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To his surprise, he found Terpy stony to his advances. Her eyes glittered with dislike for him. He became one of the highest players that had ever entered the gilded apartment on Terpsichore's second floor; he ordered more champagne than any man in Gumbolt; but for all this he failed to ingratiate himself with its presiding genius.
"Say, are you boarding with that woman who came to see ma the same day you were at the house?" he asked. "No; I have left her." Alonzo looked well pleased. He knew that his mother felt rather uneasy at the two being together, dreading lest they should make a concerted attempt to ingratiate themselves with her rich uncle. "Ma says she behaved very badly," Alonzo could not help adding. "Mrs.
This proof of imperial confidence was by no means disagreeable to the very noble Elector Ruprecht of the Palatinate, and he neglected no opportunity of striving to ingratiate himself more and more in the emperor's favour. Gallant Ruprecht would not unwillingly have exchanged his little Palatinate crown for an imperial one.
Naturally this did not tend to ingratiate me with the Prince, and he did not fail to make me feel his displeasure when I called upon him. In the midst of all this work I was afforded some recreation by a visit from my sister Louise with part of her family.
Most fortunately he was in the best of spirits quite brilliant. I saw the eyes of that sweet Rose glisten. On the other side of me sat my pet diplomatist, and I gave him one or two political secrets which astonished him. Of course, my dear, I was wheedled out of them. His contempt for our weak intellects is ineffable. But a woman must now and then ingratiate herself at the expense of her sex.
For it seemed to her that Deveny had spoken truthfully. She had seen the incident of the broken chain; she had seen Harlan's hypocritical grin upon that occasion how he had seemed to be eager to ingratiate himself with Haydon. All were against her everybody. Everybody, it seemed, but Red Linton. And they had killed Linton.
Birth and parentage of Don John Barbara Blomberg Early education and recognition by Philip Brilliant military career Campaign against the Moors Battle of Lepanto Extravagant ambition Secret and rapid journey of the new Governor to the Netherlands Contrast between Don John and William of Orange Secret instructions of Philip and private purposes of the Governor Cautious policy and correspondence of the Prince Preliminary, negotiations with Don John at Luxemburg characterized Union of Brussels Resumption of negotiations with the Governor at Huy The discussions analyzed and characterized Influence of the new Emperor Rudolph II. and of his envoys Treaty of Marche en Famine, or the Perpetual Edict, signed Remarks upon that transaction Views and efforts of Orange in opposition to the treaty His letter, in name of Holland and Zealand, to the States-General Anxiety of the royal government to gain over the Prince Secret mission of Leoninus His instructions from Don John Fruitless attempts to corrupt the Prince Secret correspondence between Don John and Orange Don John at Louvain His efforts to ingratiate himself with the Netherlanders His incipient popularity Departure of the Spanish troops Duke of Aerschot appointed Governor of Antwerp citadel His insincere character.
There was a guest already staying at the Rest when the crowd of diggers arrived a guest whose suave manner and smooth tongue had been used to ingratiate himself with the proprietor of the Rest, but which had only tended to induce a lurking suspicion against him.
She was the more careful in order to ingratiate herself with her husband, by letting him see how much she interested herself in every thing that contributed to his pleasure. As soon as she came out of the bath, the fair Persian, a thousand times more beautiful than she had appeared to Khacan when he bought her, went to visit his lady, who at first hardly knew her.
Accordingly they told him what had happened, shewed him the letter, and how willing Horatio would be to transfer all the interest he had in this lady to him, if he could by any means ingratiate himself into her favour.
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