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Their own philosopher Nietzsche writes: "the state is the coldest of all cold monsters." Joseph de Maistre, writing of the Slav temperament, says: "Si on enterrait un désir Slave sous une forteresse, il la ferait sauter." Germany has some reason to believe that this is true.
So that each, having only their own private injuries to resent, felt free in forbearing. Nothing but this sort of prudence on the part of individuals rendered their meeting around one board possible. While they were still at the table the attorney, Mr. Sauter, with Doctors Williams and Dawson, arrived, and was shown into the library.
Oh, I love it!" she adds, with a sudden lighting of the depths in her eyes. "Love what?" "The wilderness," says Hortense. "It is hard, but it's free and it's pure and it's true and it's strong!" And she sat back among the pillows. When we shot through racing rapids "sauter les rapides," as our French voyageurs say she sat up all alert and laughed as the spray splashed athwart.
The canoes now rode with the current; and when a wind sprang up astern, blanket sails were hoisted that let the boatmen lie back, paddles athwart. Going with the stream, the voyageurs would "run" "sauter les rapides" the safest of the cataracts. Bowman, not steersman, was the pilot of such "runs."
It was not a question of "reculer pour mieux sauter"; the Turks knew that if they were driven out of a position they left it for good; wherefore they fought with the courage of despair. They had to go, however, for nothing human could stand against the inexorable advance of our men.
I acquired an amazing facility in sleight of hand tricks, and learned in perfection to sauter le coup; with the help of a pair of long ruffles, I shuffled so adroitly as to defy the quickest observer, and I ruined several fair players.
I could have left a train of gunpowder and a slow match behind, I was so cross! 'Ah "Reculer pour mieux faire sauter!" said Sir John, mincing out his pun as though he loved it. 'Not bad, Sir John, she said, looking at him calmly, 'but you have way to make up. You were so dull the last time you took me in to dinner, that positively
Adela might return mysteriously rejuvenated and ready to plunge once more into the fray, braving opinion. It might be a case of reculer pour mieux sauter. On the other hand, it might be a flight from danger. Miss Van Tuyn was practically certain that Adela had fallen in love with Alick Craven.
Mr. Sauter has stated the case, and now Stringfellow, the attorney for the other side, is just telling the judge that he stands there in the place of his client, Lieutenant-Colonel Le Noir, who, being ordered to join General Taylor in Mexico, is upon the eve of setting out and cannot be here in person!" "And is that true? Won't he be here?" "It seems not.
On a tant fait sauter la vieille, Qu'elle est morte en sautillant, Tireli, Sautons, sautons, la vieille! I went slowly down the other side of the hill, walking in the snow, which squeaked under my feet. About half-way a peasant offered me a lift in his cart. He was going to town too, and it was not long before we got to the Orphanage.
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