... delirium re- turned from time to time. Nina, of course, was in constant atten- dance; and when he began, in his wanderings, to speak of her, and to ask Maurice what had become of her, she would simply go into the room, and take a seat by the bed-side, and ...

... North Germany and in Southern Russia, too warm and too dry there for a good harvest to come after it, but we had no cause to speak of too much heat, either in the early or the later summer. Neither was it a cold year. We had no repetition of the untimely ...

... and let her fling powder in his face, crying: Maintenant tu es Jean Farine, deserved no better. The worst passage (it speaks badly for the writer's heart) is that about Swift and Vanessa (ii., 56). The illustrations, including a portrait of Gray, ...

... obstruct English policy in the Delta were not obtrusive, and at the close of the year a writer in the Temps, who seemed to speak with authority, hinted that on certain conditions the Conversion scheme might even yet be accepted. In the summer a horde of ...

... from heart-disease, aggravated by her recent troubles. The Emperor completely broke down, and for some days would scarcely speak or take notice of any one, greatly alarming his doctors. He is now better, thanks to the return of the Count and Countess d'Eu ...

... departure of a large passenger steamer is not in any sense a joyous scene to witness. On the contrary the spectacle is, so to speak, steeped in sadness. As one looks around at the various groups of humanity, a short time before the vessel weighs anchor, it ...

... accounts of his conversational style have been given. Some people found him ready to converse, willing to listen, as well as to speak, but on many occasions his tendency was to monologue. But who could grumble at the copiousness of his talk ? His mind was richly ...

... one of its greatest joys, for is not the budget of letters one of the chiefest delights of the matutinal meal ? But not to speak-of private corre- spondence passing between relations, friends, and acquaintances, we should have to forego the pleasure of ...

... was still busy with her flowers, 'when wve go back with them to Naples, you really must speak properly. . It is too bad-the dialect-it is not necessary-you can speak well if you wish-it was only to make fun of Sabetta that you began-now it is always. He ...

... volumes of smoke before help could reach them. As the inquest is still proceeding at the time we go to press, we will not speak dogma- tically concerning the cause of the fire ; but it seems clear that an over-heatedstove-pipe was the origin of the mischief ...

... accentuated by antagonism about religion ; but this advantage is counterbalanced by the fact that the Czechs and the Germans speak different languages. For a good many years the Emperor has evidently been greatly puzzled by the Bohemian problem. He sincerely ...

... in Central Park, New York, the night after the unveiling of Burns's statue in xg8o, the three statues being within easy-speaking distance of each other. Sir Walter remarks:- 0 Robbie, if we had a plaid/ We'd quite convert yon Stratford lad, He said ...