Dick had been for upwards of ten years endeavouring to keep King
Charles the First out of the Memorial; but he had been constantly getting into it, and was there now.
None of the men of the neighborhood had dared to join; they stood in the road whispering, and occasionally venturing to laugh at the jests of a couple of tramps who had stopped to see the fun, and who cared nothing for Sir Charles.
I have just had the pleasure of meeting Sir Charles for the first time, and we shall be the best friends possible when I have convinced him that it is hardly fair to seize on a path belonging to the people and compel them to walk a mile and a half round his estate instead of four hundred yards between two portions of it.
Colonel Tomlison," said
Charles, "kings cannot yield; the man alone submits to force.
Julia had recovered her composure, and
Charles Weston felt satisfied.
we have a pretty general to fight under this
Charles II.
It must be a work of time to ascertain that no injury had been done to the spine; but Mr Robinson found nothing to increase alarm, and
Charles Musgrove began, consequently, to feel no necessity for longer confinement.
It is a short account of the facts elicited at the death of Sir
Charles Baskerville which occurred a few days before that date.
For a long time no critic has enjoyed in France a more incontestable authority, and it was impossible not to be impressed by the claims he made; they seemed extravagant; but later judgments have confirmed his estimate, and the reputation of
Charles Strickland is now firmly established on the lines which he laid down.
My dear Colombe," interpolated Dame Aloise, "do you not mean the hotel which belonged to Monsieur de Bacqueville, in the reign of King
Charles VI.
Sir
Charles is very much in earnest," she whispered, "but very very slow.
My dear sir,' replied brother
Charles, 'you fall into the very common mistake of charging upon Nature, matters with which she has not the smallest connection, and for which she is in no way responsible.
I even looked round for that
Charles but there was nobody behind me except the thin-necked chap still hard at his writing, and the other three Shipping Masters who were changing their coats and reaching for their hats, making ready to go home.
Charles sat between her silent companions, terrified at the course of events, and a little bored.
I believe that Great Britain is an island, that whales are mammals, that
Charles I was executed, and so on; and at first sight it seems obvious that such beliefs, as a rule, do not call for any action on my part.
