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...them rank well. "The Lady of Lyons" and "Richelieu" are the two most worthy his genius. Little has been left unsaid in praise of this latter work, which portrays so faithfully the characters of the weak sovereign, Louis XIII., and his powerful ecclesiastical statesman, Richelieu, - a man who made whole nations feel his power...
...militia is called into active service by the President, without the authority of Congress, is this anything but the assumption of Imperial power?" Unfortunately the name of the author is withheld, so that we cannot communicate our solutions to her; otherwise we should make haste to discuss the whole matter in a correspondence...
...looking around, I discovered that it was broad daylight, that the old man had vanished, and that the new-comer was Jones. Yes, Jones, back with a racking headache, to beg for the homoeopathic remedy of "a hair of the dog that bit him." I told him the whole story without reserve, and asked his opinion. "Well," said he, gazing reflectively into the fire, "it seems that the old man has been living in the room somewhere for more than a hundred years, and if he don't trouble you, I should say you might go on chumming with...
...whole, we strongly advise any one who wishes to enjoy a hearty laugh after dinner, or, indeed, at any other time, to read Sandford and Merton in its new form...
...unavoidable in a large college; nor do I see how they can be avoided in a small one. At any rate, the advantages of concentrating educational resources are so great, that it is reductio ad absurdum if the opponents of President Eliot are compelled to maintain that, on the whole, small colleges are better than large...