Putting a royal restraint upon the feelings which almost overwhelmed him, the monarch received his guest with princely courtesy, expressing great pleasure in seeing him personally, and extending to him the hospitalities of his capital.
Presently a tall princelyfigure was seen, approaching with slow and solemn pace, leading a lovely female to the altar.
And all this appears to be the result of an attempt to elevate the man Christ Jesus to a level with the demigods of antiquity, nearly all of whom claimed to be of royal or princely descent.
Many of them, like Christ, were claimed to be of royal or princely descent.
Volterrano's Diary is confused as to dates, and would seem to place Giovanni's betrothal and his princelyinvestiture in May, 1473.
The first princely dynasty of Urbino affords examples of most of the phases of mediaeval jurisdiction on which we have briefly touched in our introductory remarks.
Federigo's court the high reputation it enjoyed as a model of princely taste and munificence.
But what his preceptor considered as the great aim of a princely education was the development of his powers of eloquence, and an extensive acquaintance with history; to these, therefore, he drew Guidobaldo's attention with entire success.
Another likeness is given in the preceding page from a rare medallion of the lady of Imola in her more matronly years, whose descendants still subsist in various princely houses, and in the noble family of Riario Sforza at Naples.
With a keen eye for available talent, this princely despot at once enlisted him in his service.
Blessed with health, a princely revenue, an admirable wife, fine children, and many friends, he can have nothing to desire but a continuance of these blessings.
An heiress of one of the most ancient houses in the Pays-Bas, the Princesse de Croy brought a noble dowry to her husband, himself a man of princely fortune.
He was a near kinsman of the Montmorencys, the Roncys, and the Craons; possessed fifteen princely domains, and had an annual revenue of about three hundred thousand livres.
He preferred to reside on his own patrimonial estate of Gravarna, where, for many years, he exercised a princely hospitality.
The golden mean, as she's too nice to dwell Among the ruins of a filthy cell, So is her modesty withal as great, To baulk the envy of a princely seat.
His education was directed by the monks of Cluny,--that princely abbey in Burgundy where "monks were sovereigns and sovereigns were monks.
Here his conversion took place, and he parted with his princely patrimony for the benefit of the poor.
His shrine was enriched with princelyofferings beyond any other object of popular veneration in the Middle Ages.
The abbey of Bec, in Normandy, was the most distinguished of new intellectual centres, while Clairvaux and other princely abbeys had inmates as distinguished for meditative habits as for luxury and pride.
This young man, now nearly twenty-eight years of age, was one of the most popular leaders of the cotillion in Europe, for he was sometimes requested to go to Vienna or to London to crown in the waltz some princely ball.
Stripped of his gay apparel, he was made to assume the garb of a priest; and it was difficult to recognise in the face of the deacon, who was being ordained by a venerable bishop, the brave soldier and princely courtier of a few minutes ago.
The office was hereditary in the family of the Illuminator; and that family had been endowed with territories extending over fifteen provinces and comprising several princely residences.
Two Armenian families of princely rank were conspicuous at that time.
In the distance is seen the princely palace of Stra upon the Brenta, which was designed in part by one of the Pisani brothers.
His head was placed in triumph over the nearest prefecture, and thus ended the most remarkable career of a princely robber chieftain to be found in Chinese annals.
The custody of the Book of Armagh, containing St Patrick's canons, was a great hereditary office; and the princely munificence which provided the book with a suitable case or shrine in the tenth century is recorded in Irish history.
So I am liable to abandon the great labor to which I had intended to devote my life, my dazzling genius and my princely income.
Of course I would like to stay on the Sentinel and draw the princely salary, but there are two hundred reasons why I cannot do it.
Low in the dust thy boasted beauty lies; Loud through thy princely domes the bittern cries, And the night wind in mournful cadence sighs.
A tiara of diamonds adorned her brow and on his own was a princely coronet.
Know you to whom your princely mansion has just afforded its hospitality?
Large mirrors, chaste carving, rich carpets, and soft ottomans gave to the chief cabin the air of a princely drawing-room.
Richard alighted from his horse at the gate of the princely abode, on the threshold of which the municipal authorities were gathered to receive him.
It is impossible to say how much money was expended upon this princely structure; but we can assert upon undoubted authority that the internal decorations alone cost ninety-four thousand pounds!
And the good woman experienced a pleasure as sincere as if any one had announced to her that she was entitled to a princely fortune.
Markham rose at seven o'clock, and dressed himself in plain clothes; but upon his breast he wore the star which denoted his princely rank.
The peculiar institutions of the south, its wealth, its princely planters, and through all the tangle of love, romance, tragedy and family secrets.
Lasting be the praise Through the world of worlds and wondrous honor, And royal power in the princely realm, The kingdom of heaven.
Hence I may not marvel, when I am mindful of life, That my sorrowing soul grows sick and dark, 60 When I look at the lives of lords and earls, How they are suddenly snatched from the seats of their power, In their princely pride.
Soon was he ready To obey the holy bidding, and unbound his heart, And gazed on high, as the herald had bade him, The princely Peace-weaver.
Gentles, I greet you in the Landgrave's name, The honored bearer of his princely script, Sealed with his signet.
Your daughter shall be first, whose wanton arts Have brought destruction on a princely house.
His princely father's heart found no comfort during the remainder of his days.
Wilt make Thy princely name a stench in German nostrils?
Portable paintings for princely or private galleries and cabinets became the chief and most characteristic products of the art.
On the reestablishment of the autocracy he was dismissed from the service, and retired to Calabria where he had inherited the princely title and estates of Satriano.
It was his duty to celebrate his princely patrons in panegyrics and epics, to abuse their enemies in libels and invectives, to salute them with encomiastic odes on their birthdays, and to compose poems on their favourite themes.
