The counsellors do not judge criminal cases, but all civil suits are within their cognisance.
These gentlemen were counsellors of state to his Polish Majesty, one of whom was an archbishop, and the other a knight, named Paul.
Lowther, though high in office and a member of the cabinet, owned that there were evil influences at work, and expressed a wish to see the Sovereign surrounded by counsellors in whom the representatives of the people could confide.
Lewis and the counsellors who surrounded him were far indeed from loving William.
The Queen and hercounsellors were in a great strait.
Even the Tory counsellors of William owned that indulgence had been carried to the extreme point.
When he becomes sick or old he chooses an assistant, who is subject to the approval of the counsellors and head men.
In all seasons it was the assembly-room of the míko and his counsellors for deliberations of a private character; there they decided upon punishments to be inflicted, as whipping etc.
His Excellency having waited and kept the counsellors waiting until these preparations are finished, motions for me to commence eating, and then begins himself.
This goodly company are the counsellors of the king, together with the greater and lesser barons and knights, assembled at his bidding: they hold a parliament beneath the noble tree, for such is the royal pleasure.
With such old counsellorsthey did advise, And, by frequenting sacred groves, grew wise.
In the Most Holy Book is revealed:—“The Lord hath ordained that in every city a House of Justice be established wherein shall gather counsellors to the number of Bahá, and should it exceed this number it does not matter.
Dead counsellors are likewise most instructive; because they are heard with patience and with reverence.
It was the maxim, I think, of Alphonsus of Arragon, that dead counsellors are safest.
All the counsellors then rose, and shouted, "Hurrah for the new couple!
You would be taunted by your counsellors for having married some one beneath you.
Upon close examination, the soldiers discovered the secret passage; and the king, enraged, summoned his counsellors to discuss what should be done to punish the thief.
Disappointed by his conduct, his counsellors plotted against him: they resolved to dismiss him from the realm.
Even the counsellors of the king could not decide upon the matter.
To whatever he wanted, his counsellors agreed; and because of his good judgment, his reign was peaceful.
The meeting was adjourned without being finished; for when the king stood up, the counsellors rose from their seats and silently left the room.
The new king had, as was natural, new counsellors of his own, the chief of whom, Lord Bute, was at once admitted to the cabinet as a secretary of state.
And he could and would have acted up to them, as the King and his counsellors knew.
His majesty was seated under the veranda in front on a pile of matting, with a huge pipe in his mouth, attending to the affairs of state, for several of his counsellors were seated on either side of him.
Several of his counsellors and other chief men sat at a little distance on either side of him, discussing, apparently, affairs of state.
Already evil counsellors are whispering in his ear their diabolical advice.
Ninus now besieged this city, and Menones, who was one of the chief counsellors of the king, sent for his wife Semiramis to come to the camp.
Through her efforts the people of Aquitaine and Poitou attached themselves to the cause of the younger king, and many of the nobles of those provinces became his counsellors and confidants.
She formed an immediate and close intimacy with the Beaufort party; her constant counsellors were Somerset, Buckingham, and Suffolk.
Some of the counsellors of Isabella, of that politic class who seek to rise by the faults of others, were loud in their censures of the rashness of the count.
He hastily summoned his counsellorsand commanders, exhorting them to stand by him in this critical moment, and during the night made every preparation to enter the Albaycin sword in hand in the morning.
The counsellors saw that the resolution of the king was shaken, and they united their voices in urging him to capitulate.
His more prudent counsellors in vain represented to him that he had little to gain, and much to lose, by war with a nation alike hardy and poor.
They were divinely appointed to be the guides of nations and the counsellors of kings, but they could not be kings themselves.
My statesmen and counsellors would have sent to London an ambassador with sterner qualities.
You did so well," the Kaiser pronounced, "that my counsellors were unanimous in advising your withdrawal to what will shortly become the great centre of interest.
There are counsellors there, too, earnest and wise counsellors, but no one knows their varying views.
The copy of the letter that Thathanai governor of the country beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and his counsellors the Arphasachites, who dwelt beyond the river, sent to Darius the king.
So then Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and his counsellors diligently executed what Darius the king had commanded.
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.
And they hired counsellorsagainst them, to frustrate their design all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
We remain by the Chungu till Casembe sends one of his counsellors to guide us to his town.
These were all Privy Counsellors and Great Men, who being assembled by Order of the King, and consulted on the imminent Danger of his being dethron'd were all of Opinion for putting Victor Amedeus and his Consort under an Arrest.
They are the Pope's Counsellors in ordinary, and have the Right of electing him.
There meet the States General, the Council of State, the States of Holland, the Council of Nobles, and that of the Gecommitteer de Raden, or Deputy Counsellors of the Province.
This is a Thing in Question; and the Negative seems to be plainly proved by the Opinions of the Counsellors of the Parlement, all Men of unexceptionable Character, who voted for putting the Reverend Father to Death.
But in spite of the advice of one or two of her counsellors the Empress-Dowager refused to carry on these schemes, and thought only of her personal gratification.
Isarnus, with cool calmness, "Since your own counsellors have enforced the interdict according to the constitution of Veile no confirmation was needed.
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