| 单词 | intriguer |
| 例句 | He is confident playing characters of humble origin, and intriguers, and is no stranger to the RSC, having played an acclaimed Richard III. Who should play Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell? 2013-01-24T14:32:00Z The show features collaborations between artists and reactions to texts of six writers, including such literary intriguers as Jorge Luis Borges and Haruki Murakami. In the galleries: Multiple photographic perspectives at the Art Gallery at UMd 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Filin was often perceived as an intriguer prone to favoritism who pressured dance critics to pan dancers he did not like, such as Mr. Dmitrichenko. Bolshoi Gives Building Pass to Dancer Involved in Acid Attack on its Director 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Second, any attempt to portray the suspects as dangerous intriguers seems destined to fail. Macron slap: Hitler book and weapons found - French reports 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z But it was obscured by Peres's later reputation as an effective political operator - an "intriguer" as he was known in Israel. Shimon Peres's death closes a chapter in Israel's history - BBC News 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “It protects you from the liberal problem of good intentions and from being called an intriguer.” The Machiavelli of Maryland: adviser to presidents, prime ministers – and the Dalai Lama | Thomas Meaney 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z A person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer. Ten of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters 2013-05-23T05:13:07Z On his return he took in hand to heal with the Hasmonaeans, and in 25 B.C. the old intriguers, their victims like Mariamne, and all pretenders were dead. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Two of the top intriguers were his uncles Edward and Thomas Seymour. Political donations: Lessons from the past 2012-02-23T01:21:52Z He was selected as a convenient tool in the hands of the intriguers. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Governments, statesmen, diplomatists, philosophers, intriguers, mockers, and traitors did their utmost and their worst against it. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z As he had acquired a knowledge of secrets which would have made him a dangerous witness before the Divorce Commission, the intriguers felt the necessity of getting him out of the way. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Or the intriguers fall in quite unexpectedly with another, who has a secret too, of which they were not aware. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z You have plotted against me from the outset like a common, rascally intriguer. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The wiles of the cleverest intriguers in Europe proved powerless against her bold policy. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z They call you wicked, if to fame you're known, And an intriguer, if you live alone, Trust me, though you were Khizr or Elias, 'Tis best to know none, and of none be known. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The death of Falerin would fire the Falkins clansmen, and if that dreaded intriguer, Black Pete, showed his face in the hills it was difficult to see how calamitous days could be averted. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z To the ordinary student Temple, we imagine, will always appear a selfish and tortuous intriguer, who hoped to utilise his brother-in-law's genius and popularity for practical objects of his own. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z "In any intrigue, my dear," Mrs. Neff pronounced, "the last three persons to learn what all the world knows are the husband and the two intriguers." What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Fawkes was despatched to Flanders, where he imparted the plot to Hugh Owen, a zealous Romanist intriguer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z But he was a Franciscan, not a Jesuit, a scholar, not an intriguer; and his name was not Hall, but Davenport. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z So dreaded was the quiet-visaged intriguer, so unalterably given to violence and the taking of lives, that his exile had been the condition precedent to all negotiations for truces and peace. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z I do not remember to have heard Gen. Cameron's opinion of Penn. Weed was here and saw us, but he showed no signs whatever of the intriguer. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Meanwhile the intriguers against Floriano at Rio took advantage of this formidable complication. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The archbishop of Guatemala and the Jesuits were driven into exile as intriguers in the interests of the Clericals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z All who were in power, in that nation of jealous politicians and wily intriguers would be eager to shun the last responsibility. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z He afterwards appears in various guises as evil counsellor, as an evil intriguer, and as a skilful arranger of the fylkings on the field of battle. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z The intriguers about the court, the malcontents in the country, eagerly seized on this circumstance to calumniate the Duke, and accused him of unworthy motives in the conduct of the war. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Michael Paleologus, though it was his fortune to recover the city which his abler predecessors had failed to take, was a mere wily intriguer, not a statesman or general. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z But the Jesuits are every where the same—cunning, immoral, and sneaking intriguers, until they have obtained the ascendency. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The intriguers were successful in their appeal, and a decree soon arrived in New Spain announcing that the viceroy should thenceforth do nothing without the previous sanction of the Audiencia. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z He not only subdued the reactionary intrigues, but the supineness of the country, which had left its soldiers in a condition that played into the intriguers' hands. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z Camarilla, kam-ar-il′a, n. a body of secret intriguers, esp. of a court party against a king's legitimate ministers: a small room. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z I have spoken warmly of these plotters and intriguers; but I have not permitted their conduct to alter my own, or to relax my zeal for the recovery of the sacrificed country. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Give the power, and they will elect such a political desperado as this restless O'Connell, a Jesuit by education, an intriguer by nature, and as great a coward as ever drew breath. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z He was a systematic revolutionist; a manager of men; an astute intriguer;—and, personally timid, he seldom meditated an advance without planning a retreat. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Only may the intriguers not take it from me by their calumnies!' Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z L�wendahl became silent, and the intriguers had learnt that they must use some other means. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z And I, who hate intrigue and love the Union, can only speak of the intriguers and disunionists with warmth and indignation. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z He imagined that when morning came there would be several badly disappointed intriguers in the port he had left. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z All these intriguers may fight as much as they like, but if I do not wed His Grace of Wessex, if he should be inveigled into marrying the Queen, I must to the convent. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The world was also well assured that the favourite was an intriguer. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Henry VII. put his own intriguing mother-in-law into a religious house, and the proper destination of a female Yorkist intriguer—no matter how high or powerful—was a convent, not a scaffold. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z He repeats all the scandals amassed by ecclesiastical intriguers, all the calumnies created by malice;—he cites texts only to foment doubt, and quotes the Evangels only to make confusion. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Almost every crowned, or would-be crowned, head, as he appears on the scene, does so as a mean intriguer, a lying varlet, a wearer of false colors. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Let us assume for the moment that the countess is a spy and an intriguer. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Poor La Valli�re, so disinterested, so little of an intriguer! Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The lands now lie the open prey of the hardy claimant or the sly intriguer; crowds of suppliants wearied the crown to participate in that national spoliation. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z In general, if charlatans, intriguers, impostors of every kind, for some time surreptitiously get suffrages, it must be that a sustained honesty is the surest and the almost infallible means of reaching a good renown. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z In an impassioned speech he defended him in the House of Lords, and he had the satisfaction of defeating the intriguers. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z Let us laugh, then, my friends, at fools, intriguers, and apostates. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Delivered over to a crowd of very exacting favourites who never left him a moment free from domestic complications, Monsieur had, according to the expressive word of his mother, become indisputably an intriguer. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Energetic circulars, some measures against the intriguers, formal instructions to the prefects, would have brightened and victoriously brought out this patriotic fervor. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z I was mistaken; his passion was to form a police, and to find out, by means of the smugglers, every web which your ministers, or the intriguers of Hartwell, were weaving against me. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Allard, quivering, radiant, found room to pity the outgeneraled and annihilated intriguer. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z The intriguers rose in mass to adopt this address to the French. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z He, the lord of the living, and of the western world, must sign a treaty invented by intriguers!” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Already, towards the end of January, some republicans, and also some bourgeois intriguers in search of a mandate, had tried to group the National Guards with a view to the elections. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z But you are also an intriguer, a shameless intriguer; she follows your advice. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z There can be no doubt of the fact, that the young commander-in-chief was subjected to the persecutions of the most malignant political intriguers, who feared that his growing popularity would result in political exaltation. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z It was carried unanimously, the infamous minority of intriguers in league with the president not daring to come out in the open by voting against. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z They sent commissioners of inquiry to give them more trustworthy information than they could get from the despatches of the deputies or the tattling intriguers of the Pale. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z It would be hard to imagine any method of domination which was not used—among the varied resources of the army, the church, the lawyers, the money-lenders, the schoolmasters, the Castle intriguers and the landlords. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z A soldier like you is at a disadvantage among these intriguers. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z What a sovereign contempt he had for fomenters of revolution, intriguers, and the drones who buzzed while others worked, and wanted to be rewarded for buzzing! Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Well, then, my son, here is our disappointment: The Republic has been crowded out by the intriguers of the bourgeoisie, and the Duke of Orleans has been acclaimed Lieutenant-General of the kingdom. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z By 'political intriguer' he means an 'enemy to the empire, a revolutionist. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z "Wherever you see a North American ambassador, you see a conspirator, an intriguer, a spy, and all those who work with him," Chavez said. Venezuela slams U.S. as discord over envoy deepens 2010-12-19T02:24:55Z Apparently the personality of Von Mirbach had also something to do with his assassination, for as an intriguer he was reported to be absolutely without conscience. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The whole of the preamble of his rescript consists of the approbation of his predecessors, and the appeals of the intriguers of the nations around him against the Jesuits. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion It is said that intriguers discover and recognise each other by certain mysterious signs, which allow of them observing each other until their interests decide them to form a close alliance, or declare unremitting hostility. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 But, tho always ready to help others, he certainly never gave his aid to any political intriguer. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z Carter had been, like Rodman himself, the intriguer, but he had always been trustworthy with his friends. The Key to Yesterday It must be, then, that from his hiding place that intriguer was inciting a spirit of truculence in the Carrs to which the Gregories were automatically responding. The Tempering But such forbearance could scarcely be expected from the watchfulness of Mexican intriguers. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 The man was dangerous, an intriguer, etc., etc. Lafcadio Hearn I do not wish to affront you, nor yet the intriguer whom you call your friend; I am ready to take all the blame on my own shoulders. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Then, he laid Saxon down on a corner table, and stood watching his chance companion who recognized brother intriguers. The Key to Yesterday He had been selected by the intriguer as the man to take in hand and carry to success the assassination of Boone Wellver. The Tempering Wherever Mr O'Connell wanted an agent, an intriguer, an instrument for rousing the people, he was sure of one in the parish priest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 If the handsome Spanish woman, who should have no part or lot in the political concerns of Russia, had chosen to mix herself up with a lot of base intriguers, that was her business. The Intriguers Hear now what the intriguers have planned in order to entangle us against our will in snares out of which we have escaped. The Golden Age in Transylvania Justinian, the wily intriguer, an avenging angel of God! The Scarlet Banner The face of the intriguer remained steadfast save that the unblinking eyes became a little pained. The Tempering The bigot Pope, Pius V., with the dark intriguer, Philip II. of Spain, and the savage Duke of Alva, were ready to pour their forces on the shores of England. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) A complex and mobile nature, where the intriguer and the great man were blended into one, he never commanded esteem, but at certain moments he secured admiration. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty In her second home, she directed all her arts to securing her position, and became, perhaps, in no long course of time, as consummate a dissembler and intriguer as Octavius himself. Roman Women Presumptuous mediocrity, backed either by influence or intrigue, found him a stern adversary; the intriguer got his answer in such a way as to prevent him from returning to the charge. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections These intriguers could not carry on the war without the commanding genius of Marlborough, nor allow a political opponent to perpetuate his ascendancy by a fresh series of victories. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The German Emperor has been misjudged as few characters have been in history when he has been described as a careless, heartless intriguer, always ready to strike a blow. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Napoleon I. seems to have been too severe when he said of him that he was "only a miserable intriguer." Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Bless me, how majestic she looked; with what a queen-like scorn she treated me, the cold, insensate intriguer, as they call me. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Among all these plotters and intriguers, Katharine, adamant in her virtue, maintained her position as lawful wife and Queen. Henry VIII and His Court 6th edition She belongs to the Vassilitzi family, Poles who have been political intriguers for generations, and have suffered accordingly. The Red Symbol His enemies denounced him as a pretender, a selfish intriguer, and an abandoned profligate; his supporters placed him among the sages and sometimes even among the saints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Dumouriez, portrait of, by Madame Roland, 94; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 95; "a miserable intriguer," 95; his career, 96; Masson's description of him, 98; plays a double part, 101; his description of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty The young intriguer, who cared but little in his selfish heart for either loyalists or rebels, still felt that he had placed his venture on a wrong card, and was about to lose. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion You were in the company of three of the slyest and most dangerous intriguers of these unsettled times. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Such a woman, he thought, was worthy of a better fate than that which put her in the position of a bought intriguer. Cynthia's Chauffeur Beware of intriguers who may push you on from private motives of their own. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 They held firmly to the letter, that resort of all intriguers and wranglers. The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli The wily intriguer was for once caught in his own springe. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion She continued to be surrounded by a rabble of unscrupulous adventurers and intriguers. German Problems and Personalities Coin from France, Italy, or Spain, brought in often by political intriguers, was the least improbable sort of minted gold to be found in poor old Scotland. James VI and the Gowrie Mystery She felt herself a schemer, an intriguer, which she was not. Coquette American opinion, however, laid the chief blame for what had occurred on Dr. Dumba, who was henceforward regarded as a dangerous intriguer. My Three Years in America Such is the nice artifice which colours, with a pretended love of his country, the sordidness of the political intriguer, giving clean names to filthy things. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Of all these mystical adventurers, the one whose influence was perhaps the most baneful for the Prussian State was Wœllner, a pure intriguer. German Problems and Personalities It is this: Logan was a restless, disappointed intriguer and debauchee. James VI and the Gowrie Mystery My house is a poor one, it is true, and I am hardly of high enough rank, still——” The intriguer was asking me to transfer myself to his roof, to become his prisoner, in effect. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War But accomplished intriguers and trained politicians were always too much for Claverhouse, and held him as a lithe wild animal is caught in the meshes of a net. Graham of Claverhouse Was the political intriguer rather a suspected than a confidential servant of all his masters and mistresses? for it is evident no one cared for him! Calamities and Quarrels of Authors It is often only the maneuver of an intriguer who tries to separate a husband from his wife to marry him herself and monopolize his fortune. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study There was the cunning right hand of Hawk Rufe, the slick, villainous intriguer, Lem Marks. Dwellers in the Hills It argued no ordinary confidence on the part of the intriguer to speak in such a fashion of the Autocrat of All the Russias. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War The mother is meant to be and is a repulsive virago, and the father a time-serving and almost vulgar intriguer. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series His wish for retirement has been half censured as cowardice by Johnson; but there was a tenderness of feeling which had ill-formed Cowley for the cunning of party intriguers, and the company of little villains. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors In impulsive youth and in lack of education and culture, brutal candor without courtesy sometimes manifests itself; while courtesy without candor is too often exhibited by shrewd politicians and diplomatic intriguers. Rural Life and the Rural School The Turks and intriguers in Persia evidently thought the time ripe for a quick conquest of Persia, as the main Russian armies in Poland were not in a position to interfere. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War And all the time the majority of Congress was stormed by traitors, by intriguers, by falsifiers and prisoners of public opinion; the minority in Congress taking the lead therein. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 He took no pains to spare those club soldiers, those tavern heroes and intriguers, who could wage war so cleverly against the men who had stood under the enemy's guns. Pius IX. And His Time To watch that little intriguer, Bobinette, will be an interesting task: from what you told me yesterday, she is up to the neck in those villainous plots and plans! A Nest of Spies The death of Cromwell, in the following year, and the imbecile character of his eldest son, held out an invitation to the aspiring intriguers of the day, which they were not slow to improve. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Stanton was the man, but he is not a match for impure intriguers. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 But the imbeciles and the intriguers in power think not so; and all may remain as it was, and a new slaughter of our heroes may loom in the future. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Address in dealing with opponents; the address of an accomplished intriguer; an address to the audience. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions On that account we had some trouble with the police, who took us for political intriguers. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy The device upon which the intriguer decided was one requiring such delicate handling in both strategy and marksmanship that he dared not trust it to either young Pete Doane or the faithful Sim Squires. The Roof Tree McClellan assures the President, and the other intriguers and fools constituting his supporters, that in a few days he will throw 55,000 men on Yorktown. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 L. B.—Are the people again to receive a President from the hand of intriguers, from politicians, or from honest imbeciles? Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 I think it very likely that Cardinal de Verceuil has his intriguers around the count who would learn of your message and might set themselves to do you harm. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel She was human enough to feel a certain sense of satisfaction on hearing that this woman who treated her with such contempt was herself something of an intriguer. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life The intriguer ground his teeth, but from the victor's privilege of verbose taunting he had no redress. The Roof Tree It is true that the partisans of McClellan, the traitors, the intriguers, and the imbeciles are devotedly at work to confuse the judgment of the people at large. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 L. B.—So the Decembriseur amuses himself in creating an Imperial throne in Mexico for some European princely idiot or intriguer. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Who and what were the Gracchi, then?—the sweet voices began to ask—ambitious intriguers, aiming at dictatorship, or perhaps the crown. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Will they show me the door, as though I were an intriguer or a madman?... Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas That last statement both amazed and gratified the intriguer. The Roof Tree An army composed of intelligent Americans, blinded, stultified by intriguers, declares for a general who never, up to this day, covered with glory his or the army's name. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 With this end in view he began intriguing, and as an intriguer, Ferdinand is the cleverest of all the Balkan monarchs. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers It is the selfish intriguer who meets with least mercy in her pages, and who is there held up, not only to dislike, but to ridicule. Famous Women: George Sand Sandwich and Rigby were able debaters, pleasant boon companions, dexterous intriguers, masters of all the arts of jobbing and electioneering, and, both in public and private life, shamelessly immoral. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) At length the intriguer demanded, "Or else—what?" The Roof Tree I would stake my right hand on such a verdict; and here the would-be strategians, the traitors, the intriguers, and the imbeciles prize him sky-high. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Finally, while nothing showed that the average Korean lacked the elementary virtue of patriotism, there had been repeated proofs that the safety and independence of the empire counted for little with political intriguers. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era On the same night, July 16, the baffled intriguers went into exile. Lectures on the French Revolution He believes that faults are popular prejudices invented by intriguers, priests, nobles and rulers, for their own base purposes to inspire the poor with humility. The Cult of Incompetence When Napoleon heard of it he grew furious, and gave orders to seize her as an intriguer, and to send her back to Geneva, by force if necessary. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) But traitors, imbeciles and intriguers rend the air and the skies with their praises of the great strategy and of the brilliant generalship. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 These two women certainly occupied a prominent place on the stage of events, but the figure behind the scenes was the white-haired intriguer, Tokimasa. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era He was living at Soleure as the acknowledged head of the Royalists who served the king, and who declined to follow the princes and the émigrés and their chief intriguer Calonne. Lectures on the French Revolution The day of Ireland’s weakness and distress came to her when she permitted her religion to be corrupted and controlled by foreigners; and by these same Italian intriguers she is now impoverished and enslaved. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 The intriguer came forward promptly, and, receiving the Caulaincourt despatches, together with a verbal explanation from the Emperor, was quickly in readiness for the duty of counselor, to which he was called. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Poor Stanton! how he must suffer to be overruled by imbeciles and intriguers. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The old intriguer had only time to throw himself into Marseilles, where he strangled himself, when the city was hard pressed by Constantine, A.D. Ancient States and Empires In Normandy the royalists were forming an army, under the famous intriguer, Puisaye. Lectures on the French Revolution She swore to ruin the duke and, aided by a cabal of Jesuit sympathisers and noble intriguers, succeeded in compassing his dismissal. The Story of Paris Meantime that intriguer had been making for himself a tortuous approach to royalty. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) It is the letter of a patriot, but not of an intriguer. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 The character and conduct of the insidious and unscrupulous intriguer were forgotten in his promises. Ancient States and Empires The insurgents, led by dexterous intriguers, but without a great soldier at their head, could not approach the river; and those who came down from the opulent centre of the city missed their opportunity. Lectures on the French Revolution Aaron Burr was the most prominent intriguer in the field. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In the family, as it were, of such a statesman and such an intriguer, were passed the earliest years of the life of Louis XIV. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Numerous political intriguers surrounding McClellan are busily laying tracks for him to the White House. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Where Towle was brutally straight to the point, Mr. Patch was as smooth an intriguer as ever connected himself with secrets by way of keyholes and transoms. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated This all is accomplished by the interposition and active concern of friends, by efforts at reunion managed by benevolent intriguers and kindly advisers. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century I am ready to do my utmost to promote the interests of your country, but I am by no means willing to allow myself to be made the puppet of intriguers. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II They were cunning, unscrupulous intriguers, who would stick at nothing that promised to serve their ends. Brandon of the Engineers And Lincoln, Seward, Blair, and all the tail of intriguers and imbeciles, still admire him. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 She had spent her life in plotting and manoeuvring to break open one door after another; sacrificed all her youth to such intrigues, and such intriguers, as made her sick with disgust. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 God! but hearts are the great intriguers, not brains!' A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg While England needed to keep her gaze on Boulogne, the intriguers thought only of the death or lunacy of the King, the accession of the Prince and the apportionment of the spoils of office. William Pitt and the Great War Sally, who it will be remembered had not been taken into the confidence of the intriguers, laughed. The Last Woman Such is the case with the true, confiding people in the country; but here, contractors, martinets, and intriguers are the blowers of that worship. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 This incited him to such fury that he ran, accompanied by soldiers and carabinieri, to the priest, and publicly, in a loud voice, insulted him, calling him an intriguer, a rebel, an agitator. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 As will be seen by this speech, the object of Wilhelmine's campaign was no longer a mystery, and the intriguers now spoke openly before their intended tool. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The terms of the two notes are widely divergent; and, in such a case, Pitt naturally accepted that of Lebrun and scouted that of Maret, as of a busybody or an intriguer. William Pitt and the Great War They held that the secret of the craftiest intriguer will escape him, despite himself, in the expansion of confidential correspondence. Renée Mauperin Traitors, intriguers, and imbeciles applaud, extol the results of the bloodless strategy. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Before the Yugoslav troops could reach the spot these men were surrounded by Albanians and overpowered, so that another wild dream of the old intriguer was dissipated.... The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 The Jesuit, especially when obscure and humble, was a tool, rather than an intriguer. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges We may therefore conclude that the wealth and defencelessness of the Dutch Netherlands lured on the enthusiasts and intriguers of Paris to an enterprise the terrible results of which were unsuspected by them. William Pitt and the Great War The letters of this intriguer, believed as he was to be in the confidence of the Duke of York, gave a new colour to the plot. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 If not McClellan himself, some intriguers around him already dream, nay, even attempt to form a pure military, that is, a reckless, unprincipled, unpatriotic party. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 But this was not altogether distasteful to certain intriguers who were interested in the future of Triest. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 His death, however, removed from England a most dangerous intriguer, and, for a while, cemented the power of Cromwell and his party, who now had undisputed ascendency in the government of the realm. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Jacobi, a born intriguer, and ever hostile to England, represented the words of Pitt in the worst possible light. William Pitt and the Great War We should guide them firmly, stand no nonsense from them, and crush intriguers and agents of sedition. The New World of Islam He had plenty of brains, was a clever speaker and a cleverer intriguer. A History of the United States There might also arise, to the satisfaction, of other intriguers, an armed conflict with the Yugoslavs. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 No living man to-day in political office, although he might be as great an intriguer as the Cardinal, would dare to be so interestingly shameless. Confessions of a Book-Lover The guilty passion of the two was greedily seized on by the political intriguers of the court. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Statesmen will be without elevation: instead of able men, mere intriguers: the influence of talent will be replaced by the influence of coteries. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 It is not obvious that he is more mischievous as demagogue than he was as courtier, lackey, or parliamentary intriguer. A History of the United States We were at variance within ourselves: Irish intriguers and French politics were too predominant in our councils. The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) Henry Fox, too, was beginning to show himself an administrator and a debater, and, it may be added, a political intriguer, of all but consummate ability. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Nature had never meant him for a conspirator, or even for a subtle political intriguer; nor, indeed, had Nature ever intended him to be the adherent of a lost cause. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I The real aim of the intriguers who guided him was to set him aside as soon as the victory was won and to restore his mother to the throne. History of the English People, Volume IV But the intriguers were determined that James of Scotland should succeed; and James himself, aware of the flaw in his title, was busily working with them to the same end. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada A thousand witlings without parts and without worth, a thousand paltry creatures without a charm, a thousand scurvy intriguers, are all well clad, while thou must go bare! Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Such was the "message" so cleverly given to the credulous monarch by the traitors and intriguers about him. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia The innkeeper's demeanour was such as I have often observed in intriguers brought suddenly to book. In Kings' Byways The influence of Mr. Gerard is all the more a shameful and heavy reproach for the official leadership of Mr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, since this American Ambassador, while an intriguer, was not a personality. Face to Face with Kaiserism Without a word the lieutenant withdrew, and the plotters looked at each other with that peculiarly significant expression which has been the characteristic of intriguers in all ages. The Hot Swamp She ordered her agent Randolph, a practised intriguer, to devise means for crossing the matrimonial project. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth There are a number of them—they don't belong to this country, and the manufacturer is an intriguer. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 As Hunt has pointed out, the characters of Archer and Aimwell improve as the play progresses; they set out as mere intriguers, but prove in the end true gentlemen. The Beaux-Stratagem Father Ignatius, the conventional type of the dark, wily, and dangerous ecclesiastical intriguer, is an easier subject, but not so well done. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 If the country sees you and Sidney Herbert holding aloof from him, it will be said the Peelites are selfish intriguers.' The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Both.—Cruel deceiver he/she! shameless intriguer she/he! Boycotted And Other Stories Oh, those two men are intriguers of the deepest dye. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania But the subtle intriguer in whose hands he lay pushed steadily to his own great ends. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 They were discredited by the small band of intriguers, like Bazire, who identified government with peculation. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre When all was quiet the seven intriguers slipped down the fire escape and disappeared in the darkness—safely escaping discovery. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls I was furious at the restraint and hesitancy; but as I said before, the experienced intriguer proceeds as warily as a cat. Lords of the North The young King entered the arena of Europe, a child of generous impulse in a throng of hoary intriguers—Ferdinand, Maximilian, Louis XII., Henry VIII. His impartiality as a presiding officer was recognized by all parties, and his firmness of purpose could not be moved by corrupt intriguers or brawling sycophants. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis They make him the sanguinary dictator in one sentence, and the humiliated intriguer in the next. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre He knew well how to collect round his standard those intriguers in the free states who were content to adopt his badge, and ride into power in his train. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Mr. E. H. Mills, Senator from Massachusetts, and a dispassionate observer, speaks of Crawford with scant favor as "coarse, rough, uneducated, of a pretty strong mind, a great intriguer, and determined to make himself President." John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series The Queen of Navarre is a heroine and a saint but, although a wise woman, she is no match for intriguers. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS Personally he was honest, but he was always surrounded by intriguers and tricksters, some of whose nests he would aid in feathering. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Even Whitney H. Stoddard was known to her personally—the shrewdest intriguer of them all—and yet he, so she said, had a human side to him and let her in on occasional deals. Rimrock Jones But something like this transformation was seen when Octavian, the crafty and selfish intriguer, ripened into the wise and statesmanlike Augustus. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation "Condole with me," she said, in a broken voice, to Madame Campan; "the intriguer who wanted to ruin me, or procure money by using my name and forging my signature, has just been fully acquitted." Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. In the general scramble for wealth among the worthless intriguers who governed in the name of Philip III., Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Let the wretched intriguer be forgotten till the morrow, at any rate! One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York At Durazzo folk were very nervous about Essad Pasha, who alone had an armed force and was said to be in constant communication with the Greek Bishop at Duiazzo, a notorious intriguer. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle They, too, then, had been to the Café Montmartre, with their obvious Anglicisms, their clumsy inquiries—to make of themselves without doubt the jest of that little nest of intriguers, and afterwards their tool. A Maker of History This conduct, which is more natural to men of integrity than of ambition, could not, however, procure him the former character; and he was always, with reason, regarded as an intriguer rather than a patriot. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Public crimes are no less crimes because they are committed to the sound of trumpets, and the chicanery of crowned intriguers is morally the same as the tricks of hedge bandits. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers Karmath, who was a born intriguer and believed in nothing, became the leader of the Karmathites in Arabia, where a number of Arabs were soon enlisted in the society. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Her lean, restless-eyed subordinate, Alexandrovna, however, drove the pupils the way they should go with pitiless severity, and perhaps as a result the girls of the Institute were all said to leave it finished intriguers. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle And, after reading, I felt thankful that the message had not fallen into the hands of the zemindar, else had the intriguer's identity been quickly determined and his fate as quickly sealed. Tales of Destiny M. Fouquet rejected her offers with indignation, preferring the esteem of the king to all complicity with intriguers. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Following out this view a Turkish force was directed toward the Suez Canal, while the German intriguers did their best to stir up revolt in Egypt itself. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War In all this Weishaupt shows himself not only an intriguer but a charlatan, inventing mysteries and degrees to impose on the credulity of his followers. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements He was lately come from Belgrade, where he was a student, one of the many who have there been made tools of by unscrupulous political intriguers. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle Politics and nothing but politics is dull work though, and an intriguer's life must be a pretty poor affair. Gilbert Keith Chesterton James then, suspecting that the gold might be foreign, brought in by Jesuits for the use of Catholic intriguers, asked what the coins and their bearer were like. Historical Mysteries She did not want her hero turned into an intriguer, no matter how innocent his motive. The Second Latchkey But for thirty years the intriguers found it their interest to profess conservatism. The Arian Controversy There was then in Paris one of those enigmatic men who are at the same time intriguers and statesmen. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution From the time that the notorious "Spanish marriages" had become facts, the Duke of Montpensier had been an intriguer. Spanish Life in Town and Country There's no doubt these weak corrupt semi-civilised States are a standing temptation to intriguers like the Germans and so a standing danger to peace. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years He was recognized by the State authorities, and pledges were given that they would uphold and defend it against all intriguers opposed to peace, through the non-existence of a government competent to make it. General Scott The Asiatics were not all of them either Arians or intriguers. The Arian Controversy Charles was of a slow, sluggish nature, and the men around him were selfish and pleasure-loving intriguers, who kept aloof all the bolder spirits from him. History of France The mother of the young one, a sort of derwish negress, is a tremendous old intriguer, and stirs up at least one feud a day. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government "This one," said Bonaparte on reading the name of Querelle, and the accompanying note, "is more of an intriguer than a fanatic; he will speak." The House of the Combrays But one of the most extraordinary instances of disguise was that of the Chevalier d'Eon, who was born in the year 1728, and was an excellent scholar, soldier, and political intriguer. Strange Pages from Family Papers Stephen's crime had discredited the whole gang of Eastern court intriguers who had made the quarrel. The Arian Controversy The hovering of these forces on the frontiers, and their occasional successes, produced a constant alarm of counter-revolution, which was believed to be instigated by secret intriguers in the very heart of the Convention. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 The Devil, in so far as I have met him in fiction, has usually been a highly successful intriguer on behalf of anyone prepared to make the necessary bargain. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 Acquet, did not disguise the fact that, in his opinion, d'Aché was nothing but a common intriguer and an agent of England. The House of the Combrays There was still, it is true, the influence of Charles of Navarre; but that desperate intriguer had compromised himself so much with both parties that no confidence could be placed in him. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) The court intriguers could do nothing without the Emperor, and Constantius was occupied first with the Persian war, then with the civil war against Magnentius. The Arian Controversy The series of speeches delivered by the President in support of his sham reforms only deepened that impression by providing more and more convincing evidence as to who the real intriguers and mischief-makers were. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs The splendor of the capital had attracted from all nations the idle rich, gamblers, speculators, voluptuaries, profligates, intriguers, criminals. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ The time finally came when Uncas, "the friend of the white man," was regarded by his former admirers as a hopeless marplot and intriguer. England in America, 1580-1652 The court of Ferrara was full of unscrupulous intriguers. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood The victory seemed won when the last great enemy was driven into the desert, and the intriguers hasted to the spoil. The Arian Controversy And always, with the skill and finesse of the born intriguer, by a smile, a suggestion, or an adroitly worded question, he managed to foster and to intensify her hatred for Brute MacNair. The Gun-Brand A strong case was therefore made out by this plausible intriguer. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two "Why, by telling him the truth," said the far-sighted villain, "that it is my brother, and not I, that was the intriguer with her." The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One The Rev. Mr Carstares was going and coming between Argyll and the exiles in Holland and the intriguers at home. A Short History of Scotland These intriguers say, 'We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Zimmermann, like the Chancellor, is ambitious, bigoted, cold-blooded and an intriguer of the first calibre. Germany, The Next Republic? I am well apprised that the little intriguers, and whisperers, and self-conceited, thoughtless babblers, worse than either, run about to depreciate the fallen virtue of a great nation. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) That an ignoble intriguer of his type could influence the policy of state she refused to believe. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Her patience broke down; she turned to Darnley, thereby, as the English intriguers designed, breaking up the concord of her nobles. A Short History of Scotland But for the carrying out of such a policy the agitators and intriguers who for the last twenty years have weakened and degraded the Imperial Parliament are the proper agents. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 He was one of the chief supports of the little group of intriguers in Berlin who directed German propaganda here. Germany, The Next Republic? By contrast to the Nietzschian intriguer I had left that morning at Briar Hills, she was a paragon of all virtues. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Agias had tried to penetrate into the secrets of Pratinas, but found that judicious intriguer had, as a rule, carefully covered his tracks. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Associated with this Laurier-Tarte-Chapleau triumvirate was a fourth, C. A. Dansereau, nominally postmaster of Montreal, actually the most restless political intriguer in the province of Quebec. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics They are simply mischievous shadows, and merely excel as intriguers in putting good men out of office and themselves in. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon In Archimago he satirizes the odious King Philip II of Spain, and in false Duessa the fascinating intriguer, Mary Queen of Scots, who was undeserving so hard a blow. Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I Dodge was a fitting tool for this intriguer, and well able to help him out at a pinch. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Lucius had tried in vain to escape from the snares the wily intriguer had cast about him. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Both men were unscrupulous intriguers, without an atom of moral sense or loyalty, and both possessed ability, differing in kind, perhaps, which they used in the accomplishment of their own ends. The Tragedy of St. Helena The jailer of Ireland seeks Irish-American support to keep Ireland in prison; the intriguer against Germany would win German-American good-will against its parent stock. The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 Early in the year 1880, Prince Alexander determined to go to St. Petersburg to appeal to the Czar in the hope of allaying the violence of the Panslavonic intriguers. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) V The Constitution of Florence offered many points of weakness to the attacks of such intriguers. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series The banished ecclesiastics formed at every court a most efficient diplomatic corps, the chief of these intriguers being the celebrated Luke Wadding. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times She was not only an intriguer, but, subsequent to her failure in love-making, she developed a literary tyrannicide. The Tragedy of St. Helena They are clever intriguers; send into my house newspaper articles, letters, and these good-natured people, to make me soft-hearted; act in public as my friends, to make me confide again in their falseness! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 I may be the mere intriguer that Tatham and his mother evidently think me. The Mating of Lydia They knew the Baron as an old intriguer; they attached a meaning, whether intended or not, to his smallest action. After London Or, Wild England What could be more fitting than that Elizabeth Merton should carry him off, to the discomfiture of innumerable intriguers? Lady Merton, Colonist This fussy female intriguer suggested to Napoleon that if he would give her two million francs she would write anything he wished. The Tragedy of St. Helena Lady Henry thought me an intriguer--I am one. Lady Rose's Daughter You little intriguer!" wrote Lord Glaramara--"I will do what I can. Lady Connie Oliver's ways were irritating; he had more than one of the intriguer's gifts; and several times during the preceding weeks Ferrier's mind had recurred with disquiet to the letters in his hands. The Testing of Diana Mallory To the "eternal intriguer" the elevation of Moore to the archbishopric was probably mainly due. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 As excellent an intriguer as he was a fighter he asked nothing better than to hear once more the terms of the Barons. The Historic Thames She is here the low intriguer who does not stop at assassination to gain her ends. Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici The Real Jewish Ruler: Annas the intriguer--an unrebuked insult--the case settled at once--before Caiaphas--difficulty in fixing a charge--the dramatic question and solemn answer--second condemnation--gross insults. Quiet Talks about Jesus Now, the presence of a foreign foe in Sicily gave intriguers for power at Syracuse their opportunity, of which the outcome was the subversion of the democracy and the establishment of Dionysius as despot. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Ursus kept what Master Nicless had said of intriguers and complaints in high places to himself, and did not tell Gwynplaine, lest it should trouble the ease of his acting by creating anxiety. The Man Who Laughs The third intriguer was General Charles Lee, who, like Gates, was an Englishman, and had served under General Braddock, being in the disaster of Fort Duquesne. George Washington If masterly in advance, she showed even more masterly in retreat; and that too often at the expense of her fellow intriguers. Deadham Hard So Jesus is sent with the decision of Annas in the thongs on His hands to Caiaphas, high priest that year by the grace of the old intriguer Annas, and by Roman appointment. Quiet Talks about Jesus Poor Garibaldi is made a tool of by a set of designing intriguers, who will sacrifice him at any moment. What I Remember, Volume 2 The adherents of the French party denounced him as an intriguer, and spread the report that he was a spy in the pay of Spain. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Behind the far-sighted plotter and the keen intriguer there always remained the primitive honesty of his younger years. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire A gambler in his early days, he became a political intriguer, an unhappy husband, a maniac, and died in the prime of life. Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham "There is no more happiness for me since they have made me an intriguer," she said sadly to Madame Campan. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Being neither a flatterer nor an intriguer, Porpora's rough frankness was no passport to influence, and his ill-humour made enemies rather than friends. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction The "expert" quack and the bureaucratic intriguer increase and multiply in a dull-minded, uncritical, strenuous period as disease germs multiply in darkness and heat. An Englishman Looks at the World He was entangled with shrewd men of business, and crafty spendthrifts, ambitious intriguers, folk who used undoubted talents, each in its kind excellent and pure, for baser purposes of gain or getting on. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti How shall we interpret the oracle, you and I and the old intriguer? Little Dorrit She said to me in a broken voice: 'Condole with me; the intriguer who wanted to ruin me, or procure money by using my name and forging my signature, has just been fully acquitted. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 To see others drinking, work of designing intriguers will displace your fairest hopes. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition It did not spring from the epidemic dread of sorcery then so prevalent, but was carried on by wretched intriguers, who had sworn to have the life of their foe. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Sadly enough for the Church and humanity, he was simply a zealot and intriguer: he perfected the plan for entrapping the great astronomer. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom The little singing-bird that never was fledged, was long kept in a cage by a guardian of your appointing, well enough known to our old intriguer here. Little Dorrit He commands your affection even while suggesting a doubt whether the man may not be overwhelmed in the diplomat, the intriguer. Rezanov A leader, a politician, an orator, a "boss," an intriguer, an idealist,—all these he is, and ever, too, the centre of a group of men, now twenty, now a thousand in number. The Souls of Black Folk From its foundation, "Le National" has been a nursery of intriguers and renegades. What is Property? He could not see that Mlle. de Varion was of a kind of woman as unlike the court intriguer as if the two belonged to different species of beings. An Enemy to the King Shall we coax our old intriguer to tell us when he saw him last?' Little Dorrit He was, to parody the words of a bard, himself actuated by the stormy passions which an intriguer often only simulates,— None of those who loved so kindly, None of those who loved so blindly. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Sulla was not one of the clumsy intriguers who laboriously lay up a store of favour and are easily detected in the attempt. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate "An intriguer—an unscrupulous intriguer—like himself!" said Lady Coryston, with cutting emphasis. The Coryston Family A Novel Was he simply an intriguer, plying his trade? Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places If you try to prejudice me by making out that I have lived by my wits—how do your lawyers live—your politicians—your intriguers—your men of the Exchange?' Little Dorrit A cunning and wicked intriguer, he lent himself without scruple to the gratification of his master's lusts and caprices. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller "I suppose," she said presently, "that Signor Bruno is a political intriguer." The Slave of the Lamp Never was a more undisguised schemer, a franker, looser intriguer. Villette Politics and ambition had possessed him since, and women now appealed to other instincts in him—instincts rather of the diplomatist and intriguer than of the lover. Eleanor When your lawyers, your politicians, your intriguers, your men of the Exchange fall ill, and have not scraped money together, they become poor. Little Dorrit It was well enough for an intriguer about the Court to get converted from self-interest. Saint Augustin What words to yourselves do you mutter thus low, Of "blood" and "an intriguer"? Poems But they will not long enjoy their treachery; they are ever intriguers, and as soon as they see their opportunity will conspire against William as they conspired against Harold. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest It is just because Liberty is dear to his heart that he hates government by Demagogues; he would fain free the city from the despotism of a clique of wretched intriguers that oppressed her. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 How do your lawyers live, your politicians, your intriguers, your men of the Exchange? Little Dorrit That there is something of the sort behind it all is proved by the prominence that some of the intriguers give to an alleged excommunication of His Majesty the Emperor by the Pope. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise Ashe was confident that Thurston was a born intriguer, and he instinctively watched for signs of understanding between Mr. Strathmore and the other. The Puritans Little by little he dominated his rebelliousness, and he made himself a great worker and a tireless intriguer. Cæsar or Nothing Who and what were the Gracchi, then?--the sweet voices began to ask--ambitious intriguers, aiming at dictatorship or perhaps the crown. Caesar: a Sketch Our old intriguer said that you were not—and you stopped him. Little Dorrit He proved to be a wretched intriguer, who brought ruin on all who connected themselves with him; and who began at once to make trouble in Economy. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation At Athens, beaten and impoverished, there must have been widespread discontent; the foundation upon which society was built must have been criticised, its inequalities being emphasised by idealists and intriguers alike. Authors of Greece They regarded them as intriguers, trying to get their hands on everything, ready to worm out secrets for their own profit and obtain private and political power whenever possible. Virgilia or, out of the Lion's Mouth In spite of the fanatical intriguers, who looked with horror upon this profanation of the holy language, the novel made its way everywhere, into the academies for Rabbinical students, into the very synagogues. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) And what is a great deal worse, it will keep me still in my ruined dungeons, a spy, an intriguer, an understrapper, when I am fit to be one of the foremost. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War "Tell him he lies; that the man who has just left him is no confessor, but an intriguer like himself." Chicot the Jester He and England were equally astounded to find that a broken and defeated invader could actually be accepted by the intriguers at Westminster and crowned King of England as the price of a secret bargain. First and Last No sooner does the Kaiser name a Chancellor than hundreds of little politicians, Reichstag members, editors, reporters and female intriguers try to drive him from office. My Four Years in Germany For the intriguer is ever expeditious, and loses no time in attaining to his object. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature But Carne, too quick of temper for a really fine intriguer, cut short his expostulations. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War A stopgap is, of course, always popular with the intriguer who knows that he himself has not yet arrived. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 The latter was a notable intriguer and mischief-maker, ever breeding bad blood; and his termper was rather violent than sullen. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Organisations are only a means for intriguers and rogues to climb to power on the shoulders of their fellow-men; and at best only serve to trammel initiative and enterprise. A Girl Among the Anarchists The beautiful intriguers entered into the campaign, and as the expedition to Egypt was then preparing, they induced the minister of war to send Murat with it. The Companions of Jehu She had known of middle classes where libertinism flourished, had known of licentiousness among the poor shopkeepers, shoddy intriguers in the humble boarding-houses. We Can't Have Everything That single sentence fell like a hammer upon the heads of the intriguers of the Cave. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 An active intriguer, General Lajolais, an old friend of Pichegru, meanwhile left Paris for London; he repeated the bitter words of Moreau respecting the First Consul—words which created illusions and hopes. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France They found too much of the drover and intriguer, too little of the traditional driver of the spoil. Rob Roy — Volume 01 Mar, a versatile statesman and an able intriguer, had consulted his ambition rather than his talents when he assumed the command of such an enterprise. Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems But by now Tito was deeply involved in Florentine politics, and easily persuaded her that it was against secret political intriguers that he thus shielded himself. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction But at length she is unable to disguise the effects of her imprudence, her gallant ungallantly refuses to marry her, and the fair intriguer is packed off to a convent in France. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood He was a haughty, upright man, of an impetuous temper—such a man as often becomes the tool of less courageous but more dexterous intriguers. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History He had not forgotten that his countrymen were born intriguers. The Broken Road He sent male and female intriguers to Paris, and succeeded in turning the revolution into a mock republic. Select Speeches of Kossuth To her resorted the contractors, the employees, the intriguers, when they wanted to get something from the celebrated councilor. The Reign of Greed The sovereign rapidly degenerated into an accomplished despot, and the women into intriguers and coquettes. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century A selfish intriguer like Marius might very likely have thought of throwing in his lot with the Italians, for theirs seemed to be the winning side. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History And she uses the same language to her sister Christine, even while expressing still more strongly her indignation at being "sacrificed to a perjured priest and a shameless intriguer." The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France The fact is, my dear Hawkins," said the wily intriguer, for such he was, "I'll tell you seriously how I stand. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) These chieftains have always been a strange and changing mixture of mountain patriot and city intriguer—of loyal soldier and mercenary looter. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) One of the most loyal and self-forgetting of subordinates, he was treated as if a persistent intriguer for command. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 Moreover, he suggested that my service on political missions would give me the knowledge and influence necessary to checkmate the intriguers who were keeping me from my own. The Secrets of the German War Office It had only changed their direction and object, and also the persona of the intriguers. The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France But these intriguers secretly carried out their plan. Memories of Hawthorne Shortly before our arrival, the dozen of petty Arab pedlars at Harar, treacherous intriguers, like all their dangerous race, had been plotting against the Amir. First Footsteps in East Africa The veteran intriguer even laughed, thinking how cunningly he had provided against contingencies. The Prince of India — Volume 02 A continuance of the severe contests between the national party and foreign intriguers materially interfered with the prosperity of the country. Mosaics of Grecian History The mass of the people had long been passive under the sway of factions and political intriguers, and they resigned themselves to the despotism of the emperor without a struggle. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Smooth intriguers, mere demagogues, were not likely to gain the confidence of the West, but a positive and forcible character won their admiration. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 First is the tragedy of the sweet-souled and most innocent child, Lady Jane Grey, sacrificed to the self-seeking ambition of shameless intriguers. England under the Tudors Amongst the crowd of discredited and dishonest intriguers none was more vile or contemptible than he. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Ts'i took ten towns from Yen by successfully attacking her whilst in mourning; one of the travelling diplomats and intriguers so common in China at that period insisted upon the towns being restored. Ancient China Simplified But, apropos of M. Robert, isn't he an intriguer? Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 Receiving no answer, he turned back to cast additional woe into the heart of the pretty intriguer. The Purple Parasol General Conway, a cunning, restless intriguer, formed a cabal of officers against Washington. A Brief History of the United States Vane was a strange compound of incongruous qualities—at once enthusiast and philosopher, statesman and intriguer, a model of chivalrous courage, and a profound dissembler. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 His aversion from taking the advice of others increased so that even the subtle intriguers, Talleyrand and Fouché, were less and less admitted to his confidence. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. But you see, you are not in any extreme danger of informers and intriguers.... Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face So," muses the veteran intriguer Hardin, as he selects a regalia, "my lady is wary, cautious, and blameless. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance What did she say?’ the intriguers whispered eagerly as the great soldier made his way towards the door, with the haste of one who was no courtier. In Kedar's Tents He was thwarted by a crowd of jealous intriguers at home, and his intentions and directions as to foreign politics were often set aside by such an agent as Downing. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 On almost all it has its effect; though there are the intriguers, the clever conjurers, to whom politics is simply such a game as is billiards or rackets, only played with greater results. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope No, it must really be that some master mind, some devilish intriguer was at work to spread red ruin in American City! 100%: the Story of a Patriot Nay, Clowes, he’s no intriguer against my lass, that I am bound to say. Janice Meredith He held the wire, reasoning out the method of the intriguer. The Voice on the Wire We made a mistake when Bubru Singh died; there were two nephews with about equal claims, and we picked the wrong one—a born intriguer. Guns of the Gods The tattlers drew closer together and such words as "rogues," "thieves," and "shameless intriguers," ascended to the shutter behind which Pierre and Felicite were perspiring with fear and indignation. The Fortune of the Rougons She wanted to be a dignified, honourable, helpful woman; not selfish, like Nina; not an intriguer, like Isabelle; not proud, like Madame Carter. Harriet and the Piper She was the most restless of intriguers, and was never so happy as when engaged in conspiracies which might cost her her estates and liberty. Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War She had doubted before; she feared it might be the scheme of some base intriguer; but now her doubts vanished, and hope cheered her on. Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us So word of her life among the women did not travel swiftly to official ears, as that of a male intriguer would certainly have done. Guns of the Gods Perhaps, after all, his death, as a repentant man still single minded, saved him from lapsing into the double vileness of the veteran intriguers whose prey he had been. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland He reproached himself for this attitude towards Peak, but was heartily glad that Marcella seemed to have learnt to regard the intriguer with a wholesome indifference. Born in Exile Against you and your great common interests which as you dimly saw are the same thing in effect as justice, there are not only the sword-wavers, the profiteers, and the intriguers. Under Fire: the story of a squad Lashmar, with his emphasis on the obligation of social service—was he not simply an ambitious struggler and intriguer, careless of everything but his own advancement? Our Friend the Charlatan Royal persons, favourites, intriguers, bishops, passed like mute phantoms behind their veil of names. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man It is not your fault, it is Ardea's, who has allowed that dabbler in spurious dividends to perform his part of intriguer.... Cosmopolis — Complete It is not your fault, it is Ardea's, who has allowed that dabbler in spurious dividends to perform his part of intriguer…. Cosmopolis — Volume 2 "See, madame, what a shrewd and self-willed intriguer he is!" exclaimed Scharnhorst. Napoleon and Blucher But then, Lady Ogram was no mere intriguer; he thought her, on the whole, a woman of fine character, with certain defects so obvious that they could never be the means of misleading anyone. Our Friend the Charlatan "I do not wish the friendship of intriguers and flatterers," replied the emperor with a merry laugh. Joseph II. and His Court Hundreds of families whose men were in the army came to be within touch of the War Office and Aldershot, and the capital of the Empire was overrun by intriguers, harmless and otherwise. The Judgment House It means that that intriguer has influenced her. Bel Ami "I am to be treated like a dangerous intriguer, and yet I have only delivered a letter which had been intrusted to me by the king." Louisa of Prussia and Her Times You are a German agent and intriguer; you have smuggled papers; you have murdered a man and concealed his body. The Firefly of France He at least has no fancy for intriguers and flatterers. Joseph II. and His Court The nations do not allow him to deceive them; they see through the Caesarean mask, and perceive the face of the tyrant, despot, and intriguer, lurking behind it. Andreas Hofer It was quoted, feared, and began to be respected: it was no longer the organ of a group of political intriguers, but the avowed mouthpiece of the cabinet. Bel Ami "Extremely so, sire; a most fascinating woman, and consequently the more dangerous as an intriguer." Louisa of Prussia and Her Times In Elizabeth she had a sister and a rival, a constant intriguer against her, and a kinswoman far from amiable. Alfred Tennyson In the field of politics the wily intriguer, the ruthless victor, may end by being a wise and magnanimous ruler, blessed in his lifetime, lamented at his death, admired and applauded by posterity. The Golden Bough From the very commencement, this man had been the chief intriguer who had endeavoured to ruin the expedition. Ismailia This man whom she had trusted, this peerless champion of her cause, to be nothing but a self-seeker, an intriguer, who, to advance his own ends, had made a pawn of her. Love-at-Arms My enemies have made an intriguer of me. Marie Antoinette and Her Son He is rich, he is a shrewd intriguer, he has no inconsiderable body of followers and a still larger circle of those who fear him, and fear is often a more powerful factor than affection. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 It may be that Thomas Hutchinson was ambitious; but if he elbowed his way into office by solicitation or by the mean arts of an intriguer the fact was well concealed. The Eve of the Revolution; a chronicle of the breach with England But the Jesuit of that age was prone to be half spiritual zealot, half political intriguer. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars Moreover, there are times when deeper intriguers than Mrs. Dornell feel that they must let out a few truths, if only in self-indulgence. A Group of Noble Dames Every woman who goes beyond her knowledge and the bounds of her duty in meddling with politics is nothing better than an intriguer. Marie Antoinette and Her Son For Burr was one of those intriguers who revel in mystery, who always hide their designs, and never bind themselves in writing without leaving a dozen loopholes for escape. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization Though the Federalist intriguers would have been glad of more explicit assurances they counted on his vengeful temper and hatred of the Virginia domination at Washington to make him a pliable tool. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty It seemed ridiculous, contemptible and pitiable to think of hate in connection with the melancholy figure of this discomfited intriguer, this fallen leader of revolutionary France. The Elusive Pimpernel M. Fouquet rejected her offers with indignation, preferring the esteem of the king to complicity with such intriguers. The Man in the Iron Mask They were no longer friends, no longer devoted servants; they were mere place- hunters, intriguers, flatterers, not acting out of love, but out of selfishness. Marie Antoinette and Her Son This fellow, instead, advises the intriguers in Lisbon. The Snare "I don't understand what you are driving at!" he cried, almost angrily, "and, and—what an intriguer you are, Lebedeff!" he added, bursting into a fit of genuine laughter. The Idiot And was she even now playing a part taught her or commanded her by that prince of intriguers? The Elusive Pimpernel Then this strange intriguer, with his usual license of speech, reviled William for what was in truth one of William's best titles to glory. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 "The intriguers, loud-talkers, and especially the great boozers, have prevailed against the capable." The French Revolution - Volume 2 Yes, the best policy, the true generalship would have been to march straight upon Paris, to lose no time, to leave as little leisure as possible to the intriguers to resume their old plots. Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death In effect, it throws the political power of the entire Republic into the hands of the intriguer, the demagogue, and the knave. New York If there be atheists, which I doubt, they are the calumniators, the intriguers with whom the world is infested. Dona Perfecta Although a cunning plotter and a scheming intriguer in his own interests, Chatellerault, as I have said before, was not by nature a quick man. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... Thus gorged, the pack of hungry "brawlers" and grasping intriguers, the whole serviceable force of the sections and of the clubs, is in his hands. The French Revolution - Volume 2 By playing on the sentimentality of this same "lunatic fringe," the German intriguers almost succeeded in driving through a bill to stop this traffic. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography The Cardinal was a mere intriguer, and in no sense a statesman. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The fops and intriguers of Versailles were appalled and bewildered by his vigour. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 In this revelation of a secret, that he now instinctively felt was bound up with his own future happiness, he exhibited none of the signs of a discovered intriguer or unmasked Lothario. In a Hollow of the Hills Those who conduct the club, whether fanatics or intriguers, are fully agreed on this point. The French Revolution - Volume 2 The intriguers who thought to divine Cesare's aims, when holding out to him hopes of the Kingdom of Tuscany, seem to have been dismissed with contempt. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy Toledo had been for some time the retreat of two ambitious, turbulent and vindicative intriguers, the Queen Dowager and Cardinal Porto Carrero. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Sandwich and Rigby were able debaters, pleasant boon companions, dexterous intriguers, masters of all the arts of jobbing and electioneering, and both in public and private life, shamelessly immoral. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 It is extraordinary enough to find a rigid British magistrate engaged in clandestine dealings with an intriguer like Coleman, who, for the purpose, receives a cant name. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies The innkeeper's demeanor was such as I have often observed in intriguers brought suddenly to book. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English To sum up, on July 1, 1669, the valet of the Huguenot intriguer, Roux de Marsilly, the valet resident in England, known to his master as "Martin," was "wanted" by the French secret police. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life No caballers, no intriguers, They mind the business of their own right living. Tartuffe Or, the Hypocrite And each letter ended with bitter self-reproaches for having stayed too long in that cavern of thieves, intriguers, and brigands. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard To sum up, on July 1, 1669, the valet of the Huguenot intriguer, Roux de Marsilly, the valet resident in England, known to his master as 'Martin,' was 'wanted' by the French secret police. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies The morbidity of the intriguer and the torturer clung about everything he did, even when it was right. A Miscellany of Men Had he not then been a sort of Scaramouche—an intriguer, glib and specious, deceiving folk, cynically misleading them with opinions that were not really his own? Scaramouche The Prince," she said, "is an intriguer of the old school. The Yellow Crayon Of these three requisites the corpulent, complacent intriguer possessed only the first in a considerable degree. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel That sprightly intriguer had no intention to let himself be caught solus. The Egoist Old drivellers know more in their little finger than you in your whole brain, and you'll never be worth us, paltry little intriguer that you are! The Lesser Bourgeoisie For what had he been at Rennes but a sort of Scaramouche—the little skirmisher, the astute intriguer, spattering the seed of trouble with a sly hand? Scaramouche Edward Coleman, a very busy, and not very honest, Roman Catholic intriguer, had been among the persons accused. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 He looked so ferocious and so merciless then, that despite himself, the selfish adventurer, the careless self-seeking intriguer, shuddered with a quick wave of unreasoning terror. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel The quickwitted gentleman accepted the correction: but in immediately paying assiduous attentions to Miss Dale, in the approved intriguer's fashion, he showed himself in need of another amounting to a reproof. The Egoist They have a particularly unscrupulous Press to deal with, besides political intriguers. The Illustrious Prince In reply to all demands of the committee of public safety he asserted that the virtue of citizens would do for their sacred country what low political intriguers did for money. Sons of the Soil One day he was an idiot; another day, the most cunning of intriguers; at one moment, an overbearing tyrant anxious to rush into war; at another, a coward fearing war. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 "We are none of us political intriguers; /we/ don't go to select parties at the ministry." Bureaucracy She would not meet his eyes, and he was too poor an intriguer to be ready on the instant to deal out the verbal obscurities which are transparencies to one. The Egoist For falsehood still environs him; intriguing Dukes de Guiche, with Bodyguards; scouts of Bouille; a new flight of intriguers, now that the old is flown. The French Revolution My lord," replied Guitant, "such ministers do not weigh men in the same balance; they get their information on war from warriors; on intrigues, from intriguers. Twenty Years After Endowed with a rare genius for intrigue which rendered him the equal of the ablest intriguers, he remained an honest man. The Three Musketeers She was merely the idle and half-educated intriguer who may and does delude men, of course, and the best and dullest of her own sex as well, finding invariably strong supporters among these latter. The Turmoil, a novel |
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