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"Never mind, the empress will excuse you," said Francis. "Just tell me what you have come in for." "Your majesty," said the chamberlain, "the French ambassador, Count Andreossi, has just arrived, and requests your majesty to grant him an audience. He says he wishes to communicate information of great importance to you."
Requests award of first Good Conduct Badge." The Captain put his finger on the first name at the top of the page, glanced keenly at the applicant, and nodded. "Granted." "Granted," echoed the Chief of Police, and Able Seaman Reynolds departed with authority to wear on his left arm the triangular red badge that vouched to his exemplary behaviour for the last three years.
La Martiniere causes the king to be removed to Versailles The young prophet appears again to madame du Barry Prediction respecting cardinal de Richelieu The joiner's daughter requests to see madame du Barry Madame de Mirepoix and the 50,000 francs A soiree in the salon of madame du Barry We continued for some minutes silently gazing on the retreating figures of La Martiniere and his companions.
If an overseer, or any other individual, after having thus laboured to reclaim another for a considerable length of time, finds that he has not succeeded in his work, and feels also that he despairs of succeeding by his own efforts, he opens the matter to some other overseer, or to one or more serious members, and requests their aid.
On the 25th Sept. 1571, a commission of Governor-General of the Netherlands was at last issued to John de la Cerda, Duke of Medina Coeli. Philip, in compliance with the Duke's repeated requests, and perhaps not entirely satisfied with the recent course of events in the provinces, had at last, after great hesitation, consented to Alva's resignation.
He was surprised at her constant requests for money. What did she want it for? He recalled the wedding-presents, that princely abundance of clothes and jewels which had been on exhibition in this very room. What did she need? But Milita looked at her father in astonishment. More than a year had gone by since then. It was clear enough that her father was ignorant in such matters.
If by chance Monsieur de Sallenauve gives you any particulars about his journey, you will, perhaps, allow me to profit by them." "Monsieur de Sallenauve," said the countess, after reading the letter, "requests me to inform my husband that he has gone to Hanwell, county of Middlesex, England. You can address him there, monsieur, to the care of Doctor Ellis."
It was something of a set-down when the latter, taking some papers from his breast-pocket, handed them to him, saying: 'Only these! Leonard took them in silence and looked at them. All were requests for payment of debts due by his son. In each case the full bill was enclosed.
Difficulties of the American Minister arising from too great proneness of Americans to believe Russian stories; typical examples. American adventurers; a musical apostle; his Russian career. Relation of the Legation to the Chicago Exposition; crankish requests from queer people connected with it; danger of their bringing the Exposition into disrepute; their final suppression.
His first thought was of his poverty; before he had laid down the telegram he heard the wolf at the door. He at once wrote the news to Hillard, and after saying that he had paid his old debts but had saved nothing, requests his friendly aid in words through which, brief and straight as they are, one feels the stern grip of the fact as it immediately took hold on him, the poor man's need:
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