Courtiers

Artists and men of letters were invariably better received than the titled courtiers of France; while many of the nobility were truly lords-in-waiting, the two Vanloos, ❋ Various (N/A)

The King was very fearful at this sight, but presently he called his courtiers to his aid. ❋ Marie De France (N/A)

It must have been with a somewhat failing heart that he invited his courtiers from the fleet to see what he had done to the men who dared to oppose him! and showed them the head and arm of Leonidas set up upon a cross; but he took care that all his own slain, except 1000, should first be put out of sight. ❋ Unknown (1864)

Whereupon the courtiers were astounded and the monarch, sore concerned for his son, summoned Al – Sindibad. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Then the prince called his courtiers about him and set off with a great retinue to seek a bride. ❋ Unknown (2003)

“I have known of you for a long time: first from your action with regard to your serfs, a first example, of which it is very desirable that there should be more imitators; and secondly because you are one of those gentlemen of the chamber who have not considered themselves offended by the new decree concerning the ranks allotted to courtiers, which is causing so much gossip and tittle-tattle.” ❋ Unknown (2003)

“Cecil, half the so-called courtiers in his train are engineers,” he said. ❋ Philippa Gregory (1996)

Among his courtiers was a young man of that fineness of blood and lowness of station common to the conventional heroes of romance who love royal maidens. ❋ Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels (N/A)

About the throne were grouped the courtiers; and beyond the courtiers were the knights and ladies of the frescoed walls which bore the history of King Cuthbert's ancestors; girls like drifting blossoms, matrons like sweet fruit, and knights like strong trees. ❋ Anna McClure Sholl (N/A)

"Would that my courtiers were as true to me as you are to him!" replied the Emperor, greatly struck by this poor man's loyalty and devotion. ❋ Unknown (1910)

His so-called courtiers and his men-at-arms were trooping out of the room, no doubt in obedience to his dismissal. ❋ Rafael Sabatini (1912)

The king was delighted with his fox tree and called his courtiers to come and admire it. ❋ Parker Fillmore (1911)

The dresses of the courtiers were a blaze of splendor remarkable even in that imaginative age. ❋ Lucy Foster Madison (1898)

Their courtiers were the green trees, the shade and the sunlight, the streamlet and the spring; flowers, grass, leaf, and blossom, which refreshed their eyes. ❋ Alfred Biese (1893)

From this first disappointment may be dated that bitterness towards kings and courtiers, which is to be found so universally dispersed throughout his works. ❋ Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 (1753)

Marcellus and Sergius, the most virtuous and the most profligate of the courtiers were associated in the same designs. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Mary was not only a generous employer to those members of staff most economically dependent on her but she also acted as a useful conduit for royal patronage for her more socially exalted "courtiers": her intermittent Privy Chamber ladies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fine sentences, but all for us unmeet -- Words full of grace, even such as courtiers greet: A deck'd out miss, too delicate and nice To walk in fields; too tender and precise To sing the chorus of the poor, or come When Labour lays him down fatigued at home. ❋ Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 (1891)