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The other ladies made a great outcry, and Leonidas was very angry, but he did not dare to hinder all this, because all the high-born men, who had been so poor, were on the young king’s side. So there was a public assembly, and one of the Ephors proposed the reform, showing how ease and pleasure had brought their city low, and how hardihood and courage might yet bring back her true greatness.
"The bracelet was the prize for the Queen of Beauty which was given to me before all the high-born ladies of England by Sir Nele Loring a month before our marriage the Queen of Beauty, Nigel I, old and twisted, as you see me. Five strong men went down before his lance ere he won that trinket for me. And now in my last years " "Nay, dear and honored lady, we will not part with it."
In general, les grandes dames were not remarkable for their personal attractions, nor for the elegance of their appearance or dress. The galaxy of handsome women that formed the court of the Emperor had perhaps sent beauty somewhat out of fashion; for the high-born ladies who took their place were what we should call dowdy, and had nothing distinguished in their appearance.
He likes no poetry but what is humorous, and comes in good time to interrupt my long catalogue of the tribes, whom one of your saucy English poets calls Our bootless host of high-born beggars, Mac-Leans, Mac-Kenzies, and Mac-Gregors. Waverley expressed his regret at the interruption. 'O you cannot guess how much you have lost!
DO I should love to see you, cried Ursula, with childish surprised brightness. 'What shall I sing? 'Sing anything you like, and I'll take the rhythm from it. But Ursula could not for her life think of anything to sing. However, she suddenly began, in a laughing, teasing voice: 'My love is a high-born lady
In the open windows there were seen high-born ladies, beautifully dressed, and holding splendid bouquets in their hands, which were to be showered down upon the procession of the volunteers; an endless number of the most splendid carriages, surrounded by dense crowds of pedestrians, were slowly moving through the streets, and in these carriages there were seated the ladies and gentlemen of the aristocracy and of the wealthiest financial circles; they witnessed the popular enthusiasm with smiles of satisfaction and delight.
He did recollect himself, however, and a deep and impassioned sigh was his only reply to the high-born Edith's question. "I see I know I have guessed right," continued Edith. "I marked you from your first appearance near the platform on which I stood with the Queen. I knew, too, your valiant hound.
The woman whom an honourable man an English gentleman makes the partner of his life, ought never to listen to a syllable against his fair name: his honour is hers, and if her lips, that should breathe comfort in calumny, only serve to retail the lie she may be beautiful, gifted, wealthy, and high-born, but he takes a curse to his arms. That curse I have escaped."
"Well, that is apt to be the case with such high-born infants," said the first nurse. And they all waved their fans again in time to the music. When they reached the palace, the massive doors were thrown open, and the court passed in. The nurses bore the Princess Rosetta's basket up the grand marble stair, and carried it into the nursery.
"Ernest is now old enough to settle, and there is not a more dazzling prize in England rich, high-born, lovely, and accomplished." "And what say you?" asked Lumley, almost impatiently, to Maltravers. "That I never saw one whom I admire more or could love less," replied Ernest, as he quitted the rooms.
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