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With these objects, William had exerted his utmost energies to form the grand alliance of England, Austria, and the States-general against France. To these were afterwards added some of the Italian states and Portugal. The War of Succession lasted, from first to last, fifteen years.
For had an angel been his discipliner, unless it were for dwelling too much upon Ciceronianisms, and had chastised the reading, not the vanity, it had been plainly partial; first to correct him for grave Cicero, and not for scurril Plautus, whom he confesses to have been reading, not long before; next to correct him only, and let so many more ancient fathers wax old in those pleasant and florid studies without the lash of such a tutoring apparition; insomuch that Basil teaches how some good use may be made of Margites, a sportful poem, not now extant, writ by Homer; and why not then of Morgante, an Italian romance much to the same purpose?
"Bunny Sue you shouldn't have invited the balloon man to come here!" "But you can't have a circus without balloons," said Bunny. "Yes, my dear, I know, but " "What's all the trouble?" asked Papa Brown, coming out on the porch just then. Bunny and Sue, their mother and the Italian, told the story after a while. "Well," said Mr.
"Owners are rogues, for the most part," commented the Danish barquentine, rubbing against the Touch-me-nots fender as if to nudge her. "There's the Maria Stella Maris yonder can tell us a tale of the food they store us with. She went through a mutiny once, I've heard." "I'd rather not talk of it," put in the Italian hastily, and a shudder ran through her timbers.
Amazing lot of adventures. Rather down on his luck, I should judge." "Couple of scars on his left cheek and a bit of the scalp gone; German student sort, rather good-looking, fine physique?" "That's the man." "I know him, but not very well." And Cathewe fumbled among the other newspapers. "Dine with me to-night," urged Hewitt. "I'll tell you what. See that Italian over there with the statues?
When they had wondered at the sight of it the Chautauquans and their friend were made free of the charming seventeenth- century house, which would be old for this country, but which in the taste of that time was rather modern, and looked like the casino of some Italian villa.
"What did General Ferrari say?" inquired Hal anxiously. "Well, he didn't say anything," replied the Italian. "He is no longer in Rome, but has gone to the front. My wire did not reach him. Consequently, I shall have to turn you over to the civil authorities here for safe-keeping. I cannot be bothered with you." Hal gazed at Uncle John in dismay. "What did I tell you?" the latter broke out.
He was talking to Braun about a crime of passion which was the sole topic in the town. In the country two Italian girls, sisters, had fallen in love with the same man. They were both unable to make the sacrifice with a good grace, and so they had drawn lots as to who should yield. But when the lot was cast the girl who had lost showed little inclination to abide by the decision.
They gave quarter to their foes upon the battle-field, and were horrified with the massacres in cold blood perpetrated at Fivizzano and Rapallo by the army of Charles VIII. But when the demon of cruelty possessed the imagination of an Italian, when, like Gian Maria Visconti, he came to relish the sight of torment for its own sake, or when he sought to inspire fear by the spectacle of pain, then no Spaniard surpassed him in the ingenuity of his devices.
And then the doctor thought of her Italian and French readings, of her music, of her nice books, and sweet lady ways, of her happy companionship with Patience Oriel, and her dear, bosom friendship with Beatrice Gresham.
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