n
given to the law."--Let. 30.

"Thorn in the flesh."

"Thorn in the king's side."

"As the future ability of a giant over a dwarf is
delineated in his features while an
infant."--Crisis, xi.

"The features of the infant are a proof of the
descent."--Let. 58.

"But from such opposition, the French revolution,
instead of suffering, receives homage. The more it
is struck, the more sparks it will emit."--Rights
of Man, part i.

"Hardly serious at first, he is now an enthusiast.
The coldest bodies warm with opposition, the
hardest sparkle in collision."--Let. 35.

"He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying
bird."--Do.

"The feather which adorns the royal bird supports
his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix
him to earth."--Let. 42.

"The ripeness of the continent for independence."

"When you are ripe, you shall be plucked."--Let.
66.

"Had you studied true greatness of heart, _the
first and fairest ornament of mankind_."--Crisis,
vii.

"But neither should I think the most exalted
faculties of the human mind a gift worthy of the
Divinity, nor any assistance in the improvement of
them a subject of gratitude to my
fellow-creatures, if I were not satisfied that
really to inform the understanding, corrects and
enlarges the heart."--Last sentence of Junius.

[This shows a parallel also in the _estimation_ they place upon the
human faculties, which is worth more in argument than any parallel of
figure or expression.]

"Wounded herself to the heart."

"Stab you to the heart."

"Unite in despising you."

"United detestation."

"We are not moved by the gloomy _smile_ of a
worthless king."--Crisis, iv.

"How far you are authorized to rely upon the
sincerity of those _smiles_ which a pious court
lavishes without reluctance upon a libertine by
profession," etc.--Let. 15.

"That which, to some persons, appeared moderation
in you at first, was not produced by any real
virtue of your own, but by a contrast of passions,
dividing and holding