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When he went to the Foreign Office it was always on business. He did not flatter and praise, bow and chat or speak to Excellencies in the third person as European representatives usually do. Gerard began at the beginning of the war a policy of keeping the United States fully informed regarding Germany.
"I did not know whether your Excellency was aware that the Duchessa d'Astrardente had been here to-day." "What?" roared the Prince. "You must be mad, Pasquale?" exclaimed Giovanni in a low voice. "I beg your Excellencies' pardon if I am wrong, but this is how I know.
That's where most of us came from, your Excellencies. Count on us, if you need us. Down with Marlanx!" "Long live Prince " Three-fourths of them stopped there because they did not even know the name of the little ruler. From the highlands below the Monastery, Captain Haas and his men were able to study the situation in the city.
"But, gracious sir," stammered the servant, "some of the most distinguished men of the court and the oldest generals, are there!" "What do I care for their epaulets or their excellencies? Let them wait, or go to the devil if they prefer it."
Such are the excellencies of the youth which women do not own, and they more than suffice to give those the preference over these. She replied, 'Allah give thee health! verily, thou hast imposed the debate upon thyself; and thou hast spoken and hast not stinted and hast brought proofs to support every assertion.
He did not discover, at the first touch, the resources, the caprices, the deficiencies, the excellencies of his instrument. It did not become a living soul for him, a source of incomparable melody until he had studied for a long time; man and instrument did not come to understand each other like two friends, until both of them had been skillfully questioned and tested by frequent intercourse.
"Oh!" said the porter, with an arch smile, as he opened the lodge door; "I am glad to find that your honourable Excellencies have a taste for hymns!" The porter led them into a room, at a round table in which about half-a-dozen individuals were busily engaged in discussing the merits of various agreeable liquors.
In the preceding summer a similar hint, or order, had been given by him for a diplomatic trip to Aix-la-Chapelle, and all Their Excellencies set a-packing instantly; but some legitimate Sovereigns, having since discovered that it was indecent for their representatives to be crowding the suite of an insolently and proudly travelling usurper, under different pretences declined the honour of an invitation and journey to Italy.
It is to be remembered, however, in the way of reassurance that the alterations most likely to find favor with the reviewers are such as will enrich by restoring lost excellencies, rather than by introducing forms fashioned on a modern anvil.
Then there are their Excellencies the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French; her British Majesty's Minister; the Minister Resident, of the United States; and some six or eight representatives of other foreign nations, all with sounding titles, imposing dignity and prodigious but economical state.
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