... quite correct. The word is ante-cessor, and means predecessor and nothing else. I remember hearing a purist in language speak of a Catholic priest as his collateral ancestor, which was perhaps a forced expression.-I remain, your obedient servant ...

... decided change of opinion on this matter has been observed of late in the Government, which now seems to be more disposed to speak its mind fully on the subject than to preserve a discreet silence. The Opposition, too, do not seem to have been much impressed ...

... poetical genius. All Poles with whom an English- man is likely to hold intercourse speak French, English, or German. As for the Polish peasantry, the Polish Jews, or others who speak Polish alone, he is no more likely to have dealings with them, or to need their ...

... flirts the most desperate are childless matrons, and of widows the most inconsolable are the most easily consoled. We are not speaking here of those women who are widows indeed, who stand steadfast in their grief from the yearning too obstinate after ...

... in his motion, and was loudly cheered by the majority of the. House. M. de Laguerroniere, however, insisted on his right to speak, and after some more discussion he was allowed to read his report, which of course recommended the rejection of the petition ...

... citizens, and with such a result that, according to the proverb, it was better to be a poor man than a rich man at Athens; or, speaking perhaps more strictly, better to have small assets there than large assets. But it must be considered that the citizens of ...

... the United States. The press of the country generally, however, and members of Congress speak of the whole inovement with the indifference with which they would speak of a squabble in Japan. ...

... The members have not taken the oaths, and possess, strictly speaking, no authority of their own. The chief clerk indicates, by pointing with his pen or finger, the members who are to speak, and if necessary puts the question to the House. A Speaker elect ...

... eloquence betrays more art than passion. His brilliant images and telling epigrams are delivered in tones of measured cadence. He speaks rather slowly for a Frenchman, pronouncing each word with precision, caressing it, as it were, for an instant with the tongue ...

... such necessity. If a prince honours a ball with his presence, the dancing does not cease because he retires, nor need the speaking at a public dinner. Even when a Prince occupies the chair and has the whole ceremonial immediately under his superintendence ...

... rent required for the suffrage are poorer for all practical purposes than the single men, and that they must be, generally speaking, more open to all kinds of intimidation and bribery, direct or indirect; indeed, we have the authority of Talleyrand for ...

... not to speak of such and such persons and such and such events ? In answer to this M. Gueroult, editor of the Opinion Nationale, said, 1 Since I have resumed my position as a writer on the public press, I have never been interdicted to speak on any ...