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Example sentences for "lordship"

Lexicographically close words:
lordling; lordlings; lordly; lords; lordschip; lordshipe; lordshipp; lordships; lordshyp; lordys
  1. Then, returning to me, he remarked what a very nice gentleman his lordship was, adding that he had been a customer on several occasions.

  2. Franconia, including no doubt the lordship of Waiblingen.

  3. At first, however, though “there was a division among the nobles of the city in that one loved the lordship of the Church, and the other that of the Empire, yet in regard to the state and welfare of the commonwealth all were in concord.

  4. And, if I bee any wher nire yow, yow shall find that in sume kind or other I shall do your Lordship service.

  5. Things are now in some reasonable order, and so soon as I have made trial of the mine I will seek to come to Your Lordship by way of the river Macario.

  6. For when I went down to my ship, his Lordship and divers others were with me.

  7. At the parting salutation, his Lordship took me aside and desired me freely and faithfully to resolve him in one request, which was, 'Whether I made a good voyage or a bad, yet I should return again into England.

  8. Might I therefore presume to advise, your lordship should make use of the advantage I have gained you without mercy.

  9. But at this moment the oratory of his lordship ceased to be heard.

  10. She screamed, and invoked the name of his lordship a thousand times.

  11. The vulgar of the other sex, who are constantly the admirers of success, however unmerited, and conceit, however unfounded, thought his lordship the greatest man in the world.

  12. But his lordship is my friend, and I hope Damon has no objection to his continuing so.

  13. Do you think you could not prevail with his Lordship to use only powder?

  14. His lordship was too much surprised at this manoeuvre to make any immediate answer; so turned upon his heel, and decamped.

  15. His lordship had long had a misunderstanding with lord Martin upon the subject of their contiguous estates.

  16. If he once suspect that I have misrepresented you, a duel, in which I am afraid your lordship would be overmatched, must be the inevitable consequence.

  17. Fire and"--his lordship had not time to finish his exclamation.

  18. I have been only capable of restraining him by representing your lordship as the most furious and impracticable of mankind.

  19. This his lordship found an opportunity of attaching to the skirt of Miss Cranley's sack.

  20. His lordship felt the force of his friend's eloquence, but even his highest flights of heroism were qualified with temporary misgivings.

  21. As his lordship will take you under his protection, not an individual will dare to reflect upon you.

  22. It is true, his lordship was scarcely four feet three inches in stature, his belly was prominent, one leg was half a foot shorter, and one shoulder half a foot higher than the other.

  23. I beg your lordship to accept this expression of my cordial regret, and to allow me to subscribe myself, very respectfully, your obedient and humble servant, W.

  24. Charles Canning told me Peel had offered him the vacant lordship of the treasury, through his mother.

  25. Happily there was no necessity to reply, for my father came to say that he wished to show his lordship the improvements he had been making, and the rest of us were at liberty to follow them.

  26. So get up and get dressed and be ready and willing to go with his lordship when he sails by this afternoon's steamer.

  27. His lordship is downstairs and he has consented--kindly and generously consented--to wait an hour for your answer.

  28. If my gel here had been born a boy, my son would have sat where his lordship is now sitting.

  29. She'll kiss his lordship and make amends; I'm certain.

  30. My maid knew that before I did, and the first night she put me into one of my uncomfortable new gowns she stood off from me and said: "His lordship must be a strange gentleman if he can resist you now.

  31. Then the silver-haired terrier was missed, and for the first time that day his lordship betrayed a vivid interest, telling us its price and pedigree and how much he would give rather than lose it.

  32. When Price had finished dressing me she said: "Well, if his lordship prefers anybody else in the world to-night I shan't know where he puts his eyes.

  33. But his lordship is dying and unless the doctor is there to tap him, he may not live till morning.

  34. Something might be said against mixed marriages, but under proper circumstances the Church had never forbidden them and his lordship (this with a deep bow to my husband) had behaved with great liberality of mind.

  35. We're all right also," said his lordship in his drawling voice.

  36. Still I said nothing, yet she went on: "His Lordship and Madame have also arrived.

  37. If I had been whistling a sacred melody, his lordship might perhaps have excused my vulgarity out of consideration for my music.

  38. The Society was held in honor not only by the bishop of Camarines, but equally by his illustrious Lordship Don Fray Miguel Garzia Serrano, a son of the great Augustine and most worthy archbishop of Manila.

  39. This fatal controversy began to find expression on the ninth or tenth of October, his illustrious Lordship desiring the governor to cease his intimacy with [quitarle de su lado] the auditor whom he held a prisoner [i.

  40. Don Benito Carrasco, an alcalde-in-ordinary, came to tell me of the order of his Lordship that I must go wherever the military officers and the soldiers carried me.

  41. And also of a like "Particular of names of the several persons within the same lordship under the sum of 5l.

  42. Some of your readers may remember a speech in parliament by, as I think, Lord Plunket, in which his lordship argued with great eloquence in behalf of the Bill for the Emancipation of the Roman Catholics.

  43. I assure you that his Lordship would be much vexed not to receive it.

  44. His Lordship shall have the letter within an hour, as soon as his company begins to go.

  45. She would be--she would be--your Lordship will spare me the word.

  46. Lordship cried, 'you are more beautiful than ever, I swear.

  47. Your Lordship has something to tell me,' she said, beginning to shiver and shake.

  48. The doctrine was unsound, but the meaning of his Lordship was good.

  49. His Lordship let us know day by day concerning the efforts being made on Jenny's behalf.

  50. Your Lordship is the only man in the world whom she has ever loved or could love.

  51. I pray your Lordship not to speak too well of us.

  52. Right, my Lord; where every Man may hope to take his turn-- Your Lordship is most singularly welcome.

  53. What, I see your Lordship has found the way already to the fair Ladies; but I hope your Lordship will do my Wedding-dinner the Honour to grace it with your Presence.

  54. Your Lordship has hit it right: a rare Man this!

  55. True, my lord; but in case your lordship is not at present well enough, or not so disposed, I will wait your lordship's leisure.

  56. Your lordship will have the goodness never more to speak to me on this subject.

  57. I wish your lordship a good night and a good journey.

  58. Your lordship will keep our secret; and she is sure Lord Craiglethorpe will do any thing to oblige her, because he is a near connexion of hers.

  59. Of course your lordship will know which is the real lord at first sight.

  60. You know his lordship is not a man to fall in love with.

  61. And then the message came back: "His lordship would be with her ladyship certainly.

  62. All this Vickers knew well; and now his lordship had brought young Eames home to dine with him with his clothes all hanging about him in a manner which Vickers declared in the servants' hall wasn't more than half decent.

  63. But his lordship says that you saved his life," said Mary.

  64. I've always heard that your lordship is a good farmer.

  65. The tone and manner in which the earl repeated these words were such as to warrant an opinion that his lordship might have done very well on the stage had his attention been called to that profession.

  66. He's got another string to his bow at Courcy Castle," said the earl; and his lordship seemed to be in no degree shocked as he said it.

  67. In answer to which the doctor said that he thought he'd go home, if his lordship would let him order his horse.

  68. The bull seeing that his prey was going, made a final rush upon the earl and struck the timber furiously with his head, knocking his lordship down on the other side.

  69. Lord De Guest's choice cattle he knew were there, and there was one special bull which was esteemed by his lordship as of great value, and regarded as a high favourite.

  70. And on this occasion his lordship intended that his offer should be accepted.

  71. He was quite right to stay and dine when his lordship asked him.

  72. After this Dr Crofts ventured to ask his lordship as to what special physical deficiency his own aid was invoked at the present time.

  73. Eames wrote his note, in which he told his mother that he had had an adventure with Lord De Guest, and that his lordship had insisted on bringing him home to dinner.

  74. By cool courage and good feeling;--so his lordship says.

  75. Would his lordship really have been killed, if it had not been for you?

  76. As the Saviour of the Church, Christ holds an unrivalled and unqualified lordship over every member of the same.

  77. Christ's Lordship over us for life and death is signified by our baptism in His name.

  78. The sense of Christ's Lordship ensures honesty in work.

  79. My Lord, your lordship must excuse Miss Hyde on this occasion, as she is in delicate health!

  80. This she sends to her father with the words:-- "I pray your lordship to have faith in this remedy.

  81. The only remark of his lordship was that "accidents will happen.

  82. Now it seems to me, dearest lord and father, that your lordship is walking in the right path, since you take hold of every occasion that presents itself to shower continual benefits on those who only repay you with ingratitude.

  83. I desired him to inform me what this favour was; and put some firmness in my manner, that his lordship might see I was not in a temper to suffer an insult.

  84. Neither will his lordship hastily seek another combat with his niece.

  85. My tone was not very conciliatory, and his lordship knew not whether to be angry or pleased.

  86. I passed through a long passage, then through an ante-room; lastly, a door opened, and displayed his lordship sitting solemnly at a large green table.

  87. His lordship said all sorts of kind things about you.

  88. His lordship said you would entertain him until he and her ladyship returned.

  89. His lordship was never a boastful man, and had not referred at all to his acquaintance with this renowned hunter, nor to his own African exploits, which were in no way a mean achievement.

  90. But his lordship has not much faith in the intelligence of the local constabulary," I ventured to remark with a smile.

  91. Of course," I said, "I will explain to his lordship the exact position and your readiness to order expert assistance as soon as such becomes absolutely imperative.

  92. It was the one evening in the week when his lordship entertained all his hunting friends, and on that day he did them royally for the port was declared the best in the country.

  93. The man you have evidently seen is Mr Smeeton, with whom his lordship hunted big game in Africa a year or two ago.

  94. The very look in his clear steel-grey eyes spoke truth, uprightness and a healthy life, and after their first meeting, one season at Cowes, his lordship had taken a great fancy to him.

  95. If not, I shall go to his lordship and tell him your real name.

  96. In short, his lordship is (what I know by experience) as communicative as he is universally learned and knowing.

  97. I fear that his lordship is not well," the man replied.

  98. It was perfectly clear to every one there, if your lordship will excuse my saying so, that both the coroner and the police seemed to have made up their minds that it was a case of suicide.

  99. I thought at first that his lordship must have fainted," he said.

  100. His lordship is very much occupied, Mr. Nigel," he announced.

  101. However, I soon forgot him in racking my memory for the old sea-tunes which his lordship wished to hear.

  102. His lordship with much condescension presented me to his daughter, the Honourable Miss Cynthia Starling, who received me with the courtesy it delights a woman of rank to exercise.

  103. His lordship was pleased to acknowledge my toast, and indeed went so far as to drink prosperity to the humble flute-player sheltered by his hospitable roof.

  104. His lordship excused himself from joining me at supper, pointing out with much intelligence that, having already dined, a second meal so soon after the other would be likely to injure his night’s rest.

  105. His lordship laughed very heartily at all my sallies, and once or twice I plainly detected a faint smile pass over the classic features of the honourable and handsome young woman.

  106. Springle,” said his lordship after a round of tunes, “Mr. Tripconey must whet his whistle.

  107. I confess I was amazed by the coolness with which the rascal proposed to murder a fellow-creature, and was relieved to hear his lordship discourage the notion.

  108. We went into Lord Harcourt's library to tea and coffee, and there we had short visits from his lordship and the Duchess of Ancaster.

  109. Mrs. C-My Lord Palmerston, I was told to-night that nobody could see your lordship for me, for that you supped at my house every night.

  110. Lumley paused to consider; and this conversation, which had been carried on apart, was suddenly broken into by the tall doctor, who wanted to know whether his lordship had ever heard the anecdote about Lord Thurlow and the late king.

  111. Your lordship thinks so," said Mr. Winsley with a sardonic smile.

  112. Can I offer your lordship a glass of wine?

  113. His Lordship cannot be by birth entitled to precede the whole peerage of Scotland, though as Lord High Constable, when attending the sovereign, he may have that precedence.

  114. Painted Chamber; and of this form is the curious tenure sword of the lordship of Sockburn, co.


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