Shumse ad Deen could not comprehend the reason why his nephew did not appear; he expected him every moment, and was impatient to receive him to his arms.
But he would give me no satisfaction; he only said "You refuse to receive him, ma'am?
I was quite happy to receive him; he looked very ill, and his face is still violently swelled.
Bulstrode was at home to receive him, and hinder his communication with the rest of the family, but he could not altogether hinder the circumstances of the visit from compromising himself and alarming his wife.
Only it is desirable that Dorothea should know there are reasons why she should notreceive him again; and I really can't say so to her.
He wished to visit France, but the King civilly declined to receive him.
The King was so ill, and the doctors so at their wits' ends, that they consented to receive him.
He made the Pere de la Tour enter at night by a little back door, at which an attendant was in waiting to receive him.
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Christian VII came thither in the state-carriage, and was conducted by the duc de Duras into the apartment of the dauphin, where he remained until Louis XV was prepared to receive him.
Assure him," said I, "of the pleasure it will afford us to receive him as he merits.
Bourrienne, whom I had not seen since the Emperor had ceased to receive him.
Here the inhabitants were prepared to receive him in triumph, under arches thrown across the streets, with bands of music, and minstrelsy commemorating his successes.
Neither daunted, nor diverted from his purpose, the inflexible viceroy held on his way towards the capital, where the inhabitants, preceded by Vaca de Castro and the municipal authorities, came out to receive him.
Some would have him rejected, and commended him to the mercy of God; others, less rigid, were willing to receive him, since he was ready to submit to any penance.
When Berenike refused to receive him, the maid assured her that he was a young man, and had expressed his wish to bring an urgent request to the lady's notice in a becoming and modest manner.
The Captain rose to receive him, bending his stalwart height to avoid striking the cabin roof with his head.
His captains, Hagthorpe, Christian, and Yberville, were on the jetty to receive him, and with them were some hundreds of his buccaneers.
On the mole at Port Royal, under the low, embattled wall of the fort, Major Mallard and Lord Julian waited to receive him, and it was with infinite relief that they assisted him from the sloop.
Before he could even look round, and survey this guard drawn up to receive him, a tap over the head with a capstan bar efficiently handled by Hagthorpe put him to sleep without the least fuss.
And so Monsignor Folchi was disgraced, and since then has vainly solicited an audience of Leo XIII, who has always refused to receive him, as if determined to punish him for their common fault--that passion for lucre which blinded them both.
With regard to himself no doubt, it was because he was considered compromising that there was a desire to receive him in this manner unknown to the personages of the Court, and so as to speak with him at ease.
And he showed himself very amiable to Abbe Paparelli, who, accompanying him in all humility, begged him to be kind enough to wait until his Eminence should be able to receive him.
In a few minutes she heard Swithin approaching, when she put the letter out of the way and turned to receive him.
On gaining admittance he found Lady Constantine waiting to receive him.
He passed on slowly with his hands crossed devoutly upon his bosom, to the door opening into the Abbey Chapel, at which his Monks waited to receive him.
She consented reluctantly to receive him: He promised not to abuse her goodness, and quitted the House.
When it was announced to her that the Roman deacon besought an interview, she at first refused to receive him.
As usual, he was straightway admitted to Heliodora's house, but had to wait awhile until the lady could receive him.
Whilst the meal was being made ready, Basil had found opportunity of speech with Aurelia, who heard with great satisfaction of the coming of Venantius, and promised to receive him early on the morrow.
On the second occasion of his coming she did endeavour to receive him with a meek heart, and to accept what he said with an obedient spirit.
I wish I could go down to receive him,' said Mr Amedroz, plaintively.
No letter was written that day, or on the next; but on the day following a formal note was sent off by Clara, in which Mr Belton was told that Mr Amedroz would be happy to receive him at Belton Castle.
Lady Jane Horton, who was suffering under a disease which not long afterwards proved fatal, was too ill to receive him.
Mrs. Pompley might have learned already that a Digby was with her husband,--she might be actually dressing to receive him worthily; there was not a moment to lose.
On entering the world of London, the Clubs flew open to receive him, and he woke one morning to find himself, not indeed famous--but the fashion.
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