The British landlord don't set the bottle before his customer as his brother does in free and enlightened America.
But the un-enlightened Englishman who had never heard the rich, mellow tones of the genuine African didn't know any better, and so it was as well.
There is always an Obscurity in Confusion, and the same Sentence that would have enlightened the Reader in one part of a Discourse, perplexes him in another.
This Doctrine is so agreeable to Reason, that we meet with it in the Writings of the enlightened Heathens, as I might show at large, were it not already done by other Hands.
As the World grew more enlightened in this Art, their Discoveries gave them fresh Opportunities of admiring the Conduct of Providence in the Formation of an Human Body.
It is not a love that seeks merely the pleasure and gratification of its object; that even an enlightened human love does not do.
I do not believe that Olympian Zeus--or whatever enlightened heathen god it was who invented and fostered track athletics--ever intended that sprints and shot-putting should be held under a roof.
I am the most enlightened man That e'er the world did see; So help me home, sir, if you can, And tell me where I be.
It is not the bones of our foes we nibble in these enlightened days!
Our American servants are more liberal, but now I realise that a good English servant is not so much an amateur as an American; but unless you wish to be unpleasantly enlightened as mistress, you must learn her line of duty well.
As near as possible murdered myself and Admiral Rowley and a Mr. Topnambo, a most enlightened and loyal.
Castro enlightened me, in a few moody and scornful words.
But the Lord took pity on her and enlightened her, at a time when I was most forgotten or distrusted.
Till all these hateful walls of caste are thrown down, we can have neither intelligent love of liberty, decent respect for justice, nor enlightened devotion to the idea of national unity.
Their passion for learning to read and write was strong, and had it been fed, instead of rigidly suppressed, there is little doubt but that they would have become a highly enlightened nation.
My object is to engage in their preservation and publication the interest of scholarly men, of learned societies, of enlightened governments, of liberal institutions and individuals, not only in my own country, but throughout the world.
Its charitable and literary institutions are upon a liberal scale, and enlightened principles.
Montresor banged himself about, broke his time, and made some execrable flourishes in the Prince, whereat the enlightened New Yorkians applauded mightily.
But whoever should imagine that the members of an enlightened and free republic must, because they condescend to become soldiers, for the pure love of their country, behave as soldiers also, would draw foolish conclusions.
He proved his valour by fighting beside the Teutonic knights against the Lithuanians, in the extreme east of civilised Europe, and his literary taste by his enlightened patronage of men of letters in all parts of the continent.
King Luis was an enlightened patron of letters, and translated some of the plays of Shakespeare into Portuguese in a manner which showed him to be well versed in the capabilities of his own language.
Though the Arabs were fanatical conquerors, the Ommeyads were enlightened rulers, and the Christian religion was protected, though not encouraged, as long as the Christian bishops refrained from active exertions against the Mohammedans.
This enlightened prince took the greatest interest in the African explorations, and he assisted Prince Henry with even greater ardour than King John or King Edward.
More and more was the letter now anxiously guarded, and in it the living, creative spirit was securely and faithfully handed down to a more enlightened age.
It must surely be admitted that these were enlightened and statesmanlike views, deserving of every encouragement.
We have no doubt whatever that a lenient and a considerate course will give satisfaction to the enlightened opinion of Europe, and will be greatly for the interests and peace of Turkey.
It was not too much to hope that a decade of such enlightened government would have repaired the neglect of centuries and restored their ancient prosperity to the rich valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.
Would the justice of God have allowed these enlightened Manifestations, on account of the sin of Adam, to find torment in hell until Christ came and by the sacrifice of Himself saved them from excruciating tortures?
Blessed are those who receive the light of the divine bounties from the enlightened Dawning-points!
Christ with this power has renewed this cycle; the heavenly spring with the utmost freshness and sweetness spread its tent in the world of humanity, and the life-giving breeze perfumed the nostrils of the enlightened ones.
It still retains some of the impartiality of legal justice, which asks to be enlightenedbefore condemning.
The friend whom I commissioned to call on Jean and tell him to return here has enlightened me as to the truth.
Maurice’s confession, and his mother’s remarks had fully enlightened the priest as to the danger threatening the D’Escorvals.
But Marie-Anne’s name, coupled with that of D’Escorval enlightened her at once.
There sits Bero, the oldest of the brethren, a modest and enlightened man, but of the severest principles; he has already been privately chosen to be the successor of Abbot Conrad I.
It was painted by Father Columbanus of the monastery at Marienberg, and Father Columbanus was an enlightened and inspired man, to whom the saints were wont to appear in nightly visions that he might depict them.
Nothing, however, can impose upon the present enlightened age, and our antiquaries have long been and are still occupied in detecting thefts committed twenty centuries ago.
Their speeches and their writings may exhibit enlightened minds; but their actions will follow their established usages and ordinary habits; and their conduct will too often be what it was formerly.
Meerza Aga Meer, who, like the most enlightened of his countrymen, believed firmly in the occult science of astrology, had the best chronometer in our party intrusted to his care.
I could not believe that any enlightened military nation, such as the ancient English are reputed to have been, would have voluntarily so deserted an exposed coast and an excellent harbor to the mercies of an enemy.
A new epoch for Europe is inaugurated, with enlightened China on the east and enlightened Pan-America on the west--the two great peace powers whom God has preserved to regenerate chastened and forgiven Europe.
It was evident to the least enlightened that Menelek expected further reverses.
At the moment I saw, and with unmixed wonder, only a score of wild savages charging down upon us, where I had expected to find a community of civilized and enlightened people.
I suggested that we cross the Channel and ascertain if we could not discover a more enlightened and civilized people upon the continent.
The thought was horrible, not solely because of the hideous fate to which I was condemned, but from the contemplation it engendered of the sad decadence of a once enlightened race.
Don John of Portugal is an enlightened prince, fellow, and thou wouldst do well to respect his character and rank.
Too enlightened to be alarmed by it, they were watching the workings of the mountain, when Pero, accompanied by nearly every sailor in the vessel, appeared on the quarter-deck.
Is the Senor Gutierrez equally enlightened in this manner?
He was one of those few spirits who live in advance of their age, and who permitted his reason to be enlightened and cheered by his imagination, though it was never dazzled by it.
He admitted that many important ideas, which formerly existed in books only or in the heads of a fewenlightened people, had become more generally current through the French Revolution.
But in despotic countries, the favor even of the most enlightened sovereign is dangerous.
Constitutions have been granted by enlightened sovereigns, such as Joseph II.
It is true that this liberal policy was generally carried out in a rather despotic way, and people were emancipated and enlightened very much as the ancient Saxons were converted by Charlemagne.
The subcaste has twelve gotras or sections, and seventy-two al or anken, which are subsections of the gotras.
They also have gurus or spiritual preceptors, being members of the caste who have joined the mendicant orders; and Bhats or genealogists of their own caste who beg at their weddings.
If the South Americans are really in such a low state as the argument implies, it is a still greater disgrace to us to be outdone in liberality and consistent republicanism by men so much less enlightened than ourselves.
In a community so enlightened as our own, they must gradually melt away under the influence of public discussion.
It cannot be that my enlightened and generous countrymen will sanction any thing so narrow-minded and so selfish.
There is another Massachusetts law, which an enlightened community would not probably suffer to be carried into execution under any circumstances; but it still remains to disgrace the statutes of this Commonwealth.
We may hope that the glowing influence of enlightened sentiment will promote the permanent peace of the world.
Whatever benefit has been acquired is likely to be retained, for it consists mainly in the acquisition of more enlightened ideas.
We hope for a security beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of an enlightened and well- principled moral sentiment.
On that, and on the candor and discernment of an enlightened jury, they still rely.
Either an ardent love of science and zeal for its advancement, or the strong encouragement and liberal subsidies of an enlightened government, are requisite inducements to brave the perils and hardships of Siberian travel.
But France is not what it was; it is enlightened by the experience of successive revolutions.
Or is it possible, as many observers believe, that Lord Rosebery may find himself at the head of an administration composed of Imperialist Liberals and the more enlightened and generally respected members of the present Government?
Appeals were constantly made by enlightened Londoners for some uniform system of London government, but for a long time nothing was done in the way of reform.
Lord Aberdeen had to encounter all the resistance which the dead weight of Dublin Castle's antiquated systems could bring to bear against his liberal and enlightened efforts at the pacification of the country.
He is admitted to have been one of the most skillful and enlightened among modern Chancellors of the Exchequer.
