It so happened that these companions were in general influenced by those liberal opinions which had become in vogue during the American war, and from which Lord Cadurcis had hitherto been preserved by the society in which he had previously mingled in the house of his guardian.

The Austrasians, who had preserved the child Childebert, son of their murdered king, demanded back with threats their queen Brunehaut.

In 817 Louis summoned at Aix-la-Chapelle the general assembly of his dominions; and there, whilst declaring that "neither to those who were wisely-minded, nor to himself, did it appear expedient to break up, for the love he bare his sons and by the will of man, the unity of the empire, preserved by God himself," he had resolved to share with his eldest son, Lothaire, the imperial throne.

The latter preserved, at their settlement upon Gallo-Roman territory, Germanic sentiments, manners, and instincts, and were occupied only with the idea of getting more and more settled, and greater and greater in the new society which was little by little being formed upon the soil won by the barbarians, their forefathers.

They are surprized to feel themselves starved by the intrusion of all the winds of heaven, or smothered by volumes of smokethat no lock will either open or shutthat the drawers are all immoveableand that neither chairs nor tables can be preserved in equilibrium.

"Mons. , whom I have hitherto known by reputation, as an upright, and even humane man, had a brother shut up, with a number of other priests, at the Carmes; and, by his situation and connections, he has such influence as might, if exerted, have preserved the latter.

Here the devotees flock in all weathers, say their mass, and return with the double satisfaction of having preserved their allegiance to the Pope, and risked persecution in a cause they deem meritorious.

My observation as to the civility of aristocrates does not hold good hereindeed I only meant that those who ever had any, and were aristocrates, still preserved it.

The streets we passed were crouded with people, whose silent consternation and dismayed countenances increased our forebodings, and depressed the little courage we had yet preserved.

The question was whether heads so preserved would be of any use for the study of facial characters.

They were the relics of criminals whom he had taken red-handed and preserved for the instruction of posterity.

As early as eight years of age she wrote a poem of eight lines, To a Robin, which her mother carefully preserved, telling her that "if she kept on in this hopeful way, she might be a second Shakespeare in time."

Here were birds, bats, beetles, snakes, and toads; some dissected, some preserved in spirits, and others stuffed, all gathered and prepared by her own hands.

The teachers were not pleased, but so struck were they with the vigor and originality of the drawings, that they carefully preserved the sketches in an album.

" When Prussia conquered France, and swept through this town, orders were given that Rosa Bonheur's home and paintings be carefully preserved.

When the writings of Greece and Rome had been buried in the ruins of the Roman Empire, the literature of Israel was preserved by the pious care of the Christian Church.

It is the closest approach to the drama preserved to us in Hebrew literature, whose genius never favored this highly organic form.

Tradition has preserved charming tales of some of these redoubtable champions of the Hebrews, of whom we would gladly know much more.

But that the heart of the people continued sound amid these organic changes we may see from several hints preserved by tradition.

A still more convincing token of the healthy moral tone of the nation is to be found in the earliest considerable work of literature preserved to us, the Song of Songs.

From the altar aisle we look through the open-grated door, in between piled-up drums and hanging flags: here is preserved a bloody tunic, and in the coffin are the remains of Gustavus Adolphus.

The leaf is preserved; friendship forgotten.

HERFORD (16), a Prussian town in Westphalia, 59 m. SW. of Hanover; manufactures textiles, sugar, &c. HERGEST, THE RED BOOK OF, an important volume of Welsh writings in MS., preserved at Oxford; it dates from the 14th century; was compiled at Hergest Court, and is the most valuable Welsh MS. extant.

I'm glad, by the way, that I preserved you from wasting your time among the atrocious lumber of that so-called treasury.

The South of the U. S. A. grows oranges, figs, melons and a great quantity of preserved fruits, especially tinned meats.