Jeff Steinport

Fermat’s Theorem , if p is prime and a is prime to p then a p−1 − 1 is divisible by p, was first given in a letter of 1640. My very going to divine service or the sacrament, were a source of woeful offences. He saw that its deliberations were certain to produce a profound impression on Europe, and he resolved to neutralise this by one of his sudden and telling blows. Prince Andrew again seized the standard and, dragging it by the staff, ran on with the battalion. Not being a man of prayer he gave his consent to my great hurt. I quote from my diary: "The tension on the men was great. Mieux vaut glisser du pied que de la langue —Better slip with the foot than the tongue. Especially since the Duke of York had avowed himself a Catholic, and the king had a French Catholic mistress, and spent much time with the French ambassador, Barillon, in her apartments, there were continual apprehensions of an attempt to introduce Popery, and to suppress the public freedom by ...

Whose way (to speed and prosper in it) must be through a way, that is not easily comprehended. of Ven. , i. All that would be interesting if we recognized a divine power based on itself and always consistently directing its nations through Napoleons, Louis-es, and writers; but we do not acknowledge such a power, and therefore before speaking about Napoleons, Louis-es, and authors, we ought to be shown the connection existing between these men and the movement of the nations. When the reading which lasted more than an hour was over, Langeron again brought his snuffbox to rest and, without looking at Weyrother or at anyone in particular, began to say how difficult it was to carry out such a plan in which the enemy’s position was assumed to be known, whereas it was perhaps not known, since the enemy was in movement. He whose work is on the highway will have many advisers. Sp. “I can’t think what the servants are about,” said the countess, turning to her husband....

General Scott soon followed the troops into the city, in state. XV. The Lacedaemonian alliance being put an end to by this means, Alkibiades, who was now elected one of the generals of Athens, at once formed an alliance with Argos, Elis and Mantinea. In the meane while, at the mediation of certeine freends and welwillers, the kings indignation was somewhat mitigated and asswaged towards them; in somuch that at length he released the maior and the shiriffes, and sent them home to their houses; setting ouer them not­with­stand­ing a new kéeper or gouernour of the citie, and reseruing in his hand all the priuileges of the citie. He was consumed with a deadly jealousy of his fame, and thought it no use fighting in company with him, as Marlborough would be sure to get all the honours. 6d. each; post 8vo, illustrated bds., 2s. each; cloth limp, 2s. What I here write I can bear witness to from personally having seen. Socrates, indeed, when he was asked where he belonged to, replied, ...

Thus they were throwing down with their own hands the very bulwarks which should prevent their falling helplessly into the power of Monk and his army. As early as 1649 two Bills had been brought in to settle questions urgently demanded by the people, an act for a general amnesty, and for the termination of the present Parliament. He declined to expose himself to new defeats, and so, perhaps, lose both land and people. It takes a good many spadefuls of earth to 20 bury the truth. Ger. The Count's father was an intimate friend of Prince Bismarck and had been one of his closest co-workers. Now to set a certain time to every man's acting, belongs unto him only, who as first he was of thy composition, so is now the cause of thy dissolution. He interrupted the Earl of Northumberland so rudely and so frequently, whilst reading the Parliamentary proposals, that the earl stopped, and demanded proudly whether his majesty would allow him to proceed. The danger past, the hero gratefu...

This fatal blow humbled, for a very little time, she insolence of the legions. Calahan felt that the jest had gone too far, and by way of protest knocked Bourke down. I am not envious... Qui invidet minor est —He who envies another is his inferior. Prince Andrew and his sister, hand in hand, kissed one another, and he told her she was still the same crybaby as ever. The reply he received was, that if he crossed a certain river he would destroy a great empire. Measure your cloth ten times; you can cut 45 it but once. Russ. After a hard struggle we caused the new locks to be built of the largest possible size, capable of meeting the development of dreadnaughts for a long time to come. In 1635 he moved to what is now Windsor, Connecticut, and was the surveyor for that colony for more than forty years. Cedunt grammatici; vincuntur rhetores; / Turba tacet —The grammarians give way; the rhetoricians are beaten off; all the assemblage is silent. The first man tried was Waller...

Here grew bright, pinky sea-weeds, mosses of all hues and shades, and tall grasses, which, growing upwards, formed emerald caves and grottoes such as the Nereides love, whilst fish of various kinds playfully darted in and out, in the full enjoyment of their native element. VI. , iv. I complained of the treatment received from the English Government, which everywhere opposed German wishes, even such as were justified. “I’ll show you, I’ll show you! It’s not a secret. Great Cephalonia is one hundred and fifty miles in circumference, and is a well-populated island. When Gabriel came to inform her that the men who had come had run away again, she rose frowning, and clasping her hands behind her paced through the rooms a long time considering what she should do. “If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no wars,” he said. There is indeed a tradition, which Diodorus has preserved to us, that the Egyptian of an early day made a great ...

The defeat of the Whigs only infused more fierceness in the party warfare. “What stupid orders! They don’t themselves know what they are doing!” said the officer and rode off. I can’t tell you, sir. In the purer ages of the commonwealth, the use of arms was reserved for those ranks of citizens who had a country to love, a property to defend, and some share in enacting those laws, which it was their interest as well as duty to maintain. The water percolates through the roof, a drop at a time—often the drops several minutes apart—and more or less charged with mineral matter. “Go, go! Before a battle one must have one’s sleep out,” repeated Prince Andrew. Yvert, L’Identification par les empreintes digitales palmaires (1905); K. Syrian names are considerably met with, and, above all, the language is most strikingly influenced by the Canaanite. She looked at her and gave her alone a special smile in addition to her usual smile a...

We must, however, consider the circumstances under which these events took place. And all other choice than what comes from the express and immediate hand of God seems to me a choice of very little privilege. / Da chi non mi fido, / Mi guarderò io —From him I trust may God keep me; from him I do not trust I will keep myself. Love, at the beginning, athirst for mortification impelled me to seek and invent various kinds. Nicholas Rostóv, with Denísov and his new acquaintance, Dólokhov, sat almost at the middle of the table. Repeated victories over the Assyrians are mentioned, which were evidently won against Shalmaneser III and Asshurdan III, or their generals. d’Arsat, have ever been watched by me with as much care as my own; nor perhaps will it be to your disadvantage that you were my step-daughter. >From which it appears, when we calculate the duration of the reigns of the kings, that about one hundred and forty years must have elapsed after the death of Numa before Pyth...

[602] Xen. But this was the very thing which his Irish partisans dreaded. IV. , ii. “Dead, I fancy. “And now, in token of candor, I ask you to reveal to me your chief passion,” said the latter. The fact is, I regarded the campaign we were engaged in as an offensive one and had no idea that the enemy would leave strong intrenchments to take the initiative when he knew he would be attacked where he was if he remained. So they gave their consent. Ich schweige zu vielem still; denn ich mag die Menschen nicht irre machen, und bin wohl zufrieden, wenn sie sich freuen, da wo ich mich ärgere —I keep silent to a great extent, for I don't choose to lead others into error, and am well content if they are happy in matters about which I vex myself. It is far harder to gauge in detail the effect of Egyptian supremacy on Asia and Europe. General Taylor was nominated in 1848, and was elected. “What has happened to her? How she is singing today!” And suddenly the ...

Little Nicholas alone had changed. Notwithstanding this desultory war, three considerable battles are mentioned, in which the principal force of both armies was obstinately engaged. “How... When a decision had to be taken regarding a domestic serf, especially if one had to be punished, he always felt undecided and consulted everybody in the house; but when it was possible to have a domestic serf conscripted instead of a land worker he did so without the least hesitation. As it was requisite for Charles, however, to marry, his ministers looked about for a suitable wife. Faces are as paper money, for which, on demand, there frequently proves to be no gold in the coffer. F. “Asks for reinforcements?” said Napoleon with an angry gesture. The horrors and devastations of war were the inevitable accompaniment of the forcible subjugation of the whole of western Asia, and some obstinate rebels were punished according to the barbarous custom of his age and race. Ord, with th...

Now John was not only of their opinion, but advised them, that two of them should go to accuse me before the multitude [at Jerusalem], that I do not manage the affairs of Galilee as I ought to do; and that they would easily persuade the people, because of their dignity, and because the whole multitude are very mutable. But no sooner had Dangerfield made the statement, than the House was thrown into a wonderful agitation, and Lord William [267] Russell rose and moved that effectual measures be taken to suppress Popery and prevent a Popish succession. East of the great desert, at a distance of a few days' journey from the Arabian Gulf, lies a straggling fruitful valley, which in some sense may be regarded as an oasis of colossal dimensions. Nabonidus had joined the alliance between Lydia, Sparta and Aahmes of Egypt, on which Croesus relied when he began the war against Cyrus; probably he thought he could make an easy conquest of Media and Elam after the defeat he expected Cyrus to...

“Besides, is it for me, for me who desired his death, to condemn anyone?” she thought. They entered into secret correspondence with Praxitas, the Lacedæmonian commander at Sikyon, engaging to betray to him one of the gates in the western Long Wall between Corinth and Lechæum. Auch aus entwölkter Höhe / Kann der zündende Donner schlagen; / Darum in deinen fröhlichen Tagen / Fürchte des Unglücks tückische Nähe —Even out of a cloudless heaven the flaming thunderbolt may strike; therefore in thy days of joy have a fear of the spiteful neighbourhood of misfortune. Aemilius was appointed commander to conduct this war, not with six lictors only, like ordinary generals, but twelve, so as to give him consular authority. Prince Nicholas grew more animated and expressed his views on the impending war. Some of my former acquaintances hardly knew me. Now Xenophon also mentions, three or four months afterwards, the Boeotians as being anxious for peace, and as sending envoys to Ag...

A la française —In the French fashion. In another age, and thinking according to another system, Schiller, so far from holding thus cheap the kingdom of play and show, regarded his sovereignty over that kingdom as the noblest prerogative of man. I. There is a considerable conflict of opinion about the time of King Numa's reign, although several pedigrees seem to be accurately traced to him. Though he should, with folded arms, only call God to his assistance, has he not reason to hope that the divine goodness will not refuse the favour of an extraordinary arm to just and pure hands? These are dangerous examples, rare and sickly exceptions to our natural rules: we must yield to them, but with great moderation and circumspection: no private utility is of such importance that we should upon that account strain our consciences to such a degree: the public may be, when very manifest and of very great concern. From the words of his comrades who saw better than he did, he found that th...

Du glaubst zu schieben und du wirst geschoben —Thou thinkest thou art shoving and thou art shoved. Hear this poor calamitous animal huff! “There is nothing,” says Cicero, “so charming as the employment of letters; of letters, I say, by means whereof the infinity of things, the immense grandeur of nature, the heavens even in this world, the earth, and the seas are discovered to us; ‘tis they that have taught us religion, moderation, and the grandeur of courage, and that have rescued our souls from darkness, to make her see all things, high, low, first, last, and middling; ‘tis they that furnish us wherewith to live happily and well, and conduct us to pass over our lives without displeasure, and without offence.” Does not this man seem to speak of the condition of the ever-living and almighty God? But as to effects, a thousand little countrywomen have lived lives more equal, more sweet, and constant than his. The discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton ...

If I am wiser than my book, it is richer than I. And that being it which we part with whensoever we die, it doth manifestly appear, that it can be but a moment of time, that we then part with. of Falkland, of which West Lomond is 1713 ft. These last days, mistrusting their household doctor and expecting another for whom they had sent to town, they had been trying first one remedy and then another. By Gordon Holmes , M.D. Applying to them, they voted and communicated to the House of Commons that "his Majesty's supply should have the precedency, and be resolved on before any other matter whatsoever." [366] To the commons this appeared an arrant breach of privilege, Clash between the Houses it being their right that money bills should originate in their House. At other times she praised Julie to him and advised him to go to Moscow during the holidays to amuse himself. IV. , i. XVII. Even during the lifetime of Perikles, the Athenians had a hankering after Sicily, and a...

Disappointed in this expectation of assistance from abroad, the Irish Royalists found themselves vigorously attacked by Ireton. By these frequent protestations their attachment to the faith was continually fortified; and in proportion to the increase of zeal, they combated with the more ardor and success in the holy war, which they had undertaken against the empire of the demons. The horrible event which had occurred in Scotland, still properly styled the Massacre of Glencoe, had just become known to the English as William left for the Continental campaign, and threw no little odium upon him. For nature had before furnished him with instincts and opportunities sufficient for the attainment of it; which he having hitherto neglected, is not now able to discern that which is false from that which is true. The impulse to historical composition, of which this universal history is a monumental proof, found expression a little later in the great histories of Hume and Robertson and Gibbon. Y...

With the arrival of the missionaries—especially St Serf, St Kenneth, St Rule, St Adrian, St Moran and St Fillan—and conversion of the Picts went on apace. This direction of consciousness back into itself takes the form—very markedly in Plato—of asserting that man can learn nothing, virtue included, and that not because the latter has no relation to science. and as apples that have a sweet tartness. Great multitudes of people assembled in the streets, crying out that England was bought and sold. This, says Clarendon, was an arrow out of their own quiver, which the Commons did not expect; and though it was a legitimate consequence of the impeachments of Strafford, Laud, and others, they endeavoured to set it at defiance. I thought this was a way which divine Providence had opened, for my taking this journey with the less difficulty. 10 Sc. “You know, I adore little girls, they lose their heads at once,” pursued Anatole. Güte bricht einem kein Bein ...

And as soon as the officer let go of the gate handle she turned and, hurrying away on her old legs, went through the back yard to the servants’ quarters. I often acted thus because she frequently gave me opportunities. The meeting was at an end, and on reaching home Pierre felt as if he had returned from a long journey on which he had spent dozens of years, had become completely changed, and had quite left behind his former habits and way of life. Even the enemy was the same as at Austerlitz and Friedland—yet the terrible stroke of his arm had supernaturally become impotent. I gave everything, of the finest I had, to furnish the churches with ornaments, and contributed to the utmost extent of my abilities, to make them have silver plates and chalices. But not far from Bald Hills he again came out on the road and overtook his regiment at its halting place by the dam of a small pond. Yes, I confess, I see nothing, not so much as in a dream, in a wish, whereon I could set up...

The troops were drawn back gradually, but without haste or confusion, finding supplies abundant and no enemy following. These are points, which may be cleared up by examples. I no more wonder at those who have been blinded and seduced by the fooleries of Apollonius and Mahomet. Nature should satisfy herself in having rendered this age miserable, without rendering it ridiculous too. She was no less attached to him, and their married life was full of joy and happiness. Rostóv was particularly struck by the beauty of a small, pure-bred, red-spotted bitch on Ilágin’s leash, slender but with muscles like steel, a delicate muzzle, and prominent black eyes. As often happens in early youth, especially to one who leads a lonely life, he felt an unaccountable tenderness for this young man and made up his mind that they would be friends. But whence it should come to pass, that a mind enriched with the knowledge of so many things should not become more quick and sprightly, and that a gross...

But it was all in vain. Giebt es Krieg, so macht der Teufel die Hölle weiter —When war falls out, the devil enlarges hell. Anna Pávlovna arranged a group round him, inviting everyone to listen to his tale. One of the men got up and went over to the Fifth Company. He accordingly assembled the soldiers, and addressed them in a mingled strain of praise and admonition; expressing his hope that they would continue the forbearance which they had now begun to practise towards all Asiatic allies. He remained in the capital some time on this occasion, and it was now that he met for the first time Mademoiselle de Gournay. Dramatists, The Old. Cr. So again, in the old law quoted by Demosthenes (adv. He knew a lady on one of the boulevards whom he visited of an evening. We may however remark that Hellas, as a whole, had no cause to regret the fall of Cyrus at Kunaxa. Where our men were, and where the French, he did not know. Fifty vessels alone, belonging to London and Bristol, had been ...

Khair-ad-din having obtained from those on board these vessels information respecting Andrea, returned to the Arab shores. Cæsarem vehis, Cæsarisque fortunam —You carry Cæsar and his fortunes; fear not, therefore. He lay down on the edge of it and I burned with longing to caress him and lie down too. In 1156 such prelates as held their lands by military tenure were directed to compound for soldierly service which their character of churchmen precluded them from rendering. [42] Some thirty-five bishops and abbots paid the assessment, but Archbishop Theobald raised vigorous protest. [43] He objected, apparently, not out of principle, but because he could not see that the exaction was necessary. [44] This probability, together with the further considerations that the demand was not a demand for a new tax but merely that the prelates compound for an obligation long recognized as lawful, and that there were precedents for precisely this sort of commutation, [35] makes Theobald's p...

He happened to be dining with the archons when a male child was born, and the servants brought it to him. And which is more, I fancy that I have met but with few customs that are not as good as our own; I have not, I confess, travelled very far; scarce out of the sight of the vanes of my own house. I am like Baal before them. She was pleased to see that he was captivated by her and it did not occur to her that there was anything wrong in it. On his deathbed the Protector had been asked to name his successor. These circumstances, being universally known, encouraged the Allies in their projects. for Meas. , iii. The Greeks now returned to Aulis. Several of the field galloped to the spot where the fight was going on. “I’ve lost my company, your honor. Thomas is still left with a sufficient force surplus to go to Selma under an energetic leader. stops when it sees the enemy at its mercy; but pusillanimity, to say that it was also in the game, not having dared to meddle in th...

When after a bachelor supper he rose with his amiable and kindly smile, yielding to the entreaties of the festive company to drive off somewhere with them, shouts of delight and triumph arose among the young men. The shepherd was accustomed to provide himself with assistance in the shape of enormous dogs, who had no more hesitation in attacking beasts of prey than they had in pursuing game. The sun went down on the night of the 14th of February, 1862, leaving the army confronting Fort Donelson anything but comforted over the prospects. Whilst growing more and more perplexed, whilst struggling with his memory, and trying to recollect what he had to say, the soldiers nearest to him charged their pikes against him and killed him, looking upon him as convict; his confusion and silence served them for a confession; for having had so much leisure to prepare himself in prison, they concluded that it was not his memory that failed him, but that his conscience tied up his tongue and stopped h...

The study of Italian models, both in literature and art, by the aristocracy, enabled the nobles to embrace the tastes of the monarch; and England would soon have seen the fine arts flourishing to a degree which they had never enjoyed before, and which would have prevented the dark ages that succeeded. Kutúzov’s face as he stood in the open doorway remained perfectly immobile for a few moments. Plurima mortis imago —Death in very many a form. Lost , iv. [6] [The Hittites, now identified with the Kheta, are treated more fully in a special chapter in Vol. Another prodded his horse with the butt end of a musket, and Pierre, bending over his saddlebow and hardly able to control his shying horse, galloped ahead of the soldiers where there was a free space. “Drain the blood from men’s veins and put in water instead, then there will be no more war! Old women’s nonsense—old women’s nonsense!” he repeated, but still he patted Pierre affectionate...

This expedition and the fourth one, which set out under Haynes in 1899 and was joined by Hilprecht in 1900, procured many thousands of tablets and antiquities of other kinds. Russell is observing, "I once thought that a case of this description ought to be treated with great caution, and even wrote, as well as talked, a great deal about it, but now I am quite of a different opinion. there are not many left alive. The king aduancing forwards with his armie, came to the borders, and entring into Scotland, passed thorough Mers and Louthian, wasting and spoiling all the townes, houses and villages in his waie. We find, therefore, in these two traditional lists a series of sovereigns always occupying the same position, and others hovering around them, who have no decided place. so falling people extend their arms before them by a natural impulse, which prompts our limbs to offices and motions without any commission from our reason. Talking with a host is next best to talking with on...

Fervet olla, vivit amicitia —As long as the pot 45 boils, friendship lasts. “Don’t laugh, stop!” cried Natásha. So those men went [to Jonathan]. So let the court and thy philosophy be unto thee. In these campaigns he not only acquired the fame of a brave warrior, but, what was best of all, the merit of having saved the lives of other citizens. We may assume it as probably certain that the king did not personally take part in the campaign, but occupied himself the while with the adjustment of Babylonian state affairs. The darkness which overspread the sky was so thick, that we could no longer distinguish each other; and the incessant flashes of lightning took from us the knowledge of all that passed in the general confusion. The Isthmian games were trietêric , that is, celebrated in every alternate year; in one of the spring months, about April or perhaps the beginning of May (the Greek months being lunar, no one of them would coincide regularly with any one o...