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Story Of A Blue-Bottle. La Folle Du Logi...
aii » ofcuous . 'poli £ enfiSS 3 is cbarmedi to tliinfctfhat M . Maes will enjoy Bavine . a < koar fchaiiopension the river , because-M . Mae & is an excellent roan * and he * Ifficolas aiBrrain , who- < bf ? alL tilings ; disiikes ^ the ideaLof being a < bad neigh * botaviiad beemcpnst rained to ifcuild up & simila ^ 'doori which had ; been madfe byttlietfiijmer ^ ptoprietorsi o £ -FoHe Margot , « ; aihis ; fellow built up a door likefmaie ??;^ sajd ' M ^ MEaes / to'hifaQ selii " Then-il can only . go-to the river- by His indulgence . How : is 5 b my . notary did not acquaiatme w ' tththis . ? " But beimrudentiy . suppressed Msj annoyance * , and } afraid to offend , a man wiho conkfepuft a veto on his fishing , accepted h % proposition to . furnish iim with ftidooB-jandi fit it up .
. ; The TOBeWrcolledi on , and M .. Maes in . the enjoyment of uninterrupted fishing , forgot his momentary annoyance at his subjection to Xicolas Meiv 3 ain » : He avoided all ' advances towards acquaintance made , by neighbouring proprietorS i ifon what company can do more for you than- a > carp , which serves ¦ S sfyouEjamusenxentoneday , and your dinner the next ? One morning r as ifi ' wasanglin ^ opposite-toia boat in , which one of his neighbours came to Ssh > with , a < regularity ; eqnal . to hisiown ^ he became aware that he had hooked AttajfimendousT y heavy fish ; jy ; the same niomant his m-a-m p ^ fceived itis ^ tiaifcdraggedrwith ; the same force . The prey was a carp ; -weighing twenty pounds , and of corresponding voracity , for it , had : swallowed both . baits at -once .-i iNowcensuedoai . jcontesfe 1 of politeness , each being quite sure that the fish > belonged to his ; neighbouiv Jtt length . the unknown rival consented to : -accept- the fish oit condition- that ML Mses would ; Conieand partake- of it at two
hdsi . table . 3 a » e stranger , weisee ^ hadihooked heavy fish at once . ~ 0 & r ^ tsra ^ ing ^ Home * tncvexafciani o £ > ihavingJmade ; an > acquaintance in ; spite <^ vfiiBaseh ^ r waa rnbt at . ialli all eviated £ or i ]^ Maes ; by his receiving a bill of three hundred francs from Nicolas Merrain , for-putting- ' up . his new / door XKree handredjfrancs for a doaarinoti-woTt & tenJ x : ButiMtJolas Miarrain must aotlbA-Gfffeaideili . sq ! Ml . Maesipaids the : - threes hnhdred ? f banes » inwardly * ev « oiving that he would let * his neighbour ; have nothing to db * rwi ^ the ; builflij » g of a new summer-house whic ! iJie . ccnt « mplaifi 6 Lin . the highest part of his pleasure-grounds . The next day our Belgian betakes himself , according to ¦ engagement , to the hcrase o $ Wfen ? ew flCqitkin ^ cefi ^ . ^ ormllard ( wh o is no lfi ^; a personage ; than the receiver-generai )^ oni the , lopposi ^ . bank ofc the ^ T / rFv V ^ lilft ^ . Ihe ^ carpis ^ going through , the last , stages , of , the culinary
% pl ^^* : ^ ?^' ftivra ^ ., jgfro ^ irEeitorSj : w ^ tUki , ; £ txaLpri ^ st $ h . & ^ wer ^^ discassing :, iHke ^^^ e ^ 'IfeeJl i br ^^ ereor ^ w ^^ e , ^ p ^ ntanc ^ is pnlyjbeginnijngj' a ^ variety pf ^^ te ;^ ' ^^ . ^ e ^ a ^ ni ^ u ^ ¦ EeEfeeprJadd , au ^ tion , j' ^ i-tlnnkv ^ e are ^ eiih ^ of ua niari ^ ep'' -: ^ ot & f ^ W ^? jthasvawes ^ ipn ^ was ; put % . MiCpr ^^ rd [ i ; , > ' ^ , am not ; married , " ;« aiaiVr ^ J > Iaes ^; ^ becauseJt i lpye ; liher . ty , and hate-childreiu I ^ achild ! werss to ^ Areak ; , cine ; o £ iny . ^ p ^ o | B * esaen , china , I rthinfc I sh 6 uldr break its he & cL i ^ St MBB 9 S 0 : ly ^ m & te °$ O ; . takevjthe precautioii of ^ a < ving , no- Pre ^ f ^ n ^ a $% t " . GJ ^ e n ^ chinst and ha ^ © Inldnsii 1 You are jpkmg . ? ' "Then , ^ P ^ : ^ o ^ dasee ^^ i ^^ dV npt , ibe pjj » s ^)) i ^ tp marry ; and keep the ' ohina ' ^ b ovt ; . ih ' ayin ' g ^ 0 nil ^ ren / The ^^ tting is pbssible ; the ; age of your wife ^^ i ^?^^ ! ^^ in ^ ^ *^ . a . ftumiyble voice cried
% ; ¦» saidi . ^ . pdrnUlard , * 'You . will . seeVher---a charmmg person ; , npt ^ S ^ elj ^ ouiig ^ , l > u , t 1 with , admu ; a , bl (&; qualitaes ' . V . ( Qn . eriterjlng ; the dining-^*?^^ tM ^ | itert ed ^ ^ ^^ ffif' /^ S ^ i ffi th ^ ajaqSe ; w-hiph wouldy % ye '^ ^ made ^ an excellent finger to , a ^^^ alw ^^ bis ^ i yin ^ w ) elded ,, as . a syiuboiiic ^^ iiftv ^^ c . bcush , £ y way pf ' dusteV ^ , ^^ Jpuring dinner , / MademoisMle p # ^ y ^^ nS ! % dtbeen ,, hitherto , sU ^ WBi ^ flftr ? VI a ^?? s ^« at-cpllai ; . TJxejjacific Belgian thpug ^ hehad descried f § ffl ° P ^* 8 ft & . ' i- *& oil l ' fy was-a « gra "* of 4 « s * r U ^ V' said Cornillar ^ f ' i ^^ Jp . ^ sJJ » . cJi a ^ assipn fox \ cleanhiiess ., She . du ^ ts tlie v ery trees . Yoty ^ % -W are z BefeKm ^ nonat i io ^ cleanliness ^; . Qn conducing his ne iff , h , DQ Ur nome-an . Uie . ev « TlinO ' . JVT . P , ni « nninrrl n \\ aaynaA' U TST ^ . ™ . j . 1 , ^ ov > . ^ ., x : ^ j . «_
?& ma « erf » f hope yre shalLsee each other sometimes . "; < " ] PeBy > often , '' replied % ™^? i :, Wg « . n ? nf ;» , " ? ^ M <> % . 3 S ppsalfele , " ^ Xou , seer therp ; ia another , ffiM ^ aprfad ^ hjisweb . ^ ; / b : ^ ii ^ . s ?»* -litp hastened , B ^^ spmt ; -of , vengeance ¦ tanpcfa NicolasiMpP-^ t ?^ W ^ i ^^ to , se «) nothing , , ihpugh every : plank' he I » tt 4 , not SWI ^^ f *^^ mtq hia . spuL , Thepnl ^^ angeo ^ s ^ rivable in hin ^ was that t ^^^ QWed . hjs politeness ana tl » at ( h ^ ay ^ dedipiw ^ ing ; through M-. H 8 » 5 ^ itf > ^ l ?^ ii « lfa ^ ng radish jta rraak ^ ^ ng , circuit or , 1 ; oxeaQh ^ t ^ b y SSSTO ' 9 ^ t ^ P 5 ^ ' ^?'&* % ^ el gian ^ Uenb qp fishing ,. '^ ad set hi * foot -Autaiaeithedboron -Merriiin ' s firrounahe was mftfllrlv v « fiuont ^ ri *« ntiaomu >
. , . , wa ^ i ^ Wjartrfia ^ irig ^ n , cultivated soilrr ^ on . land ^ edicatedl to carrots and ^^ S nWd . thaij . he hod ; np , r ig ^ to pass ^ , M , ^ iies , got angny . Njlcolas ^ WP ^ . fPW-pVpe * , bu ^ fir ^ a , and in the end ^ Maes did-V » o ^ proceed , to SSfifWlWW W ; y ««* Snstea ^ , fmn ^ ng , j ( io hia notary , , \ yho was unable to deny that 4 OTSgiSH 5 »«! W ^ Pgf 9 « nftl xhifrl- An . ? jdvlofiat je , »> ncxtl cpnsul |« d , ; . who ad , T ^ fiWT ^^^^ o ^ F ^ 'Pp # P » ^ r- , rMton * StruggJe - ,, the pbe ^ e I ? plgiAn ^ Sf ^ p SSW » nd I ^ pK ^ Mqrraxn is aske ^ iw ^ ^ Hn ) he ; , will apcept | foy , lii 9 ffiT OP ? e ; pipceo | -g ^ flundf , '^ enithpuaan ^^ ancq , ^||^ o ^ abate ^ on ^' ^ SlS ^ ft ^ iTO ffW . « S ( agf » n »] i ^^ r « te of . pbes ijt y ,, and ; M ; JRtaep turns |^ baQk ¥ & ( WGpteByobser , vHiff . Wlth . anvtllin ^ bu t . fnenrdlv Binrnifionnoft ., " t . h «^*» i « w
^ W ; w ^ , ftgain ''! , The dispi ^ tei ljft ^ . ineanwhiic . became th ^ talk . of ; <; Uq *^ S WWflPv od rY VKhejre , ver , ^ he . unhappy j ! l , . Maes a » pe , arecl , ther ^ was j » lway 4 fipme 1 ftn . e atj hand to aay ^ , That fa ; M .. Maes , ; mbp ia- at la > v- with ( JS ? cp ^ s ^ ex ^ n ^ J ^^ ch ^ w-a ^^ he cruel nosi ^ pn of ; the , man , w . ho had carne ^ to Folio MargptinthG . hpn ^ of ppftce , and fqui ^ tnqsa ; and unlimitod fiahipg I ! Weiunr * li ???^ W ^^(^ , his , neighbour Corniliord , ( who told , him fchafcMenrain y ° Wft ft ^ aj » r ^ djiured rl'ip behaypfloito a > Faje » ch «» att . M ^ Maes , asaatrawgeri * j $ Wk # m W ^ P ^ W ?* p £ W © . n ^ ighhpurhood ., ' *• If you were , « nly ai . Frenohr JTO * ^ M « P !> W Wria ^ jtwchwoinafl ^^ , , «*¦ He ia , talking abput waKrioge wfl ^^' JS ^ WM ^» fww » - * i ^ ctan \ he want mq . to njajcry bis nieco ? NCever * "Wffif' ^^ SPW !> . Qd »*| Wi l » e .- ^ apced away wi ^ h dflspair , in , hia , aoul . ; , F <) r ( two niopw » a im conflmjdjijimaqlf ! within his pw » gromids r and it w »& aH !(; h « while © milRffiw ^^ 'W ^ afrvrciatLer fpr , ^ hingf XJ ^ o very , carp Bpemqd * to -taunt ^ W W \ " « rW « nodx | ihoTO , fcQ i « hV summor-hwso , wUilo thay bounded in the
. One _ monunghe cquldienaure it no longer-. He seised his line , mareW defianUy ^ thrpiigh Merrain ' si ground ^ jumped ! into- his boat , and had * „ ecstatic day of tismng . On reaching-home a summons was handed to hi « T A summons : ! JKTioolas Merrain-had seen alL M . Maes consulted an « tw * advocate , who discovered that the Commune had the power of reclaimi « the fetal strap-of ground-on the payment of a slight indemnity to MerwS ? But how was the . Commune to be induced to take this step in which it Wj no real interest ? Anew , mayor was to be elected in a week ; M Miesm « ^ beJjhat ^ Hiayori and he could then obtain-what he pleased of the Gomm ^ P " But , ' ? urged M . Maes , " -no one in the Commune knows me " " Yes vm ha . ve just . told me that M , Cornillard , the receiver-general , knows you' H « is omnipotent ; over the municipal ; council . Apply to him . " The advocate ^! . !!^* ° ^ ^ :: Maes 3 a ^ e ™^ ' be ? ? ^ dl ^ ed being elected himselfTime bo
mayor ; - pressed , : Mv . Maes hurried to the receiver-general who found ; the . idea an excellent one , and was ready to give his semees ' But oh & , good , turn deserves . another . M . Gornulard * has a ; niece fit to conatituteuthe happiness of any man . He will . make a present of her to M . Maea , whom he will be dfilighted to have for a nephew , " But I had & worn , oever to marry . ? " " jBeople always come to that in the end " ^ Nevertheless , you youruelf , ' ¦ ' "I am a widower for the second time Stall , ; nothing obliges yon , to marry Palmyre . " " But if I don ' t marry her I shall ! nQfc be-mayor , and . if I amnot mayor Onion Dieu ! " M . Mae 3 asked three . days for decision . To avoid marrying Palmyra he even brought himself ; to eall pn Nicolas . Merxain and offer him the ten thousand francs They ; w « re refused ; , it , was ; cleant 6 Nicolas that the slip of ground had risen ia . ^ alue . < M .. Maes , furiona , wrote to M . Cornillard that he accepted Mdlle * Falmyce with her ; feather brash ...
. Afewr o ^ y ^ later , M . Maes- ^^ became mayor and the-husband of Mdlle . Paltnyre ... , Nicola 8 iM . erraui ' s ground ; w ; as , claimed by the munioipality , and w ^ as concerted . bjttheiTOayocintQapublic . washing-ground .. Nicolas turned pale . fo ^ , an ^ stiapit .:, iBufe a short ti mei . afterwards , it was stated in the newspapers that a terrible outrage , had been committed on the property of M . Mafis ,, a , rich . Belgian . ISraesJjiad-bepn , torn up : by the > rootSi -walls pulled dqwn , the roof of the house taken completely off . M . Maes and hk wife had , qnly escaped by ^ mtrAclefmni , the maleiactors , who had hitherto succeeded in : eluding the inquiries of justicei Six months after this cal ^ tr € > phej Folie M . argot wa ^ sold'by ^ auction , and hadbeepme the property of a- certain speculator-in purehases at fbrcgdsal e ^ , named JTicolas Merrain . M . Maes , andhis cfaarnung spouse had set out for Java . The blue-bottle had leased even to struggle , and the' spiders were triumphant .
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EIGHAE 13 : CROMWBtL . The History of Richard Cromwell " andF the ' Restoration of Wtarjer fhe Second ,. By M . ' ¦ Guizot . translated by A . EiSeoble . 2 vols . Bentley . M . GtnzoT is an austere critic of history . When the English Revolution verged towards its decline , arid when the politicians of the Commonwealth , divided , exhausted , betrayed ,, beheld : the re-establishment of the monarchy , ¦ which destroyed their hopes , ; their illusions , their authority , and their posit ion , he see ? in tb : e event , a divine vengeance upon the wicked and the ieeblej Regarding the past from the < watch-toweE of his ascetic philosophy , he . ! vmtea : with such einphasfe . that lie resejiibles a retired and disappohated statesman upbraiding his contemporaries . It-is * he says , a melancholy but instructive study to observe tne anguislu of those men who have been jjQ ^ erfju ^ , and > toiumpliant , but , overtaken iby , retribution , fpr theix * errors , are
1 deteste dbyt i ; hq pepple . a ^ tyrants * , qr , derided as . visionaries . " Stricken ; at , qnpe , yyith ^ powerlessness and bitter , surprise ,, they burn with indignation against , ttiem . cqunti ^ ,-which they accuse , pf , cowardice and ingratitude ^ and struggle vainly beneath the ,, hand of , God , whose chastisements they are unable to . withstand . ? ' This , la the , exordium , of his story . But , at the close , \ the falj of ; the Comtnonweal this employed to point another moralthat though a dissimulating ; aoldier naay place a lung , upon the throne , though iiluniinationsinay-illystrate the publicvjpy , ; and . though , after mi g hty eiforts . and sacrifices , ; the work , of yearns , accomplished- by a grqat nation , may , seem , to be undonq ,, the re fere < Jtiouo £ . a'dyriasty is only . the ,, eclipse , and not the extinction of , the revolutionary principl e * . The Revolution ,, conaLdored ft-om M . Guiz-ot ' a point of view , was a protest against the influence o £ the Eoman , Catholic Churchy and agninst the irresponsible ) 'authority of
tlie- king . It signified that the English people was determined'to establish the prinoiples of the Reformation ^ and to govern itselP . These idens , for which ittookupartnsin 1640 , it believed had been fulfilled in 1660 ; But the straggle ' had only been transferred from Naseby to Westminster , from Marstbh MAoorto ' tlie huatihgs ., Tlie Revolution was cuvaed by a . bewildered pul ^ Hq opiniojn , | and jpuUlic opifoipn immediately , rene r \ ved . its ^ nurauifc of those ppjpete . which had given , vTbalityajitl purpose to the Reyqlution . Such , as it qxtqjxd ^ ' through ., , his y pluwes ,, ia , thej . arguinent of M , Guizot . It is , probably , intonded to , suggeat , a . pawvlleL tho result , of which would be that , ux . astato which hae onoQ etyayed liberty , therje-may be the possibility of a dictator ,, but there is no . possibility , of a dictator ' s son ; It may l > e that when Olivep Cromwell diedy -his power was on the wane . He had provoked enemies and rivals *; he had lost ? friends ; he had failed to satisfy the fanatical ; ho had refusedto purchase the corrupt . And the multitude , the
numberless , and the nameless , belbnging to no party , solicitous for no principle , impelled , byiBUccessive and conflicting emotions , who hadf « lfcsafa . Under thedomixifttion of . the Protoctpr ,, defeired , at hia death , another fixed government , wliich wouULreapeet their ijpqace and provide for their seourity , and thought they . had . foundi it in . the restored , royalty of Charles the Second . That r , eatoratipn ( yras , accomplished at a time when the Royalists , who were chieily interested in its success , stood aloof and inert , " waiting until God , a » d . necefisity , ahpuld [ put , ^ e long ; once ncjoTo in tho place of this chaos . " So , jG « fj / Qm gaining vjifttoxiesj they not recently fought a battle . They had been . slaughtered ) iiiithe oivil Vvar , their conspiracies had been detected , thoir insurxoctions ( juellcdii they had yielded to Presbyters ^ to Republicans , and , to Cromwell ; yots , when Mbnk declared for the Stuart cause , theso baffled Gava / Uers found themselves celebrating a triumph , with the timid , the hypocritical , the rank-and-filo of all parties coming over to their side .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1856, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26041856/page/18/
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