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Præterea militares numeros in his longis muris locavit, Barbaris omnibus arcendis pares, si qua Cherronesi pars tentaretur.
The Contemporaries of Burns and the more recent Poets of Ayrshire, with selections from their writings. Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1840. Robert Burns at Mossgiel, with reminiscences of the Poet by His Herd-Boy, by WILLIAM JOLLY. Paisley, Alexander Gardner, 1881. A Winter with Robert Burns, being annals of his Patrons and Associates in Edinburgh, during the year 1786-87.
With cheerful air our Captain him embraces And him and his Chiefmen wit titles graces.
During the siege of Rouen he received a severe wound, from which he died thirty-five days after, on November 17, 1562. In his early life he showed a love of danger and thirst for renown. Having been placed in charge of the French troops in the "Three Bishoprics," he sustained against 100,000 imperial troops the memorable siege of Metz.
He was one of the nobles who accompanied Mary Stuart to Scotland in 1561, and while returning visited the Court of England. He had already in 1562 waged successful war against the Huguenots in Normandy. Brantôme, his secretary, describes him at length in vol. v., pp. 62-77, Mérimée's edition, Paris, 1858.
He was spending his time in all tranquility, now at Paris, now at Champrosay, where he occupied the house of the painter Delacroix. Suddenly in July, 1870, the war cloud burst. Daudet lay stretched out on his bed fretfully nursing a broken leg. On his recovery he shouldered his gun and joined in the hopeless defense of Paris.
Upon the death of the German Emperor Maximilian in 1519, he became the rival candidate of Charles V. for the imperial crown. Upon his loss of the latter, he attempted an alliance with Henry VIII. of England against the Emperor.
Corneille de Witt had also been falsely accused of planning to assassinate William of Orange, and had been thrown into prison and tortured. When the story opens Corneille is still in prison, awaiting his brother Jean, who is to accompany him into exile.
84 7 en train: cf. note to 67 13. 84 9 encore: cf. note to 18 31. 84 10 tint bon: 'held his ground'; cf. note to 27 16. 84 14 se replie ... marabout: 'retreats as fast as he can to the marabout. For
As you go farther into the open sea, the coast begins to look like something formless. 8. He is in the depths of his narrow cabin. 9. At the departure of the Zouave the sea became more rough. 10. As the boat left the port Tartarin went and leaned over the rail.
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