| 单词 | privy purse |
| 例句 | Indian miniatures arrived in the West in large numbers in the 1970s, when “Indira Gandhi took away the privy purses of the maharajahs,” Mr. Lynch said, and “these wonderful caches came on the market gradually.” Antiques: Asia Week Dealers Stress Provenance 2011-03-17T20:46:32Z Behind them, members of the queen’s household, including her private secretary and keeper of the privy purse, walked in a final gesture of service. Queen’s Coffin Passes London Landmarks, in a Grand but Hushed Royal Display 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z “She could have married me only if she had been prepared to give up everything — her position, her prestige, her privy purse,” he wrote, The New York Times reported in Townsend’s 1995 obituary. Netflix ‘The Crown’ took dramatic license with Princess Margaret’s love story: Biographer 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z The privy purse is a private income for the Queen, which is primarily used to pay for expenses incurred by other members of the Royal Family. How rich is the Queen? - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Sir Alan Reid, keeper of the privy purse, said the palace strove to provide good value for money. Planes, trains and a redecoration – the Queen sets out accounts 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The King had ordered the expense of the patent to be paid out of his privy purse, and this according to the Governor's son, was a compliment seldom offered. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Sometimes she put aside a certain sum for this purpose from her privy purse, and often begged a post from Maximilian for the girl's future husband. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z The Duchess of Somerset was made mistress of the robes, and Mrs Masham obtained the confidential situation of keeper of the privy purse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z He had ceased to receive the 1,000 francs granted him by Louis XVIII. out of his privy purse, but still received the 2,000 francs allowed him by the Home Minister. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The sixty thousand pounds set apart as the annual privy purse of the king was now useless to his majesty, for he could no longer recognize his property, direct its disposal, or enjoy it. 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 In the early days of the Royal Academy, its finances were strengthened by liberal grants from the privy purse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z For those who study the Thai monarchy, the case underlined a long-unresolved question about the privy purse and the public purse in Thailand — and, ultimately, whether certain assets are held by crown or by country. Who Holds the Strings to the Thai Royal Purse? 2011-08-12T15:56:14Z At any rate the Lords of Trade in London thought so, for they sent him a bounty, three hundred pounds of which was from the privy purse of Queen Caroline. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The gentleman of the privy purse kept the accounts of the family and bought them apparel and toiletries. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z But this privy purse being already drained by his royal elder brother, he had not the opportunity of taking it from that source! 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 During the latter years of his life he was in receipt of a pension of �50 from the privy purse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The coffers of the State and my privy purse are alike empty. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z On his return to England in 1661 he was made keeper of the privy purse, and became the prime favourite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Was it because of the colossal, fabulous presents of millions contributed from the imperial privy purse to the fund for the victims of the disaster? Majesty A Novel There is a record of a privy purse expenditure in 1530 for cambric for Henry VIII.’s shirts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The following items appear in the king's privy purse expenses;—'1492, 7 July. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West He was a pensioner of the King of France, and applied to his own privy purse large sums of money which had been appropriated by Parliament for carrying on the war. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. For the privilege of the gambling-table he will pay munificently, he will keep the whole grand-ducal realm in beer and beetroot the year through, and give a very respectable privy purse to the sovereign besides. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands The royal privy purse was virtually responsible for its liabilities. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Any saving made by the king in the expenditure touching the government of the country or its defence would go to swell his privy purse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" For this enormous edifice boasts of only twelve servants, at eleven dollars a-month from the privy purse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 The confiscations, presents, tributes, and other articles, may be reckoned as his privy purse. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Nevertheless Bar�re had no scruple about accepting a charitable donation of a thousand francs a year from the privy purse of the sovereign whom he hated and reviled. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) And, as a final touch, the Dutch decreed that the cost of maintaining the elaborate establishments of these hated rivals must be defrayed from the privy purses of the Susuhunan and the Sultan. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Her treasury was well filled, for she levied taxes in the Duke's name, and they flowed into her privy purse: gold heavy with the curses of a people. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg He had complete control of my privy purse, did all my shopping, and haggled over my every halfpenny as carefully as though it were his own. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Another part consisted of royal domains, the revenue of which went to the privy purse of the King. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Whale the mariner received two pounds from Henry VII's privy purse in 1498. The Romance of Names They are all most carefully examined by the keeper of her privy purse, and help is invariably extended to proper objects. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 As Queen Elizabeth, of pious memory, recruited the privy purse by keeping in her own hand vacant bishoprics, so the rector farmed the post of organist at Cullerne Minster. The Nebuly Coat The best of them found a home in the Glyptothek and the Pinakothek, two enormous buildings in the Doric style, the cost of which he met from his privy purse. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Strictly, the revenues are the king's, whence it arises that the king is himself exempt from taxation, though lands purchased by the privy purse are taxed. The Governments of Europe It limited the powers of mischief which Henry's nobles might otherwise have enjoyed, and provided incomes for his children without increasing taxation or diminishing the privy purse. Henry VIII. Meanwhile his visits to the Royal Academy were constant, his preference for that institution clearly manifested; between 1769 and 1780 he presented to its funds from his privy purse upwards of £5000. Art in England Notes and Studies "And the privy purse of your majesty stands greatly in need of this million," said General von Zastrow, drawing a sigh. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia He discharged the Duke's debts out of his privy purse, he promised to provide for his servants, and frowned on all who had ever been his enemies. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel With respect to the sum mentioned to Mr. Middleton, it was a free gift from my own privy purse. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) One entry from the privy purse expenses of Henry VII, "10£ to hym that found the new isle," is the only other record that remains to us. Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Or had the King in his enthusiasm for their cause led them to believe that he intended to defray their expenses wholly from the privy purse without aid from the public? Art in England Notes and Studies "Not a dollar of it shall be paid into my privy purse," he said. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia This would leave above �5000 a year for the privy purse, not, perhaps, sufficient to cover Henry's gambling extravagances in his early life. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Ultimately Dr. Clancy's case moved the pity of George II., and he was awarded during his life a pension of £40 a year from the privy purse. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character He did not refuse a pension of some fifty pounds a year from Berlin, and the same amount was bestowed upon him from the privy purse at Versailles. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) These, however, so far exceeded the receipts as to necessitate a grant from the privy purse to the amount of £900. Art in England Notes and Studies Your majesty, not only your privy purse is entirely exhausted, but there is also no money in the state and district treasuries. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia The Company at first worked at a loss, and in 1831 William had to pay four million florins out of his privy purse to meet his guarantee. History of Holland Though our Budget is empty, we’ve got—never fear— A long full privy purse, to stand bribing and feeds. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 She ran to seek the king, and asked for a pension for the poet of one hundred louis a-year from her privy purse. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 But he said it was only a short journey from the treasury to the privy purse, and—well, I agreed with him. The Touchstone of Fortune In their home, furthermore, was the wealth of a millionaire, and they were, at this time, in receipt of an income from His Majesty's privy purse, for the purvey of various articles. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books When Galba was declared Emperor by the senate, he took Quintilian with him to Rome, where he was appointed a public teacher of rhetoric, with a salary from the privy purse. Latin Literature Both were much distressed by receiving the unexpected intelligence of the sudden death of Mr. Anson, who had been the Prince's private secretary, and latterly the keeper of the Queen's privy purse. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 "This," said he touching the pistol—"this is the keeper of my privy purse." Rob Roy — Volume 02 The time of our Dover journey was one of extreme depletion in the privy purse. The Touchstone of Fortune This is all a loss to the privy purse. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II The Duchess afterwards attempted to defend herself against the charge of peculation as the keeper of the privy purse; but no one believed her. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women The privy purse would not run to a maid. Uneasy Money Everything belongs to Caesar; yet he has no private property beyond his own privy purse; as Emperor all things are his, but nothing is his own except what he inherits. L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits I suggested that money in the nation's treasury was not in the privy purse, where the king most wants it. The Touchstone of Fortune "I come to ask of your majesty not to deprive me of the pension extraordinary which the empress of blessed memory bestowed upon me from her privy purse," said the old soldier, bluntly. Joseph II. and His Court A grant of two thousand pounds a year from his privy purse would support a Jesuit college at Oxford. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Suppose that her privy purse were so large that she could afford to employ a hundred thousand pounds in this beneficent manner; would an Act of Parliament be necessary to enable her to do so? Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 Nevertheless, Barere had no scruple about accepting a charitable donation of a thousand francs a year from the privy purse of the sovereign whom he hated and reviled. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Moreover, wishing to help you in meeting your obligations, he has charged me to give you this sum from his privy purse, regretting that he is unable to make it larger. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau The privy purse of the empress, which, in the goodness of her heart, was thrown indiscriminately to all who asked for alms, this purse exists no longer. Joseph II. and His Court He at the same time promised to allow her a large pension from his privy purse. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Whatever he could save by retrenching from the expenditure of the public departments was an addition to his privy purse. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 There is the registrar below the judge, in wig and gown; and there are two or three maces, or petty-bags, or privy purses, or whatever they may be, in legal court suits. Bleak House |
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