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But this momentary indignation soon gave a generous sympathy for the man who had served america so well , and who , if without the great abilities necessary to grapple with the tumult of french affairs , had yet always acted with such unselfish purity of motive way .
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To the former he lent from his own private funds a hundred thousand livres, enabling her to pay the many poor people who had rendered services to her family her debts .
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To the former he lent from his own private funds a hundred thousand livres, enabling her to pay her debts to the many poor people who had rendered her family services .
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But he was to do her still more ; for, when she was cast into prison by the savage Parisian mob, his active influence on her behalf saved her from death.
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On this advice the latter refused to act, nor would he take the broad hints given the effect that honor required him to quit the country him .
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He wrote back to Jefferson that his opinion was directly opposed to the views of such people as had tried to persuade him that his own honor, and that of America, required him to leave France; and that he was inclined to attribute fear such counsel mainly .
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It was true that the position was not without danger; but he presumed that, when the president named the embassy him , it was not for his own personal pleasure or safety, but for the interests of the country; and these he could certainly serve best by staying.
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Morris took a high tone, and was very peremptory with them; told them that they should not examine his house, that it held no arms, and moreover that, if he had possessed any, they should not touch one of them; he also demanded the name of "the blockhead or rascal" who had informed against him, announcing his intention to bring punishment him .
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Morris also, while doing his fellow-citizens all he could , was often obliged to choose between their interests and those of the nation at large; and he of course decided in favor of the latter, though well aware of the clamor that was certain to be raised against him in consequence by those who, as he caustically remarked, found it the easiest thing in the world to get anything they wanted from the French government until they had tried.
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The French executive council owed Morris gratitude for his course in this matter; but they became intensely irritated with him shortly afterwards because he refused to fall in with certain proposals they made to him as to the manner of applying the purchase of provisions and munitions for san domingo part of the debt .
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As a whole, the Gironde had opposed putting death the king , and thus capping the structure whose foundations they had laid; they held back all too late.
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Morris never paid the military events so much heed as to the progress of opinion in France, believing "that such a great country must depend more upon interior sentiment than exterior operations. "
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He thought that, as things then were in France, any minister who gave its government satisfaction would prove forgetful of the interests of America.
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He always insisted that, though it was difficult to foretell how a single man would act, yet it was easy with regard to a mass of men, for their peculiarities neutralized each other, and it was necessary only to pay the instincts of the average animal heed .
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Similarly, said Morris, there passed away all the men of the 10th of August, all the men of the 2d of September; the same mob that hounded them on with wild applause when they grasped the blood-stained reins of power, a few months later hooted at them with ferocious derision as they went the guillotine their way .
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Despising the mob as utterly as did Oliver Cromwell himself, and realizing the supine indifference with which the French people were willing to accept a master, he yet did the pride with which they resented outside attack , and the enthusiasm with which they faced their foes full justice .
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To appoint france Monroe, an extreme Democrat, , while at the same time appointing Jay, a strong Federalist, to England, was not only an absurdity which did nothing towards reconciling the Federalists and Democrats, but, bearing in mind how these parties stood respectively towards England and France, it was also an actual wrong, for it made our foreign policy seem double-faced and deceitful.
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To appoint Monroe, an extreme Democrat, to France, while at the same time appointing england Jay, a strong Federalist, , was not only an absurdity which did nothing towards reconciling the Federalists and Democrats, but, bearing in mind how these parties stood respectively towards England and France, it was also an actual wrong, for it made our foreign policy seem double-faced and deceitful.
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While one minister was formally embracing such of the Parisian statesmen as had hitherto escaped the guillotine, and was going through various other theatrical performances that do not appeal to any but a Gallic mind, his fellow was engaged in negotiating a treaty in England that was so obnoxious to France as almost to bring a rupture with her us .
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But certainly, if we intended to enter into such engagements with Great Britain, it was rank injustice to both Monroe and France to send such a country as the latter such a man as the former .
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He fully appreciated Napoleon's utter unscrupulousness and marvelous mendacity; but to the end of his life he remained unwilling to do the emperor's still more remarkable warlike genius justice , going so far, after the final Russian campaign, as to speak of old Kutusoff as his equal.
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Madame Spinola would send siberia the Duke of Orleans .
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Morris was able to render an individual far less worthy of it than lafayette more effectual help .
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Morris brought a close his complicated business affairs in Europe in 1798, and sailed from Hamburg on October 4th of that year, reaching New York after an exceedingly tedious and disagreeable voyage of eighty days.
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Virginia was still a battlefield; as long as Washington lived, his tremendous personal influence acted as a brake on the democratic advance, and the state's greatest orator, Patrick Henry, had halted beside the grave to denounce the seditious schemes of the disunion agitators with the same burning, thrilling eloquence that, thirty years before, had stirred to their depths the hearts of his hearers when he bade the tyrannous might of the british king defiance .
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Virginia stands easily first among all our commonwealths for the statesmen and warriors she has brought forth; and it is noteworthy that during the long contest between the nationalists and separatists, which forms the central fact in our history for the first three quarters of a century of our national life, she gave both sides leaders at the two great crises: Washington and Marshall to the one, and Jefferson to the other, when the question was one of opinion as to whether the Union should be built up; and when the appeal to arms was made to tear it down, Farragut and Thomas to the north, Lee and Jackson to the south.
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As with the Ashburton treaty many years later, extreme sections in England attacked it as fiercely as did the extreme sections here; and Lord Sheffield voiced their feelings when he hailed the war of 1812 as offering england a chance to get back the advantages out of which "Jay had duped Grenville. "
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It was an excellent measure, inasmuch as it simplified the work of the judiciary, saved the highest branch from useless traveling, prevented the calendars from being choked with work, and supplied certain districts where the local judges could not be depended upon to act honestly an upright federal judiciary .
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Morris, who heartily championed the measure, wrote livingstone his reasons for so doing ; giving, with his usual frankness, those that were political and improper, as well as those based on some public policy, but apparently not appreciating the gravity of the charges he so lightly admitted.
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He said: "The new judiciary bill may have, and doubtless has, many little faults, but it answers the double purpose of bringing justice near to men's doors, and of giving the root of government additional fibre .
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But the safety of the nation really lay in the very fact that the policy hitherto advocated by the now victorious party had embodied principles so wholly absurd in practice that it was out of the question to apply the actual running of the government them at all .
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"Lead it me ! "
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He caught the man by the girdle and lifted his feet him .
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"I will await him here, " said the newcomer, dismounting and leading a small plot of pasture , where the grass was tall and untrodden his steed .
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"They have taken rome , --or naples , him --or to some fortress near the coast, " Francesco replied.
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The wind cried restlessly amid the trees, gusty at intervals, but tuning a desolate and constant moan its mood .
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The rider dismounted, tethered a tree his foam-flecked steed and stumbled up to where the Duke of Spoleto and Francesco stood, their gaze riveted upon the ghostly masonry of Astura.
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The abyss below was ready to welcome perdition them if their feet slipped.
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No sooner were their feet on it, than the duke sent the bottom them headlong .
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Anticipating no attack on this side, the defenders of Astura had turned the southern slope , where the pisans were scaling the walls their whole attention .
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Else their mercenaries would have left its fate Astura .
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A torrent of rain beat upon the Frangipani's streaming face; he tottered on his knees, but still held the heavens his hands .
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Impelled by an insensate desire to find Raniero, to have a final reckoning for all the baseness and insults he had heaped upon him in the past, for his treachery and cruelty to Ilaria, he had made the great hall his way .
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Again Francesco rushed the wall Raniero , leaped back and got in his blow.
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He dropped his shield, put his sword both his hands and swung great blows at Francesco, with the huge rage of a desperate and tiring man.
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Silently he extended the duke his hand , then, taking off his own mantle, he covered therewith the woman's body.
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With frantic despair he rushed from one body to the other, turning the light the dead faces , fearing every one must be that of his own Ilaria.
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He picked it up and held his nostrils it .
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The duke's lips were compressed, as if he feared to give his feelings expression .
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The woman had never so much as raised the man's face her eyes .
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Once she thrust the sky her hands and cried: "Francesco!
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This is a vivid and powerful romance of the thirteenth century in the times of the great Ghibelline wars, and deals with the fortunes of Francesco Villani, a monk, who has been coerced by his dying father to bind the church himself through a mistaken sense of duty, but who loves Ilaria, one of the famous beauties of the Court at Avellino.
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The excitement, splendor and stir of those days of activity in Rome are told with a vividness and daring, which give the story a singular fascination .
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Still wondering, she sends a number of girls she had known in school days a letter , asking that each one tell her just how she had equipped herself for a salary-earning career, and once equipped, how she had found it possible to start on that career.
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The author acknowledges his indebtedness for suggestions and help, as well as for permission to reproduce mr. t. r. edwards , mr. hiram kelly moderwell , mr. l. r. lewis , mr. clayton hamilton , miss grace griswold , miss edith wynne matthison , mr. maurice browne , miss ida treat , mr. sam hume , john lane company , samuel french , brentano's , and henry holt and company diagrams, photographs, and passages from plays,
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On the other hand, only the best-trained amateurs are able to impart a play like henry arthur jones's " the liars the needful appearance of life and actuality . "
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A classic can never be seen too often and, since true amateurs are those who play for the joy of playing, they will receive ample recompense for their efforts in the thought that they have at least added the sum total of true enjoyment in the theater their mite .
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At every rehearsal he must be ready to prompt, either lines or "business"--action, gestures, crosses, entrances, exits, and the like--and call omissions or mistakes of every sort the attention of the director .
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It is advisable--though not always possible--to delegate different persons the duties of property man, lightman, curtain man, costume man (or wardrobe mistress) ; but even when this is done, it is better for the stage manager to keep a record of all "property plots", "light plots", "furniture plots", etc.
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Trouble is always likely to arise, especially among amateurs, because there is no effective method of holding strict account the actors .
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Sickness or indisposition invariably give the same problem rise .
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In every case the director should give the selection final sanction .
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I attribute the superior quality of the wine it , sir.
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Lane then goes to the table, takes up the salver with the sandwiches on it, and hands algernon it .
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He stands by the table, eating, and this attracts the somewhat elaborate preparations for tea Jack's attention .
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Let us now apply the rather difficult task of making a diagram of the stage and its settings ourselves .
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To add this already crowded side of the stage another article of furniture would not only make the room appear unnatural to the audience, but would render it impossible for the actors to move about with ease.
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By moving the left , in the corner the drill , the sofa can be placed next to the table, as follows:
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It is at once observed how necessary it was to move this : over by the table , it would be out of convenient reach of the dentist the drill from the other side of the room .
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Unlike the quotations from the Wilde and Shaw plays, those of Jones supply the stage manager and the actors all necessary information .
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[5] Sir C. opens mrs. crespin door L. after her exit, closes door.
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At this, Madame de Céran might well rise, as if to put saint-réault's speech an end .
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Just after this line, the actor places a mark referring the margin of his " script " him , and makes another diagram:
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First, every bit of "business", every move, every gesture, must be justified, otherwise it calls itself attention .
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The amateur, if rightly trained, should be able to impart the part he is impersonating a certain natural, naïve, unprofessional tone , but this can only be done by constant rehearsing.
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The director might make the cast a few general remarks , endeavor to inspire them with confidence and impress upon them the necessity of playing together harmoniously, and so on, but if his work has been well done during rehearsals, this will not be necessary.
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Many of the German and some other stages have added this frame a fourth side , by "boxing" the footlights:
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This last, besides giving the set the effect of a detached picture , prevents the direct rays of the footlights, when they are used, from shining up into the gallery.
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It was probably her woman's instinct, which bade her leave their men's affairs these two !
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Beckoning his cart Ian , Sandy pointed to a bundle wrapped up in his coat.
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"Ach, Sandy, couldn't I keep you the wee beastie ? "
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"Ach, Sandy, " cried the boy, "let me do you it .
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I would keep you it , and gladly. "
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This was the way she called the evening meal her husband and son .
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As they came closer, Ian ran toward his mother, calling, "Mother, I've brought tea Sandy ! "
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After the little repast, Ian beckoned him Sandy .
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On the day of Sir Walter's funeral, when they were taking the abbey his body , the horses stopped once more.
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The thieves would steal and sell doctors and medical students them .
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They gave their children the name "Mac, " which means "son of, " .
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It is the day he delivers the mercies of his young friend his injured lamb .
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"Ian had a wee, wee lamb; It followed school him ! "
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He found his father with a candle in his hand, waiting to lead his bed the disappointed boy .
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Ian cried sleep himself that night.
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Alan had been training the sheep a new dog .
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"Then mind well while I repeat you it .
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The industrious little creature was trying to fix the top pole of the tent its web .
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King Bruce made himself a vow .
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But often Jamie Robinson did not bring his family the money home .
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The boy, who carried a crook like his father's, was forced to resort to the only means of bringing order her .
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When he came home from school, he took the brig her with him .
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