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He never made an attack until every expedient for peace was exhausted. He sent word to each barbaric tribe to come in and be lovingly annexed, or else be annexed willy-nilly. He won, but through diplomacy where it was possible. When he did strike, it was quickly, unexpectedly and hard. The priest was as great a strategist as he was a diplomat.
The shrewd diplomat named several eligible princesses, each of whom he dismissed as objectionable for one reason or another. At the end he adroitly introduced the name of Elizabeth Farnese, step-daughter of the Duke of Parma, of whom he spoke carelessly as a good girl, fattened on Parmesan cheese and butter, and so narrowly educated that she had not an idea beyond her embroidery.
Warrington was brilliant, a fine linguist, was a born diplomat, had a good voice, and a fund of wit and repartee; nothing more was required. He would give the name Warrington a high place in the diplomatic history of the United States. Some of the most capable diplomats this country had produced had been poets. Warrington's being a playwright would add luster to the office.
Varhely at first perceived only some large armchairs, and an enormous desk covered with books; but, in a moment, from behind the mass of volumes, a man emerged, smiling, and with outstretched hand: the old hussar was amazed to find himself in the presence of a species of English diplomat, bald, with long, gray side-whiskers and shaven lip and chin, and scrupulously well dressed.
They were furious on learning the preliminary treaty of Leoben, so advantageous to France; they insulted Carnot, who had effected it; when Barthelemy, the ablest and most deserving diplomat in France, became their colleague, his recommendations, so sensible and so well warranted, obtained from them no other welcome than derision.
As for the Boss living like a prince, he shares fare with you every day of your lives!" Wessner was not a born diplomat, but he saw he was on the wrong tack, so he tried another. "How would you like to make a good big pile of money, without even lifting your hand?" he asked. "Humph!" said Freckles.
"But I thought all New Yorkers were that way," exclaimed Honora, and added hastily, "except a few, like your family, Susan." Susan laughed. "You should marry a diplomat, my dear," she said. "After all, perhaps I am a little harsh. But there is a spirit of selfishness and and of vulgarity in modern, fashionable New York which appears to be catching, like a disease.
Well, if it is the other end of the conspiracy that we find in this camp, at least the other end of the Cameron robbery conspiracy anyway not your associates what then?" "I am expecting the diplomat," was the reply. "If I can't get the arms I hope to get him." "Would that check the invasion of Texas?" asked the boy. "It might delay it until we have a strong force on the other side of the river."
He rushed to his portmanteau, undid the straps in furious haste, dragged out his clothes, which he flung to the four quarters of the room. For the moment he was in a towering rage. "And now, confound it! That Brocq affair is not clear! It's no use my trying to persuade myself to the contrary! There is some mystery about it! Those officers! This diplomat!
Accordingly, when I sailed from Valencia the aged diplomat would have described our relations as strained. Our ship was a slow ship, listed to touch at many ports, and as early as noon on the following day we stopped for cargo at Trujillo. It was there I met Schnitzel.
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