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" Dove towards such an Ark! Deftly, thou shifty Usher: one man already fell; and lies smashed, far down there, against the masonry! Usher Maillard falls not: deftly, unerring he walks, with outspread palm. The Swiss holds a paper through his porthole; the... "
Blackwood's Magazine - Page 129
1843
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History of the French Revolution, Volume 1

Thomas Carlyle - 1885 - 654 pages
...plauk resting on parapet, balanced by weight of patriots, he hovers perilous — such a dove toward such an ark ! Deftly, thou shifty usher; one man already...accepted? "Foi d'officier ( On the word of an officer)," answer shall half-pay Hulin, or halfpay Elie — for men do not agree on it — " they are ! " Sinks...
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The American Library of Art, Literature and Song, Volume 1

1885 - 544 pages
...; plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of patriots, he hovers perilous : such a Dove toward such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...surrender : Pardon, immunity to all! Are they accepted? — "fbi dofficier, On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin — or half-pay Elie, for men...
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SULTAN STORK AND OTHER STORIES AND SKETCHES

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY - 1887 - 340 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots,—he hovers perilous: such a Dove towards such an Ark! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man already...Pardon, immunity to all! Are they accepted ? ' Foi d'qffkier, on the word of an officer,' answers half-pay Hulin,—or half-pay Elie, for men do not agree...
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Collected Works, Volume 2

Thomas Carlyle - 1837 - 384 pages
...on parapet, balanced by July 14th. weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous: such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...surrender : Pardon, immunity to all ! Are they accepted 1 — " Foi d'officier, On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for...
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The French Revolution: A History, Volume 1

Thomas Carlyle - 1888 - 770 pages
...already fell ; and lies smashed, far down there, against the masonry ; Jaly lltk] Not A REVoLr. 158 Usher Maillard falls not : deftly, unerring he walks,...officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for men do not agree on it, "they are!" Sinks the drawbridge, — Usher Maillard bolting it when...
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The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: Roundabout papers ; The ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 534 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous: such a Dove towards such an Ark! Deftly, thou shifty Usher: one man already...and lies smashed, far down there against the masonry 1 Usher Malliard falls not: deftly, unerring he walks, with outspread palm. The Swiss holds a paper...
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The French Revolution: A History, Volume 1

Thomas Carlyle - 1892 - 780 pages
...parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark I Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man already fell ;...Pardon, immunity to all! Are they accepted? — " Foi d'offitier. On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or half-pay Elie, for men do not...
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A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ...

William Minto - 1892 - 584 pages
...Maillard is shown crossing the Bastille ditch on a plank, and warned — " Deftly, thou shifty Uslier : one man already fell ; and lies smashed, far down there, against the masonry !" When De Launay is massacred, the revolutionists are reproved with — " Brothers, your wratli is...
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Readings from Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle - 1894 - 300 pages
...plank resting on parapet, balanced by weight of Patriots, — he hovers perilous : such a Dove towards such an Ark ! Deftly, thou shifty Usher : one man...surrender : Pardon, immunity to all ! Are they accepted 1 — " Foi d'officicr, On the word of an officer," answers half-pay Hulin, — or halfpay Elie, for...
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Specimens of Prose Description

Charles Sears Baldwin - 1895 - 218 pages
...one man already fell, and lies smashed, far down there, against the masonry ! Usher Maillard 10falls not; deftly, unerring, he walks, with outspread palm....? " Foi d'officier " (on the word of an officer), 15 answer shall half-pay Hulin, or half-pay Elie—for men do not agree on it—" they are ! " Sinks...
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