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Further, she had the mortification of seeing all three of her rivals in the Balkans aggrandised, and Roumania left with the hegemony of the Peninsula. Only a few months before, Mr. Noel Buxton had written the "Io triumphe" of the Bulgarian cause: The blight that had lain on the Balkan lands was healed, the fog dispelled. Even the prestige of military despotism was gone like a pricked bubble.
And when the first successes came, those small affairs were greeted with "thunders of applause." General Spoons marched to Bethel; took a look at the gray people; fired a gun or two before retreating and a thousand Southern journalists shouted "lo, triumphe! a grand victory!" The brave Del.
Lest I should forget it, let me now tell you that I am received with the warmest hospitality. These attentions are almost exclusively from republicans. Four o'clock P. M. Io triumphe! A letter; two, three letters. Two from you and one from your husband.
I am sure you will be charmed with the Greek language above all others. Adieu. Philadelphia, 23d January, 1794. Io, triumphe! There is not a word mispelled either in your journal or letter, which cannot be said of a single page you ever before wrote. The fable is quite classical, and, if not very much corrected by Mr. Leshlie, is truly a surprising performance, and written most beautifully.
But those whiche were Capitaines, contented with triumphe, with desire did tourne to their private life, and those whiche were membres, would be more willyng to laie awaie their weapons, then to take them, and every manne tourned to his science, whereby thei gotte their livyng: Nor there was never any, that would hope with praie, and with this arte, to be able to finde theim selves.
Yet there are always those standing by who are ready to cry 'Io triumphe! and mean it, when one approves himself a good soldier." The coffee had been served, and Winton sat thoughtfully stirring the lump of sugar in his cup. Miss Carteret was not having a monopoly of the new experiences.
Now other miracles were published: that the spear of Mars at Praeneste moved forward of its own accord; that in Sicily an ox had spoken; that a child in the womb of its mother cried out Io Triumphe! in the country of the Marrucinians; at Spoletum, that a woman was transformed into a man; at Hadria, that an altar, with appearances as of men surrounding it in white clothing, was seen in the heavens.
After a short silence, Sir Roger said: "Miss Earl, I can find no triumph written on your features, and I doubt whether you realize how very proud your friends are of your success." "As yet, sir, it is not assured. My next book will determine my status in literature; and I have too much to accomplish I have achieved too little, to pause and look back, and pat my own shoulder, and cry, Io triumphe!
I am sure you will be charmed with the Greek language above all others. Adieu. Philadelphia, 23d January, 1794. Io, triumphe! There is not a word mispelled either in your journal or letter, which cannot be said of a single page you ever before wrote. The fable is quite classical, and, if not very much corrected by Mr. Leshlie, is truly a surprising performance, and written most beautifully.
He thought of the sad hours he had passed, seated idle and melancholy in the vicarage book-room, meditating on his forlorn condition. He had so often wailed over his own lot, droning out a dirge, a melancholy væ victis for himself! And now, for the first time, he could change the note. Now, his song was Io triumphe, as he walked along. He shouted out a joyful pæan with the voice of his heart.
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