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Etienne knew a brave knight who took his stand on a bridge, horse and all complete, and when any one came by of equal rank, this strange bridge warden had two questions to ask; first: "Wilt thou acknowledge the Lady Adeliza of Coutances to be the most peerless beauty in the world?"
There were spies about, and Sir Humphrey Warden, the most zealous Roundhead in the district, had set a watch upon the house. At any moment they expected he might arrive with a troop of soldiers.
But should that not be so, should those unseen influences ever touch your life, I want you to remember then, that, as one of the race for whom Christ died, you have as high a citizenship in that spirit land as any creature there: that you are your own soul's warden, and that neither principalities nor powers can rob you of that your birthright."
"They are like flies on sugar. If you needed them for any other purpose, be sure they would not come so quickly. They know a good thing when they see it." "It was the same here," interrupted Maslova. "As soon as I was brought here I met with a party coming from the depot. They gave me no rest, and I could hardly get rid of them. Luckily the warden drove them off.
The next two were great days of letter writing. Another long full letter was written to the father, telling of the additional record which each of the three consecrating Bishops had written in the Bible of his childhood, and then going into business matters, especially hoping that the Warden and Fellows of Merton would not suppose that as a Bishop he necessarily had £5,000 a year and a palace, whereas in fact the see had no more than the capital of £5,000 required by Government!
At first I laughed I even liked it but when the froglike eyes stared at me every day I was seized with horror. I was afraid they might start to quack qua-qua!" Indeed there was a certain fear, even madness, in the eyes of the artist the madness which shortly led him to his untimely grave. "Old man, it is necessary to have something beautiful. Do you understand me?" "And the wife of the Warden?
Recalling, however, the promise I had made to the Warden, I assumed a calm air of dignity and said to him tenderly, as only a mother could speak to her child: "Don't be surprised and don't condemn me for being so strict, my friend. I am an old man.
So saintly a life attracted the attention of all, gained their esteem, caused many to embrace the Institution, and procured for them many establishments, notably the one at Paris. Angelo of Pisa, one of the missioners sent by St. Francis, was the first warden of the Parisian convent.
The only words which could be heard were those of the Warden, or, as he was called then, the Captain of the Jail, "Another bird to the cage ?" "Who will whistle 'Pretty Pope of Rome, with any starling in your Knight's ward," answered the constable, with a facetious air, checked, however, by the due respect to the supreme presence in which he stood.
A Warden is no owl; whoever comes by night into another man’s loft is an owl, and I will scare him hence.” “Put him out!” shouted the Chamberlain. “Count, you see what is being done,” called the Warden. “Is Your Honour not yet sufficiently tainted by eating and drinking with these Soplicas?
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