France again submitted to the rule of one man, a man whose little finger proved to be thicker than the loins of the monarchs of the house of Bourbon.
The people hated the prince-regent, and when he reached the throne as the fourth George, he was one of the most unpopular monarchsin Europe.
Few monarchs ever ascended a throne under more auspicious circumstances than George III.
But the friendship of courts is variable, and the favour of monarchs fickle.
Princes are fleeing disguised, andmonarchs in banishment living.
So too in Egypt, the native monarchs were left as the local authorities (Arr.
The monarchs of Pella were enthusiastic admirers of Hellenic culture, and their court was doubtless frequented by Greek sculptors as well as men of letters, such as Herodotus and Euripides.
Or if freedom past hope be extorted at last, If the idol of brass find his feet are of clay, Must what terror or policy wring forth be classed With what monarchs ne'er give, but as wolves yield their prey?
In purple was she robed, and of her feast Monarchs partook, and deemed their dignity increased.
And Monarchs bowed the trembling limb, And thanked him for a throne!
The gods and fortune take their part Who like young monarchs fight, And boldly dare invade that heart Which is another's right.
Bohemia had been ruled by a succession of monarchs of alien race, at first sympathetic but later unable to see eye to eye with their subjects on religious and other questions.
Boleslav was a strong man too: Palacky, the famous Bohemian historian, describes him as "one of the most powerfulmonarchs that ever occupied the Bohemian throne.
Whatever its cause, the result of the conquest was the overthrow of the Votanic monarchs at a date which may be approximately fixed within a century before or after the beginning of our era.
It confirms to a certain extent Brasseur's account of other Toltec nations and monarchs besides those at Tollan, and is therefore important.
It was not long before the brother monarchs of Amaquemecan began to wonder at this sudden cessation of hostilities, and determined to find out the cause, for they were ignorant of the struggles and final overthrow of the Toltec empire.
The allied Aztec monarchs were at last fairly defeated, and sent an embassy with propositions of peace and alliance, professing great admiration for Cociyoeza's valor and genius.
All authorities agree on the prosperity attending the reign of the Cocome monarchs in conjunction with the Tutul Xius at Uxmal.
The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals.
St. Mark yet sees his lion where he stood Stand, but in mockery of his withered power, Over the proud place where an Emperor sued, And monarchs gazed and envied in the hour When Venice was a queen with an unequalled dower.
He made his application, and the busymonarchs once more adopted their usual polite tactics.
The almost incredible had come to pass, and they saw themselves the monarchs not merely of Spain, but of a new Empire that might be as vast as Europe and Africa together.
While he is waiting, and getting accustomed to his new surroundings, let us consider these two monarchs in whose presence he is soon to appear, and upon whose decision hangs some part of the world's destiny.
Seraph, who believed devoutly in his comrade, with all the loving loyalty characteristic of the House of Lyonnesse, that to monarchs and to friends had often cost it very dear.
Neither concerning the venal favourites about whom Shoubinsky tells us, nor the scandalous monarchs upon whom Andreeff employs his pen, do we get this.
He manifestly tries to tell us the truth, and with great shrewdness and justice he endeavours to present both the defects and excellencies of the monarchs under whom he served.
Hoorickx, in the names of the European monarchs allied to the prince by ties of relationship, moved heaven and earth to influence the president.
The troupe of aristocratic comedians was greeted with enthusiastic applause, and the popular author received an ovation from his audience of monarchs and princes such as fate never bestowed upon Beaumarchais, Marivaux, or even Moliere!
All confidence was at an end between the young monarchs and the marshal, whom they held responsible for Napoleon's altered attitude.
Various causes contributed to this change, the chief being the accession of a series of weak monarchs and the false ideas of the principles of political economy which then prevailed.
The treaty signed, the two monarchs seemed to become at once the best of friends.
He was one of those famous monarchs around whom legend loves to grow, as the green leaves grew around his dry rod, and who become kings of fancy in the absence of facts.
Ten years afterwards the relations between the two monarchs were in a measure reversed.
For some years still the truce continued, for Ferdinand and Isabella, the new monarchs of Spain, had troubles at home to keep them engaged.
In March, 1493, extraordinary tidings spread through the kingdom and reached the ears of the monarchs at their court in Barcelona.
Such was the status of Spain during the reigns of the monarchs named.
So, taking a resolution which few monarchs have taken before or since, he gave up his power and resolved to spend the remainder of his life in such quiet and peace as a retired monastery would give.
His rooms in Bond Street were crowded with men of birth and distinction, and when the allied monarchs visited London he was entrusted with the management of a boxing carnival with which they were vastly pleased.
Perhaps nothing will better illustrate the superiority of this prince to monarchs generally than the following fragment, which was found, traced by his own hand, among his papers after his death.
It had been well if the {224} monarchs who succeeded Ferdinand, Peter the Cruel in particular, had been convinced of the truth of this sentiment.
Throughout our records for many centuries the valley of the Thames has been favoured when our monarchshave sought to establish a new home.
V It has been seen that Hampton Court Palace has associations--often peculiar and intimate associations--with our monarchs for close upon three hundred years.
Generations came and went, and successive monarchs filled the English throne, till the time of Harold, when on the battle-field of Hastings his noble patrimony passed into the hands of the proud Norman.
Successive monarchs banquetted within its walls, and while the abbots were distinguished for their extensive hospitality, the poor were not forgotten.
On what poor engines move The thoughts of monarchs and designs of states!
Than those that with estates And help of fortune woo her: Yea, that True Worth I spy; Though monarchs strove to grace it, They should not reach more high Than I dare hope to place it!
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