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Example sentences for "noblemen"

Lexicographically close words:
nobis; nobiscum; nobla; noble; nobleman; nobleness; nobler; nobles; noblesse; noblest
  1. Young noblemen in these days ought to busy themselves about recovering in the eyes of the country the ground lost by their fathers.

  2. Educated people did the evil, educated noblemen deserted their land,--be educated if you choose!

  3. And you, my son Belphegor, verminous prince of sloth, no one has afforded us more pleasure than you; your influence is exceeding great among noblemen and also among the common people, even to the beggar.

  4. She led captive kings without number, princes, courtiers, noblemen and braggarts, many Quakers, and women innumerable and of all grades.

  5. Why, pray my lord," said I, "do you consider these great noblemen worse thieves than highwaymen?

  6. He hears much laughter among the devils and turning round finds that the cause of their merriment are two noblemen who have just arrived and are claiming the respect due to their rank.

  7. Two of the first noblemen of her court had to-day solicited her kind offices in their love affairs, and both demanded of her the reestablishment of the prosperity and splendor of their houses.

  8. Not only the people dreamed of a golden era, but the noblemen and high officials, who now crowded the palace, were hopeful and expectant, and saw a rare future of costly feasts and intoxicating pleasures.

  9. These two noblemen were the leaders of the Catholic party in the North of England, and interested themselves warmly in various projects to restore Mary Stuart to her liberty.

  10. He jumbled different accounts together, which was taken advantage of by some of the noblemen who had retained those habits since the time of Monsieur Mazarin--who had a poor memory, but was a good calculator.

  11. The different noblemen and ladies of the court thereupon defiled before the king, one after the other, in order to thank his majesty for the great honor which had been conferred upon them by the invitation.

  12. Lord Granard, one of the few Protestant noblemen who sate in that parliament, exerted himself strenuously on the side of public faith and sound policy.

  13. To the general surprise, two noblemen who had been eminently zealous for the Revolution spoke against the proposed test.

  14. To this letter were attached the signatures of many noblemen and gentlemen who were in the interest of the banished King.

  15. There were probably not in the kingdom two noblemen possessed of such an income.

  16. The King, he said, ought to dismiss from his counsels and presence all the three noblemen who had been sent to negotiate with him at Hungerford.

  17. A great meeting of noblemen and gentlemen who had property in Ireland was held, during the interregnum, at the house of the Duke of Ormond in Saint James's Square.

  18. The Whigs were joined on this occasion by almost all those noblemen who were connected with the government.

  19. He was followed by the maces of the two Houses, by the two Speakers, Halifax and Powle, and by a long train of coaches filled with noblemen and gentlemen.

  20. Two of the chief places in the Royal household were filled by two English noblemen eminently qualified to adorn a court.

  21. But, though he had, at the request of a large number of the noblemen and gentlemen of Scotland, taken on himself provisionally the executive administration of that kingdom, the means of maintaining order there were not at his command.

  22. He had often been taken by French noblemen for a French nobleman.

  23. He has made companionship for himself among young noblemen conspicuous for their debauchery.

  24. A man of social position, of old family, of the highest education and the most refined instincts, he would leave the Catholic noblemen at any time to go down to his Irish teetotallers at the East End of London.

  25. Yet it must be a man of bold imagination indeed, who could now conceive the possibility of a British Cabinet without one of these noblemen having a place in it.

  26. The noblemen also fled with their pastors, bailiffs, and all belonging to them, to our little towns and villages, hoping for greater security there than in their own places.

  27. For my parsonage house had been filled with all kinds of furniture left by noblemen and magistrates in their flight; and although pilferers had been there, there was enough still left.

  28. Did I but see our noblemen like yourself, and our ministers preparing a good resistance to tyranny and injustice, I would be as quiet as a lamb.

  29. So up the hill he rode, and to the grandest and the most splendid of all the splendid palaces, the princes and noblemen riding with him, and the crowd shouting as though to split their throats.

  30. What seek you with Messieurs de Soubise and Rohan, two noblemen in arms against their sovereign?

  31. In a few minutes the two noblemen entered together, De Bourbonne evidently struggling--not very successfully--to keep up his dignity while forced to make disagreeable concessions.

  32. A large number of Saxon noblemen with their attendants accompanied them.

  33. We learn from Hans von Schweinichen that noblemen prided themselves on having men among their retainers who could drink all rivals beneath the table, and that noble personages seldom met without such a drinking contest.

  34. It was the order of the sultan that any person passing near could be impressed into the work, and this order was carried out to the letter, noblemen and beggars alike being forced to lend a hand.

  35. Beside the Imperial Picture Gallery, there are several belonging to princes and noblemen in Vienna, which are scarcely less valuable.

  36. According to their own statements, the people suffer much from the cold in winter, as the few forests the country affords are in possession of the noblemen to whom the land belongs, and they are not willing to let them be cut down.

  37. The grounds for my supposition were, that during the height of the sufferings of the people, I heard that two noblemen had been in the neighbourhood, visiting some of the localities.

  38. Noblemen and gentlemen of high position volunteered their services to the Association, and laboured earnestly among the starving people.

  39. It is said that in the grammar school of this town William Wallace was educated; and here an illustrious confraternity of noblemen and gentry was formed, who joined to resist the tyranny of England.

  40. He was known to one or two noblemen who occasionally helped him with a few pieces, and whom he helped in turn--never mind how.

  41. Many noblemen have now returned to the West End, and when I hear that the Earl has also come back with his family it will, of course, be my duty to wait upon him, and on Prince Rupert also.

  42. As a Volunteer he would receive no pay, and yet he must make a fair show among the young noblemen and gentlemen who would be his companions.

  43. The Prince has a number of noblemen and gentlemen going with him as Volunteers, and I feel that I shall be out of my element in such company.

  44. In 1572, the Duke of Norfolk and several other noblemen were attainted and beheaded for similar offences, at London, York, and other places.

  45. Divers noblemen on the course were insulted as apostates; and one personage of high rank is said to have undergone a very disagreeable flagellation.

  46. They were daughters of the noblemen and high officers about the court.

  47. On returning from the chapel to the state apartments of the castle, after the coronation, the noblemen by whom the infant had been crowned walked in solemn procession, bearing the badges and insignia of the newly-invested royalty.

  48. Once, at a tournament in London, arranged by a king of England, the knights and noblemen rode in a long procession to the field, each led by a lady by means of a silver chain.

  49. The princes and noblemen who were present at the wedding all joined in the tournament except the poor bridegroom, who was too weak and feeble in body, and too timid in mind, for any such rough and warlike exercises.

  50. His eldest son, John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, and the Marquess of Northampton, were to be tried with him, and on the morning in question the three noblemen met for the first time since their imprisonment.

  51. When the Major-General came, there were above a hundred Noblemen and Officers of the army walking about his tent.

  52. I have the greatest honours paid me, and most civilities shown me that were ever known from the great; and am engaged already to ten noblemen and men of fashion to dine.

  53. He served a number of noblemen and gentlemen in the humble station of a footman.


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