The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863. Various

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 - Various

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kept him poor. He could not afford to wait until the seed he had sown had grown and ripened for the sickle; so he fell into the hands of usurers, who purchased the crop while it was yet green, and made the harvest yield them profits of fifty or seventy-five per centum.

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      The phrase is General Taylor's. When Santa Aña brought up his immense army at Buena Vista, he sent a flag of truce to invite Taylor to surrender. "Tell him to go to hell," said old Rough-and-Ready. "Bliss, put that into Spanish." "Perfect Bliss," as this accomplished officer, too early lost, was called, interpreted liberally, replying to the flag, in exquisite Castilian, "Say to General Santa Aña, that, if he wants us, he must come and take us." And this is the answer which has gone into history.

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      After Sheridan had made his maiden speech in the House, of Commons, he went to the gallery where Whitbread was sitting and asked the latter's opinion of his effort.

      "It will never do, Sheridan; you had better give it up."

      "Never, by G–d!" replied Sheridan; "it is in me, and it shall come out."

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      Dagneaux's is the most expensive restaurant of the Latin Quarter.

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      These are characters in the novel, portraits from real life. Murger drew himself, and told his own history, when he sketched Rodolphe.

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The phrase is General Taylor's. When Santa Aña brought up his immense army at Buena Vista, he sent a flag of truce to invite Taylor to surrender. "Tell him to go to hell," said old Rough-and-Ready. "Bliss, put that into Spanish." "Perfect Bliss," as this accomplished officer, too early lost, was called, interpreted liberally, replying to the flag, in exquisite Castilian, "Say to General Santa Aña, that, if he wants us, he must come and take us." And this is the answer which has gone into history.

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After Sheridan had made his maiden speech in the House, of Commons, he went to the gallery where Whitbread was sitting and asked the latter's opinion of his effort.

"It will never do, Sheridan; you had better give it up."

"Never, by G–d!" replied Sheridan; "it is in me, and it shall come out."

3

Dagneaux's is the most expensive restaurant of the Latin Quarter.

4

These are characters in the novel, portraits from real life. Murger drew himself, and told his own history, when he sketched Rodolphe.

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