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Scarcely had he entered upon office, when, not contented with exercising sovereign authority, like his father and brother, under an appearance of delegation from the Khalif, he persuaded or compelled the feeble Hisham, who had no male issue, to appoint him Wali-al-ahd, or heir-presumptive the deed of nomination is given at length by Al-Makkari, and is a curious specimen of a state-paper.
The sight of this dreaded relic, exposed on the 23rd of February at the gate of the seraglio, and the birth of an heir-presumptive to the sword of Othman which news was announced simultaneously with that of the death of Ali, by the firing of the guns of the seraglio roused the enthusiasm of the military inhabitants of Constantinople to a state of frenzy, and triumphant shouts greeted the appearance of a document affixed to the head which narrated Ali's crimes and the circumstances of his death, ending with these words: "This is the Head of the above-named Ali Pacha, a Traitor to the Faith of Islam."
Would she rob the Duke, and his heir-presumptive, and Tanville-Tankertons yet unborn? Alas, yes. But what she now did was proof that she had qualms. And her way of doing it showed that for legerdemain she had after all a natural aptitude which, properly trained, might have won for her an honourable place in at least the second rank of contemporary prestidigitators.
Henry of Navarre, head of the Huguenot party after the death of Condé in 1569, became heir-presumptive to the throne of France in 1584. The Holy League, refusing to recognize his title, proclaimed the cardinal Charles de Bourbon heir-presumptive.
"The heir-presumptive I suppose I am," he said. Lady Blanchemain leaned back and gently tittered. "See how I know my Peerage!" she exclaimed. Then, looking grave, "You're heir to an uncommonly good old title," she informed him. "I hope it may be many a long day before I'm anything else," said he. "Your uncle is an old man," she suggestively threw out. "Oh, not so very old," he submitted.
The O'Moore nearly laughed out, as he civilly turned to answer her question. "We were looking at this portrait, Lady Kirton." "And saying how much he was like Val," put in young Carteret, between whom and the dowager warfare also existed. "Val, which was the elder?" "George was." "Then his death made you heir-presumptive," cried the thoughtless young man, speaking impulsively.
In the meanwhile, Alençon's love-letters to his mature flame grew warmer; but much as Elizabeth liked such attentions, she dreaded to go too far. Charles IX. was sinking fast, and the next heir was Anjou. With Alençon for heir-presumptive of France, the position would be changed; and once more the queen began to get doubtful about those unfortunate pock-marks on her lover's face.
Here the judge sternly rebuked the counsel, who ventured upon one last question. "Have you any children?" "None." "Has your brother, who inherited, any children?" "None that I know of." "Are you the heir-presumptive to the baronetcy?" "I am." "Yet your wife will not live with you?" "Call Mrs. Crozier as a witness and see. Meanwhile, I am not upon my trial."
The chorus, bursting forth in response, surged over Odo's drowning senses, and he was barely aware, in the tumult of noise and lights, of an arm slipped about him, a softly-heaving pillow beneath his head, and the gradual subsidence into dark delicious peace. So, on the first night of his new life, the heir-presumptive of Pianura fell asleep with his head in a dancing-girl's breast.
Now, returned from vagabondage, he was the valiant and honoured heir of the House of Vaufontaine, and heir-presumptive of the House of Bercy. True to his intention, Detricand had joined de la Rochejaquelein, the intrepid, inspired leader of the Vendee, whose sentiments became his own "If I advance, follow me; if I retreat, kill me; if I fall, avenge me."
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