"Droit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... its rates ridiculously reasonable; yet Baedeker knew it not. And in the wisdom of the cognoscenti this was well: it had been a pity to loose upon so excellent an establishment the swarms of tourists that profaned every temple of gastronomy on the Rive Droit. ...
— The Lone Wolf - A Melodrama • Louis Joseph Vance
... of the wife cease, Caroline, who is more clever than her husband, has come to profit by this advantageous indulgence: but she does not give her dear Adolphe up. It is woman's nature never to yield any of her rights. DIEU ET MON DROIT—CONJUGAL! is, as is well known, the motto of England, and ...
— Analytical Studies • Honore de Balzac
... surnom paien de Marteau me ferait volontiers douter s'il etait chretien. On sait que le marteau est l'attribut de Thor, le signe de l'association paicune, celui de la propriete de la conquete barbare."—Vide Michelet's Origines du Droit Francais. ...
— Notes & Queries,No. 31., Saturday, June 1, 1850 • Various
... proteger l'importation des Negres qui y sont en trop petit nombre; mais il est en meme temps de l'interet du Gouvernement, de veiller a ce que les habitans n'y abusent pas du pouvoir que la loi et droit de propriete leur donnent. ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 • Various
... paragraph of this article respecting the droit d'aubaine to be omitted, that law ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 1 (of 4) of Volume 1: George Washington • James D. Richardson
... Juridicae. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall, chap. 44. Justinian's Institutes. Savigny's Traite de Droit Romain. Savigny's Histoire du Droit Romain au Moyen Age. Taylor's Elements of the Civil Law. Mackeldy's Compendium. Colquhoun's Summary of the Roman ...
— An Essay on Professional Ethics - Second Edition • George Sharswood
... that is, all creatures endowed with reason and free-will, and is called natural because promulgated in natural reason, or the reason common and essential to all moral creatures. This is the moral law. It is what the French call le droit naturell, natural right, and, as the theologians teach us, is the transcript of the eternal law, the eternal will or reason of God. It is the foundation of all law, and all acts of a state that contravene it are, as St. ...
— The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny • A. O. Brownson
... development of international law during the period, see D. J. Hill, History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe, Vol. II (1906), ch. vii. The treaties of Westphalia are in the famous old compilation of Jean Dumont, Corps universel diplomatique du droit des gens, ...
— A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. • Carlton J. H. Hayes
... que me fait cette homelie semi-stoicienne, semi-epicurienne? t'on jamais regarde l'amour du plaisir comme l'un des principes de la perfection morale? Et de quel droit faites vous de l'amour de l'action, et de l'amour du plaisir, les seuls elemens de l'etre humain? Est ce que vous faites abstraction de la verite en elle-meme, de la conscience et du sentiment du devoir? Est ce que vous ne sentez point, par exemple, que le sacrifice du ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 1 • Edward Gibbon
... at 4 P.M. Drummond showed me the Duke's letter to Peel which contained this account:—That there was fighting all Wednesday, the 28th, and Thursday, till 3 P.M. There had been a terrible massacre, but the troops got the worst of it. The people were led by the students of the Ecole de Droit, and of the Ecole Polytechnique. The 53rd Regiment, which it was said yesterday had joined the people, had in fact surrendered. The people had armed themselves at the Arsenal. On the night of the ...
— A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II • Edward Law (Lord Ellenborough)
... execution, before the arrival of the lady's champion:—"Ainsi comme Herchambaut vouloit jetter la dame dedans le feu, Sanxes de Clervaut va a lui, si lui dict; 'Sire Herchambaut, vous estes trop a blasmer; car vous ne devez mener ceste chose que par droit ainsi qu'il est ordonne; je veux accorder que ceste dame ait un vassal qui la diffendra contre vous et Drouart, car elle n'a point de coulpe en ce que l'accusez; si la devez retarder jusque a midy, ...
— Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3) • Walter Scott
... the only good, account of these debates is given by L'Hermitage, Feb 28/March 9 1696. He says, very truly; "La difference n'est qu'une dispute de mots, le droit qu'on a a une chose selon les loix estant ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 4 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... war must depend. In vain did the English ambassador refer to the extension of French power on the Continent. Napoleon cut him short: "I suppose you mean Piedmont and Switzerland: ce sont des——: vous n'avez pas le droit d'en parler a cette heure." Seeing that he was losing his temper, Lord Whitworth ...
— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose
... R. Notions elementaires d'instruction civique de droit usuel et d'economie politique. ...
— College Teaching - Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College • Paul Klapper
... Que pouvaient mes amis? Oui, de leur main chrie Un mot, travers ces barreaux, A vers quelque baume en mon me fltrie; De l'or peut-tre mes bourreaux.... Mais tout est prcipice. Ils ont eu droit de vivre. Vivez, amis, vivez contents! En dpit de Bavus, soyez lents me suivre; Peut-tre en de plus heureux temps J'ai moi-mme, l'aspect des pleurs de l'infortune, Dtourn mes regards distraits; A mon ...
— French Lyrics • Arthur Graves Canfield
... and say, 'Hop it, frog!' And that is all he has find time to say, when crack! spat! Bien droit he has it—tenez, mon capitaine—here, over the left eye!... Like a beef surprise he go over, crash! thump! And like a beef that dies, the air bellows out from his ...
— The Flaming Jewel • Robert W. Chambers
... parterre a quiconque est content." "Voila bien mon affaire! dit tout bas un passant; je vais done posseder un terrain!" La-dessus il court, plein de joie, s'adresser au proprietaire du jardin. "Que desirez-vous? demande celui-ci en le voyant paraitre.—Je desire votre jardin. Mon droit a m'y etablir me parait incontestable, car je suis content de mon sort.—Erreur! mon bon ami: quiconque veut avoir ce qu'il n'a pas ne saurait ...
— French Conversation and Composition • Harry Vincent Wann
... nobles et hauts tels que vous et Irving.... Si vous etes si forts de soumettre (avec un travail continu) la vie a l'art, il faut done vous admirer comme des forces de la nature meme qui auraient pourtant le droit de vivre pour elles-memes et non pour la foule. Je n'ose pas vous deranger, Madame, et d'ailleurs j'ai tant a faire aussi qu'il m'est impossible de vous dire de vive voix tout le grand plaisir que vous m'avez donne, mais puisque j'ai senti votre coeur, veuillez, chere Madame, croire au mien qui ...
— The Story of My Life - Recollections and Reflections • Ellen Terry
... much to you upon this point that I can add nothing. I will therefore only repeat this truth, which is, that if you will not speak distinctly and graceful, nobody will desire to hear you. I am glad to learn that Abbe Mably's 'Droit Public de l'Europe' makes a part of your evening amusements. It is a very useful book, and gives a clear deduction of the affairs of Europe, from the treaty of Munster to this time. Pray read it with attention, and with the proper maps; always recurring to them for ...
— The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son • The Earl of Chesterfield
... est de bonne foi dans tout ce qu'il fait. Son procede est droit et sincere." Tallard ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 5 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... mon droit! Yes, that does sometimes come awkwardly in—"God and my right!" Seeing what is sometimes done under our noses, now and then, I ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various
... interests. "The rival theatre," wrote Horace Walpole, "is said to be magnificent and lofty, but it is doubtful whether it will be suffered to come to light; in short the contest will grow political; 'Dieu et mon Droit' (the King) supporting the Pantheon, and 'Ich dien' (the Prince of Wales) countenancing the Haymarket. It is unlucky that the amplest receptacle is ...
— Haydn • J. Cuthbert Hadden
... concession the Dutch evacuated Brazil. Dumont, J., Corps Universel Diplomatique du Droit des Gens, VI, part 2, ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 • Various
... Wolsey in ostentation of his wealth, where he enclosed five very ample courts, consisting of noble edifices in very beautiful work. Over the gate in the second area is the Queen's device, a golden Rose, with this motto, "Dieu et mon Droit:" on the inward side of this gate are the effigies of the twelve Roman Emperors in plaster. The chief area is paved with square stone; in its centre is a fountain that throws up water, covered with a gilt crown, on the top of which is a ...
— Travels in England and Fragmenta Regalia • Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton |
