CHAPTER IX HOW THE BOSS SAVED HIMSELF He whom they had, with facetious intent, called "the Boss of Little Arcady" now began to wear a mien of defiance.

Well, are not filial piety and friendly subordination among brothers a root of that right feeling which is owing generally from man to man?" The Master observed, "Rarely do we meet with the right feeling due from one man to another where there is fine speech and studied mien.

The feeling, however, quickly passed away, and his whole figure and countenance resumed the ordinary easy mien in which he most indulged in his hours of retirement.

As for Virginia, with a firm and dignified mien, she waved her hand, as if bidding us an eternal farewell.

34. All stood aloof, and at his partial moan Smiled through their tears; well knew that gentle band Who in another's fate now wept his own; As in the accents of an unknown land He sang new sorrow; sad Urania scanned 5 The Stranger's mien, and murmured 'Who art thou?'

Oh! gently on thy suppliant's head, Dread Goddess! lay thy chastening hand, Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad, Nor circled with the vengeful band: (As by the impious thou art seen), With thundering voice and threatening mien, With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty. 6 Thy form benign, O Goddess!

Viracocha, under any and all his surnames, is always described as white and bearded, dressed in flowing robes and of imposing mien.

Musa alone retained an unaltered mien.

And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.

Acrostic Shall I praise a face unseen, And extol a fancied mien, Rave on visionary charm, And from shadows take alarm?

THE STORY OF SAIÁWUSH Early one morning as the cock crew, Tús arose, and accompanied by Gíw and Gúdarz and a company of horsemen, proceeded on a hunting excursion, not far from the banks of the Jihún, where, after ranging about the forest for some time, they happened to fall in with a damsel of extreme beauty, with smiling lips, blooming cheeks, and fascinating mien.

" "That Commander is evidently a skilful seaman, but one whose caprices and tastes are as extraordinary as I find his mien.

Modesty is very well; but, after all, do not the least self-sufficient of us hope for something more than the dirty dollars,for kindness, affection, loving perusal, and fostering shelter, long after our brains have mouldered, and the light of our eyes has been quenched, and our deft fingers have lost their cunning, and the places that knew us have forgotten our mien and speech and port forever?

Their venomed spleen Aye vents itself; and with insulting mien They vex my soul; and no one on my side

Madame qui vient, et comme, grâces aux arrangements de monsieur Remy, vos intérêts sont presque les miens, ayez la bonté d'aller un moment sur la terrasse, afin que je la prévienne.

Behind the three girls, however, appeared Gregoire, with jeering mien, and his hands in his pockets.

And well I knew that thoughtful mien Of him whose early lyre had thrown Over these mouldering walls the magic of its tone.

Si vous portiez, dit le Gascon, tous vos habits sur vous, comme je porte tolls les miens, je vous assure que vous auriez toujours chaud."

I knew of your inquiries, and liked your mien.

We have long been acquainted With ladies who painted To mimic a juvenile mien; But I'd ban sans compassion The powdering fashion When practised by sweet seventeen; And I wish that wise mothers And sensible brothers Would let their abhorrence be seen.

And, even though mutual esteem produces mutual desire to please, time itself, as it modifies unchangeably the external mien, determines, likewise, the direction of the passions, and gives an inflexible rigidity to the manners.

It was evident that his mind had relapsed into one of those brooding reveries that so often obscured his playful and vivacious mien, as a shadow darkens the golden tints of the field of ripe and waving corn.

The colour was as fresh on the cheeks of the youth, and his limbs were as firm as in the hours of entire security; but the unsettled wandering of his eye, and an air of doubt and indecision which pervaded a mien that ought to display qualities so opposite, gave his Commander cause for deep reflection.

Next, to present a good mien to the eyes of Europe, a Constitution is voted in haste, a government is formed, an army is decreed; but the revolutionary basis is remaining, and we perceive but too quickly how great disorder prevails in minds and things.

And with a tearful last farewell, he turned away up the street, leaving Lancelot to gaze at his slow, painful steps, and abject, earth-fixed mien.