United States or France ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Why may not we two rise early i' the morning, Synne, afore anybody is up, and find a jewel i' the streets worth a hundred pounds? May not some great court-lady, as she comes from revels at midnight, look out of her coach, as 'tis running, and lose such a jewel, and we find it? ha! Syn. They are pretty waking dreams, these. Ger.
But the gray-haired court-lady met her gaze searchingly and with no answering smile she who could be so gracious. "The Council will follow a clue upon which they have just chanced, and which may lead to the discovery.
"The dauphin may have to fight in the ditch with the rest of us." "The dauphin is an American too, and used to scars, as you know. Can you give me any news from Green Bay in the Wisconsin country?" "I was ordered to Green Bay last year to see if anything could be done with old Fort Edward Augustus." "Does my Holland court-lady live there?" "Not now," he answered soberly. "She's dead."
Does it not seem that since a maiden will not love one winsome man there must be another already installed in her heart?" She drew back, changing color. "How little of the court-lady thou art, Masanath," he broke oft, looking at her face. "Thy sensations are too near the surface. Thou must teach thy face to dissemble. It was this very eloquence of countenance that betrayed thy foolish preferences.
The Court-lady with whom our plan was concerted, and who was a chief agent in it, the Court physician, and the Bishop of Rochester, who were the other two most active participators in our plan, had held many councils in our house at Kensington and elsewhere, as to the means best to be adopted for presenting our young adventurer to his sister the Queen.
"He has had a glorious time," said the Berlin Court-lady to Queen Sophie one evening, "no end of kindness from the Imperial Majesties: but has he brought Berg and Julich in his pocket?"
You had some put on your own hair one day when you were dressed up as a court-lady of olden time. Now, starch is an excellent combustible.
Alkmene, stronger, or more adroit, with one bound leaped to the saddle; while poor Diana landed upon the crouper, and, as if ashamed, with hanging head and tail, withdrew behind the horse. "Alkmene has won!" said Kretzschmar to his companion. "Yes, Alkmene is the court-lady to-day, and Diana the companion," he nodded. "She will be cross, and I do not blame her."
"Nor I," said Kretzschmar; "there is a great difference between the court-lady and the companion. "One could almost envy the king's greyhounds!" sighed the second footman. "We get dogs' wages, and they the chicken and good treatment. It is a pity!" "The worst of it is, the king forbids us to marry!" said Kretzschmar sadly.
Occasionally, from my window I would see her in the wood beyond the drawbridge, cool and white in green shade, with her Bible probably, training her skirt like a court-lady, and looking much taller than before.
Word Of The Day