We are indebted for this act of justice to the intrigues of Tallien, whose belle Espagnole is considerably interested.
Soon, the Dutch protests and intriguesaroused the Rani's suspicions.
Braddyll, Mr., member of Bombay Council, intrigues against Boone; is protected by Matthews.
Vainly are intriguesmultiplied against them; Providence overcomes all the efforts of their enemies, and so confounds and bewilders them that they fall into their own snares.
He then entered into fresh intrigues with the court of Spain, acting in concert with the marchioness of Verneuil and her father d'Entragues.
Angus had been chiefly guided in his intrigues with England by his brother, Sir George Douglas of Pittendriech (d.
So you preferred to earn a dishonest living by abducting innocent women, to further the intrigues of your paymaster.
It seemed monstrous that so delicate a creature should be the victim of men's intrigues and passions.
His earlier love for her, smothered by ambition, rose up at once more strong, more insistent than before; it became during all these months of renewed intrigues and plots the one ennobling trait in his tortuous character.
If out of this network of intrigues a sensible philosopher did not succeed in consolidating his independence with the aid of a substantial fortune, then he was neither so keen nor so daring as his friends and he himself supposed!
Women fancy they have talent because they have managed two or three intrigueswithout being the talk of Paris!
As similar intrigues are not uncommon in Italy, if we may credit travellers, the comtess did not manifest the least incredulity, but congratulated Albert on his success.
Thus conjugal fidelity was at a very low ebb, while amorous intrigues were openly encouraged by what amounted to a definite system of civilization.
Through all the intrigues of his musical enemies, the queen remained a firm adherent of the new school.
It may be asked, whether the earl did never for a moment allow the remembrance, that his own intrigues might have something to do with the business, to cross his mind.
If it had not been for his vile intrigues to get quit of that annuity, all this never would have happened; but I will make him rue it, should it cost me half my fortune.
It is indeed but with reluctance that I can ever think of the policy necessary to counteract intrigues and personal views, and wiser men than myself must devise the means.
It almost precludes a revision of his purpose, to say nothing of the intrigues which it will set on foot.
Elevated above the intrigues of parties and the weaknesses of the passions, he is never transported into any excess by the zeal of his friends or the virulence of his enemies.
John Randolph was one of those who saw most clearly through the intrigues that beset the government.
These men sometimes spoke as republicans from their desire to act as despots; they succeeded in getting their delegates admitted to seats in the National Assembly to mix their intrigues with the current of events.
Coupe-jarret was a phrase applied during the revolutionary intrigues to those who were hampering a movement which appeared to advance.
In Tuscany there was a secret grudge against him on account of the events of 1478—his intrigues at Siena and the loss of Sarzana.
One thing alleged against her, and also against Pheidias, was the reception of free women to facilitate the intrigues of Pericles.
This is certainly a most curious political entanglement, full of uncertainty and affording an open field for intrigues of all kinds.
Meanwhile the different actors in this drama seem to have been pulling different ways, and all sorts of intrigues were going on both at Paris and Madrid.
Both Governments are aware of the intrigues of Thiers and Palmerston, and that they have coalesced to do all the injury they can to both.
That is all very well for the intrigues of idle people perhaps, but not for an intense personal relationship.
I notice, however, that a few of them have omitted some important facts, whilst indulging in comments of such an extraordinary nature that it is clear they know neither Monroe's integrity nor the intrigues of Pitt in this affair.
Sometimes the quadruple alliance alarmed some of the powers, and at other times a contrary system alarmed others, and in all those cases the charge was always made against the intrigues of the Bourbons.
The clamours continually raised in all the countries of Europe were, that the family of the Bourbons was become too powerful; that the intrigues of the court of France endangered the peace of Europe.
He aims to give us a true picture of the society of his day, and as he finds it pervaded by intrigues and snobbery he proceeds to satirize it and point out its moral evils.
Though our histories are largely filled with the records of kings and soldiers, of intrigues and fighting, these no more express the real life of a people than fever and delirium express a normal manhood.
The intriguesof these suitors furnish the story of the play, and show to what infamous depths avarice will lead a man.
The court, made up of both parties, witnessed the rival intrigues of those who sought to gain the royal favor.
In spite, however, of his great prowess he fell into disgrace with the King through the intrigues of Madame d'Estampes.
He took an active part in all public matters and disputations; he was even familiar with the intrigues of parties; he was a politician as well as scholar.
The intriguesof Campion and Parsons in England aimed at the restoration of Catholic monarchs.
We cannot think that you, the champion of liberty in Castro Duro, would abandon so noble a cause, and leave the town exposed to the intrigues and the evil tricks of the Clericals.
It means that His Eminence has found out about yourintrigues and machinations.
All the intrigues and cabals to which Beethoven was exposed on occasion of his first opera, might perhaps not have left behind that disagreeable impression which made him shrink from the mere idea of writing a second.
He spared neither advice nor active exertions in his behalf, and helped the inexperienced Beethoven through all the "intrigues and cabals" which he had to encounter on the part of the managers of the theatre and the vocal performers.
Breuning many of the intrigues and machinations of some of those persons, whose motives were always envy and covetousness.
The Normans plotted and planned again and again, and their intriguescontinually grew more dangerous to England.
It is not probable that serious intrigues occurred at these elections, as the short duration of the office and the accountability which followed rendered it an object of no great desire.
The classic land for these feuds was Romagna, where the 'vendetta' was interwoven with intrigues and party divisions of every conceivable sort.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "intrigues" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: connections; deal; game; intrigue; lobbying; ploy; scheme; strings
