permitted to follow the old or new fashions, according to his individual taste and inclination.
The Empress, a sweet pretty lady, was perforce obliged to wear this Habit; but with the other Female Grandees it only served to increase their natural Ugliness. Their drawing-rooms are different from those in England, no Man Creature entering it but the old Grand-Master, who comes to announce to the Empress the arrival of His Imperial Majesty the Cæsar.
The two cardinals, the grand-master, the chancellor, the keeper of the seals, and all the rest of the council looked at the little king, wondering why he did not give them the usual order to sit down. The two Lorrain princes attributed the queen-mother's absence to some trick of their niece. Incited presently by a significant glance, the audacious cardinal said to his Majesty:
If I go away it will be to Italy with you, to see St. Peter's, and Raffaelle's pictures." "And the orange-trees? Oh! my darling king, if you knew the longing your Mary has to ramble among the orange-groves in fruit and flower!" "Let us go, then!" cried the king. "Go!" exclaimed the grand-master as he entered the room. "Yes, sire, you must leave Blois.
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