Whatever fate may be in store for the German nation, Bismarck may have the proud consciousness that his dearest wish, the downfall of the great city, will be fulfilled.
He was well received, and much flattered by the encyclopaedists, but his observations led him to predict the approaching downfall of the French monarchy, and he was not impressed favourably by the army or navy.
The Permon family, after various vicissitudes, settled at Paris, and Bonaparte certainly frequented their house a good deal after the downfall of the Jacobin party in Thermidor 1794.
West Goths from the Hunnish invasion to the downfall of the Gothic kingdom in Gaul under Alaric II.
The downfall of Gallus (354), who had been appointed governor of the East, again exposed Julian to the greatest danger.
To this he continually traces the decay of some favourite custom, and, indeed, the general downfall of all chivalrous and romantic usages.
He had become an epicure in pleasure; and now that he had this coy beauty in his power, he was determined to protract his enjoyment, by the gradual conquest of her scruples and downfall of her virtue.
He uttered a pure incantation and accomplished the downfall of Apsu and Mummu, who were taken captive.
After the downfallof the Kassites it had become thoroughly Semitized, perhaps as a result of the Aramaean migration, which may have found one of its outlets around the head of the Persian Gulf.
During that period, however, the influence which it exercised over the Assyrian Court was so great that it contributed to the downfall of the royal line of the Second Empire.
After conversing with many thousands of fallen women and misguided girls, I believe that the principal causes of their downfall are the following, in the order named: 1.
A serious cause for the downfall of many girls is the small wages which so-called Christians are paying, which is barely enough for mere existence.
The condition of the working girl, the low salaries paid by employers, the desire for better clothes, and the great increase of the number of girls earning a livelihood contribute their share to the downfall of girls.
This town, which has become world-famous on account of the débâcle of the Third Empire, lives to see with gnashing of teeth the downfall of the Republic.
In regard to England's downfall there can, may, and must be only one opinion.
A successful resistance to the annihilation-plans which our enemies had wrought for our downfall seemed possible only by this means.
International Socialists had every reason to welcome this peaceful downfall of England's world power" (pp.
The factors that led to the downfall of Assyria can only be guessed at.
Yet in 1814, when the downfall came and Napoleon was sent into exile at Elba, Pauline was the only one of all his relatives to visit him and spend her time with him.
It would be an interesting historical study to determine just how far the great soldier's family aided in his downfall by their selfishness, their jealousy, their meanness, and their ingratitude.
The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington" is quoted as Heywood's production.
The Downfallof Robert Earle of Huntington, afterward called Robin Hood of merrie Sherwodde; with his love to chaste Matilda, the Lord Fitzwaters Daughter, afterwarde his faire Maide Marian.
See "The Downfallof Robert Earl of Huntington," Introd.
It opens with an allusion to the crest of Leicester, similar to that noticed in the "Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington.
The second part of the Downfall of Earl Huntington, sirnamed Robinhood by Anthony Mundy and Henry Chettle.
The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington, by Anthony Munday.
It is to be observed that what Henslowe mentions as "the second part of the Downfall of Earl Huntington" is in fact the play called on the printed title-page "The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington.
Introduction to "Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington," pp.
It had been thought for many years that both of these ballads were lost, but "The Downfall of Piracy" was discovered by Dr.
Daneff was a more virile man, and his force of character, with little guidance from experience, of liberal education, or from wise purpose, had much to do with the downfall of Bulgaria.
The Turks going back to Adrianople and Kirk Kilisse found a great number of roads built or building--the first serious efforts in that direction since the downfall of the Roman Empire.
The downfall of the bourgeoisie was as yet merely decreed; the decree was not yet executed.
December 2, to the destruction of the parliament, to the downfall of their own reign, to the dictatorship of Bonaparte.
Downfall of the parliamentary regime and of the reign of the bourgeoisie.
In 1830, it had decided thedownfall of the restoration.
At the final downfall of the latter he wrote that bitter and severe poem, inspired by despair at the triumph of the reaction, "The New Year, 1816.
Some time before this Elder Woodruff had written in his journal a prophecy of his in the name of the Lord, that Judge McKean would have his downfall and his disgrace.
This has caused the downfall of more elders in the Church than any other thing.
I will say concerning Schuyler Colfax, who aspires to the Presidential chair to the downfall of the Latter-day Saints, that he shall go down as Douglas did and shall be a disappointed man.
This retreat was disastrous, and began the downfall of the empire.
The latter, foreseeing the terrible reprisals to which they would be subject if they fell, held out as long as they could; but their defeat at Paris led to their downfall in the departments.
The directory did not wish for a reconciliation, which, at the best, would only have postponed its downfall and that of the republic to the elections of the year VI.
In this speech he denounced the moderates and the ultra- revolutionists, as both of them desiring the downfall of the republic.
He had washed the dust of worldliness from his eyes with tears, and, therefore, saw more clearly than the men of his time the threatened downfall of Judah and the bright dawn beyond.
Untouched by the downfall of kingdoms and the revolutions of thought, such a King will sit upon His moral throne from age to age, yesterday and to-day the same, and for ever.
What is the divine prediction regarding the future and final downfall of the king of the north?
How only did the envious princes and rulers under King Darius conclude that they could effect the downfall of Daniel?
Not from love for Turkey, but for fear of the international complications that its downfall might entail.
His tenants soon learned to recognize the controlling hand of the master and to yield to it; revolt upon his estates ended with the departure of the princess and the downfall of the revolution.
In his eyes, Religion and the Monarchy were twin sisters, and he speaks sadly in "Le Medecin de Campagne" of the downfall of both these powers.
The death and downfall of a world be on thee, monster!
For the first time since the revelations that followed Leslie's downfall a red brand of shame and anger flamed in Millicent's cheeks.
But what other man of his stormy day had been so conspicuous in the downfall of those he was now as conspicuously to raise?
The British nation must have no illusions; defeat means the downfall of the Empire, and the reduction of Britain to the position of a second-rate power.
In other words, the war can only result in the downfall of the Empire or in the achievement of Imperial Federation and a further democratisation of the central government.
But just as the Norman Conquest in the long run brought more blessing than misery, so the downfall of the Greek commonwealths was the first step to the conquering progress of the Greek type of civilisation through the whole world.
The end is a sob of pity for the tragic downfall of the famous man who solved the Sphinx' enigma.
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