"26" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... custom for young men of fashion to seat themselves upon the stage (see Vol. I.. Prefatory Memoir, page 26, note 7). They often crowded it to such an extent, that it was difficult for the actors to move. This custom was abolished only in 1759, when the Count de Lauraguais paid the comedians a considerable ...
— The Bores • Moliere
... realized that the days of his government were numbered, and resigned the presidency as he had done in 1849, retiring to his farm near Seibo. Manuel de Regla Mota, the vice-president, thereupon on March 26, 1856, became president. Baez soon after arrived in the country and was elected vice-president; thereupon Regla Mota resigned as president and Baez thus slid into the presidency in a ...
— Santo Domingo - A Country With A Future • Otto Schoenrich
... works of the ancients which we possess. Grateful for this benefit, we ought not to condemn them because, by a fatality incident to human things, some works are come down to us interpolated or imperfect.[26] ...
— The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - January, February, March • Alban Butler
... first spring flowers by sunshine fed, The earliest strawberries turning red, The first of autumn's golden treasure He proffered her with eager pleasure."[26] ...
— Essays on Scandinavian Literature • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
... these all? Not quite. The Meekness wheel So gently polishes. Then Temperance comes in To aid in handling gems with special care: Thus give the final touch of polishing. (The nine fruits of the Holy Spirit. Gal. 5:22-26.) ...
— Fifteen Years With The Outcast • Mrs. Florence (Mother) Roberts
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