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 ceived. Oh! Mr. Grey, I am a man spare of my speech to those with whom I am unacquainted; and the world calls me a soured, malicious man. And yet, when I think for a moment, that one so young as you are, with such talents, and, as I will believe, with so pure a spirit, should be the dupe, or tool, or even present friend, of such a creature as this perjured Peer, I could really play the womanand weep."

"Mr. Cleveland," said Vivian—and the drop which glistened in his eye, responded to the tear of passion which slowly quivered down his companion's cheek,—"I am grateful for your kindness; and although we shall most probably part, in a few hours, never to meet again, I will speak to you with the frankness which you have merited, and to which I feel you are entitled. I am not the dupe of the Marquess of Carabas; I am not, I trust, the dupe, or tool, of any one whatever. Believe me. Sir,

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 there is that at work in England, which, taken at the tide, may lead on to fortune. I see this, Sir,—I, a young man, uncommitted in political principles, unconnected in public life, feeling some confidence, I confess, in my own abilities, but desirous of availing myself, at the same time, of the powers of others. Thus situated, I find myself working for the same end as my Lord Carabas, and twenty other men of similar calibre, mental and moral; and, Sir, am I to play the hermit in the drama of life, because, perchance, my fellow-actors may be sometimes fools, and occasionally knaves. Oh! Mr. Cleveland, if the Marquess of Carabas has done you the ill service which Fame says he has, your sweetest revenge will be to make him, your tool; your most perfect triumph, to rise to power by his influence.

"I confess that I am desirous of finding in you the companion of my career. Your splendid talents have long commanded my admiration;

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 and, as you have given me credit for something like good feeling, I will say that my wish to find in you a colleague is greatly increased, when I see that those splendid talents are even the least estimable points in Mr. Cleveland's character. But, Sir, perhaps all this time I am in error,—perhaps Mr. Cleveland is, as the world reports him, no longer the ambitious being that once commanded the admiration of a listening Senate;—perhaps, convinced of the vanity of human wishes, Mr. Cleveland would rather devote his attention to the furtherance of the interests of his immediate circle;—and, having schooled his intellect in the Universities of two nations, is probably content to pass the hours of his life in mediating in the quarrels of a country village."

Vivian ceased. Cleveland heard him, with his head resting on both his arms. He started at the last expression, and something like a blush suffused his cheek, but he did not reply.

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 At last he jumped up, and rang the bell. "Come, come, Mr. Grey," said he," enough of politics for this morning. You shall not, at any rate, visit Wales for nothing. Morris! send down to the village for all the sacs and portmanteaus belonging to this gentleman.  Even we cottagers have a bed for a friend, Mr. Grey:—come, and I'll introduce you to my wife."

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Vivian was now an inmate of Kenrich Lodge. It would have been difficult to have conceived a life of more pure happiness, than that which was apparently enjoyed by its gifted master. A beautiful wife, and lovely children, and a romantic situation, and an income sufficient, not only for their own, but for the wants of all their necessitous neighbours;—what more could man wish? Answer me, thou inexplicable myriad of sensations, which the world calls human nature!

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 converse. It was so long since Cleveland had seen any one fresh from the former scenes of his life, that the company of any one would have been delightful; but here was a companion who knew every one, every thing, full of wit, and anecdote, and literature, send fashion, and then so engaging in his manners, and with such a winning voice.

The heart of Cleveland relented: his stern manner gave way; all his former warm and generous feeling gained the ascendant: he was in turn amusing, communicative, and engaging. Finding that he could please another, he began to be pleased himself. The nature of the business on which Vivian was his guest, rendered confidence necessary; confidence begets kindness. In a few days, Vivian necessarily became more acquainted with Mr. Cleveland's disposition, and situation, than if they had been acquainted for as many years; in short,

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Vivian, for some time, dwelt upon every thing but the immediate subject of his mission; but when, after the experience of a few days, their hearts were open to each other, and they had mutually begun to discover, that there was a most astonishing similarity in their principles, their tastes, their feelings, then the magician poured forth his incantation, and raised the once-laid ghost of Cleveland's ambition. The recluse agreed to take the lead of the Carabas party. He was to leave Wales immediately and resign his place; in return for which, the nephew of Lord Courtown was immediately to give up, in his favour, an office of considerable emolument; and, having thus provided some certainty for his family, Frederick Cleveland prepared himself to combat for a more important office.

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 passing loveliness; where all the romantic wildness of German scenery, is blended with the soft beauty of the Italian. An immense plain, which, in its extent and luxuriance, reminds you of the most fertile tracts of Tuscany, is bordered on one side by the Bergstrasse mountains, and on the other by the range of the Vosges. Situated on the river Neckar, in a ravine of the Bergstrasse, amid mountains covered with vines, is the city of Heidelburg: its ruined castle backing the city, and still frowning from one of the most commanding heights. In the middle of the broad plain, may be distinguished the shining spires of Mannheim, Worms, and Frankenthal; and, pouring its rich stream through this luxuriant land, the beautiful and abounding Rhine receives the tribute of the Neckar. The range of the Vosges forms the extreme distance.

To the little world, of the little city, of which he was now an habitant, Vivian Grey did not

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 Time flew on, even in this house of sorrow. "My boy," said Mr. Grey to his son one day, "your mother and I have been consulting together about you; and we think, now that you have somewhat recovered your strength, it may be well for you to leave England for a short time. The novelty of travel will relieve your mind, without too much exciting it; and if you can manage by the autumn, to settle down any where within a thousand miles of England, why we will come and join you, and you know that will be very pleasant. What say you, my boy, to this little plan?"

In a few weeks after this proposition had been made, Vivian Grey was in Germany. He wandered for some months in that beautiful land of rivers, among which flows the Rhine, matchless in its loveliness; and at length, the pilgrim shook the dust off his feet at Heidelburg, in which city Vivian proposed taking up his residence. It is, in truth, a place of sur-

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 was quite happy to find you slumbering so calmly."

"And yet ray dreams were not the dreams of joy.—Oh! my mother, you were wont to smile upon me—alas! you smiled upon your sorrow."

"Vivian, my beloved! you must indeed restrain your feelings. At your age, life cannot be the lost game you think it. A little repose, and I shall yet see my boy the honour to society which he deserves to be."

"Alas! my father, you know not what I feel! The springiness of my mind has gone. Oh! man, what a vain fool thou art! Nature has been too bountiful to thee. She has given thee the best of friends, and you value not the gift of exceeding price, until your griefs are past even friendship's cure. Oh! my father!  why did I leave you!" and he seized Mr. Grey's hand with a convulsive grasp.

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have been to the Riviera before, Georges?" said Poirot to his valet the following morning.

George was an intensely English, rather wooden-faced individual.

"Yes, sir. I was here two years ago when I was in the service of Lord Edward Frampton."

"And to-day," murmured his master, "you are here with Hercule Poirot. How one mounts in the world!"

The valet made no reply to this observation. After a suitable pause he asked:

"The brown lounge suit, sir? The wind is somewhat chilly to-day."

"There is a grease spot on the waistcoat," objected Poirot. "A morceau of Fillet de sole à la Jeanette alighted there when I was lunching at the Ritz last Tuesday."

"There is no spot there now, sir," said George reproachfully. "I have removed it."

"Trés bien!" said Poirot. "I am pleased with you, Georges."

"Thank you, sir."

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 terial consequences of time and stirring life. Oh! no! it is too true!" shrieked the wretched sufferer, as his eye glanced upon a desk which was on the table, and which had been given to him by the Marquess; "it is true! it is true! Murder! murder!" He foamed at the mouth, and sunk exhausted on his pillow.

But the human mind can master many sorrows, and after a desperate relapse, and another miraculous rally, Vivian Grey rose from his bed.

"My father! I fear that I shall live!"

"Hope, rather, my beloved."

"Oh! why should I hope!" and the sufferer's head sank upon his breast.

"Do not give way, my son; all will yet be well, and we shall all yet be happy," said the father, with streaming eyes.

"Happy! oh, not in this world, my father!"

"Vivian, my dearest, your mother visited you this morning, but you were asleep. She

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 Six weeks, unconsciously to Vivian, had elapsed since the fatal day and he was now recovering from the effects of a fever, from which, his medical attendants had supposed he never could have escaped. And what had been the past? It did, indeed, seem like a hot and feverish dream. Here was he, once more in his own quiet room, watched over by his beloved parents; and had there then ever existed such beings as the Marquess, and Mrs. Lorraine, and Cleveland, or were they only the actors in a vision? "It must be so," thought Vivian; and he jumped up in his bed, and stared wildly around him. "And yet it was a horrid dream! Murder! horrible murder!—and so real! so palpable!—I muse upon their voices, as upon familiar sounds, and I recalrecall [sic] all the events, not as the shadowy incidents of sleep—that mysterious existence, in which the experience of a century seems caught in the breathing of a second—but as the natural, and ma-

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Vivian Grey remembered his existence, he found himself in bed. The curtains of his couch were closed; but, as he stared around him, they were softly withdrawn, and a face that recalled every thing to his recollection, gazed upon him with a look of affectionate anxiety.

"My father!" exclaimed Vivian—but the finger pressed on the parental lip warned him to silence. His father knelt by his side, and softly kissed his forehead, and then the curtains were again closed.

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 36 had only to draw his attention to a favourable omen, to start him for Bokhara, which he entered about 1274 (672 ), plundering, burning, and murdering right and left."

Davá reigned for some thirty-two years and was almost constantly at war. He possessed himself of Ghazni, and from that stronghold, as a base, made several expeditions into India, ravaging the Punjab and Sind, and sacking at different times between 1296 and 1301 Peshawar, Multan, Lahore, and Delhi. In the meantime, Kaidu had involved himself in wars of long duration with the Khakán Kublai, and as these took place shortly before the time of Marco Polo's travels through Central Asia and China, detailed accounts of some of them have been handed down to us in his narrative. These wars extended, from first to last, over a period of some thirty years, and were not even concluded in 1294, when Kublai died and was succeeded as Khakán by his grandson Uljaitu. The credit indeed of finally overthrowing Kaidu is due rather to this prince, and moreover it was not Kaidu alone whom he subdued, but Davá also, for this last, on his return from a campaign in India in 1301, seems to have allied himself with Kaidu and to have assisted in the wars against the Khakán. Kaidu's death followed quickly on his final reverse, and must have occurred in 1302, about. His son Chapár, backed by the influence of Davá, obtained the recognition of his succession to the Khanate of the eastern division of the country, and both having sent envoys to Uljaitu bearing professions of submission, a period of peace should, it might appear, have been established. But this was not the case. Within a year of Kaidu's death, Davá and Chapár fell out, and the latter was defeated in a battle fought between Samarkand and Khojand. This engagement was followed by several others, victory falling sometimes to one side and sometimes to the other, until at length the Khakán Uljaitu routed Chapár and obliged him to submit to Davá.

The death of Davá occurred in 1306, and he was succeeded by his son Kuyuk, who lived only two years, and was in his turn followed by a descendant of Chaghatai named Taliku. This prince is said to have adopted the Musulman religion, and in consequence to have been put to death by his own officers, who raised in his place, one Kabak, a son of Davá. Kabak was


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 Rh installed in 1309, and was at once attacked by Chapár, in alliance with several members of the house of Oktai. The allies were beaten in a number of fights, and eventually fled for refuge to the territory of the Khakán (now Kuluk, a nephew of Uljaitu), while their dominions were appropriated by the house of Chaghatai, the clans who inhabited them becoming in part its subjects and in part those of the Kipcháks. "With Chapár," says Mr. Oliver, "the house of Oktai disappears, though representatives came to the front for a brief period again in the persons of Ali and of Dánishmanjah, while Timur (Tamerlane), after displacing the family of Chaghatai, selected his puppet khans from the Oktai stock." Within a year of his installation, Kabak made way for an elder brother, who ascended the throne of the Chaghatai under the name of Isán Bugha, though his historical identity (in connection with this name at least) is somewhat uncertain. He provoked the Khakán into war, and was beaten almost at the outset of his rule; afterwards he invaded Khorasán with a like result, and was finally forced to fly from the country, before the combined forces of one of his brothers and of the seventh Il-Khán, or King of Persia. This occurred in 1321, when Kabak seems to have resumed the throne which he had abdicated twelve years previously.

It was about this time that a permanent division occurred in the realm of Chaghatai, the two parts being known by the general names of Mávará-un-Nahr (or Transoxiana) and Moghulistan (or Jatah), though there were other provinces attached to each section. The story of the Khans of the former branch, roughly sketched above need not be followed further, as the history of Mirza Haidar, which chiefly concerns us, belongs to the other or eastern division, and is told by him, a descendant of its princes, in full. It is only necessary to remark with regard to Mávará-un-Nahr, that from the time of this division forward, the fifty years that remained till the great Amir, Timur, made himself master of the land, confusion and discord prevailed. During those few years the names of fifteen Khans appear in the lists—some of them not even of the Chaghatai line—together with some periods of anarchy when no name occurs. The rise of Timur was the turning-point from decadence to power in Maávará-un-Nahr, but at the same time, the death-blow to the original line of Chaghatai. He reduced the country to order,


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"Is Mr. Cleveland handsome?' asked Mrs. Felix Lorraine of Vivian, immediately on his return, "and what colour are his eyes?"

"Upon my honour, I haven't the least recollection of ever looking at them; but I believe he is not blind."

"How foolish you are! now tell me, pray, point de moquerie, is he amusing?"

"What does Mrs. Fehx Lorraine mean by amusing?" asked Vivian with an arch smile.

"Oh! you always teaze me with your definitions; Go away—I'll quarrel with you."

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 "Oh! by the bye, Mrs. Felix Lorraine, how is Colonel Delmington?"—

Vivian redeemed his pledge: Mr. Cleveland arrived. It was the wish of the Marquess, if possible, not to meet his old friend till dinner-time. He thought that, surrounded by his guests, and backed by his bottle, certain awkward senatorial reminiscences might be got over. But, unfortunately, Mr. Cleveland arrived about an hour before dinner, and, as it was a cold autumnal day, most of the visitors, who were staying at Château Desir, were assembled in the drawing-room. The Marquess sallied forward to receive his guest with a most dignified countenance, and a most aristocratic step; but, before he had got half-way, his coronation pace degenerated into a strut, and then into a shamble, and with an awkward and confused countenance, half impudent, and half flinching, he held forward his left hand to his newly-arrived visitor. Mr. Cleveland looked terrifically

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 courteous, and amiably arrogant. He greeted the Marquess with a smile, at once gracious, and grim, and looked something like Goliath, as you see the Philistine depicted in some old German painting, looking down upon the pigmy fighting men of Israel.

As is generally the custom, when there is a great deal to be arranged, and many points to be settled, days flew over, and very little of the future system of the party was matured. Vivian made one or two ineffectual struggles to bring the Marquess to a business-like habit of mind, but his Lordship never dared trust himself alone with Cleveland, and indeed almost lost the power of speech when in presence of the future leader of his party; so, in the morning, the Marquess played off the two lords, and the Baronet against his former friend, and then to compensate for not meeting Mr. Cleveland in the morning, he was particularly courteous to him at dinner-time, and asked him

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 always "how he liked his ride?" and invariably took wine with him. As for the rest of the day, he had particularly requested his faithful counsellor, Mrs. Felix Lorraine, "for God's sake to take this man off his shoulders;" and so that lady, with her usual kindness, and merely to oblige his Lordship, was good enough to patronize Mr. Cleveland, and on the fourth day was taking a moon-lit walk with him.

Mr. Cleveland had now been ten days at Château Desir, and was to take his departure the next morning for Wales, in order to arrange every thing for his immediate settlement in the Metropolis. Every point of importance was postponed until their meeting in London. Mr. Cleveland only agreed to take the lead of the party in the Commons, and received the personal pledge of Lord Courtown as to the promised office.

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 * "To the Royal Society", a poem by Abraham Cowley
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 time to enjoy the freshness of the air, Vivian was writing his letters in the conservatory, which opened into one of the drawing-rooms. The numerous party, which then honoured the Château with their presence, were out, as he conceived, on a pic nic [sic] excursion to the Elfin's Well, a beautiful spot about ten miles off; and among the adventurers were, as he imagined, Mrs. Felix Lorraine, and Mr. Cleveland.

Vivian was rather surprised at hearing voices in the adjoining room, and he was still more so, when, on looking round, he found that the sounds proceeded from the very two individuals whom he thought were far away. Some tall American plants concealed him from their view, but he observed all that passed distinctly, and a singular scene it was. Mrs. Felix Lorraine was on her knees at the feet of Mr. Cleveland; her countenance indicated the most contrary passions, contending, as it were, for mastery—Supplication—Anger—and, shall I call it?—

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 Love. Her companion's countenance was hid, but it was evident that it was not wreathed with smiles: there were a few hurried sentences uttered, and then both quitted the room at different doors—the lady in despair,—and the gentleman—in disgust.

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Author:M. G. Kennedy

Works

 * The Wanderer’s Romaunt: Canto I (1832)
 * The Polish Struggle: A Fragment (1836)
 * The Arm! – the Sword! – and the Hour! Or, the Legend of the Enchanted Knights (1850) – poem based on Johann Karl August Musäus's "The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters"

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''¶ APPROVED by the Apostolic Authority, and based on the Mexican Manual used in all New Spain and Peru, with necessary changes made; that is, translated from the Mexican language into the Floridian language. For the use of the religious of our Father St. Francis, who are the ministers of the Provinces of Florida.''

¶ Licensed by Don Lope Altamirano, Commissioner General of the holy Crusade.

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376 Washington," deserves special mention on account of its glowing enthusiasm.

(1785-1827), who as already stated was the first to proclaim in Sweden (1804) the new ideas from Germany, was not of much account as a poet, but he exercised all the greater influence by his comprehensive activity as æsthetical critic. In this work he was frequently obstinate and one-sided, yielding nothing to his adversary, and in this way he gained many enemies. But posterity has seen the justice of many of his opinions by which he made himself obnoxious to his contemporaries, and it is also a characteristic fact that when he wrote anonymously his words were loudly applauded. By his criticisms he did not wish either to unfairly depreciate or to blindly condemn or make ridiculous, as had heretofore been done, the works that were submitted to his examination, but he maintained that criticism ought to serve the purpose of instruction, and in this direction he has certainly rendered very great services. He also wrote several solid works on the history of literature and art.

The greatest of the Phosphorist poets,, was born in 1790. In his sixteenth year he became a student at the university and two years later took part in the founding of the literary society "Aurorabund," which became the chief seat of romanticism. In its organ "Polyfem" he published in 1809 his first great work, a comedy, which was very polemical in its character. When the Aurorabund in 1810 assumed the editing of the "Phosphoros," Atterbom became a zealous associate editor, and devoted his energies mainly to making violent attacks on the principles of the old school. His own principles were announced in his poems, which appeared in the "Poetiska Kalender," edited by him from 1812 to 1822. In connection with Hammersköld and three other Phosphorists he wrote the satirical heroic poem "Markalls sömnlösa nätter" (Mar-


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Rh kail's sleepless nights), by which they meant to produce the moral ruin of the academician Wallmark, the press representative of his own party, but they were not successful. Atterbom's style showed great talent and strong faith in the correctness of the cause he defended, but on the other hand, it evinced great insolence and bitterness, and sometimes it was not free from rudeness. He accordingly provoked a general feeling of displeasure, and this the more, since Atterbom's own works as well as those of the romanticists in general were not above criticism. They were frequently bombastic and obscure; they gave their imagination loose reins and paid no attention to reality and its claims.

From 1817 to 1819 Atterbom lived abroad for the benefit of his health, and on his return he became prince Oscar's instructor in German. Later he was made professor of philosophy in Upsala, a position afterward exchanged for the chair of æsthetics. He took no more part in literary conflicts that were still raging, and his poetical industry henceforth put forth its choicest flowers. His most remarkable productions are, the dramatized fairy-tales "Lyksalighetens Ö" (the isle of bliss), and "Fogel Blå" (blue-bird), the latter a fragment. In their general character they remind us of Tieck. Prom a dramatic stand-point they are very unsatisfactory. The delineation of character is obscure and incomplete and the action is incessantly interrupted by lyric episodes, the relation of which to the drama is by no means evident. But these numerous lyric vagaries which are partly fantastic descriptions painted with glowing colors, and partly outbursts of passion, are, when considered separately, very beautiful. Furthermore, the poem, in its continual change from the most artistic and complex versification to the simple style of the popular ballad, is the work of the master. Atterbom is unquestionably one of Sweden's greatest lyric poets. But in him, too, we find the worst faults and weaknesses peculiar to the romantic school. Allegory and symbolism are altogether too prominent at the sacrifice of poetic effect.


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Readily distinguishable by the form of the head and antennal characters.

Closely allied to the preceding but differing in the form and size of the head, smaller terminal joint of the antennæ, more parallel abdomen and other features.

In general organization the three preceding species agree very well, and they form a perfectly natural group, whether or not actually the same as the European Traumœcia, as represented by a specimen before me named T. ravilla Er.

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Nationality
-- Yodin T 17:45, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Included in David James O'Donoghue's The Poets of Ireland (1892), as "Kennedy, M. G. (?)", with no biographical information, just listing The Polish Struggle, and The Arm! The Sword! and The Hour!
 * However, as O'Donoghue seems not to have identified the author, he may just be going by Kennedy's surname. With his books all being published by London publishers (and printed in Sheffield, in the case of The Arm! – the Sword! – and the Hour!), and the way he mentions having read the Sheffield Iris, York Courant, and Durham Advertiser (all northern English cities), while not mentioning any Irish periodicals, indicates that O'Donoghue might not be right.
 * Kennedy dates the Preface to The Arm! – the Sword! – and the Hour! at "Church Fields". This could be one of the places called Churchfield (either in London, or Ireland), or the name of a street/house anywhere in the British Isles (one possibility could be Churchfield Road, Thurgoland, near Sheffield, assuming it had been built by 1850).

Age
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 * The Athenæum review (1832) of The Wanderer's Romaunt, based on the book's preface, describes Kennedy: "He says he is young: it is plain he has been educated: it is certain he has leisure on his hands and some money in his pocket, else he could neither have written nor travelled".
 * The New Monthly Magazine review (1832) says: "That it is the work of a young man, and a novice, would appear from the preface, but from no other part".
 * David Blamires writes in Telling Tales (2009): "In 1850 the seventy year old M. G. Kennedy went so far as to produce a verse form of the story: The Arm! – the Sword! – and the Hour! Or, the Legend of the Enchanted Knights (London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans)." This seems to be based on the Preface to The Arm! – the Sword! – and the Hour!, where he translates Wieland as saying: "At my age (seventy), I have consecrated considerable time to superintend a new edition of this work." – i.e. that Wieland was 70 when editing Musäus' works, not that Kennedy was when his book was published.

The Wanderer's Romaunt
In the preface to The Polish Struggle, Kennedy thanks "the Editors of the Times, Athenæum, Sheffield Iris, York Courant, Durham Advertiser, and many others, but these in particular, (all personal strangers to me) for the very kind encouragement held out when noticing a former poem of mine. It was the Editor of the Athenæum who expressed a wish to “see and hear of me again;”* and here I am once more, after a lapse of nearly four years..." the footnote given for the "see and hear of me again" quote attributed to the editor of the Athenæum says "March 3, 1832". -- Yodin T 17:45, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * This seems to be a reference to the review in the Athenæum for 3 March 1832, of The Wanderer's Romaunt: Canto First, p.142, which says: "we shall be glad to see him again, and hear his voice".
 * The Athenæum states that the book was published in London by Cochrane & Co. I haven't been able to find any scans of this book, or any copies of it listed on WorldCat or JISC.
 * The Athenæum gives a quote from the preface of The Wanderer's Romaunt: "It was written at random, published at random, and a random sale is all that is required to complete the wish of its noviciate author" – I haven't been able to find any results searching for parts of this quote on Google Books or HathiTrust, other than the Athenæum review.
 * The Tatler's review says that it is 80 pages, 8vo, and "is founded on the model of Lord Byron’s ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage,’ of which it may be pronounced a successful imitation"; it quotes several verses from the poem.
 * The New Monthly Magazine's review quotes some of the notes from the book.
 * The Literary Gazette reviewed this, saying: "In a note, a kind of historical romance is appended to the name of the heroine Idonea" – it's not clear if this is referring to The Wanderer's Romaunt or one of the other books listed.
 * The Metropolitan reviewed it briefly.
 * It's unclear from the above reviews whether its subtitle was "Canto First" (as the Athenæum says), "Canto I" (Tatler and Literary Gazette), or "First Canto" (New Monthly Magazine).
 * Adverts for The Polish Struggle confirm that Kennedy wrote The Wanderer's Romaunt, such as this one in the London Literary Gazette: "By M. G. Kennedy, Author of “The Wanderer’s Romaunt,” &c. &c." – this implies that he had written several other poems, in contrast to the preface of The Polish Struggle, which seems to imply that he hadn't published anything else since then.
 * In 1834, Fraser's Magazine published a poem called "The Wanderer's Romaunt". It's unclear if this has anything to do with Kennedy's book length poem of the same name. The Curran Index attributes this poem to George H. Wood, on the basis that it was "Reprinted in G.H. Wood, Poems (Douglas: J. Mylrea, 1853)". It's possible that it's an extract from (or continuation of) Kennedy's First Canto, and that Kennedy was a pen-name used by Wood (or vice-versa).

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378 The arbitrary and discursive imagery with which these airy poems teem is on the whole tiresome and unenjoyable in spite of the exquisite details which they contain, and in spite of the great interest which such works as "LyksalaghetensLyksalighetens [sic] Ö" may have when considered as a striking example of a peculiar cosmic conception. His most original, and upon the whole, most attractive work is the poetical cycle "Blommarna" (the blossoms), though here the impression is disturbed by obscurity of thought and by a tendency to overload the style with symbols and figures. His numerous short lyric poems written in various metres, are, as a rule, excellent, both in form and contents. The finest among them is the little group "Minnesångarne i Sverige," in which he has imitated in a masterly manner the simple, hearty character of the popular ballad. His "Vandringsminnen" (recollections of travel), in which he describes the impressions from his journeys, are also very excellent. Upon the whole Atterbom seemed more and more to emancipate himself from the one-sidedness that marred his earlier works. He never succeeded, however, in freeing himself completely from foreign influence, and only in his short poems does he reveal himself undisguised in his true character.

Atterbom exercised a no less important influence on Swedish literature by his works on æsthetics and on the history of literature than by his poetry. His "Svenska siare och skalder," which he unfortunately did not complete, is a splendid collection of biographies and sketches of poets and philosophers before and during the reign of Gustav III. It should be mentioned that Atterbom in this work is no longer so narrow and bitter in his opinions in regard to the men of the past as he had been in his youth, and that he, upon the whole, is just to the Gustavians. There had also been effected a complete reconciliation between the old school and the new, a union which was confirmed by Atterbom's admittance as a member of the Swedish Academy in 1839. He died in 1855.


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Lindsey v. Normet/Dissent Douglas

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting in part.

I
I agree with the Court that the double-bond provision in the Oregon eviction statute denies tenants who are affected by forcible entry and wrongful detainer [p80] procedures (called FED) that equal protection guaranteed against state action by the Fourteenth Amendment.

The ordinary or customary litigant who appeals must file a bond with one or more sureties covering "all damages, costs and disbursements which may be awarded against him on the appeal." To obtain a stay of execution pending the appeal the undertaking must also provide: (1) if the suit is for recovery of money or personal property (or its value), that the appellant will satisfy the claim if he loses the appeal and (2) if the judgment is for the recovery of possession of real property, for a partition or for the foreclosure of a lien, that during possession the appellant will not commit waste and that if he loses the appeal, he will pay the value of the use of the property during the appeal.

By contrast, if a tenant in an FED action appeals, he must give "in addition to the undertaking now required by law upon appeal" an undertaking with two sureties for payment of twice the rental value of the premises from the commencement of the action until final judgment.

The more onerous requirement placed on tenants is said to be a guarantee that rent pending appeal will be paid. Scales v. Spencer, 246 Ore. 111, 424 P. 2d 242. Yet the general appeal statute would give that protection.

[p81] It is said that the landlord deserves protection for waste or damages pending appeal. Ibid. But that protection is also provided under the general appeal statute.

It is said that a double-rent bond protects the landlord against possible waste or damage which occurs prior to, not during, the appeal. But the same reason would be germane to waste or damage in other suits brought to obtain possession of property. Drawing the line between the present suits to obtain possession and other suits and saddling tenants with double-rent bonds but not saddling other owners with such bonds seems to me obviously an invidious discrimination.

It is said that the double-rent bond is designed to prevent frivolous appeals taken for the sole purpose of delaying eviction as long as possible. Ibid. Yet frivolous appeals could as well be taken by defendants whose lien is being foreclosed and who desire to remain in possession. It is an invidious discrimination at which the Equal Protection Clause is aimed for a legislature to select one class of appellants who seek to retain possession of property and place a more onerous condition on their right to appeal than is placed on other like appellants.

In sum, the double-bond procedure is landlord legislation, not evenly weighted between his proprietary interest in the property and the rights of the tenants. Over a third of our population lives in apartments or other rented housing. The home—whether rented or [p82] owned— is the very heart of privacy in modern America. MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL in Hall v. Beals, 396 U.S. 45, 52 (dissenting), spoke of the protection afforded "fundamental interests" when it came to classifications made by legislatures. In that case it was the franchise. Race is in the same category (McLaughlin v. Florida, 379 U.S. 184); so are wealth (Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353; Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections, 383 U.S. 663); procreation (Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535); and interstate travel (Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618). Classifications that burden, impinge, or discriminate against such fundamental interests are "highly suspect." McDonald v. Board of Elections, 394 U.S. 802, 807.

Modern man's place of retreat for quiet and solace is the home. Whether rented or owned, it is his sanctuary. Being uprooted and put into the street is a traumatic experience. Legislatures can, of course, protect property interests of landlords. But when they weight the scales as heavily as does Oregon for the landlord and against the fundamental interest of the tenant they must be backed by some "compelling... interest," Kramer v. Union School District, 395 U.S. 621, 627. No such "compelling... interest" underlies this statutory scheme.

The double-rent bond required of tenants, but not required of others in possession of real estate, is properly held to be unconstitutional by reason of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

II
I cannot agree, however, that the remainder of Oregon's FED Statute satisfies the requirements of due process of law.

[p83] I am satisfied that the Court properly addresses itself to the remaining questions rather than requiring appellants, who are already destitute, to start litigation all over in the Oregon state courts. The three-judge court that decided this case is a panel of distinguished Oregon lawyers and judges. Judge Goodwin came to the District Court from the Supreme Court of Oregon. Judge Solomon has practiced and sat in Portland, Oregon, for years. Judge Kilkenny was a well-known practitioner in Pendleton, Oregon, before coming to the federal bench. These men have their roots deep in Oregon law and are by no means outsiders unfamiliar with it. On local-law questions we have long deferred to federal judges who have come from law practice in a State whose local law is at issue in a federal case. See MacGregor v. State Mutual Co., 315 U.S. 280, 281; Huddleston v. Dwyer, 322 U.S. 232, 237; Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co., 350 U.S. 198, 204; Magenau v. Aetna Freight Lines, 360 U.S. 273, 281 n. 2 (Frankfurter, J., dissenting).

This is a most appropriate occasion to honor that tradition. While there are occasional appropriate cases for abstention (see Reetz v. Bozanich, 397 U.S. 82), this Court's abstention doctrine that requires litigants to start all over again in a state court after having financed their course all the way to this Court is likely to exhaust only the litigants.

This all-Oregon panel said on the abstention issue: "It is unlikely that an application of state law would change the posture of the federal constitutional issues. No state administrative process is involved. The case has been thoroughly briefed and argued on the merits, and is presented on a clear and complete record. It is ripe for decision. Only one appeal (to the United States Supreme Court) will now be needed to settle the federal constitutional question. While the state courts are also capable of [p84] applying the United States Constitution to a challenged state law, two levels of appeal would be needed in an F.E.D. case within the state system. A final state-court decision would still not necessarily settle the federal constitutional question.

"Closely related to the time element is economy. Cases of this sort tax both courts and counsel. Until finally resolved, these cases produce expense, uncertainty, and frustration. Delay produces no balancing benefit, either of comity or of clarity in state-federal relations."

Agreeing with that view, I come to the remaining constitutional issues.

In my view, there are defects in the Oregon procedures which go to the essence of a litigant's right of access to the courts, whether he be rich or poor, black or white.

The problems starts with Judge Wright's statement in Javins v. First National Realty Corp., 138 U.S. App. D.C. 369, 428 F. 2d 1071, 1074: "'When American city dwellers, both rich and poor, seek 'shelter' today, they seek a well known package of goods and services—a package which includes not merely walls and ceilings, but also adequate heat, light and ventilation, serviceable plumbing facilities, secure windows and doors, proper sanitation, and proper maintenance.'"

This vital interest that is at stake may, of course, be tested in so-called summary proceedings. But the requirements of due process apply and due process entails the right "to sue and defend in the courts," a right we have described as "the alternative of force" in an organized society. Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 207 U.S. 142, 148. In essence the question comes down to motive and an opportunity to defend. Armstrong v. Manzo, 380 U.S. 545; Mullane v. Central Hanover Trust Co., 339 U.S. 306.

[p85] Oregon gives the tenant "not less than two or more than four days" after service of summons to go to trial. If service is on a Friday, trial could be on the following Monday. There can be no continuance for more than two days "unless the defendant... gives an undertaking... with good and sufficient security" covering the rent which may accrue during the trial.

For slum tenants—not to mention the middle class—this kind of summary procedure usually will mean in actuality no opportunity to be heard. Finding a lawyer in two days, acquainting him with the facts, and getting necessary witnesses make the theoretical opportunity to be heard and interpose a defense a promise of empty words. It is, indeed, a meaningless notice and opportunity to defend. The trial is likely to be held in the presence of only the judge and the landlord and the landlord's attorney.

Moreover, even for tenants who have been lucky to find a lawyer, the landlord need only plead and prove the following items in order to win a judgment: (1) a description of the premises, (2) that the defendant is in possession of the premises, (3) that he entered upon them "with force," or unlawfully holds them "with force," and (4) that the plaintiff is entitled to possession.

[p86] Affirmative defenses such as the failure of the landlord to make repairs or that the motivation for the eviction was retaliation for a report by the tenant of a violation of a housing code are apparently precluded. This reflects the ancient notion that a lease is a conveyance of an "estate in land," in which the respective covenants—a tenant's to pay rent, the landlord's to repair—were deemed independent of each other. This approach was appropriate in the feudal culture in which property law evolved. But this feudal notion of landlord-tenant law—rooted in the special needs of an agrarian society—has not been a realistic approach to [p87] landlord-tenant law for many years, and has been replaced by what eminent authorities have described as "a predominantly contractual" analysis of leasehold interests. This led Judge Wright in Javins v. First National Realty Corp., 138 U.S. App. D.C., at 373, 428 F. 2d, at 1075, to hold "that leases of urban dwelling units should be interpreted and construed like any other contract." Oregon takes the same view and treats a lease as a contract. Wright v. Baumann, 239 Ore. 410, 398 P. 2d 119; Eggen v. Wetterborg, 193 Ore. 145, 237 P. 2d 970.

The Housing Code of Portland, Oregon, has as its declared purpose the protection of the life, health, and welfare of the public and of the owners and occupants of residential buildings It forbids anyone to use or permit a building to be used in violation of its provisions. Id., § 8-204.

[p88] We do not know what Oregon would hold if a lease in violation of a housing code was before it in an FED case. But if the lease is a contract, then the opportunity to be heard would certainly embrace the issue of legality, if due process is to have any real significance. Oregon's statutory FED scheme is plainly to protect landlords against loss of rental income during lengthy litigation. See Menefee Lumber Co. v. Abrams, 138 Ore. 263, 5 P. 2d 709, Friedenthal v. Thompson, 146 Ore. 640, 31 P. 2d 643. But that no justification for denial to tenants of due process, as there are other less drastic devices for protecting the landlord. Judge Wright in the Javins case, 138 U.S. App. D.C., at 381 n. 67, 428 F. 2d, at 1083 n. 67, proposed "an excellent protective procedure" in the form of a requirement that the tenant, who raises an affirmative defense based on housing code violations or other discriminatory landlord practices, pay rent into court as it became due. See also Bell v. Tsintolas Realty Co., 139 U.S. App. D.C. 101, 430 F. 2d 474. The District Court in the present case employed a similar procedure.

Appellees assert that the affirmative defenses mentioned are not relevant to the issues posed under Oregon's FED Act. They represent to us that the Oregon judges at the trial level have usually held that such defenses are not relevant, though the Oregon Supreme Court has not considered the question. What Oregon will hold or should hold is not the issue. Since, however, Oregon holds that a lease is a contract, all defenses [p89] relevant to its legality and its actual operation would seem to be within the ambit of the opportunity to be heard that is embraced within the concept of due process, at least until the issues been resolved to the contrary.

The Court suggests that landlord-tenant law raises no federal questions. This is not quite so clear to me. We have held that the right to complain to public authorities is constitutionally protected. In re Quarles, 158 U.S. 532. If a defendant in an FED action is denied the right to assert as a defense the claim that he is being evicted, not for the nonpayment of rent, but because he exercised his constitutional right to complain to public officials about the disrepair of his apartment, a substantial federal question would be presented. See Edwards v. Habib, 130 U.S. App. D.C. 126, 129-137, 397 F. 2d 687, 690-698 (1968).

The Court also implies that to find for appellants in this case, we would have to hold, as a matter of constitutional law, that a lease is required to be interpreted as an ordinary contract. But this is not at all necessary. Oregon has already adopted the modern, contractual view of leasehold analysis. The issue that confronts the Court is not whether such a view is constitutionally compelled, but whether, once Oregon has gone this far as a matter of state law, the requirements of due process permit a restriction of contract-type defenses in an FED action. Cf. Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S., at 627 n. 6; Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398, 404-406.

Normally a State may bifurcate trials, deciding, say, the right to possession in one suit and the right to damages in another. See Bianchi v. Morales, 262 U.S. 170; American Surety Co. v. Baldwin, 287 U.S. 156.

But where the right is so fundamental as the tenant's claim to his dome, the requirements of due process should be more embracing. In the setting of modern urban [p90] life, the home, even though it be in the slums, is where man's roots are. To put him into the street when the slum landlord, not the slum tenant, is the real culprit deprives the tenant of a fundamental right without any real opportunity to defend. Then he loses the essence of the controversy, being given only empty promises that somehow, somewhere, someone may allow him to litigate the basic question in the case.

Bianchi v. Morales, supra, which sanctioned the bifurcated trial in the rural setting of Puerto Rico, where the contest was between mortgagor and mortgagee, would be an insufferable addition to the law of the modern ghetto.

A judgment obtained by the landlord, whether by default or otherwise, gives him the right to levy on the goods of the tenant to recover the costs and disbursements of the suit. Moreover, any past waste or damages, which are covered by the appeal bond, are not an issue in litigation in FED cases. As noted, the issues in Oregon FED cases are limited and the proceedings summary. Making the tenant liable for past waste or damage through the device of an appeal bond when he has no real opportunity to defend is a manifest denial of due process.

I dissent from an affirmance of this judgment.

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This species resembles the preceding in the tarsi, sterna and carinæ of the head, but differs in sculpture and in the sculpture of the antennæ.

This name is proposed for a small species, at first sight resembling the preceding but distinguishable by the form of the head and the complete absence of all trace of infra-lateral carinæ; the type is the following:


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 and a-half pounds of lead 19½ cents, and one ounce of indigo 25 cents.

The rates for ordinaries fixed by the court, March 10, 1746, were as follows: For a hot diet, 12½ cents; a cold ditto, 8⅓ cents; lodging, with clean sheets, 4 cents; stabling and fodder a night, 8⅓ cents; rum, the gallon, $1.50; whiskey, the gallon, $1; claret, the quart, 83⅓ cents.

The ordinary proceedings of the County Court, as recorded in the order books, often illustrate the history of the times, and we shall make frequent quotations.

As soon as the court was established, taverns were needed at the county seat. Therefore, we find that on February 12, 1746, license to keep ordinaries at the courthouse was granted to Robert McClanahan and John Hutchinson. And on the same day it was "ordered that any attorney interrupting another at the bar, or speaking when he is not employed, forfeit five, shillings."

On February 19, 1746, a court was held to receive proof of "public claims," and the losses of several persons by the Indians were proved and ordered to be certified to the general assembly for allowance.

While the white settlers and the Indians who often passed through the country were supposed to be at peace, and the more prudent settlers sought by every means to conciliate the savages, instances of robbery and massacre by Indians were not infrequent, as is shown by the records of the County Court and otherwise. Tradition tells of an Indian raid upon a homestead near Buffalo Gap, but at what date is not stated. The ancestor of the Bell family of that neighborhood lived some two miles from the gap, and the females and children who were at home, learned that a party of Indians were in the vicinity. Feeling insecure, they abandoned their house and sought safety elsewhere. The Indians would have passed the dwelling without discovering it, but were attracted to the place by the cackling of a flock of geese. They plundered the house, setting it on fire, by design or accident, and went off. From that day to the present no member or descendant of that family of Bells has kept geese.

A more disastrous raid occurred, however, in December, 1742. A party of Indians from Ohio came into the Valley,

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The rather depressed form, very fine sculpture and swollen tempora, which however are not at all as in Amischa, will render the identification of this species comparatively easy. The abdomen differs from anything in the preceding subgenus in being evenly though not densely asperulato-punctulate throughout, and the sixth ventral segment is much narrower.

Body very small in size, the eyes less developed than in more typical forms of Atheta, the middle coxæ well separated, the long ridge between the mesosternum and short angulate metasternum scarcely at all depressed and broadly convex, the mesosternal process short, with its apex very broad and truncate, nearly as in Stethusa. Additional characters of subgeneric import are mentioned in the course of the following descriptions. The species are rather numerous and appear to associate with ants but probably as mere casual guests:

Prof. Wickham, who sent me my only example of this distinct species, has labeled it “Nest 3,” but without further note. T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. I, Sept. 1910.


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 others. The country on the Holston was then exposed to Indian inroads, and Mr. Cummings was in the habit of carrying his rifle with him into the pulpit. On one occasion he was engaged in a deadly conflict with the Indians. In 1776 he accompanied the troops under Colonel Christian in their expedition against the Cherokees, and was the first minister that ever preached in Tennessee. He died in 1812.

The Rev., D. D., was born August 27, 1749, near Port Republic, then in Augusta county. He was educated at William and Mary College, and first studied law, but soon abandoned that profession for the ministry. In 1773 he was chosen Professor of Mathematics in William and Mary, and going to England was there licensed as a minister by the Bishop of London. Returning to Virginia he resumed his place in the College, of which he became President in 1777. He presided as Bishop over the first Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia in May, 1785. During the same year the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the University of Pennsylvania. He died in 1815. His children were a son, James C. Madison, of Roanoke county, and a daughter, Mrs. Robert G. Scott, of Richmond.

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Author:Julia Emily Gordon

Works

 * Songs and Etchings in Shade and Sunshine (1879)

Unpublished

 * The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters (c. 1830) – manuscript translations, poem, and artwork, inscribed "for J. H. A."
 * "The Books of the Chronicles of the Three Sisters", translation of Johann Karl August Musäus's "Die Bücher der Chronika der drey Schwestern"
 * "The Pilgrim", translated from Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
 * "The Knight of Toggenburg, a Ballad", translated from Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
 * "Riddle", translated from Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
 * one original poem
 * thirty original watercolors laid in
 * one integral pen and ink drawing

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 them. Only forty-one men could be mustered, and on leading them out the colonel found, instead of Indians, three drunken soldiers of the light horse on a carousal. A mulatto and a negro hunting cattle and mistaken for Indians, had caused the alarm at the further point. The inhabitants, however, pressed across the Blue Ridge, firmly believing that Winchester was taken and in flames. Captain Waggoner, who had arrived from Eastern Virginia, reported that he "could hardly pass the Ridge for the crowds of people who were flying as if every moment was death."

Washington had lately made a visit of inspection from Fort Cumberland, on the Potomac, to Fort Dinwiddie on Jackson's river. On the 14th of October Major Lewis arrived at Winchester.

Badly as the Governor thought or wrote of our forefathers of Augusta county, he did not think more favorably of the people elsewhere. In October he condoled with Lord Fairfax, County Lieutenant of Frederick, for having to live among such a set of people.

After so much strife and excitement, it is a relief to close this chapter and the year 1755 with a peaceful extract. At a meeting of the vestry of the parish, November 27th, it was "ordered that the Rev. Mr. John Jones preach at James Neeley's on Roan Oke; at John Mathews, Sn., in the forks of James river; at Augusta Courthouse; at Captain Daniel Harrison's, and at any place contiguous to Mr. Madison's, at such times as said Jones shall think proper." The forks of James river was in the present county of Rockbridge, and Captain Harrison and Mr. Madison lived in Rockingham.

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Author:Marie Jane Davis Pitman

Works

 * European Breezes (1880)

As translator

 * Wonder-World (1877) with Marie Ludovica Pabke

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(All these arguments were presented at the Council of Basel in the disputation between Aegidius and the priest Nicholas of Pisek.:) The Bishop defended the law of God saying that all human affairs among Christians should be done in accordance with the law of God while Aegidius defended learnedly the human laws.

He divided the people into two groups: one, in which there are the perfect people, and the other composed of imperfect people. The law of God is given only to the perfect ones, but the law of men applies to the imperfect men. That law decides who should be the ruler, and takes into consideration the people's character, the customs, and the region. These human laws are for no other purpose but to serve the common good of all. Their end is the supreme good of the community. (:It is the task of the human law to punish robbery, murder, adultery, but also to suffer certain things which would not be acceptable in the law of God, if these things contribute to the common good of all; for instance: controlled harlotry, warfare, ribaldry, usury.:)

Aegidius, the learned advocate of the Church of Rome, knows nothing about a Christian life lived in perfection and in 233*

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234* accordance with the law of God. (:All he cares about is a smooth-running civil administration, even if it means to condone certain evils with which to insure the good favors and peace ableness of the citizenry. His proposition means catering to human weakness, to greed, comfort, and false pleasures.:)

However, the faith of the saints means believing in God and His law, even if it involves a stand against one's personal advantage, against comfort, against the established customs and life of the community. Rather death than choosing anything that stands against the law of God! Without the law of God faith is dead and the devil holds the sceptre.

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The misled people dies to goodness because it stands under the civil rule and under the blindest hypocrites who poison it continually with their venom. The people can show nothing good about them, even though they trust in them.

The rulers have first of all established their authority through the Scripture which says that they do not bear the sword in vain and that they are the servants of God to execute His wrath on the wrong-doers. And after they had looked at their (role) more carefully thay realized that it would not be wise for them to serve God in punishing with the sword all mortal sins against God, because then the whole Bohemian countryside would become a barren land, and very few people would be left alive.

Therefore, examining the law again, after they had subjected the people to the authority ofntheir sword, they made the law over to suit their ends better: they eased up on the original justice, choosing a "servant of God" who, with the sword in his hand, would watch over the three sins which disturb the welfare of the community, namely robbery, murder, and adultery. Rom. 13:4.

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236* (:They close their eyes before other sins evil in the sight of God. They serve not God with their authority, but themselves.:) When the servant of the Church – who thinks he is the successor of the apostles – leads the people to repentance saying that Christ has not come to save the righteous but the sinful he contradicts the intention of the servant with the sword who thinks he serves God by executing the sinners. If the servant of the sword cuts off the heads of the evil-doers he deprives them of their chance of salvation And so these two 'servants of God,' one spiritual and the other secular, stand in each other's way. The ridiculousness of this situation is often apparent: when the servant of the state leads a sinner to execution, the servant of the Church runs there trying to prevent this and to lead the sinner to repentance. The one wants to condemn to death by the judgment of St. Paul, the other wants to save by confession on the basis of the Scripture. Both claim to serve the same Lord. When men lose sight of truth they wander as blind in darkness, clutching this or that, whatever their hands can find.

Both the state and the Church depend upon the sword as their final argument. And both surpass the pagans in their quarrulousness, for even the pagans are more moderate in their use of the sword since they do not have to contend with so  i.e. of the state, of the 'Emperor.'

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Works

 * One Hundred Recipes for Dishes Both Wholesome and Palatable (1883)

As translator

 * Wonder-World (1877) translated with Margery Deane
 * "The First Ray of Sun" (1887)

Short works

 * "The Education of Austrian Girls" in The Springfield Republican (1882)
 * "Easter Frolic in Hungary" in The Springfield Republican (1884)
 * "The Italian Princess" in The Springfield Republican (1894)
 * "Whether Major or Nun" in The Springfield Republican (1896)
 * "What About the Boy?" in The Springfield Republican (1896)
 * "The True Story of Julia Pitshy" in The Springfield Republican (1896)

Plays

 * A Special Purpose (1898)

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 Pendleton had no estate in the county, and kept an ordinary. As to Lewis, whatever his fault may have been, he "deserves no commission from me," says the angry Governor. Moreover, Thomas Estis and Aaron Bledstone had been appointed captains, although they were insolvent and not able to pay their levies. "This conduct," says the Governor, "is prostituting my commissions entrusted with you, and pray what gentleman of character will role with such persons that have neither land nor negroes"!

The Governor's last letter to Major Lewis is dated December, 1757. In this parting shot, he denounced again the "many villainous and unjust accounts" sent in from Augusta. He said: "Preston and Dickinson are rangers, and so must Captain Hogg's; but I don't agree to have any militia in pay, for they have hitherto been pick-pockets to the country."

Here we take leave of rare Governor Dinwiddie. He took his departure from the country, in January, 1758. On account of the historical value of his letters we could have better spared a better man.

The vestry of Augusta parish had established a "chapel of care" at the forks of James river, and paid Sampson Mathews a small salary for his services as reader at that point; but in the fall of 1757, the greater part of the inhabitants thereabouts "having deserted their plantations by reason of the enemy Indians," it was resolved that the chapel referred to was unnecessary, and the services of the reader were discontinued.

At the same meeting, it appearing that the glebe buildings had not been completed, it was ordered that suit be brought against the contractor, Colonel John Lewis. Our ancestors believed in law-suits, and were no respecters of persons. For a year or more the vestry were engaged in litigation with another prominent citizen, Robert McClanahan, who had been High Sheriff and collector of the parish levy, without accounting therefor, it was charged.

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were rising from table.

“Well, ladies and gentlemen, gesegnete Mahlzeit! Cigars and coffee in the next room, and a liqueur if Madame feels generous. . . . Billiards for whoever chooses. Jean, you will show them the way back to the billiard-room? Madame Köppen, may I have the honour?”

Full of well-being, laughing and chattering, the company trooped back through the folding doors into the landscape-room. The Consul remained behind, and collected about him the gentlemen who wanted to play billiards.

“You won’t try a game. Father?”

No, Lebrecht Kröger would stop with the ladies, but Justus might go if he liked. . . . Senator Langhals, Köppen, Gratjens, and Doctor Grabow went with the Consul, and Jean Jacques Hoffstede said he would join them later. “Johann Buddenbrook is going to play the flute,” he said. “I must stop for that. Au revoir, messieurs.”

As the gentlemen passed through the hall, they could hear from the landscape-room the first notes of the flute, accompanied by the Frau Consul on the harmonium: an airy, charming little melody that floated sweetly through the lofty rooms. The Consul listened as long as he could. He would have liked to stop behind in an easy-chair in the landscape-room and indulge the reveries that the music conjured up; but his duties as host. ..

“Bring some coffee and cigars into the billiard-room,” he said to the maid whom he met in the entry.

“Yes, Line, coffee!” Herr Köppen echoed, in a rich, well-fed voice, trying to pinch the girl’s red arm. The c came

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237* many lords and useless clergymen: knights of the Cross, abbots, bishops, popes, who all hold great dominions and lead wars as other servants of the sword. Yea, they do not bear their swords for nothing, they rob and oppress the poor working people.

And the lords have caused the division of the common people, inciting them against each other, every lord driving his people in hordes against another. The lords have introduced the people to murder, to march in arms, to go together in formations, to be trained with guns and other wicked weapons, and to be always prepared and ready for battle.

Through these things brotherly love has been drowned in spilled blood. The lords have corrupted the people through a multiple corruption. The people was alienated from God through the poison poured in by the Pope and Emperor. Therefore I see no truth in the reasons of the learned doctors, be they ancient or contemporary. For Jesus came as a real physician offering medicine and not poison. He came saying,

Luk. 5: 31–32,.

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 Colonel Campbell in a vote of thanks for their services in protecting the frontier. Throughout the war of the Revolution he was actively employed, holding important command in Southwest Virginia, and his official papers show that he was a man of more than ordinary culture. He died at Smithfield in 1783, leaving eleven children, of whom five were sons. One of his sons. General Francis Preston, was the father of William C. Preston, of South Carolina. His descendants are very numerous, and many of them have been highly distinguished.

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Obituary
Springfield Daily Republican January 13, 1934 (article appears to be in the public domain, according to UPenn's "Determining copyright status of serial issues" guide):

Mrs Marie Pabke, Ex-Resident, Dies

Cultured Austrian Woman Who Went to Quebec in 1907 Was Known to Older Residents

Word was received yesterday of the death of Mrs Marie Pabke, 97, of Quebec. She had lived in this city 33 years, leaving with her son, William H. Pabke, in 1907 to go to Quebec. Her son is now traffic manager for Price Brothers, at Quebec. The body will be brought to this city for burial in the family lot in Springfield cemetery.

Mrs Pabke will be remembered to the older residents for the exhilarating meetings so often held at her home on Mulberry street until her departure for Quebec in 1907. An Austrian woman of distinguished family, Mrs Pabke was a master in the art of brilliant conversation and was acquainted with European history to a degree seldom attained. A fluent speaker of French, German and English, she was ever the center of the gatherings which met at her home.

Born in Austria, March 17, 1837, daughter of Von Schmidl the geologist for whom stalactite caverns in Carpathia were named, Mrs Pabke was an eyewitness of the battle of Sadowa in 1866, at which Austria and Germany brought to a terrific climax their struggle. One brother was killed in the action; another she found wounded in the field after the battle.

An aunt, Mrs Von Schobeln, was the wife of the postmaster-general of Transylvania during the revolution in 1848. Mrs Pabke was then staying with her and the two reached safety in Vienna by riding for hours hidden in a load of hay. It was of these adventures that Mrs Pabke would often speak.

It was when Mrs Pabke and her aunt were sailing to this country in 1874 that she met her husband-to-be. Their romance culminated suddenly and she came to this city as Mrs Pabke. For years her husband was proprietor of a drug store where Lerche's is now located.

Colourful, always interesting, always vitally interested in what was going on, Mrs Pabke was a member of the Women's club and did much to interest that association in dramatics. She organized Shakespeare reading groups and tutored friends in languages. She was also an active member of Christ Church cathedral.

In 1907 Mrs Pabke moved with her son to Quebec where she had since lived. In 1926, when she was 90, she visited Springfield for some weeks, staying with her intimate friend, Mrs Albert C. Starr of 1089 Worthington street. Although widely traveled, Mrs Pabke had always considered Springfield her favorite city.

-- Yodin T 18:40, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Marie Ludovica Pabke née Schmidl

 * Born Marie Ludovica Schmidl on 17 March 1837 in Vienna, Austria (other dates of birth given include in April 1837, around 1840, and around 1845)
 * Arrived in US in 1873
 * Married Alexander Pabke on 17 February 1874 in New York
 * In 1874 gave instruction in French and German as part of the Springfield Collegiate Institute
 * Was living at 71 Bliss Street, Springfield, Mass. by 4 September 1875, when she advertised "Modern languages.—Their grammer, conversation and literature taught by Mrs Marie Pabke"
 * Was living at 51 Mulberry Street by 1879, when she advertised "German, French, Piano and Singing.—Private Lessons and Classes." from 5 September to 21 November
 * Still living at 51 Mulberry Street with Alexander at the time of the 1880 census, listed as housekeeper
 * Advertised "French and German Lessons" on 27 October 1880 to 29 November 1882
 * Was living in Coburg, Sachsen, Coburg und Gotha, in 1883?
 * Travelled with Alexander from Hamburg to New York aboard the Silesia, on 23 September 1883
 * Lived at 107 Mulberry Street, Springfield, Mass. by 1891, which she owned freehold by 1900, until at least 1901
 * Was visited by Mrs Christine Terhune Herrick and her two sons in July 1896
 * She is listed as being able to read, write, and speak English in the 1900 census
 * Lived at 364 Belmont Avenue, Springfield, Mass. in 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906
 * Lived at 6 Temple, Springfield, Mass. in 1907 with her son William
 * Moved with her son William to Quebec on 13/14 January 1908
 * In 1911 she was living with her son at 93 Sayabec, Quebec as an Austrian of Canadian nationality, and the Episcopal religion, and could speak French and English
 * Applied to become a naturalized citizen of the US through her husband on 28 July 1917, at which time she was living at 38 St. Anne Street, and was described as height 5' 6", with blue eyes, grey hair, and a fair complexion
 * In 1921, she was living at 16 Joe Allen, Quebec South, able to speak English, French, and Austrian, and of Anglican religion
 * She died on 12 January 1934, according to her obituary, her body was returned to Springfield, Mass. for burial (perhaps on 23 January 1934)

Adolf Schmidl (father)

 * German Wikipedia article: born 18 May 1802 in Königswart, Bohemia (his place of birth was given by Marie as Saxony or Austria)
 * First marriage was to Emilie née von Weckbecker, at least two sons and three daughters:
 * Friedrich Adolph Schmidt, baptised 22 September 1832 (not mentioned in the above book)
 * Ferdinand Maria Schmidl (born 27 September 1833), k. k. Officer, had died by 1881
 * Bernard Ludwig Maximilian Schmidl (born 12 June 1835), k. k. Officer, had died by 1881
 * Emilie, wife of the lawyer Heinrich Pleskott in Budapest
 * Marie, wife of the pharmacist and justice of the peace Alexander Pabke in Springfield, North America
 * Dorothea, who died as a child
 * Remarried on 2 May 1842 to Theresia, née Dollinger (born about 1812, still living in 1881, in Vienna), and had another daughter, Leopoldine, who died at the age of 10
 * German Wikipedia article: died 20 November 1863 in Budapest

Marie (Von) Schobeln née Von Weckbecker (maternal aunt)

 * Born Maria Anna Sussanna Weckbecker, and baptised on 17 August 1816 at Karlskirche, Vienna; her marriage record and death certificate both give the same date for her birth (other dates given include 1818, and 1820)
 * Her mother was Emilie Obermaÿer born in Vienna, Austria
 * Her father was Bernard Von Weckbecker, born in Coblenz, Germany (Koblenz?) or Prussia
 * Married Johann Friedrich Samuel Von Schobeln on 15 May 1842 at Wienschottenpfarre, Vienna
 * She travelled with her sister's daugher (also called Marie) to the US in 1873, according to her neice's obituary
 * Was widowed and living with Marie and Alexander in Springfield, Mass. in 1880
 * Travelled with Marie and Alexander from Hamburg to New York aboard the Silesia, on 23 September 1883
 * She died of acute hepatitis on 15 April 1893 in Springfield, Mass. and was buried at Springfield Cemetery

Alexander Pabke (husband)

 * Born on 4 March 1845 in Coburg, Germany (or Hungary)
 * His father was born in Coburg, and his mother in Italy
 * Emigrated to the US in 1867, living at Springfield Mass.
 * Lived at 381 6th Avenue, New York, in 1873? and worked as a druggist
 * Became a naturalized citizen of the US on 7 August 1873 in New York
 * Applied for a passport on 8 August 1873, with the following details: height 5' 7½", high forehead, gray eyes, medium nose, mustached, short and round chin, black hair, fair complexion, round face
 * Married Marie on 17 February 1874 in New York
 * Was Justice of the Peace in Springfield, Mass. by 20 September 1875
 * Was a druggist in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1878
 * Was living at 51 Mulberry Street in 1880, and was an apothecary and druggist
 * Applied to the Patent Office for a Trademark Label for "Pabke's Iron Bitters" on 4 August 1880: Trade Card images, "Of Pabke's Iron Bitters, it is said they will counteract the debilitating effects of Spring and Summer, and are invaluable as a preventative of fevers and malaria. They are a most pleasant and palatable Elixir, and do not encourage the evils of intemperance, as they do not contain any ardent spirits."; still sold in 1894 by J. J. Cruse
 * Travelled with Marie from Hamburg to New York aboard the Silesia, on 23 September 1883
 * Article about him in the Boston Globe of Monday 21 February 1887: "A Prominent Springfield Druggist Deranged in Mind":
 * "Springfield, Mass., February 20.—Alexander Pabke, senior member of the drug firm of Pabke & Cruse, left home yesterday morning and it was feared that he had made way with himself. It has been known for some time by his family and intimate friends that his mind has been unsettled. Mr. Pabke is a man of large acquaintance, and has for years been popular in social circles. Last year he went to Germany, remaining several months, but it was found that his malady had increased rather than diminished on his return home. He has been carefully watched since that time, but managed in some way to elude his friends yesterday. He walked to Chicopee Falls, where he remained last night. Although the local police were all put on his track he returned home this morning without their aid. He appeared dazed when spoken to in Chicopee by people who knew him. He appeared to think he was in this city. His wife is Marie Pabke, the author and teacher of languages. It is likely that Mr. Pabke will be placed under medical treatment in some private institution."
 * Arrived at Aquidneck with Marie on 3 September 1887
 * Died on 27 April 1889 at Northampton Insane Asylum (perhaps buried 27 August 1889?)

William Hugo Pabke (son)

 * Born in Springfield, Massachusetts on 22 December 1877 or September 1878
 * Was living with parents at 51 Mulberry Street in 1880
 * Travelled with parents from Hamburg to New York aboard the Silesia, on 23 September 1883
 * Was living with Marie at 107R2 Mulberry Street, Springfield, Mass., in 1900 Census; was the only child that she had had
 * Was a bookkeeper for Springfield P&B Co., by 1898, a clerk for Lyman in 1900, and a clerk for B & A R R freight depot by 1901 until 1907
 * Removed to Canada with Marie by 1908
 * In 1911 he was unmarried, living as head of the household at 93 Sayabec, Quebec with his mother, as a German of Canadian nationality, and the Episcopal religion, with the job "Teneur De Line", and could speak French and English
 * Wrote several short stories from 1911 to 1921
 * In 1921, he was living as head of the household with his mother, and his wife Constance Pabke, at 16 Joe Allen, Quebec South, able to speak English and French, of Anglican religion
 * Died 23 August 1967 (perhaps buried on 21 September 1967)

Other Pabkes
Not to be confused with Marie Johanne Theresa née Blum, and her husband Alexander Eduard Pabke, who lived in Germany, and had several children, including: Karl Max Eduard Papke (born 26 May 1888), Gertrud Therese Charlotte Papke (born 7 January 1890), Paul Otto Papke (born and died 1891 in Berlin), Frida Luise Auguste Papke (born 23 November 1892), Elisabeth Martha Margarete Papke (born 18 August 1895)

-- Yodin T 12:06, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

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RV 34 (BUDDENBROOKS) from far back in his throat, as if he were already swallowing the coffee.

“I’m sure Madame Köppen saw you through the glass,” Consul Kröger remarked.

“So you live up there, Buddenbrook?” asked Senator Langhals. To the right a broad white staircase with a carved baluster led up to the sleeping-chambers of the Consul’s family in the second storey; to the left came another row of rooms. The party descended the stairs, smoking, and the Consul halted at the landing.

“The entresol has three rooms,” he explained—“the breakfast-room, my parents’ sleeping-chamber, and a third room which is seldom used. A corridor runs along all three. . . . This way, please. The wagons drive through the entry; they can go all the way out to Bakers’ Alley at the back.”

The broad echoing passage-way below was paved with great square flagstones. At either end of it were several offices. The odour of the onion sauce still floated out from the kitchen, which, with the entrance to the cellars, lay on the left of the steps. On the right, at the height of a storey above the passageway, a scaffolding of ungainly but neatly varnished rafters thrust out from the wall, supporting the servants’ quarters above. A sort of ladder which led up to them from the passage was their only means of ingress or egress. Below the scaffolding were some enormous old cupboards and a carved chest.

Two low, worn steps led through a glass door out to the courtyard and the small wash-house. From here you could look into the pretty little garden, which was well laid out, though just now brown and sodden with the autumn rains, its beds protected with straw mats against the cold. At the other end of the garden rose the “portal,” the rococo façade of the summer house. From the courtyard, however, the party took the path to the left, leading between two walls through another courtyard to the annexe.

They entered by slippery steps into a cellar-like vault with

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238* And those whom the old Law commanded to be killed for transgression, he saved from the hands of the persecutors, saying,

Love is the law of Christ. There are two ways, far apart from each other: the way of Christ, and the way of the Church Doctors. Who still is in doubt whom to believe is to be pitied.

Rom. 13:4.

i.e. of the state, of the 'Emperor.'

Luk. 5: 31–32,.

John 8:7f.,.

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RV 35 (BUDDENBROOKS) an earthen floor, which was used as a granary and provided with a rope for hauling up the sacks. A pair of stairs led up to the first storey, where the Consul opened a white door and admitted his guests to the billiard-room.

It was a bare, severe-looking room, with stiff chairs ranged round the sides. Herr Köppen flung himself exhausted into one of them. “I’ll look on for a while,” said he, brushing the wet from his coat. “It’s the devil of a Sabbath day’s journey through your house, Buddenbrook!”

Here too the stove was burning merrily, behind a brass lattice. Through the three high, narrow windows one looked out over red roofs gleaming with the wet, grey gables and court-yards.

The Consul took the cues out of the rack. “Shall we play a carambolage, Senator?” he asked. He went around and closed the pockets on both tables. “Who is playing with us? Gratjens? The Doctor? All right. Then will you take the other table, Gratjens and Justus? Köppen, you’ll have to play.”

The wine-merchant stood up and listened, with his mouth full of smoke. A violent gust of wind whistled between the houses, lashed the window-panes with rain, and howled down the chimney.

“Good Lord!” he said, blowing out the smoke. “Do you think the Wullenwewer will get into port, Buddenbrook? What abominable weather!”

Yes, and the news from Travemünde was not of the best, Consul Kröger agreed, chalking his cue. Storms everywhere on the coast. Nearly as bad as in 1824, the year of the great flood in St. Petersburg. Well, here was the coffee.

They poured it out and drank a little and began their game. The talk turned upon the Customs Union, and Consul Buddenbrook waxed enthusiastic.

“An inspiration, gentlemen,” he said. He finished a shot and turned to the other table, where the topic had begun. “We ought to join at the earliest opportunity.” RV 35 (35)


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Jesus is now very poor and he does not have multitudes following him, excepting the outcast and the unlearned. But the doctors are too rich and too famous in the world; they have begotten many servants of God with swords – that is why all the world looks up to them.

Therefore, when a worldly-wise man beholds Christ, abandoned, dressed in the garb of poverty and full of threats of danger, they will turn away from him and follow after the doctors who serve God with great learning in cathedrals, in armies, with bailiffs, at thumbscrews, in city-halls, beneath pillories and gallows. The whole wise world is following such service of God, but only a fool will come after Christ and be ridiculed by all and sundry. 239*

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RV 36 (BUDDENBROOKS) Herr Köppen disagreed. He fairly snorted in opposition. “How about our independence?” he asked incensed, supporting himself belligerently on his cue. “How about our self-determination? Would Hamburg consent to be a party to this Prussian scheme? We might as well be annexed at once! Heaven save us, what do we want of a customs union? Aren’t we well enough as we are?”

“Yes, you and your red wine, Köppen. And the Russian products are all right. But there is little or nothing else imported. As for exports, well, we send a little corn to Holland and England, it is true. But I think we are far from being well enough as we are. In days gone by a very different business went on. Now, with the Customs Union, the Mecklenburgs and Schleswig-Holstein would be opened up—and private business would increase beyond all reckoning. . . .”

“But look here, Buddenbrook,” Gratjens broke in, leaning far over the table and shifting his cue in his bony hand as he took careful aim, “I don’t get the idea. Certainly our own system is perfectly simple and practical. Clearing on the security of a civic oath—”

“A fine old institution,” the Consul admitted.

“Do you call it fine, Herr Consul?” Senator Langhals spoke with some heat. "I am not a merchant; but to speak frankly—well, I think this civic oath business has become little short of a farce: everybody makes light of it, and the State pockets the loss. One hears things that are simply scandalous. I am convinced that our entry into the Customs Union, so far as the Senate is concerned—”

Herr Köppen flung down his cue. “Then there will be a conflick,” he said heatedly, forgetting to be careful with his pronunciation. “I know what I’m sayin’—God help you, but you don’t know what you’re talkin’ about, beggin’ your pardon.”

Well, thank goodness! thought the rest of the company, as Jean Jacques entered at this point. He and Pastor

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RV 37 (BUDDENBROOKS) Wunderlich came together, arm in arm, two cheerful, unaffected old men from another and less troubled age.

“Here, my friends,” he began. “I have something for you: a little rhymed epigram from the French.”

He sat down comfortably opposite the billiard-players, who leaned upon their cues across the tables. Drawing a paper from his pocket and laying his long finger with the signet ring to the side of his pointed nose, he read aloud, with a mock-heroic intonation:

“When the Marechal Saxe and the proud Pompadour

Were driving out gaily in gilt coach and four,

Frelon spied the pair: ‘Oh, see them,’ he cried:

‘The sword of our king—and his sheath, side by side.’ ”

Herr Köppen looked disconcerted for a minute. Then he dropped the “conflick” where it was and joined in the hearty laughter that echoed to the ceiling of the billiard-room. Pastor Wunderlich withdrew to the window, but the movement of his shoulders betrayed that he was chuckling to himself.

Herr Hoffstede had more ammunition of the same sort in his pocket, and the gentlemen remained for some time in the billiard-room. Herr Köppen unbuttoned his waistcoat all the way down, and felt much more at ease here than in the dining-room. He gave vent to droll low-German expressions at every turn, and at frequent intervals began reciting to himself with enormous relish:

“When the Marechal Saxe…”

It sounded quite different in his harsh bass.

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RV 54 (Rh) the time, therefore, that a Creature can have any plain or positive Notion one way or other, concerning the Subject of a, he may be suppos'd to have an Apprehension or Sense of Right and Wrong, and be possess'd of Virtue and Vice in different degrees; as we know by Experience of those, who having liv'd in such places, and in such a manner as never to have enter'd into any serious Thoughts of Religion, are nevertheless very different among themselves, as to their Characters of Honesty and Worth: some being naturally modest, kind, friendly, and consequently Lovers of kind and friendly Actions; others proud, harsh, cruel, and consequently inclin'd to admire rather the Acts of Violence and mere Power.

, as to the Belief of a, and how Men are influenc'd by it; we may consider, in the first place, on what account Men yield Obedience, and act in conformity to such a supreme Being. It must be either in the way of his, as presupposing some Disadvantage or Benefit to accrue from him: or in the way of his and , as thinking it the Perfection of Nature to imitate and resemble him. Rh


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RV 55 (Rh) (as in the first Case) there be a Belief or Conception of a, who is consider'd only as powerful over his Creature, and inforcing Obedience to his absolute Will by particular Rewards and Punishments; and if on this account, thro' hope merely of Reward, or fear of Punishment, the Creature be incited to do the Good he hates, or restrain'd from doing the Ill to which he is not otherwise in the least degree averse; there is in this Case (as has been already shewn) no Virtue or Goodness whatsoever. The Creature, notwithstanding his good Conduct, is intrinsecally of as little Worth, as if he acted in his natural way, when under no dread or terror of any sort. There is no more of Rectitude, Piety, or Sanctity in a Creature thus reform'd, than there is Meekness or Gentleness in a Tiger strongly chain'd, or Innocence and Sobriety in a Monkey under the Discipline of the Whip. For however orderly and well those Animals, or Man himself upon like terms, may be induc'd to act, whilst the Will is neither gain'd, nor the Inclination wrought upon, but Awe alone prevails and forces Obedience; the Obedience is servile, and all which is done thro' it, merely servile. The greater degree of such a Submission or Obedience, is only the greater Servility; whatever may be the Object. For whether such a Creature has a


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RV 56 (Rh) a good Master, or an ill one, he is neither more or less servile in his own nature. Be the Master or Superior ever so perfect, or excellent, yet the greater Submission caus'd in this Case, thro' this sole Principle or Motive, is only the lower and more abject Servitude; and implies the greater Wretchedness and Meanness in the Creature, who has those Passions of Self-love so predominant, and is in his Temper so vitious and defective, as has been explain'd.

to the second Case. If there be a Belief or Conception of a, who is consider'd as worthy and good, and admir'd and reverenc'd as such; being understood to have, besides mere Power and Knowledg, the highest Excellence of Nature, such as renders him justly amiable to All: and if in the manner this Sovereign and mighty Being is represented, or, as he is historically describ'd, there appears in him a high and eminent regard to what is good and excellent, a Concern for the good of All, and an Affection of Benevolence and Love towards the Whole; such an Example must undoubtedly serve (as above explain'd) to raise and increase the Affection towards Virtue, and help to submit and subdue all other Affections to that alone.


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RV 57 (Rh) is this Good effected by Example merely. For where the Theistical Belief is intire and perfect, there must be a steddy Opinion of the Superintendency of a Supreme Being, a Witness and Spectator of human Life, and conscious of whatsoever is felt or acted in the Universe: So that in the perfectest Recess or deepest Solitude, there must be One still presum'd remaining with us; whose Presence singly must be of more moment than that of the most august Assembly on Earth. In such a Presense, 'tis evident, that as the Shame of guilty Actions must be the greatest of any; so must the Honour be, of well-doing, even under the unjust Censure of a World. And in this Case, 'tis very apparent how conducing a perfect Theism must be to Virtue, and how great Deficiency there is in Atheism.

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In the following I shall show how the military service is contrary to Christ. The authorities think that the best way to get rid of contrary things is through fighting or other forms of revenge and repulsion. Therefore they rise up against enemies with force, wage war against them, repay evil for evil, murder them in order to establish peace – this is the whole aim of the military service. And propaganda always runs ahead of the struggle saying, "this is not for our sake, but for God's sake." God knows this propaganda, and the people know it too, because, were it God's struggle, they would all be long-suffering, and accept inflictions. But the warriors' behavior shows that they are lying and that they are serving God falsely when they cannot stand a slander at home, while at the same time they take no thought of blasphemies against God.

But I have said that our Lord Jesus detests this behavior in his followers; he leaves it to the pagans and painted hypocrites in faith. But to his servants he gave a commandment to love their enemies and to do them good for evil deeds; to give In the Czech original, "sluz̄ebnost mec̄ova̍," i.e. the "servitude of the sword."

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 was born in Ireland, January 14, 1749. He came to America when a boy of probably ten years of age, and lived first in Philadelphia, where he was patronized by the celebrated Robert Morris, the financier of the Revolution. From Philadelphia he came to Richmond, and there engaged extensively in merchandising. It is not known at what date he came to Augusta. Here his business was that of a farmer, owning and living on a large plantation on Lewis's creek, six miles from Staunton. From the frequent mention of him in the county archives, it is evident that he was a prominent and influential citizen. He died January 2, 1834. His wife was a daughter of Sampson Mathews, of Staunton. Their children were: Dr. Thomas Nelson, of Richmond; John M. Nelson, of Ohio; James Nelson, long one of the commissioners of the revenue for the county; Alexander Franklin Nelson, a highly respectable farmer; Lockhart Nelson, who died in Paris while a medical student there; Mrs. Mary Ann Bell, wife of Joseph Bell; and Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery, wife of John Montgomery.

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