He now lived, for the most part, retired in the country, with one sister, for
whom he had a very tender affection.
She felt that the allurements instinct had formerly taught her to use would now be merely ridiculous in the eyes of her husband, to
whom she had from the first moment given herself up entirely- that is, with her whole soul, leaving no corner of it hidden from him.
All the past was effaced from the eyes of this woman; and her looks, fixed on the future, beheld nothing but the high fortunes reserved for her by the cardinal,
whom she had so successfully served without his name being in any way mixed up with the sanguinary affair.
In all Petersburg there was not a human being to
whom he could express what he was feeling, who would feel for him, not as a high official, not as a member of society, but simply as a suffering man; indeed he had not such a one in the whole world.
how chang'd From him, who in the happy Realms of Light Cloth'd with transcendent brightnes didst outshine Myriads though bright: If he
whom mutual league, United thoughts and counsels, equal hope, And hazard in the Glorious Enterprize, Joynd with me once, now misery hath joynd In equal ruin: into what Pit thou seest From what highth fal'n, so much the stronger provd He with his Thunder: and till then who knew The force of those dire Arms?
That is quite another thing, then; a thousand compliments," exclaimed De Guiche, upon whose lips a courtier's jest was already fitting, but to
whom the word "affianced," addressed by Malicorne with respect to Mademoiselle de Montalais, recalled the respect due to women.
For it is through the Muses and far-shooting Apollo that there are singers and harpers upon the earth; but princes are of Zeus, and happy is he
whom the Muses love: sweet flows speech from his mouth.
And ye also, to
whom life is rough labour and disquiet, are ye not very tired of life?
These towns have each a governor,
whom they call gadare, over
whom is the educ, or lieutenant, and both accountable to an officer called the afamacon, or mouth of the King; because he receives the revenues, which he pays into the hands of the relatinafala, or grand master of the household: sometimes the Emperor creates a ratz, or viceroy, general over all the empire, who is superior to all his other officers.
Thereupon he promoted Messer Ramiro d'Orco,[*] a swift and cruel man, to
whom he gave the fullest power.
Let the person approach to
whom the black tulip belongs.
In the first place, he is thought just, and therefore bears rule in the city; he can marry
whom he will, and give in marriage to
whom he will; also he can trade and deal where he likes, and always to his own advantage, because he has no misgivings about injustice and at every contest, whether in public or private, he gets the better of his antagonists, and gains at their expense, and is rich, and out of his gains he can benefit his friends, and harm his enemies; moreover, he can offer sacrifices, and dedicate gifts to the gods abundantly and magnificently, and can honour the gods or any man
whom he wants to honour in a far better style than the just, and therefore he is likely to be dearer than they are to the gods.
