As His Excellency's secretary he was a man who pandered in every way to all his Chief's whims and foibles.
So His Excellency and his secretaryare not exactly above accepting bribes--eh?
What I fear is that if I sign your contract my secretary will at once suspect commission, and make a demand upon me--as he did before--the worm!
Three days ago they were examined by the Committee of National Defence in view of the theft of the plans themselves; my secretary placed them in the safe prior to being returned to the Department of Fortifications.
The Earl of Westmere, His Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, desired to see him.
Hubert found himself chatting with Count Niccoli, Colonial Secretary of State, when presently his Chief came up and whispered in his ear: "Waldron, can you be round at the Embassy in an hour?
That is an appointment," and bending over her hand he passed across the great apartment, and was soon laughing merrily with Suderman, secretary of the Swedish Embassy.
The Minister himself was not in, but his secretary went immediately along to the private apartments and asked His Majesty for audience on Waldron's behalf.
His Excellency had left about ten minutes when Colonel Lambarini, the secretary of the Council of Defence, came up to the door, which I opened for him, as he always had access to His Excellency's private cabinet.
Pironti, the unscrupulous secretary of the Minister was there, surrounded by women-- wives of officers and others who hoped to secure the man's good graces to procure better appointments for their husbands.
The mayor in reply assured the secretary of state that there were no such engrossers in the city, but that the present dearness was caused by the exportation of large quantities of corn and grain to foreign countries.
There was some talk of reducing the fortress by starvation, and Byron confessed to secretary Nicholas (22 Jan.
The post of Secretaryfor Foreign Languages was offered to a kinsman of Bradshaw, and one of whom the city of London is justly proud, to wit, John Milton.
Two aldermen were thereupon nominated to wait upon Lord Dartmouth, principal secretary of state, in order to learn her majesty’s pleasure.
The court, however, seemed loth to re-instate him, and it was not until after the receipt of a letter from secretary Nicholas and a writ of restitution had been issued that it consented (21 Sept.
The Secretary of State, who had written to the mayor, had desired his lordship to take immediate steps to preserve quiet in the city.
In anticipation of lord mayor’s day he wrote to Joseph Williamson, afterwards Secretary of State, bespeaking his favour and support.
It certainly placed him in open antagonism to General Halleck, the Federal Secretary of War, and, as this antagonism had a direct effect upon even connected with the subject of our memoir, we shall briefly relate now it was now displayed.
When the secretary of the Austrian Ambassador came publicly, by arrangement, to ask permission of the Queen to take the model of the dressing-case in question, the very woman to whom I have alluded was in attendance at Her Majesty's toilet.
When I reached my destination I was immediately compelled to decipher the despatches with the Queen of Naples in the office of the Secretary of State.
The subject was at this time considered by the Committee on Foreign Relations, aided by the Secretary of State, who laid before the Committee all the original papers relating to the proceedings of the Commissioners.
Mr. Washburne, then Secretary of State, held that he was not authorized to make the payment in any other than current funds of the United States.
The occasion was the promulgation by the Secretary of State of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
It was constituted by the President himself, with the assistance of the Secretary of State; and it was to the Secretary of State that the Commission reported, and the President communicated their report to Congress.
Full particulars of Mr. Roosevelt's trip on the Louisiana were requested to be reported to Neptune and then the secretary left and called on the wardroom.
Mr. Eberle presented thesecretary to the captain, while the officers and dozens of the crew gathered around.
The secretary and assistant were in full dress, their swallowtails of bright red chintz accentuated by enormous negro minstrel collars and by ties of pink that flowed out to their shoulders.
A wireless message was sent to the Louisiana that his Majesty's secretary and orderly would come on board on the evening of January 5 to make the final preparations for the ruler's visit the next morning.
This palace is where the Pan-American Congress met, where Secretary Root made a profound impression in his address.
Later on we had a call from a young minister who had a little mission chapel not far from our flat and who looked in upon us at the suggestion of the secretary of the settlement house.
I sought out the secretary and found him a pleasant young fellow though with something of the professional pleasantness which men in this work seem to acquire.
What he did at the India Office and as Foreign Secretary is too well known to the world.
Just about this time an application was made to the General of the Army, without coming through the Secretary of War, by the State of Maryland, for its quota of arms.
The next morning I again visited the Secretary of War, and explained to him the General's readiness to act.
She told him what she desired, and what theSecretary had promised.
The President differed widely with the Republican majority, as well as the Secretary of War and the General of the Army, as to the reconstruction of the States recently in rebellion.
Finally he asked if the President and the Secretary of War had this information.
He went to the Secretary of War, and upon consultation the application was placed among the relics of the past.
The Secretary thought this was a matter that should be kept within the knowledge of a very few discreet men.
He handed them to the Secretary and asked him to read them, which he did, and laid them down without a word of comment.
The Secretarysoon came, and greeted Mrs. Anderson very cordially on being introduced.
The Secretary said: 'This seems feasible; who could you trust with this management?
These men remained during every night in the War Department with the Secretary of War, having spies out in Baltimore and Richmond, as well as in Washington, and knew of every movement that was going on.
She bade the Secretary good-by, saying as she left that he would hear from her in due time.
To a proud man the post of secretaryor chaplain in a great house was, in those days, no happy one.
He became first secretary to and then part owner of a tile and brick factory, and in a few years made enough money to pay off all his old debts.
And there, in sing-song voices, they tell the astonished man that they come from Parliament to ask him to be Secretary for Foreign Tongues.
Who the lady-love was is not known, but doubtless she was some great lady ready enough to marry a Secretary of State, but not a poor scribbler.
But he was too shy ever to make a speech, and presently he went to Ireland as Secretary of State.
When George I came to the throne, the Whigs once more returned to power, and Addison again becameSecretary for Ireland.
I ask no favour of Mr. Secretary Addison," writes Steele angrily.
The great Earl became the poet's friend and patron, and gave him a post as secretary in his house.
His wife was the Dowager Countess of Warwick, and perhaps she was that great lady whom he had lost a few years before when he lost his post of Secretary of State.
Spenser was advanced at court, and soon after went to Ireland in the train of the Lord-Deputy as Secretary of State.
It was before the Secretary of State had been heard from that the chairman of the banquet said: "In this time of unrest it is of great satisfaction that such a man as you, Mr. Root, is chief adviser of the President.
As secretarythere was nothing for him to do except to scrap-book the daily reports of the great trial of the Tichborne Claimant for perjury.
There were several candidates for all the offices in the gift of the new State of Nevada save two--United States Senator, and Secretary of State.
Authority has been conferred on the courts, secretary of state, or other official to grant to individuals, who may apply for them, charters on complying with the requirements of these statutes.
It may also be given by the secretary or by any other agent duly authorized.
Thus if a secretarycalls a meeting instead of the directors, and his action is properly ratified by them, the call is effective.
The officers of said corporation shall be a president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be chosen by the board of directors, and shall hold their office for the period of one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
Cockerell, who, since July, 1894, had been secretary to the Press.
On the third day the secretary of a milk company desired him to call again in three days.
They are quite voluminous, and on file in the office of the Secretary of State, in Boston.
In a letter to General Knox, Secretary of War, dated Aug.
The Doctor is all ready for you, gentlemen," said the secretary when they entered.
The fellow that was going in with Mart isn't coming at all and I've asked the secretary to hold it open until tomorrow morning.
The list included a Secretary of State, two Chief Justices, three United States Senators, numerous congressmen and a wealth of smaller fry.
Then a sum of money changed hands, the secretary filled out a receipt for it, Harmon produced a certificate from the principal of the Schuyler High School and the interview ended with a long sigh of relief from Joe.
The secretary shook hands politely and scrutinized the applicant through a pair of strong glasses.
This second part of Lancaster Sound he called after the Secretary of the Admiralty who had so indefatigably laboured to promote the expeditions, Barrow's Strait.
Now and then he glanced at Peter, a genuine secretary who stood ready to help him in his undertaking.
Some impulse kept the secretary making those foolish complimentary speeches which keep a conversation empty and insincere.
By this means they forestalled the mute discourtesy of the old Captain's walking away from his secretary to eat.
It was fully two o'clock in the morning when it occurred to the Captain that his new secretary might like to go to bed.
In the window of his library the Captain saw his secretary staring at his cards and books with an intentness plainly assumed.
At this time Petrarch had taken clerical orders and was established as assistant to the secretary of one of the cardinals.
Madame Hanska was delighted with the letter, yet mystified to think that Balzac should use a secretary in writing a love-letter.
As they bandaged the stump, he dictated a report of the battle to his secretary; but after writing for ten minutes, the poor secretary fell limp in a faint, and Nelson ordered one of the surgeons to complete taking the dictation.
Two months later Selma, as secretary of the sub-committee of the Institute selected to oppose before the legislature the bill to create an appointed school board, had further occasion to confer with Mr. Lyons.
Take Mrs. Baker, the Secretary of the Interior's wife, receiving to-night.
We find this record on a form for a passport of the United States, prepared under Mr. John Quincy Adams, when Secretary of State, in 1820, which form is now in use.
Adams, Secretary of State, a plate for a passport, at the head of which was a spread eagle, drawn to encompass the constellation Lyra.
