| 单词 | potentate |
| 例句 | First come merchants, potentates, and artisans of the City Erhenrang, rank after rank, magnificently clothed, advancing through the rain as comfortably as fish through the sea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z No potentate is likely to like that kind of attention. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z She reports to the head of the studio and fends off the advances of a younger potentate. What to Stream This Weekend 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z The elector Philip of Hesse followed suit, as did the margrave of Brandenburg, the dukes of Schleswig and Brunswick, and many smaller potentates of the empire. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z There sits a bulky bronze sculpture of President Kennedy, decorously painted red, white and blue, as if some pharaonic potentate buried in the sands of time. International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The potentate supports the mission with the full force of his harsh reign—he offers Percy a crew of enslaved indigenous people, as well as rafts and other supplies. “The Lost City of Z” Resuscitates Cinema’s Classic Adventure Tale 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z From the mid-19th century, Persian reformists and potentates were keen on establishing diplomatic ties with the United States as a countervailing force against Britain and Russia. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z In truth, any president who announced such a strategy would immediately initiate a free-for-all around the globe as local potentates tested Washington’s resolve. A Foreign Policy Realist Challenges America’s Zeal for Intervention 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z What must her thoughts be on yet another meeting with a new prime minister, yet another state opening of parliament or dinner with a visiting potentate? Night of Triumph by Peter Bradshaw – review 2013-06-12T15:00:00Z Not only are these imaginary tribes of women wittily conceived, but they also remind us of motherhood’s shared experiences: the changing bodies, disrupted sleep schedules and tiny potentates demanding macaroni again and again. Review | In ‘Nightbitch,’ a listless mother turns feral 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Yes, he would sit for an interview, instantly stoking dim Dave’s dream of the greatest confrontation of journalist and potentate since David Frost corralled Richard Nixon. You Can't See The Interview, But I Did 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z NOT Four weeks from now, the Empress will be out surveying her far-off dominions, engaging various potentates in weird, desperately gripping handshakes. Style Invitational Week 1233: Alphabet noir 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z If I were the potentate of programming, I wouldn’t have made this series a priority, and certainly not a leading event. The Stylish, Empty Realism of Michael Mann 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Of the many potentates at dinner, only the first lady, who shared her slave heritage, noticed and took her to one side. Digested read: The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth 2010-08-16T21:30:00Z Their journey to salute the new ruler, we are told, will be called the "Better Times Trip" - which in itself is a sort of a compliment to the impending reign of the incoming potentate. Film stars cross the US by train for Roosevelt's inauguration: from the archive, 22 February 1933 2013-02-22T07:30:00Z For more than a half-century, first as a pioneering standup comedienne, then as a defiant survivor, she spoke skewed truth to power, and in doing so became her own potentate and garishly fossilized icon. Remembering Joan Rivers: As If She'd Let Us Forget Her 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Without any intervention by Nazi potentates, the refreshing and emotionally uplifting “waltzing bliss” was a perfect fit with National Socialist propaganda, in particular its broadcasting policy — as were Mozart and Lehár. The Complex History Behind a Vienna Philharmonic Tradition 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The use of it was restricted to a male elite — potentates and warriors — and you can see why. Art Review: ?African Innovations? at Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-09-01T12:00:00Z The region allowed Western artists and writers to project innumerable fantasies, of petty potentates and internecine rivalries, and cosmopolitan oases of culture and decadence. Review | ‘The World Between Empires’ helps dismantle the myths of Rome 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The only problem is that it’s bleeding money; its potentates worry about what to do, and its employees and dependents find their habits and routines disrupted. “Non-Fiction,” Reviewed: A Vacuum-Sealed View of France’s Culturati 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z He travelled the world, consorting with popes and potentates and, by his own account, bedding a lot of women along the way. Andreas Scholl 2010-04-22T21:35:00Z When I interviewed Kelly Clarkson, whose Christmassy album Wrapped in Red just entered the Charts at No. 3, she brought to the Time offices quite an entourage, one of the biggest outside an African potentate. Behind the Scenes at the Kelly Clarkson 10Q 2013-11-07T18:25:08Z He is both corrupt and pure, a dynastic potentate in a helicopter and a solitary cowpuncher in the saddle. “Yellowstone,” Reviewed: Kevin Costner Rasps an Ode to Cowboy Toughness 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z You’re confusing the houses of God with the palaces of worldly potentates. Viewing Europe’s Houses of Worship in Wild Detail 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Whenever there was a major event in town —a presidential inauguration, a demonstration, the state visit of a foreign potentate, the citywide riots of 1968 — she would dispatch teams of us around town. Judith Martin: In defense of ‘women’s pages’ 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Certainly, gaudy palaces for modern potentates are on the rise from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan. Brilliant threads 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z He also acts like a Soviet-era potentate, repressing dissidents, jailing rivals and casting the United States as a contemptible enemy. On ‘The Americans’ and Other Shows, Russian Spies Invade 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Dealing with the studios’ big money and potentates is like dealing with governmental authority. The Misplaced Nostalgia for Movies Like “The Graduate” 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Which is just what faith’s potentates are doing. They’re all just this deluded and deranged: Anti-intellectual religious wing-nuts run the GOP 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Just imagine an English potentate breaking the good news to the people: a ban on bloody tedious Robinson Crusoe, cluttering the mind. Nicolas Sarkozy, the murderer of the Princess of Cleves 2011-03-23T09:30:01Z Feinstein ruled over San Francisco like a potentate, hands on and fingernails dug in. Column: Feinstein's stubbornness kept her in office too long. But it also defined her success 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z At Yale and Harvard, he encountered professors who “reigned as potentates, sure in the smugness of their positions, but utterly unaware of the lives of most Americans, including those that they professed to care about.” Review | Ron DeSantis’s scorn-filled book sets the tone for a potential campaign 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Church law says a pope can resign but the decision must be without outside pressure, a precaution that harkens back to the centuries when European potentates influenced the papacy. Benedict's death clears path for Pope Francis to retire of old age in future 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The images of crude propaganda were designed to impress visiting potentates. Why James Cleverly wants new relationship with Africa 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Donald Trump is that man; a power-craving hunter-gatherer con artist out to stake his claim as a modern-day potentate while imbued with the pusillanimous power of a puff pastry. We won't get fooled again — I think. Trump's back, but let's hope it's a brief visit 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Apparently referring to Ukraine, Francis condemned a situation where "a few potentates are caught up in a resolute struggle for partisan interests, reviving obsolete rhetoric, redesigning spheres of influence and opposing blocs". Pope, in Bahrain, condemns rearmament pushing world to 'precipice' 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z We all know that if the death of a journalist is tied to a powerful potentate, our government will do nothing. We celebrated "free speech" this week — just as it's slipping away from us 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Instead, soon after the transfer of power on Inauguration Day, McCarthy made a pilgrimage to Palm Beach to kiss the, uh, ring of the potentate of Mar-a-Lago. Opinion | A Speaker Kevin McCarthy would mean only more debacles like this one 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z During a trip to Malta earlier this month, Francis implicitly criticised Putin over the invasion of Ukraine, saying “potentate” was fomenting conflict for nationalist interests. Pope, citing civilian massacres, condemns 'abominable actions' in Ukraine 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Francis, who was visiting Malta, said “some potentate” had unleashed the threat of nuclear war on the world in an “infantile and destructive aggression” under the guise of “anachronist claims of nationalistic interests.” Zelenskyy: Mines in wake of Russian retreat keep Kyiv unsafe 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden has been correct to keep a distance from the young potentate, even as the crown prince hopes to use his oil reserves to pry respect from the president. Opinion | Saudi Arabia’s murderous ruler must not be appeased 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Dozens if not hundreds of wars were fought over thousands of years between rulers of Aleppo and the kings and potentates of Ur and Babylon, in what is now Iraq, and the Egyptian empire. Ukraine and the dark lessons of war: What does it mean to “take” a country or a city? 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z As my colleague Mike DiGiovanna compiled the statistics from sources including Forbes and other potentate trackers, even the most poverty-stricken owners have net worths in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Column: The rich men who control baseball show they don't care about fans, again 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z At last year’s Barcelona Olympics, he was treated more as a potentate or rock star than a basketball player. AP Was There: Jordan retires from the NBA after 3 titles 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “It looks like a state, it sounds like a state, but ultimately when it comes to the assets of the country,” he said, many of the potentates “act like absolute monarchs disposing of personal property.” Arab Rulers and Spy Chiefs Stashed Millions in Swiss Bank 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z He argued that his client was the victim of a wide-ranging conspiracy of local potentates. A rebel lawyer accused California cops of corruption. Then they accused him of murder 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z The backlash from other Arab potentates was swift, Mr. Obama recalled in his recent memoir. A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z For the more than 72 million Americans who voted for him, the second highest tally in U.S. history after Biden, Trump — the slayer of Hillary Clinton and other progressive potentates — was the perfect battering ram. Commentary: Confessions of an MSNBC junkie: How I'm withdrawing from the Trump news cycle 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The manipulation of Trump by foreign potentates is a recurring theme of the book. Woodward tells how allies tried to rein in 'childish' Trump's foreign policy 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Catholics, described in the category of those pledging “allegiance or obligation of any description to any foreign prince, potentate or power”, were to be proscribed. Jared Kushner is a Know Nothing – not just because he has failed on so many fronts | Sidney Blumenthal 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Trump is more instinctive dictator than democrat, in the style of his favourite potentate, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Trump is playing a deadly game in deflecting Covid-19 blame to China 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z They treated him like a potentate, affording him the bedroom suite reserved for princes and presidents at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton. Review | How Russia saw Trump: ‘A potential asset and an exploitable victim’ 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z "The Constitution is the law of the land, not any of these potentates that run these committees and not Nancy Pelosi," Levin added. Mark Levin says Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler lack credibility on impeachment: 'They do not believe in the rule of law' 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z National leaders and provincial potentates were courting Li for his cash and the star power his name brought to development projects on the mainland. Special Report: How Hong Kong's greatest tycoon went from friend of China to punching bag 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Five years ago, Republicans endorsed the approach of private interviews, but now their hypocritical performances are merely public theater displays to demonstrate fealty to their potentate and divert attention from his impeachable offenses. Opinion | Republicans and a ‘fair’ impeachment trial 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z One moment, he talked of war and peace and trade with premiers and potentates. Trump Makes Clear He’s Ready for a Fight He Has Long Anticipated 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Trump would not be the first or last potentate to obsessively fixate on a wall. A world of walls: the brutish power of man-made barriers 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z The plotline reads like an international high-society drama: a glamorous princess, fleeing her marriage to an aging Gulf potentate, is said to seek shelter in the poshest precincts of London. Intrigue, secrecy — an angry poetic outburst — surround reports of runaway Gulf princess 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z And now, Trump appears to be doing the Saudi potentate’s bidding with regard to Iran. Opinion | With Trump calling the shots on Iran, we should be afraid 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z In the telling, Jesus touches down in Seville, Spain, at the time of the Inquisition but he’s detained and rejected by the church’s top potentate, who has a message for him. Review | A conservative prescription for modern social ills 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z After 9/11, there was a sudden boom in “sheikh novels” set in the Middle East, in which white western heroines fell in love with Arab potentates. Fifty shades of white: the long fight against racism in romance novels 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z What every foreign ruler, dictator, president or potentate now knows is that every American tourist, journalist, college student and diplomat is fair game for capture, arrest, hostage-taking, torture or murder — all without consequence. Opinion | Trump’s nonsense on Otto Warmbier is mind-numbing and outrageous 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The unelected princes, panjandrums and potentates of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf – inveterate, unreasoning foes of Iran – are in Warsaw in force. Trump’s Iran summit shows just how far he is from the rest of the west | Simon Tisdall 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The answer seems to be yes, or else why would he have done stuff like throw in with the Russians, or have his people meet with Putin’s bankers and Gulf Arab potentates in the Seychelles? All Donald Trump wanted was to be president, and just look how it turned out! 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Agnew needed to reassure GOP potentates who were puzzled and miffed by his selection. ‘Nattering nabobs of negativism’: The improbable rise of Spiro T. Agnew 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Russia’s potentate has, instead, focused on the one victory he could guarantee. Russia Has Set the World Cup Table. Will Russians Embrace the Party? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z As a result, tech potentates are trying harder than ever to keep the leadership happy. Tech Giants Feel the Squeeze as Xi Jinping Tightens His Grip 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z “The last time there was something like this was when Grace married Rainier, and he was just a petty potentate,” said David Haigh of Brand Finance. As royal wedding nears, brands benefit from ‘Meghan effect’ 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z He had deep experience with Middle Eastern potentates, and knew President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia through Exxon’s extensive efforts to explore for oil in Russia. In Replacing Tillerson With Pompeo, Trump Turns to Loyalists Who Reflect ‘America First’ Views 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z If the internet’s potentates are frightened, however, they’re doing a good job of hiding it. The Case Against Google 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z This sounds rather similar to the path Putin is embracing as an Eastern potentate who rejects the democratic solution developed in the West. Putin’s Re-election Is Assured. Let the Succession Fight Begin. 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z In the United States, the oath administered to naturalized citizens requires that they “entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty.” Royal Engagement Seen as Symbol of Change, With Asterisks 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z It means that many of your fellow Americans subscribe to the philosophy of a ruthless, murderous, lying, kleptocratic, illiberal potentate who runs the largest criminal organization in the history of the world. What Trump’s Putin love reveals about conservatives 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z There, he walked down the street like a benign potentate, accepting compliments and memories, shaking hands and taking pictures with people on every corner. Michael K. Williams Is More Than Omar From ‘The Wire’ 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z His agenda includes rolling back regulations, cutting taxes, privatizing government functions, imposing trade sanctions on international competitors and drumming up billions of dollars in contracts and investment from foreign potentates. Perspective | Now is the time for business leaders to dump Trump — for the good of the country 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z On May 22, Mushtaq raised his right hand and pledged to “absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty…” in the auditorium in Seattle. Refugee from Iraq becomes US citizen 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z In the United States, the oath administered to naturalized citizens requires that they “entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty.” Royal Engagement Seen as Symbol of Change, With Asterisks 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The new potentates in Washington may feel that the dream is within reach. ♦ A Gathering of Orchestras in D.C. 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Either way, these things are almost always scams, just as it’s highly unlikely some African potentate wants to send you money. Your long, long odds of winning the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z He had terrible dental issues, like the impoverished child he had once been, and terrible gout, like the wealthy old potentate he cheerfully became. When Things Go Missing 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z In “Star Wars,” criminal potentates hire bounty hunters to recover debts from roguish smugglers. Why Peter Thiel Fears “Star Trek” 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Voters laughingly refer to these local potentates as “little Sultans” because they are so powerful. 'Biggest invisible thing on earth?' – It's called Indonesia, and it's waking up 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Every room has a mood or personality such as “playful,” “soothing” or “Middle-Eastern potentate.” Test Your Taste: Do You Think Like a Decorator? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Havelange traveled around the world like a potentate on private jets and in limousines, surrounded by an entourage. João Havelange, FIFA president and world power broker in soccer, dies at 100 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z But no sympathy is owed a Turkish potentate who has been sympathetic to terrorists as long as they aimed their fire at Israel or other convenient targets. On the Unity of Terror 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z More troubling in the long term is Trump’s apparent assumption that he can block a free press — much as tyrants, potentates and dictators throughout history have done. Trump demonizes the media, again 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Many New Yorkers, infuriated by tax breaks given to these skyscraping potentates, picture themselves toiling in the long, skinny shadows the new towers will cast. New York Above 800 Feet 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z There, Safer interviewed everyone from presidents and potentates to Miss Piggy. Morley Safer, veteran CBS News correspondent, dies at 84 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z “When will we British learn to treat foreign potentates with respect? All they want is to carry guns and have a bunch of protesters thrown in jail – what’s the problem?” What’s so embarrassing about being embarrassed? | David Mitchell 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z “I want you to ask the despotic regime to grant me a public trial,” adding “even if the court is constructed the way that the potentates want.” Prisoner of the Ayatollahs 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Alma Brown, a bank executive who was the widow of Commerce Secretary and Democratic Party potentate Ronald H. Brown and the mother of former D.C. Alma Brown, widow of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, dies at 76 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z And then, of course, there are those tearful missives from deposed Nigerian potentates, imploring me to help them recover their stolen fortunes. On the Web, the Criminal Class Is Just a Click Away 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z It was during the break that Truman and other party potentates made the rounds to speak to the candidates, pleading for party unity and doing a bit of old-fashioned horse-trading. This Graphic Shows What Happened at the Last Real Brokered Convention 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Regarding the overseas potentates that threaten your hegemony, you should refrain from the temptation of negotiating with them. The Prudent King's Advice to Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Bitzer admitted the reaction among members to these new events was mixed, but he is determined to use his single year as potentate to bring in some new members - and keep them. Osiris Shrine brotherhood leader promises exciting year 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z “I waited 55 years,” he later said of the ceremony at which he was saluted by generals and other potentates. Tibor ‘Teddy’ Rubin, who received Medal of Honor for one-man assault in Korea, dies at 86 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z But even a capital blasé over mortal potentates finds itself excited about the visit of Pope Francis, who landed at Joint Base Andrews outside the city on Tuesday afternoon. Pope's Visit to America: Live Updates 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Fugger made himself indispensable to various potentates by financing bribes, wars and other expensive tools of statecraft. Jacob Fugger and the Renaissance Superrich 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z While Sassou and his closest allies live like modern-day potentates the people suffer. Don't Coddle Congo's Kleptocrat 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Past potentate Gary Gwynn Sr. of Wheeling, who is 71, said Bitzer has a good balance of reverence for ritual and youthful energy. Osiris Shrine brotherhood leader promises exciting year 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Intelligence-agency lawyers met with House GOP potentates and Freedom Act architects in May 2014 after the bill passed the judiciary committee. Barack Obama and surveillance reform: a story of vacillation, caution and fear 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Last week, at the last minute, the King declined to attend a conference at Camp David, where President Obama gathered potentates from Saudi Arabia and smaller Persian Gulf emirates to discuss security coöperation. Shakeup in Saudi Arabia 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z In the “Valley People” rundown, a notice laments that the “smugly oppressive dominance” of the Anderson Valley School Board by certain “palsy-walsy” potentates has made it “a kind of self-perpetuating monument to rural nepotism.” The Last (or at Least Looniest) Newspaper in America 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Cash payments to the poor through the Bolsa Família programme—which are made electronically—cannot easily be stolen or directed to supporters of a local potentate. Democracy to the rescue? 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “Today the Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate to destroy us,” Netanyahu said. Netanyahu says U.S. is on verge of ‘bad deal’ with Iran over nuclear program 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Today the Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate to destroy us. Transcript: Netanyahu Speech to Congress 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Another political potentate, former Senator Joseph L. Bruno, the majority leader of the State Senate for 14 years, won a reversal of a bribery conviction after that ruling. Sheldon Silver Stands on the Lip of a Volcano of Legal Trouble 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “You were elected by the Assembly Republican Caucus as the speaker-designee, not as an all-powerful potentate,” she said in her statement. Rift among Republicans in Nevada Assembly deepens 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z During his glorious run as the potentate of Colbert Nation, he not only exposed the failings and fumblings of government, society and the media. Stephen Colbert retiring his ‘Report’ and the host he played 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The Alabama Crimson Tide potentate, Nick Saban, was well coifed; he crossed his arms and his legs and was sort of courtly in an I’ll-chew-on-your-ankle fashion. Ignoring Hard Truths in a Land of Fantasy 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z “The popes, the cardinals, the bishops, the imams, the mullahs, the presidents, the potentates — nobody comes this way without committing sin.” Marion Barry’s final farewell draws thousands, stretches for hours In contrast, Vladimir Putin is the most formidable Russian potentate since Joseph Stalin. Putting Putin In His Place 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The Romanov potentates resided for most of the next two centuries in the Winter Palace, the green-white-and-gold testament to their Western aspirations. In St. Petersburg, the Ghosts of Petrograd "He was turning himself into a brand and there are potentates all over the world who have created false identities for themselves the same way." Donald Sterling built an empire and an image; words were his undoing 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Jersey's secretive facilities were a magnet for foreign tycoons and potentates. Offshore tax dealings: celebrities and sportsmen in leaked Jersey files 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z For generations, U.S. foreign policy aimed to keep the spigots flowing overseas and the channels of oil delivery unimpeded by foreign potentates. Inside America's Fracking Boom 2014-04-08T00:39:34Z The Washington Times fumed that the gesture constituted “a shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate.” The King And O 0002-11-30T00:00:00Z Dolan’s ego appears as vast as that of the average desert potentate. On Pro Basketball: Jackson Offers a Glimmer of Hope at Dolan’s Palace 2014-03-15T21:16:34Z To work with Republicans Obama would need actual Republican leaders, and instead he’s dealing with hundreds of freelance potentates and kooks. GOP is melting down: The real SOTU story 2014-01-29T05:40:00Z When Hillary Clinton ran for Senate from New York, he was her campaign manager, although in truth he shared power with a lot of other Clintonland potentates. The truth about Bill de Blasio: Ignore the Clinton “marriage” hype 2014-01-02T20:58:00Z In more recent times, some in the U.K. have sought to rehabilitate this disgraced potentate, including the rather active Richard III Society. Richard III's Bones: Should One of History's Losers Be Redeemed? 2013-02-05T03:35:25Z Along the way, they teamed up to meet with premiers and potentates, tour an ancient golden pagoda and chat with a Buddhist monk about budget deficits and maybe even presidential politics. For Obama and Clinton, a Partnership’s Final Road Show 2012-11-20T08:57:39Z Despite at least three high-level meetings on Syria, and countless other talks, not to mention day after day of speeches from presidents, kings and other potentates, no broad new initiatives are expected. Diplomatic Memo: At United Nations, Renewed Focus on Syria, if Not New Ideas 2012-09-24T01:55:34Z As to the presentation, a very obliging offer has been tendered by the great lady of the county—wife of that local potentate who lives in the sheltered magnificence behind the awe-inspiring iron gates. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z He thus became not only King of England, but was King of Denmark and Norway as well—the most powerful potentate in Christendom in his time. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Next follows the Ambassador of the King on a mule, with gorgeous caparisons of stamped green and red leather, bearing the tiger rampant, the arms of the great potentate his master. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Three hundred guests, I hear: Germans, Dutch, Austrian, Swiss, two or three British, a Greek potentate; the majority will be Parisians and the château people. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z But Akbar was not merely a magnificent Oriental potentate—he was truly a great king. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z By this time, too, its powers, its duties, and its mode of procedure had become thoroughly defined and universally recognized, and neither prelate nor potentate dared to call them in question. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z "A Lieutenant-General!" repeated Tom, with the reverential awe of one alluding to an actual potentate. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Captain Moore speaks almost every known language, and has had as much experience of native potentates as any man living. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Although this opera is entitled "The Mikado" very little is seen of that great potentate, which is quite in accordance with Japanese custom, so vastly different to ours in matters of Royalty. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z I forget how the great question was compromised, but there is no doubt that the King of Burmah considers himself the greatest potentate 299 on earth. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Still there was at first no appearance of any hearty support from either the spiritual or temporal potentates of Germany, and without this the business of persecution could only languish. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z But the war he made on his chin was very different to that he made on foreign potentates. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Finding he was likely to share the fate of other British in this potentate’s employ, and to be cast into prison, Mr. Speedy threw up his appointment, and has since been living in Australia. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z It was within the dingy walls of this little potentate's imperial palace that I chose my country residence. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z It is a part of the Court dignity which surrounds such a potentate, that he should not be easily accessible, and we should be sorry to disturb the harmless illusion. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Princes and potentates were there in person or by their representatives, and crowds of every rank in life, from the noble to the juggler. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Aided, therefore, by Domenichino, she soon found herself ensconced in the carriage, opposite that great potentate, whose well-remembered name had first been made known to her in her dreams. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Illustrious and most clement of potentates, I, your lowest of slaves, rejoice at the thought that your coming will throw a light upon our darkness. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Janus am I; oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and below I count, as god of avenues and gates, The years that through my portals come and go. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z He was an Oriental potentate, living somewhere in the heart of Asia, in a pomp and glory quite unknown among barbarians of the West. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Venice, France, England, the emperor, all the great potentates of Europe, have experienced the force of his spiritual arms. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z With all the unreasonableness of human nature, these potentates advancing to meet them, half expected to hear their daughter already speaking. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z And he defied kings and potentates, for kings and potentates were powerless before him. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z These potentates some of the Asian Christians were fain to worship. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z The old potentate was in his morning gown, freshly bathed, shaved and coiffured and smelling of pomade and cigarette smoke. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Following this, the third direction required observations of celestial positions and phenomena also, because astrology, in which the potentates of every ancient realm believed, could only thrive as it was based on astronomy. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z So, too, the cruel potentate may prove a kind husband and friend, as long as his own interests coincide, and do not conflict, with those of his friends or his family. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z And it was an Asiatic potentate who offered a prize for the discovery of a new pleasure. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The volume was evidently the most important article in such mischievous hands, especially as it was said to contain satires on reigning potentates. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z "You get no water, take the wine, great potentate." Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z He was entrusted with confidential missions from the Huguenot leaders to German potentates, carrying at one time credentials from Catherine de Medici. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Indeed, it is no uncommon occurrence for the entire furniture of royal palaces and yachts to be ordered from one of these firms by the courts of foreign potentates in every corner of the world. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z In their misery the cities frequently appealed for protection to the emperor and other foreign potentates, as no redress was attainable at home. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The remainder of the imperial possessions in the peninsula were held by chieftains acknowledging the supremacy of one or other of these two potentates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Actually they were in custody of King Mob--a more powerful potentate than they--who had locked them up in a gilded jail, yclept the Palace of the Tuileries. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z No court was more like that of a stage potentate than the court of the Irish Viceroy. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z But, in conclusion, I am compelled to confess that I can see no affinity between potentates and ten tea pots. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-15T03:00:31.720Z He spoke with indignation of the way he was duped in London; of the impossibility of getting at his Majesty, who was as inaccessible to him as any potentate of Old Japan. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z He was not much impressed with his Persian Majesty either—thought the days of Eastern potentates were over. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z It must indeed—the base success of the act—cause a sinking of the heart among the potentates in circulation. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Judging from what remains of the text, they ask their way of her, and she it is who seems to tell them how to reach the dominions of the potentate whom they seek. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Everything would be ripe for the appearance of a universal potentate. The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire 2012-02-01T03:00:10.887Z Baron Arnim had been the special envoy of Germany to China, accredited to the court of the Eastern potentate with the special mission of formulating a new and secret treaty between these monarchs. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z The rule of these hereditary potentates dates through centuries prior to the advent of the missionaries and the taking on of civilization. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Why is it that the potentates of the earth have constituted themselves judges of an affair which regards God alone? L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses 2012-01-19T03:00:20.593Z Doubtless to them it was perfectly indifferent under which foreign potentate they lived, and a change in that respect could not make their condition worse, and might be to their advantage. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z The imperial power and worship of this emperor will be promoted by another potentate similarly energised by Satan. The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire 2012-02-01T03:00:10.887Z It meant that little potentates would no longer be little potentates, but insignificant members of a large central government. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z Kazakhstan is one of four Central Asian nations led by largely unreformed, Soviet-style potentates who appear increasingly anachronistic after the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. Observers Criticize Kazakhstan?s Election 2012-01-16T14:29:50Z Of all the potentates who interested themselves for the Vaudois, Oliver Cromwell showed the greatest zeal. L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses 2012-01-19T03:00:20.593Z That is why Hungary dispatched a delegation to Washington to assuage the potentates of the IMF in advance of a meeting in Brussels this week where the European Commission will discuss possible sanctions on Hungary. Insight: Dubbed "Viktator," soccer-mad Hungary PM fights on 2012-01-15T15:52:31Z While the views of these writers differ considerably on other points of detail, all are unanimous as to the eventual division of the Empire among ten contemporaneous potentates. The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire 2012-02-01T03:00:10.887Z It was governed at the time of our visit by an ancient potentate called King George, after George III of England. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Whenever German potentates—"the abhorred Germans" as the chroniclers call them—had their hands well clenched upon an Umbrian town, the citizens turned imploring eyes towards Rome. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z The first loves in its own potentates its own excellence; the second says to the God of its choice, ‘I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength.’ Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z The fifth duke of Newcastle was one of the chief potentates of the High Tory party. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Working himself up into one of those passions which seem to be the especial privilege of Oriental potentates, Marlotes commanded that Guarinos should be incarcerated in the lowest dungeon in his castle keep. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Stevenson and Haggard between them therefore concocted a plot whereby I was to visit incognita the camp in the mountains of the rebel potentate. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The title of Emperor, though carrying with it no possessions, gave him the position of 'first of earthly potentates in dignity and rank.' The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z He must renounce any hereditary title or order of nobility, and all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign potentate, prince, city, or state of which he is a subject. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z "What is thy country, what thy calling, say, "Whence dost thou come, what potentate obey? The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z "You've thought of something for me!" she exclaimed, while Bridges sulked because he numbered no theatrical potentates among his friends. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The Maharajah, who was an enlightened potentate, had unfortunately gone into camp, but we were interested in the many tokens of his care for his subjects and of his artistic tastes. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z His plans to modernize the venerable building sparked a storm of protest: The authorities were accused of sacrificing France’s national heritage to the whims of Oriental potentates. Lavish Homes of Emir, Gold Digger Star in Paris Show: Review 2012-01-04T00:23:06Z He preferred to master his desires, as long as he could not satisfy them with all the grandeur of an oriental potentate. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z But most of the great potentates preferred to brood over affairs in company with hangers-on who brought them the news, or with their feudal members of parliament. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Tuys was amused at the old queen's keenness and told me I had committed treason by making the Queen of England drink gin to placate a Swazi potentate. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z About a year later Salabert came to Valencia, not yet a potentate, but with some money. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Yankelé was by nature a droll, and it cost him a good deal to take his patron as seriously as that potentate took himself. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Nevertheless they secured, and for over 350 years they kept, the first place among the potentates of Europe; a dignity in origin and theory elective becoming in practice hereditary in their house. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z His power transcended that of all the potentates in Europe. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Needless to say, the forces of that much-married potentate were victorious. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z As they got into the train the servile assiduity of the station-clerks betrayed how great an excitement was produced by the mere passage through the office of these potentates and grandees. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Here was a local potentate, let us say Ipekak II. of Hewgag—ruler of a province, boss of his party, proud owner of broad fields and grazing herds. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z To be truly an ambassador of Christ is, in my esteem, to stand higher than any of earth's potentates, yet if your talents do not lie in that direction I would not have you there. Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z The proudest potentates of Europe were ready, at any price, to purchase his favor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z This Chapter will contain all that is certainly known of the trials of the princes and other potentates by the Inquisition. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z When the potentate heard, however, that his dearest wish had been thwarted in this way, he refused to allow the vessel to enter the harbour, and all the presents had to be brought back again. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z What in God's name does she want, anyway? a lord? a potentate?' Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z But it would have to be the kind of therapy which, according to the Viennese folk-tale, Emperor Joseph practiced: the beneficial interference of a potentate, before whose will men bow and difficulties vanish. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z He is quite a study, this savage potentate, to any one fond of an anthropology. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Assur, an Assyrian potentate, is another devout supplicant at the altar of Belus. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Is she some queen whose haughty eye benumbs Proud potentates; whose word can lift the sea Of shattering war, and fling red misery Across the world?... Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z Count Rantzow said: ‘Nevertheless it is so, madame; he has offered Denmark to a foreign potentate; you know it well.’ Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z He was riding in the direction of the judge's box, and as he came near she dropped her glass, and shrinking back shyly touched that potentate's arm. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z The answer was a royal brougham and pair, and a cordial invitation to the two potentates whom fate and the great Storage Trust had brought so strangely together to sleep at Marlborough House. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z Every Eastern potentate appeared to be trying to vie with all the others as to the gems he wore in his turban. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z In the chaos of the Middle Ages, Europe was governed by hundreds of potentates, great and small, who were unanimous on one point, and this that the minerals were their property. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The moody potentate, bowed down with the cares of high office, no longer treads the dim corridor, or lingers in the shade of the palm trees, lost in cogitation. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Mr. Cuomo does relish his privacy and the residents and shopkeepers of Mount Kisco protect him as they do the other potentates that dwell within. The Appraisal: A Chance to Be Andrew M. Cuomo?s Neighbor 2011-11-14T18:10:19Z He was now recognised as the Prophet and Apostle of God, but this recognition made him an earthly potentate and turned his religious activity into secular channels. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The influential Americans were in the mood to wave their banners and to exchange amenities with foreign potentates. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z The family likeness between these potentates is striking, and the red beards suggest a liberal use of the dye still largely used by the Oriental man of middle age. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The Indian showed himself no novice in the line of cooking, and we soon had a repast ready that would satisfy the craving of any hungry man, prince, potentate, or plebeian. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Then, when the Princess Amelia, daughter of George the Third, begged him to allow another dance after eleven o’clock, what did this potentate reply? The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z We have a crow to pluck, not only with our friend, but—to use the words of Quiller-Couch—with everything that appertains to that potentate. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Certain irrational of the inhabitants displayed carpeting and garlands in honor of the Jewish potentate, within their boundaries. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The bereaved potentate sent east, west, north and south in order to execute this pious request, only to find to his joy that no such thing as a Moslem captive was anywhere to be found. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z And true to historical form, very little has gone swimmingly for our potentate in chief. Gotham Extra: Mayor Bloomberg and Those Third-Term Blues 2011-10-14T22:50:06Z Even the order of a mighty potentate was held in subordination to their injunctions. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Many allegations against Robespierre have been disproved He tried to save Danton and Camille Desmoulins, and did save seventy-three deputies whose death the potentates of the Committee of Public Safety had planned. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The numerical weakness of a foreign potentate's subjects, the paucity of their numbers, or their intellectual degradation, is, now-a-days, no argument against the legitimacy of their independent sovereignty. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Yusuf I. was disturbed in the tranquillity of his noble palace at Malaga by the appeals of the African potentates for his aid in reconquering Spain. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z It is a singular fact that while distant potentates trembled at the thunders of the Vatican, the subjects of Rome scoffed with impunity at its insolent pretensions. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z How many potentates and private persons have, from attending to or neglecting these, obtained a better or a worse condition! Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z Thou hast lied—for there is such a potentate! The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z No Protestant priest in the United States has ever been known to be controlled in the discharge of his duty by a foreign potentate. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z The Old World had been severed into halves by the enterprise of one man, and that man no potentate, but merely one possessing the gift of persuasion. The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z I have a small territory coveted by two rival potentates. Three Hours after Marriage 2011-10-10T02:00:20.823Z That is a somewhat wide margin, for all public events, from a threatened European war to the death of some dusky potentate, more or less influence diamonds. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z What do we care for the mutual impressions of potentates who amuse themselves with sitting on people? Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z He is sworn, on the most fearful oath, to support the power, the kingdom and the jurisdiction of the Pope of Rome, over all kings, potentates, states and magistrates. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Inside of the walls were granaries, warehouses, storehouses, shops, and in the centre of it all the house of the commander, the potentate, Sutter. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The Lord of the Rings created magical rings that made the potentates of his world more powerful. One Network To Rule Them All 2011-10-05T16:06:58Z The collapse of the Prussian autocracy involved that of the lesser German potentates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Although England was made to bear the trouble and expense of these removals, the complacent Castlereagh gave all the spoil to foreign potentates, whose smiles and a few trifling presents compensated him for their loss! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z The extension of the benefits of vaccination to foreign countries spread the fame of the discoverer, who received several congratulatory addresses from continental potentates. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z When he was laid to rest at his beloved Ashland, high potentates, distinguished persons, and the great common people alike bowed their heads. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z By rights, this should be the year of Arab uprisings at the yearly gathering of presidents, kings and other potentates. Israeli-Palestinian Dispute Upstages Arab Spring at U.N. 2011-09-22T20:01:33Z Even if they possessed the requisite qualifications the historiographers attached to the courts of the emperor Charles V. and of lesser potentates could not afford to be impartial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Imaginative newspaper writers had pictured the Gray Phantom living like an East Indian potentate in some snug retreat, surrounded by countless treasures and a splendor that would have offered a gorgeous Arabian Nights’ setting. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z A murmur of relief went up from the embarrassed attendants, who with great deference proceeded to escort the swarthy potentate to the carriage which it was understood was waiting for him. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z He got the greatest potentate in those regions, King Mtesa of Uganda, who had been converted by the Arabs to Mohammedanism, to adopt Christianity and permit a Christian church to be built in his city. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Terrible is the Turkish power, and to no potentate are so many kings subject as to the Sultan. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z It was an English breakfast fit for a foreign potentate; there were soles, kidneys, eggs and bacon, hot rolls, and lashings of such coffee as made Mr. Croucher forget a previous craving for alcohol. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Villeray struggled up Palace Hill with the official register, and presented himself again before the potentate, who found the entry in good shape, but reserved his final answer. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z From needy adventurers they had become the prosperous potentates of an Empire. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z These rival kings had one thing in common, a certain superstition not unusual among some African potentates; they thought it unlucky to make war the one upon the other without some cause. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z I know not, traitor, whether I can overcome such a potentate and exclude thee; but what I shall do will not help thy election,—that is sure. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Nothing is dearer to me than the friendship of such a potentate. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The two potentates sat in profound silence for one whole hour, neither being disposed to speak first. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z "But with such a potentate as the Emperor I do not correspond," continued Zagloba, "lest he might apply to me a certain proverb which I heard in Lithuania." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Before Mahmoud had left the town of this African potentate he was allowed to choose his slaves. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Those local potentates, however, were not so arrogant as not to recognise the hereditary, political and spiritual sovereignty of the Emperor. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z I do not know as there is a potentate in Christendom who could stand against such an alliance. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z No potentate ever wore a crown more blissfully than Miss Georgina. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Now and then his whims were simply puerile; it was so when he signalised some triumph over a Continental potentate by a dolls’ battle on the Thames. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Unfortunately, this innovative venture from one of Britain's most respected bodies is being sacrificed for a deal with a foreign potentate. Wellcome Trust plans for the Olympic Park would create a proud legacy 2011-08-02T19:30:01Z All the virtual potentates, court-nobles as well as Shogun, who, each in his day, held unlimited sway over the whole country, had been accustomed to style themselves modestly vicegerents of the Emperor. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z The Commissionaire bowed before him as if he were a foreign potentate, while the maître d'hôtel received him with as much respect as if he had been an American millionaire. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Like some young potentate her lover turned about, describing an elaborate bow with his white castor. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Turning north he went to Madras, and he reached Calcutta at Christmas to be present at the brilliant receptions of the Indian potentates. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z The agent was a local potentate, whose will was law. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z The daimyo acted as virtual potentates in territories granted to them, and held a court and a government there, both modelled largely after the household and the government of the Shogun at Yedo. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z His removal from the scene leaves the way open for Gul Agha Sherzai, a strongman who dispenses patronage like an old-fashioned potentate. Kandahar Mayor's Killing Another Blow to U.S. Afghanistan Effort 2011-07-27T22:35:00Z They could think as well as fight, in days when fighting, not thinking, was the established fashion among potentates and people. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z He now lives in a split-level in the Washington suburb of Fairfax, surrounded not by presidents and potentates but by large extended family. Ex-prime minister of Somalia to be deposed in long-running war crimes lawsuit in Virginia 2011-07-20T21:45:32Z A “foreign sovereign” may be taken to include the president of a republic, and even a potentate whose independence is not complete. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Temperate, as all Spaniards were and are, he was capable at a moment's notice of dismissing what had passed, and changing from bon viveur into a grave potentate in a flash. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z "If there is a college there," cried the potentate in a passion, "there must be a road to it." A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Companies need to cultivate cordial relations with local potentates, too. Consumer goods: The mystery of the Chinese consumer 2011-07-07T10:49:11Z This dangerous prelate had many adherents in the country, and possessed powerful friends among the potentates of Europe, as well as at the papal see. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z The bearing of some rival potentate assumes an altogether offensive aspect. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z But that a bold outrage on a large scale could thus take place here right under the nose of the Nawab without the knowledge and therefore sanction of that potentate, he could not believe. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z Almost every English sovereign has been here at some time or another, and many a foreign potentate besides. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z It subtracted some wind from the gubernatorial sails to be a sheriff, a provincial governor under the Spanish régime having been quite a vice-regal potentate. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z But war is for kings and potentates, not for us. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Is the voice of our mighty potentate never heard in the bishop's palace? The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Sarbaland Khan’s village was similar in every particular to that of the greater potentate which we have already seen. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z The potentates of Europe were, generally, well pleased to hear that a new star had risen in the west, and talked freely of opening their treasures and presenting their gifts of friendship, &c. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Its unrealities were vitally real, its Lilliputian sultans and pashas great potentates. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z In the centre of the star was set a gem so large that it might have graced the crown of the proudest potentate the world ever saw. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Sir," he said, "I have in my mind's eye a worthy potentate who may, for a small consideration, be induced to serve you in this dispute you have with the Eastern Bandit. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Her dashing Prince Kam, that imaginary Thibetian potentate, who, finding no earthly beauty that satisfied his ideal, journeyed to Mars, where he succeeded in winning the love of Venus herself, was a thoroughly delightful characterization. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z My lord, the ancient potentate, leisurely ascending in ecclesiastical gown, while conscious of an earthly power reaching even into England, could still fancy he was going up a Jacob's ladder into realms supernal. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Mrs. Gray was grave and courteous, like any foreign potentate congratulating his dear brother, Monsieur mon frere, on some fortunate event of his reign. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Some five years ago she came to an issue with the ruling potentates, Mrs. Ryle and Nora, and the result was a parting. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z These dignified potentates are not spared in the Report. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z Further, I shall not fly over sea, and sell my sword to a foreign potentate. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Tom Platt remembered great days on the Ohio and the manners of foreign potentates who dined with the officers; and Long Jack, being Irish, supplied the small talk till all were at their ease. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z Did the Gurlitz potentate trouble himself about us, did he pay up our bills, before he needed us? Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z This potentate was said to dwell in a mighty city, and to wear garments studded with gold and gems. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z He is hand-and-glove with half the potentates and conspirators in Europe. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z “And may we honourably ask you who that potentate may be?” said Mr. Rat. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z If the G�rlitz potentate had ever troubled himself about us before, if he had paid his bills at once it would have been all very well, but he needs us now. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z I feel it is your province to understand these cases; but I own it would never have occurred to me to take a stupid old German potentate as an authority on a matter of business. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The magistrates and principal citizens received him with regal honours, but, on their refusal to deliver him up to the Czar, were threatened by that potentate with war. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z Even foreign potentates hearkened to the voice of these renowned magicians, and in England the expression "Lapland witches" became proverbial, although it appears that there never were any witches, but only wizards, in Lapland. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Both were, by right, universal potentates; both should have their seat in Rome; and both should direct their government to the same end, although by different means and in different spheres. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z He compared these humble "assizes of labor" with the royal conferences of "kings and potentates" who in centuries past had been wont to meet at The Hague "to discuss the interests of their dynasties." Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z The customs duties become the tolls and transit charges levied by local potentates on the diminishing trade of the earlier middle ages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Department of Energy, some of those profits end up in the pockets of the Saudi royal family and other Middle East potentates. Oil at $100 Kills Brain Cells, Impairs Thinking: Caroline Baum 2011-03-11T00:05:45Z For a prince whose job has been largely to tour the world glad-handing potentates and quietly smoothing the way for profitable trade deals, his path has been strewn with increasingly ugly headlines and bad publicity. Prince Andrew: useful envoy or liability? 2011-03-08T21:38:41Z Mrs. Appreece has consented to marry me: and when the event takes place I shall not envy kings, princes, or potentates.... Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Are we Assyrians—or priests,” added he in a whisper, “that one word of such a mighty potentate should not suffice us?” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z This potentate was not to be cajoled by their protestations of loyalty to the United States government. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z To believe him, no foreign prince or potentate could raise a sixpence on loan till he subscribes the scheme. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Even the sons of past potentates may be more secure in power than long-entrenched old-timers. When Strongmen Become Straw Men 2011-02-27T15:00:00Z This potentate called himself “king of kings,” commanded an army and a fleet, coined money, adopted Greek as the official language, and lived on good terms with the Roman empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Those pylons had existed for ages, mighty, like Rameses the Great, that potentate who had reared them. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Thus did he half solace her for the fact that he had had no personal interviews with princes and other potentates. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z Beware of irritating great potentates to just indignation. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z As I remember the story of Sarcophagus as I read of him in college, he was a very pallid sort of a potentate—his forehead was white as marble. The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z If a potentate had died, greater honours could not have been rendered; this act is without precedent in the East. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Yet he differed fundamentally from other potentates of a similar faith, as, for instance, his Russian nephew and his Turkish and Persian contemporaries, inasmuch as he had faith in the essential virtue of his subjects. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z From these venerable potentates we soon came upon their irrepressible mummies, and here Owlsdarck was as thoroughly at home as if he had been brought up in a catacomb. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z In common with all other African potentates, Sáhela Selássie never engages in war, induced either by public principles, or by national glory, and, least of all, by a love of his people. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z "According to all that I hear from you and others, your father must almost occupy the position of a small potentate; only his authority is more unlimited than that of a prince." 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z To this end he carried on protracted negotiations with neighbouring native potentates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Nowadays athletes gaze out at us from magazines, primped, oiled and pouting, like odalisques from the seraglio of some eastern potentate. The day video almost killed the Subbuteo star 2011-01-28T00:06:01Z After these, the ambassadors from the Emperor, from the King of England, from Venice, and other potentates and seigneurs. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Certain Abyssinian potentates of old are recorded by their biographers to have bestowed in religious charity all their worldly substance, saving the crown upon their heads. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The railway potentate is calling upon the passengers to get their tickets ready. Mr. Punch's Railway Book 2011-01-23T03:00:16.120Z We are a free and independent nation, and it is time to assert our independence of the sartorial shackles those foreign potentates would fasten upon us. Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z The financial potentates allied with it are the ones who will profit by the control of Haiti. Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 2011-01-22T03:00:17.567Z It is with these potentates and the forces which their restless and rebellious ambition could command that the Crown henceforth in its struggle with the Irish difficulty has to deal. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z After a time he was obliged to go out to war against a neighbouring potentate, and thus to quit his beloved. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z In the north woods one heard men talk of King Spruce as though this potentate were a real and vital personality. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Meanwhile, he took "an entresol in the Rue Chantereine at 250 fr. a month," and saw a deal of society, English and French, with potentates in plenty. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z Mr. Pynsent, too, had had the honor of a conversation with the servant of the Indian potentate. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z In the splendour of his travelling establishment, he quite eclipsed the petty potentates with whom Germany was garnished. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z In fact, one batch of kings went off and another came, but with no better success; fair-bearded and blue-eyed emperors were the same to her as negro potentates, she hardly looked upon either. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The mysticism was enhanced by burning incense, shaded lights, draperies, and the host himself, who received us in Eastern garb, resplendent with the famous jewels, a gift from some potentate or other. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z Photographs of the Grand Old Man of Politics and the Grand Old Man of Music rested side by side on a little table presented by some potentate. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z We will defend these their new possessions, even to the death, and against all the potentates of the world. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z He sat like a potentate, and received the court we paid to him as by no means more than his due. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z The ruins of columns and broken figures which still remain, defaced as they were by Alexander and mutilated by time, plainly evince that those ancient potentates had chosen it for the place of their interment. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Recording Angels glanced it sharply o'er, To note each change from what the Records bore; But found no nations changing potentates Until they came to the United States. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z I once knew a potentate of this breed who improvised a small gong out of the lid of a biscuit-tin, which he hung in his study. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z If past is prologue, these niche networks will rise and fall like South American potentates. How Social Networking Mirrors the Way Of Magazines 2010-09-20T18:00:00Z People also complain about corruption, bureaucracy and the incompetence of petty potentates. Vietnam's mix of Marxism and capitalism brings economic progress 2010-06-29T12:59:00Z She passed, by rapid descents, known only to Eblis and his most favoured potentates; and thus penetrated the very entrails of the earth, where breathes the sansar, or the icy wind of death. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z His task accomplished, back the Spirit flew To Heaven's Chancery, as bade to do, And from his vestments took the mystic scroll That named each potentate, from Pole to Pole. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Mothers have been known to make unsolicited overtures to some School potentate—yea, even the Captain of the Eleven—because he happens to have curly hair or be wearing a pretty blazer. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z Americans at the 2009 economic summit in Davos, accustomed to preaching the wonders of the market, were subjected to lectures by the potentates of command economies.... The End of Wall Street 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z The public pays no taxes in the richer states, and in the view of the entrenched potentates no taxation means no need for representation. Oil, Iraq's Greatest Asset, Could Doom Its Future 2010-03-08T22:34:00Z Is it necessary to exhibit such spectacles to a mighty potentate, with interludes of talapoins* more mangy than dogs? Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The great potentates of Europe were too intent on their own selfish schemes to be turned from these by the apprehension of a danger so remote as that which menaced them from the East. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies The whole design of the piece is to exhibit the supposed agency of the potentates of Hell in proselytising mankind towards the adoption of the most abhorrent blasphemy. A Cursory History of Swearing It was no longer consulted on affairs of state by great potentates of the East and West. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius In 1750 the fever caused the death of several judges and Lord Mayor Pennant himself, and whenever there was an epidemic there are records of its effect among the potentates of the Old Bailey. In Jail with Charles Dickens The mandates of Oriental potentates have ever been accounted irresistible. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Small packages of it were sent annually by the Knights as precious gifts to the European potentates, it being equally prized by the recipients, who believed it to be otherwise unattainable. The Story of Malta This again was used equally to denote a potentate of either sex, until at last we find the interjection dame! applied in the same sense as Seigneur! or our own Lord! A Cursory History of Swearing That kindly potentate is affected by her grief, and inquires the cause of it. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It was really rather fine, therefore, to have become all at once a potentate before whom, with due respect, they now dumped the various contents of their several "barrels." The Bread Line A Story of a Paper The Pope, the great Turk, the Protestant princes, and the king of France, were once more arrayed against the potentate who in the bright morning of his career had imposed laws upon them all. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 The clergy are usually the secondary potentates of a young country. How to Observe Morals and Manners These were more dearly prized by him than all the dazzling honors of kings and potentates. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Furthermore, there was the august leniency of all great potentates and the gratitude of which the army would feel bound to give proof, if it were exercised upon such an occasion as the present. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster One said this of me, and another that; and the sight was for all the world as if some great potentate had made his entry. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim At the latest dates the three potentates were still at Warsaw, but nothing had transpired indicative of the nature of their conferences. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 He must converse with young men and maidens, old men and children, beggars and savans, postillions and potentates. How to Observe Morals and Manners No frost can freeze it, no fog can mildew it, no heat can paralyze it, no potentate can crush it. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But Columbus, as ever fondly believing whatever he wished to be true, confidently assumed that they were telling him of the mythical Prester John, and that he was on the shores of that potentate's domain. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 The regiments which the sovereigns of the eighteenth century led to battle, or leased to foreign potentates, were not the only armed organisation of Germany. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. Nay, the potentates shave, pinch, and cup one another, also, whenever they can. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. A shot from Fort Wenceslas, tearing the vivid ether, announced the moment at which the little fleet met the Syrian yacht and the oriental potentates left her for the Xaveria. Majesty A Novel He appears to have been a Tungan, and he certainly was a truculent and self-confident potentate. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar The king of Bussa was another more or less powerful potentate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" To oppose this huge conception of mischief and despotism, the great potentate of the north from his gloomy recesses advances to defend himself against the voracity of ambition, amid the sterility of his empire. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Boccaccio boasts of the friendly terms on which he had been with the great potentates of Europe, the emperor and pope amongst the number. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" War with such a potentate was not exceedingly to be dreaded, and William, besides his immense revenue, could employ the feudal services of his vassals, which were extended by him to continental expeditions. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Yangy Shahr means new city, and as a fortification erected by a Central Asian potentate with very limited means, it must be considered to be a very creditable piece of military workmanship. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar All the ministers in the world and all the potentates in the church put together cannot save one soul. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses As it may be seen, he wished, like Augustus, to be the Emperor of the world, and that every potentate, spiritual or temporal, should acknowledge his sway. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. This morning Mr. Bentham, a nephew of Jeremy’s, called, & invited us to dine with them on Wednesday—We may see the great potentate appear. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Around him are his potentates on thrones of fire, and above his head is a huge fist, holding a very frightful thunderbolt, towards which he occasionally casts uneasy glances. The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition That discontent arose from ignorance; for it is hardly to be imagined that any Englishman would grumble at reciprocating the courteousness of a Central Asian potentate. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Lenz started, and gave Annele his hand; he would gladly have done the same to the Landlord, but that is a liberty no man ventures to take, unless that potentate first offers his. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. The Act of Appeals and the Act of Supremacy asserted the national independence, and repudiated the interference of foreign bishop, prince, or potentate within the limits of the English empire. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII By his agency and his dealings with the native tribes, he had acquired great wealth, and become a kind of potentate in the Indian country. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Various infernal potentates then arise and give him their advice, each of whom is a personification of some crime, vice, or folly. The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition Among the guests royalty itself might appear; foreign potentates, ambassadors, distinguished politicians, disciples of the arts and sciences would be on show on the wide lawns, and within the splendid rooms of the old Castle. An Unknown Lover Why, there’s my old friend, Botmane,” he broke off, as his glance rested on the group of potentates above mentioned. Harley Greenoak's Charge There was no difficulty in finding such; incipient human nature being as willing to oblige a very real potentate as the developed and matured article. Haviland's Chum Then matters had settled for a time, and little was heard of the armies of the potentate of Kumasi, till our hero rushed down upon them on the Prahsu. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War Captain Hughes had been furnished by his relative with a letter to this potentate, and both he and the missionary had resolved that unless the reply given was encouraging they would not go on. The Ruined Cities of Zululand She was later to travel even as far as the dominion of the "Grand Turk" and hold speech with that potentate, and at last to die, an old woman, at Charleston, South Carolina. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) So, after reading that potentate a severe lecture, he withdrew his force. Harley Greenoak's Charge Kings, potentates, and powers, official allegories, emblems, and symbols, are all set down here together, at the mercy of the weather. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 His diplomatic relations were more extensive than those of any previous sultan, and included Bulgarian, Indian, and Abyssinian potentates, as well as the pope, the king of Aragon and the king of France. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" His dress was a cloth of gold, light as gossamer, that swathed his form after the manner of our Eastern potentates. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar It was no matter that the court was not that of a potentate; though not a royal, it was a social court, which took its place as the head of all social functions and aspects. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) The new Pope had forged the final thunderbolt of Rome, enjoining all Christian potentates to execute the sentence of the Church, though as yet the fiat was held back at the instance of the Emperor. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Prince, pope, emperor, even foreign potentates, bowed before the German patrician, for he held the purse strings of the world. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Well, in a way he was a monarch himself—one of the half-dozen undisputed kings of finance, who are the power behind titular potentates and taken into their counsels before they resolve upon decided action. The Intriguers Then, in these deserts, apparently so poor, you see rise up, as if by enchantment, edifices whose grandeur and wealth would defy the resources of the richest potentates. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The literary potentates were equally pleased with her attention. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 The natural result was a league first of England and France, and subsequently a general peace to which all the principal Christian potentates subscribed, and men thought that the millennium had come. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History They got safely across however, and so foiled the tender intentions of this amiable potentate. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West These arrangements aroused great mistrust and hostility towards Antony among the Romans, who resented the partition of Rome’s eastern provinces in the interest of oriental potentates. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The only possession that remained to him, the lordship of Viana, he still claimed to hold as independent of the king of Spain, or any other potentate. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 But she reckoned without that potentate’s power of resource. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion At present he was conducting a more or less regular trade in precious stones among the lesser Indian potentates. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The three potentates at Warsaw viewed the despatch with an emotion that was diplomatically called regret, but more resembled horror. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Surrounded by all the pomp and pageantry of an oriental potentate, the Roman emperor was removed from contact with all but his immediate entourage. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Yet whoever else might be imposed on, there was one potentate in Europe whose clear vision was not to be blinded by the professions of Philip, nor by all this bustle of preparation. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 It was not a township addicted to excitement, and Sapazani was not a popular potentate among the storekeepers, in that his conservative soul discouraged the purchase of European goods on the part of his people. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Mbopo, who plainly stood in great awe of the wizened potentate, fell on his face in salute. The Blind Lion of the Congo Yet the mind of this imposing and mysterious potentate was the shadowy home of vagrant ideals and fugitive chimeras. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) They all, in that polite manner in which Church dignitaries treat worldly potentates, speak of her virtuous acts and ignore all mention of her frailties. Women of Early Christianity A vein beat suddenly and wildly at the gigantic Emir's temple and for a full minute the potentate was speechless with outrage. Black Man's Burden The English diplomatists themselves tell us that this was the single argument they pleaded, when placed face to face with Russian potentates. Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century When, as was natural in the circumstances, the characters of these potentates were warped in the wrong direction, their influence, not to speak of their tyrannical power, was incalculably detrimental to female virtue. Roman Women Foreign rulers, Indian potentates, American citizens, all write to the most conspicuous Englishman of the time. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Once, when he was a very great potentate, he had visited the little village in the glen in which they had hidden away together. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries He was the gift of a royal potentate who stood not upon little matters. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Being head of the Greek Church he would be owned by the other potentates as head of the Greek Empire. Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century They found that potentate sitting at the end of a long file of chiefs. The Woodlands Orchids Like other Florentine nobles the Corsini had at first no titles, but in more recent times they received many from foreign potentates and from the later grand dukes of Tuscany. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Princes, potentates, and powers of these infernal realms," said he, "the eruptions and earthquakes are ceasing. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making And in one of these boxes, an oblong affair like the case of a cigar-holder, we were permitted to behold the cigarette which the great potentate had deigned to offer the Grand Duke's purser. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Everything that the Prince de Ligne had told me about Catherine II. inspired me with an irrepressible desire to get a glance at that potentate. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Next day another potentate entertained him and then another. The Woodlands Orchids With awe and terror struck, I trembling gazed, Spell-bound, bewildered, and amazed To think that I should hap to contemplate The lineaments of H—l's great potentate! A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews The recklessness, cruelty, and grievous tyranny of this potentate hastened his downfall, causing his native subjects to join the English in effecting his overthrow. The Pearl of India Grand duchesses, princesses of principalities, eccentric millionaires, oriental potentates, and English nobles with Mediterranean villas came upon the stage and performed various evolutions which brought them into touch with the Grand Duke's purser. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Name not that potentate, for by so doing, you only offend the devil, whose friendship we have now much need of. Pretty Michal In a very recent number of a French periodical are given some details concerning the military usages of that potentate, that, with every allowance for possible exaggeration, leave the impression of a terrible reality. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 "And you, who have been a hero and a potentate, have come to serve this city as a simple mercenary?" Sónnica These Mogul rulers used costly gems, gold and silver, together with precious marbles and rarest stones, as freely as modern potentates employ granite, combined with bricks and mortar. The Pearl of India They look like two ancient stately towers of some Gothic potentate, rearing their heads above the surrounding trees. Wanderings in South America About 100 pp. are near fit for publication; I am either making a spoon or spoiling the horn of a Caledonian bull, with that airy potentate. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Counsel—support—sympathy—such as one potentate may claim from another—these I expect from you. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children Well, I will, with God’s assistance during the next twelve months, visit all the large states of Europe, see their potentates or statesmen, and endeavour to enforce those truths which have been irresistible at home. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Dwarfs were formerly much sought after in the houses of great folks, and they were frequently sent as presents from one potentate to another. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Cinnamon has been known from remote antiquity, and it was so highly prized among ancient nations that it was regarded as a present fit for monarchs and other great potentates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Now he was asked to frighten one of these potentates into subjection. A Canadian Bankclerk The eyes of the venerable potentate opened wider and wider until they were broader than they were long; his forehead wrinkled, and his nostrils expanded. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children Their journey led them through Samarcand, Cashgar, and other cities of the far East, a whole year passing before they reached the capital of the great potentate, by whom they were graciously received. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The world was conquered:—from north to south, and from east to west his sovereignty was acknowledged; so he forthwith flew up into the air to bring the aerial potentates to his feet. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Hewers of wood and drawers of water, princes and potentates, shy-shrinking maidens and brazen-faced hussies, all saying, "I am going to be married." The Kempton-Wace Letters For some days longer the journey up the river continued, the object being to gain an interview with the chief potentate of the region, the celebrated Waharoa. A History of the English Church in New Zealand These Muhammadan potentates had despatched their ambassadors to the King of Bij�pur to incite him to join in a general war against the Portuguese. Rulers of India: Albuquerque Among the potentates was Tao Wang, Prince of Tsi, who, after doing homage to the young emperor, was invited to feast with him. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality These points being noted, I must now inquire I. Whether by the natural light of reason we can conceive of God as a lawgiver or potentate ordaining laws for men? The Philosophy of Spinoza Which is a way of infinitely enlarging one's territory, feasible to every potentate; and dependent no wise on getting Trent turned, or Rhine-edge reached. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work His skill to experience, what potentates ran— The Pope, the Grand Llama, the King of Japan! English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. One of the inside players, who is to represent the potentate, then mounts a chair and is covered with a sheet which reaches to the ground. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes This potentate, who deemed himself the peer of his powerful neighbor, demanded a Chinese princess in marriage, and when this favor was refused he invaded a province of the empire. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality This potentate we visited in company with an English engineer whom we met in transit at Sharoud. Across Asia on a Bicycle It makes citizens of all who forswear their allegiance to foreign Powers, princes and potentates, and promise henceforth to bear true faith and allegiance to the United States. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... The Oriental potentate, however, who was accompanied by a gorgeous suite like that of the Wise Men in Italian pictures, seemed satisfied with his information, and moved over with his stately glide in our direction. Miss Cayley's Adventures In the potentate's hand is a sponge full of water. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Their king Divitiacus was yet remembered as the greatest potentate of all Gaul, whose rule embraced a part of Britain as well. The Ethnology of the British Islands The neighbouring potentates, when he met them, laughed as they congratulated him. A Country Gentleman and his Family And the Carthaginian caravans came much too near the gold-mines of the Pharaohs to be at all pleasant to those potentates: it was —“much I wis To the annoyance of King Amasis.” Old Roads and New Roads This may lead us into a short enquiry, how far the municipal laws of England inter-246-meddle with or protect the rights of these messengers from one potentate to another, whom we call embassadors. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First This oracle became at last so renowned, that the greatest potentates, and even kings, came from great distances to consult it, and they made very rich and costly presents at the shrine when they came. Cyrus the Great Makers of History It is not for nothing,” he cried, “that I have been for years the 75 companion and the pupil of the bravest and wisest potentate in Europe.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) Certain it is that both these potentates died within the appointed time. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 One potentate sought to surpass the other in hollow pretentiousness, insane lavishness and expensive military fooleries. Woman under socialism This was done in order to make his position the more conspicuous, and to mark more strongly his own high distinction above all the other potentates present on the occasion. Alexander the Great Makers of History Kings, princes, and potentates flying dismayed to the right and left, and nation after nation rising up, demanding a freedom which God knows how few of them seem capable of using. Records of Later Life Alas! in the clothes of the greatest potentate what is there but a man? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) There they sat, these brothers of Napoleon, who once trampled upon all Europe, and at whose feet the potentates of the earth bowed, two simple, plain-looking, civil, courteous, smiling gentlemen. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III The rest of the sky has rows of angels in it, and below, on the earth, kneeling bishops, potentates, and others, with some nice little children in front. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia He had a tent made, under which, it is said, a hundred tables could be spread; and here he entertained, day after day, an enormous company of princes, potentates, and generals. Alexander the Great Makers of History Miss Dane was a contemporary of Mrs. Tree's,—indeed, report would have her some years older,—but she had no other point of resemblance to that lively potentate. Mrs. Tree Impecunious princes and potentates have been known to replenish their purses in this way, though hitherto usually by private sale rather than market quotations. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 To overhear some one say, "That's Michael Shay, the big Boss of the South Ward," meant more to him a thousand fold than any decoration in the gift of the greatest of Old-World potentates. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Not the wife of an American potentate, who may or may not have any claims of her own, but a potentate in herself. Phemie Frost's Experiences The obduracy of this potentate, under the manipulation of God, is really becoming monotonous. Bible Romances First Series But when earthly potentates wanted their subjects to swear fidelity, the Christian priests discovered that Jesus meant, "Swear only on special occasions." Flowers of Freethought (First Series) By the help and service of this retinue I bring all things under the verge of my power, lording it over the greatest kings and potentates. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts Well, we met the potentate in our own clothes and he met us in his own clothes, jest as he and we had a right to. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Oh! if I had been a Bible potentate! Phemie Frost's Experiences In the realm of mere letters Voltaire is one of the little band of great monarchs, and in style he remains of the supreme potentates. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The potentate who was more terrible than an army with manners is now the sport of children and a common figure in melodrama. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Up to then wealth was shared, there were neither great potentates nor great misery. The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty Kings and potentates have sought to destroy it. Christ, Christianity and the Bible Did any one suppose that we were a-coming to meet those outside potentates half dressed? Phemie Frost's Experiences His actual and uncontested sway was not, it is true, prolonged beyond a period of about sixteen years, albeit his name figured to a much later time on the list of living potentates. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The family took their seats, in the parquet this time, having had to give up their box to visiting potentates. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland German potentates abounded: French notabilities were not wanting: it was rumored that English royalty was coming. Name and Fame A Novel Then he rushed off, and absolutely made his way into the room of the great potentate. Marion Fay The great King looked up in amazement, and stamping that foot whose heel had rested upon the necks of mighty potentates, now his willing vassals, he arose with frown black as midnight. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 He will also interview foreign potentates and statesmen, and cause the fact to be published through the medium of Reuter. Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. There were still more potentates and ladies of quality who had honored Amsterdam with a visit. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland Some have been brought to this country by distinguished soldiers and statesmen, to whom they have been presented by potentates as tokens of respect. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference This unanimous demonstration of affection on the part of his loving subjects, seemed pleasing to the potentate. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The stranger answered not, but contented himself with casting a look of mingled pity and scorn on the mighty potentate of the cavern. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. I don't know whether that potentate ever communicated with me. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The separate gods are reduced from the rank of independent potentates to shapes of Ra, and thus a kind of unity is set up in the populous Egyptian Pantheon. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Almost the first telegram came from his Highness Aga Sultan Mahomed Shah, a61 potentate who is regarded by his followers with great awe and reverence. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The potentate glanced at the pianist, and then dropped his heavy eyelids. Melomaniacs More than life size, the central panel canopied the statue of a Mongol potentate; the two side wings, a pair of guards in bas-relief. Zero Data The privilege of the world’s potentates, diplomats and great people. The Strollers To many it remains one of those inventions of a certain potentate for idle hands to do. Another Sheaf The Archbishop of York, who was one of the Kaiser's few apologists, is said to feel keenly that potentate's ingratitude in selecting for bombardment two unprotected bathing-places in his Grace's diocese. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 |
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