...
hanging in the chimney of the wooden house built in the island, and left by the
Dutchmen, who were all dead: and that the chimney was built of a barrel with the
end knocked out, sunk into the roof." ... take it to the Lord High Admiral of
England, under pain of the gallows. The admiral entrusts the opening of such
bottles to an officer, who presents the c...
... lessen himself
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VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 11
Barkilphedro in Ambuscade
To find the vulnerable spot in Josiana, and to strike her there, was, for all the
causes ... noticed the plural.
Another time, when the queen was leaving the chapel, Barkilphedro kept pretty
close to her Majesty, behind the two grooms of the almonry. Lor...
...
"You are a stupid ass."
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VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 3
CHAPTER 6
The Mouse Examined by the Cats
Ursus was soon afterwards startled by another alarming circumstance. ... regard to the devil. Belief in the
devil is the reverse side of faith in God. The one proves the other. He who does not
believe a little in the devil, does...
... except the sheriff of
Westmoreland, whose office was hereditary, and the sheriffs of London and
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 4
CHAPTER 6
The Kind of Magistracy under the Wigs ... the quorum could exercise their functions as they did then. There
was in the England of the past a certain confusion of powers, whose ill-defined
attributes resu...
...
remains ignored. The name of Barkilphedro has not reached as far as history. All
the moles are not caught by the mole-trapper.
The Man Who Laughs
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 9
Hate ... not avow.
In the completely wicked man this exists in hideous perfection. So much the worse
for others, signifies so much the better for himself. The shadows of...
...
like to see their servants lamed. They are displeased if you chip a porcelain jar on
The Man Who Laughs
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 10
The Flame Which Would Be Seen if Man
Were Transparent ... on the table, and those with their paws under it, and the insolent who give
and the idiots who accept, and to spit it all back again in the face of Provid...
... there were not one or two amongst them
who were women in male attire; a certain sign of high birth.
The Man Who Laughs
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 12
Scotland, Ireland, and England ...
Amongst the gentlemen some had an immense privilege. "They have le pour" says the Journal
Historique for the year 16 94, page 6; "which means that the...
... sacred;
speech was free, the press was free. In the public street men said what they listed;
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VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 1
Lord Clancharlie
I.
There was, in those ... they are blind. Has not the blind
man his dog? Only the people have a lion, the king, who consents to act the dog.
How kind of him! But why are the people i...
... Majesty the two grooms of the
almonry, who are priests, and to prevent the approach of doctors without
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VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 2
Lord David Dirry-Moir
I.
Lord ... salary of 26 0. Under him were the five
coachmen of the king, the five postilions of the king, the five grooms of the king,
the twelve footmen of...