O perfectly; you courtiers can do any thing, I see.
The courtiers were a little astonished to see solem geminum, though not at a loss where to worship.
Red-marked sheep that bleat so loudly Are his courtiers cross-bedight, Calves that strut before him proudly Seem each one a stalwart knight.
Blind madness his haughty stomach spurred, And he slandered the Godhead with sinful word, And strutting in pride he blasphemed, the crowd Of servile courtiers applauding loud.
And he sang as she commanded, until the courtiers hugged one another for joy of his wondrous music.
The courtiers made a ring around the two, and the bout began.
Great, and Molière criticised the courtiers in the very pieces which were acted before the court.
This may be explained by analogy; despotism debases the oppressed, much more than the oppressor; in absolute monarchies the king has often great virtues, but the courtiers are invariably servile.
Whatever the two courtiers might have thought, they were forced to join in these sarcasms, which the frail Egyptian excited in peculiar severity.
The Queen, as we have elsewhere observed, knew not what fear was--and the two courtiers were now a little reassured on the subject of apparitions.
Only two of the courtiers were admitted to this exhibition; these were the Earl of Essex and Sir Philip Sydney.
The old form of salutation used by Sir Walter Raleigh and other courtiers was always, "Your servant, madam," and it is the prettiest and most admirable way for a man to address a woman in any language.
When he arose, and while he was dressing, such of his courtiers as were privileged to approach him at this hour gathered in an anteroom-waiting to assist at his toilet, to wish him good morning, or perhaps prefer a request.
The mourning which soldiers, sailors, and courtiers wear has something pathetic and effective about it.
Whether we obey you or not in private life, we do in public; and if we enthrone you queen of Alexandria, you must allow your courtiers and bodyguards a few court licences.
It is not clear whether the King was accompanied by his courtiers in the chase, as was the case in the Middle Ages, or if he was merely attended by professional huntsmen.
Courtiers and politicians might wonder with which side to curry favor when it was an issue between two parties--peace or war.
When the resources of the Crown and favored courtiers sufficed, no parliament was called; but whenever they had to be supplemented then parliament met and voted whatever it approved.
And if her courtiers did stuff their breeches out with sawdust, she took equally good care that each fighting man among them donned his uniform and raised his troops or fitted out his ships when the time was ripe for action.
Courtiers favored with monopolies had to spend their earnings when the state was threatened.
Philip did his ineffective best: drank English beer in public as if he liked it and made his stately Spanish courtiers drink it too and smile.
He was disappointed in his joy and pride when, on their way to Classis, they were met by the first courtiers who had disembarked, and who demanded quarters in the palace, not for the Emperor, but for his nephew Germanus.
His noble form distinguished itself from the crowd of splendid courtiers who surrounded him, and he was received by the troops and the people with imperial honours and cries of joy.
There are courtiers in England, as elsewhere, and Waller was one of them; but after their death, I consider men only by their works; all the rest is annihilated.
That is to say, among the Romans existed courtiers so finished as to have small altars in their houses dedicated to Augustus.
So great was his zeal for work that one of his courtiers called him "the emperor who never sleeps.
One of his own courtiers well described him as a king who "never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one.
To his courtiers he gave frequent audience, hearing complaints, settling disputes, and issuing commands.
The wretched king, deserted by his courtiers and his soldiers, soon found himself Harness alone.
But the courtiers thought, after the first glow of their penitence had been cooled by reflection, that the clerical Delilah had shorn them of their strength, and in less than six months they were as great sinners as ever.
La Chataigneraie betrayed the base secret to the dauphin, the dauphin to the king, the king to his courtiers, and the courtiers to all their acquaintance.
Several of the principal courtiers consented to do the like, and for a short time long hair appeared to be going out of fashion.
But, as Stowe informs us, "scarcely was one year past, when all that thought themselves courtiers fell into the former vice, and contended with women in their long haires.
Shew me a gang of courtiersthat could say as much!
Immediately all the courtiers appeared beardless, with the exception of such few grave old men as had outgrown the influence of fashion, and who had determined to die bearded as they had lived.
Courtiers and courtiers' wives and mistresses came in for the chief share of the spoils.
The courtiers and wise men were indignant; and the sultan, who did not know the intruder, was at first inclined to follow their example.
The courtiers frown, and the king looks anxiously towards them.
Repeating this in Gaelic, his men, who had also risen with their chief, now sprang upon the benches, where standing unsteadily, they raised a series of yells so wild that a shudder of fear passed through many of the courtiers there present.
Among his courtiers were several gentlemen of Siam and Laos, who had acquired such a smattering of English as qualified them to assist the prince in his scientific diversions.
Near the middle of this peristyle is a noble effigy of a royal conqueror, with long flowing beard, attended by courtiers with hands clasped on their breasts.
The very manner in which Iras and Alexas whispered together, without heeding her presence, boded peril, for courtiers show such contempt only to those whom they know are threatened with the indifference or resentment of the sovereign.
The courtiers around the throne straightened their bowed figures, the pages forgot their fatigue, and all joined in the Greek salutation of welcome, and the "Life!
She desired a special environment to suit each mood, and as soon as she saw the group of courtiers who surrounded the throne she ordered their dismissal.
But Charles, who dreaded the ridicule of his courtiers if he yielded to his wife and under the spell of his passionate mistress, remained firm.
At Whitehall the good-natured, cynical King and his courtiers enjoyed the lampoons and couplets of the coffee-houses, provided they were witty.
But, unhappily, men of virtue and honour were not numerous among the courtiers of that age.
The messenger found the gorgeous circle of courtiers assembled round their master on the terrace above the orangery.
In spite of that delicate respect for strangers, for which the French are so remarkable, the courtiers could not help staring, at first, at Dr.
The courtiers with all their talents for dissembling could not conceal their hostile feelings from the British minister resident among them.
The distribution of these important charges would, in effect, depend on the favour and intrigue of the courtiers who might at the time have most power with the king, or on whose reports he must base his nominations.
The queen, when she had passed the age of sixty, was as determined as ever to pose as a youthful beauty, and her courtiers had no reluctance in assuming the tone of despairing lovers.
Because if, after this, though give one of thy courtiers a like sum, he will disdain it and say, He hath but given me the like of what he gave the fisherman.
In a path, parallel with that followed by the King, were several courtiers enveloped in their cloaks.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "courtiers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
