The trader will not leave his trade at the toll of a bell every day; but the Barons' soldiery are ready at all hours." "To be strong," said Nina,--who, summoned to the councils of her lord, shewed an intellect not unworthy of the honour,--"to be strong in dangerous times, authority must seem strong.

By shewing no fear, you may prevent the cause of fear." "My own thought!" returned Rienzi, quickly.

"You know that half my power with these Barons is drawn from the homage rendered to me by foreign states.

When from every city in Italy the ambassadors of crowned princes seek the alliance of the Tribune, they must veil their resentment at the rise of the Plebeian.

On the other hand, to be strong abroad I must seem strong at home: the vast design I have planned, and, as by a miracle, begun to execute, will fail at once if it seem abroad to be intrusted to an unsteady and fluctuating power.