Liberty
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Between the
liberty
of the press and our existence as gentlemen, there is war to the knife.
She was positive that for many months past she had never allowed M. de Luz to take any such
liberty.
M. de Thaler, that man of boundless wealth, had taken the
liberty
of saying unpleasant things about Mathilde's disappearance; M. de Croisenois called on him with a request that he would withdraw them: M. de Thaler showed him certain anonymous letters addressed to himself, and full of details so skilfully put together that it was impossible for the poor Marquis not to discern the true facts.
He felt himself as much at
liberty
as is normally only felt in foreign parts when speaking with people of lower standing, keeping everything about himself to himself, speaking only casually about the interests of the other, able to raise him to a level above one's own, but also able, at will, to let him drop again.
It is noon, and we and all the people have been waiting patient for many an hour, and the rumour has run round that slippery John has again escaped from the Barons' grasp, and has stolen away from Duncroft Hall with his mercenaries at his heels, and will soon be doing other work than signing charters for his people's
liberty.
Had it been a Richard there! the cup of
liberty
might have been dashed from England's lips, and the taste of freedom held back for a hundred years.
And King John has stepped upon the shore, and we wait in breathless silence till a great shout cleaves the air, and the great cornerstone in England's temple of
liberty
has, now we know, been firmly laid.
None of us spoke for a while; but, at length, George turned to the new comer, and said:"I beg your pardon, I hope you will forgive the
liberty
that we - perfect strangers in the neighbourhood - are taking, but my friend here and myself would be so much obliged if you would tell us how you caught that trout up there."
In time, a distinct order of the community was formed, whose sole occupation appears to have been that of relieving their fellow citizens from any little excess of temporal prosperity they might be thought to enjoy, under the pretense of patriotism and the love of
liberty.
Between the open sarcasm of Frances, and the ill-concealed disdain of the young man, Colonel Wellmere had felt himself placed in an awkward predicament; but ashamed to resent such trifles in the presence of his mistress, he satisfied himself with observing, superciliously, as Dunwoodie left the room,-"Quite a
liberty
for a youth in his situation; a shop boy with a bundle, I fancy."
"That might have endangered his own liberty," said the smiling girl, resuming her seat.
"You know it is
liberty
for which Major Dunwoodie is fighting."
exclaimed Sarah; "very pretty
liberty
which exchanges one master for fifty."
"The privilege of changing masters at all is a liberty."
"We like, I believe, to have the
liberty
of choosing who they shall be in the first place," said the laughing girl.
When treason reaches the grade of general officers, Captain Wharton, it behooves the friends of
liberty
to be vigilant."
Even now, that brother is awaiting your decision to restore him to liberty, or to conduct him to a probable death."
Give to my brother his
liberty
on parole, and I will this day go with you to the altar, follow you to the camp, and, in becoming a soldier's bride, learn to endure a soldier's privations."
"I strove nobly for my liberty; but the perverse spirit of rebellion has even lighted on their horses.
When the struggle for
liberty
commenced, he offered his services to his country, and from respect to his character they had been accepted.
"But I think Mr. Dunwoodie has taken a
liberty
that exceeds the rights of consanguinity; he has made our father's house a hospital."
"Is the cause of
liberty
advanced a step by such injudicious harshness in the field?"
"I am yet to learn that the cause of
liberty
is in any manner advanced by the services of any gentleman in the rebel army," rejoined the colonel.
"Not
liberty!
Where is the consistency of your boasted liberty?""Consistency!"
"I say nothing of its ability; but if true, why not set your slaves at liberty?"
"We deem it a
liberty
to have the deciding voice in the councils by which we are governed.
Long has the storm poured its weight on my nation, And long have her braves stood the shock; Long has her chieftain ennobled his station, A bulwark on
liberty'
s rock; Unlicensed ambition relaxes its toil, Yet blighted affection represses my smile.
There was something of disappointed vengeance in the feelings of the man who watched the door of the room on finding his prisoner enjoying a sleep of which he himself was deprived, and at his exhibiting such obvious indifference to the utmost penalty that military rigor could inflict on all his treason to the cause of
liberty
and America.
For an instant he hesitated, whether to ride towards the point where he knew the guard was stationed, and endeavor to rescue the family, or, profiting by his
liberty
and the exchange that had been effected by the divine, to seek the royal army.
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