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[Note 64: That the ministry, after my return to Britain, were sensible how desesperate the navigation was in those seas; and yet that they were as industrious to conceal it, appears not only by the author of the Post-Man being found fault with for giving an account thereof in his paper, but also that the Gazette mentioned nothing of the loss of the Feversham and three store ships laden with provisions following us to Quebec; which accident may furnish matter for some not frivolous speculations. Introduction p. 24. L'amiral Walker de retour de sa malheureuse expédition, fut mis
I am bound however, in candour, to declare that I have not hitherto seen any plan proposed which could safely be adopted as a substitute for the right of search: and when M. Guizot recollects how earnestly the people of this country have desired the abolition of the slave trade, and the enormous sacrifices which they have made, and are dayly making, to secure the attainment of this object, he will not be surprised if we hesitate to abrogate treaties the stipulations of which have been found efficient, until we are satisfied that the measures about to be proposed will be attended with equal success.
Yet after all, as I've said already, Fame is but fume, a motion of the mind, A very pleasant draught, but somewhat heady, As many oft have found and yet may find; Its only fault is that it makes unsteady Our very best resolves and seems design'd, Just like most good things as Champaign and Hock; Only to make us go off on half-cock.
Boxtel knew that van Baerle had found the bulb of the black tulip, and had denounced him to the police in the hope that, after the arrest of the master of the house, he could enter the garden unnoticed and steal the famous bulbs. The day of the arrest he remained in bed, pretending to be sick. La nuit vint. C'était la nuit qu'attendait Boxtel. La nuit venue, il se leva.
Sans doute, ma mère, répondit Hulda; mais que voulez-vous? Si j'ai le coeur gros, c'est qu'il y a loin d'ici aux pêcheries du New Found Land! Toute une mer
Ole Kamp était parti depuis un an. Il l'avait dit dans sa lettre une rude campagne, cette campagne d'hiver sur les parages de New Found Land! On y gagne bien son argent, quand on en gagne. Il y a l
At the age of fifteen, Mme. de La Fayette lost her father; and her mother, after brief waiting, and if Cardinal de Retz is to be believed much intriguing, found a second husband in the Chevalier Renaud de Sévigné.
He pleaded ignorance of the contents of the documents found in his possession, but his judges, who were Orangists, had determined to convict him of treason, and deliberated only as a matter of form.
78 4 ombre trouée: 'broken shade'; the light found its way in places through the foliage of the tree. 78 8 précisément: 'quite opportunely', cf. note to 83 5. 78 15 Comment voulez-vous ... ? 'how do you suppose ... ? 78 18 Si maigre ... paraisse: cf. note to 4 6. 78 21 Demandez plutôt: cf. 44 1. 78 23 mouci: for monsieur.
Like the tailor who sewed for nothing and found thread beside. Comme le tailleur qui ne cousait rien, et trouva le fil
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