Monsieur le Surintendant was occupied; whether with finance or with love posterity cannot hope to know.
Great were the delicacy and the rarity of the dishes," says La Fontaine, "but greater still the grace with which Monsieur le Surintendant and Madame la Surintendante did the honours of their house.
Bid three stout familiars of the Office stand unseen behind the curtain there, weapons in hand," commandedSurintendant Teruel; "then show the man up!
To see the Fathers of the Holy Office," said the servitor, wondering if he had sufficiently wiped the wine from his mouth ere he came in--the Surintendant was regarding him so sternly.
Nicolas Fouquet, the surintendantof the finances of France.
The States will say that the imposts are too heavy, and that the surintendanthas ruined them.
When the surintendant landed, Gourville hoped he should be able to seek refuge at once, and have the relays prepared.
History will tell us, or rather history has told us, of the various events of the following day, of the splendid fetes given by the surintendant to his sovereign.
The surintendant joined his friend, and, with him, paused before a large picture scarcely finished.
The mere sight of Aramis was a complete compensation to the surintendant for the unhappiness he had undergone in his arrest.
Surrounded by his friends, who complimented him and received his flattering remarks in return, the surintendant half-closed his wearied eyes.
The surintendant dressed himself with everything that came to hand.
Our business is to learn and to report to monsieur le surintendant of the finances to what extent English smuggling is injurious to the French merchants.
Tell me, worthy Master Bazin," added he, "how many musketeers does monsieur le surintendantretain in his service?
Monseigneur preached every Sunday at the house of monsieur le surintendant at Vaux; then they hunted together.
Bazin cast a sidelong glance at the horse, and replied, "Monsieur le surintendant gave him four from his own stables; and each of the four is worth four of yours.
Surintendant Fouquet, whose accounts I gave you to verify some months ago.
A surintendant who is never sordid or niggardly," added Monsieur; "and who pays in gold all the orders I have on him.
A visit from the surintendant was not an ordinary event in the life of any woman attached to the court.
The surintendant had no doubt received advice of the approaching departure, for he was giving a farewell dinner to his friends.
The mere sight of Aramis was a complete compensation to the surintendant for the unhappiness he had undergone in being arrested.
Fouquet by name, and could not conceive what she could possibly have to do with a surintendant of finances.
It embraces the post of surintendant of finance for yourself, and a letter of exile, or the Bastille, for M.
Not being willing that, if any evil happened to himself, this paper should compromise a faithful friend, the surintendant was busy tearing it into a thousand morsels, spread about by the wind from the balustrade of the terrace.
Thus the magnificent Surintendant disappeared from the world forever,--buried alive, but indomitable and cheerful.
In the course of his career, the gallant Surintendant had attempted to add the charming widow Sévigné to his conquests.
This cruel and illegal punishment lasted for twenty years, until an attack of apoplexy placed the Surintendant beyond the reach of his torturer.
And the unlucky Surintendant had sinned against the royal feelings in a still more unpardonable way.
It was at the request of the Queen that the Cardinal made the trusty Procureur Surintendant des Finances, the first position in France after the throne and the prime-ministership.
The Surintendant seemed to be on the highest pinnacle of prosperity, beyond the reach of Fate.
The Surintendant had twice wounded the vanity of his King.
Even those who knew the Surintendant best were astonished at his courage and his presence of mind.
The Surintendant was seized and taken to Angers, thence to Amboise, Vincennes, and finally to the Bastille.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "surintendant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
