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He wrote little and carefully, nor did he forget his literary ideals even when poverty might have excused hurried productions in the style best calculated to sell. His literary conscience was as strong under the trying circumstances of his debut as later when success brought independence.
[Note 16: I did her wrong. Les commentateurs veulent comprendre ces mots dans le sens de je lui ai fait tort, et supposent que Lear, en ce moment, songe
After the death of Charles IX. she again became regent for a short time till the return of Henry III. Never did Italian craftiness and cruelty wield such influence in France. At last, however, the people grew weary of the rule of the foreigner, and Catherine's later years were marked by the loss of all political power.
Aussi Rosa avait-elle pris une résolution pendant cette nuit terrible, pendant cette nuit d'insomnie qu'elle avait passée. Cette résolution, c'était de ne plus revenir au guichet. Cornelius anxiously awaited the evening visit. But Rosa did not come that day, nor the next, nor the next. At last Cornelius understood that he had offended the girl, and that she thought he loved only the tulip.
I certainly wish that I had been able to answer M. Thiers's note sooner, so that the reply would have been given to him instead of his successor; but I could not; I was overwhelmed with business of every sort and kind, and had no command of my time; I did not think however that the fact of M. Thiers having gone out of office was a reason for withholding my reply; the note of October contained important doctrines of public law which it was impossible for the British government to acquiesce in; and silence would have been construed as acquiescence.
Si vous ne me croyez pas, lui dis-je en la quittant, croyez-en au moins votre poëte Tennyson: Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break. Et ravi d'avoir trouvé
They obliged him to leave his pretty little home. 8. He was proud, but it was not apparent. 9. He did not turn, for at the bottom of his heart he cursed them. 10. I see that all is well.
1. Did the little boy wake with a start? 2. If he is very much afraid, he will ask for the light. 3. He was put to bed in the next room. 4. He intended to go to bed early. 5. That is ('voil
"He was as great," says Brantôme, "in his lineage and his enormous wealth as in his valor and illustrious deeds, so that in his time men spoke only of the Vidame of Chartres; and if the people celebrated his prowess, they did not forget his magnificence and liberality." In Francis I.'s Italian campaign he furnished at his own cost a splendid company of a hundred noblemen.
[Note 12: If I did say of wax, my growth would approve the truth. Wax signifie cire et croître, croissance. Si l'on veut prendre le jeu de mots sur cire (sire), en compensation du jeu de mots anglais impossible
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