I am told that some of the Spanish grandees even laid their hands on their swords, fixing their eyes on the heir to the throne, as if to say: "Command, and your unworthy enemy shall exist no more.
My LORD:--I am told that it was the want of pecuniary resources that made Bonaparte so ill-tempered on his last levee day.
I am told that, by his intrigues, he even succeeded in swindling your Ministers out of a sum of money by some plausible schemes he proposed to them.
I am told that he has made all his money by his connection with your country; but I know that the favourite of Napoleon can never be the friend of Great Britain.
I am told thathe has thrown doubt upon the working of the British Constitution as a Constitution which will allow this country successfully to go to war.
If we stay with Spencer, the Irish witnesses say that they will not appear before the Commission; and if we do not, I am told that the 'loyalists' will not appear.
This day I am told that my Lord Bristoll hath warrants issued out against him, to have carried him to the Tower, but he is fled away or hid himself.
At noon I am told that my Lord Duke of Albemarle is made Lord High Constable; the meaning whereof at this time I know not, nor whether it be true or no.
And I am told thathe was also with the Duke of Albemarle yesterday to excuse it; but this day I do hear, by some of Sir W.
There is a little consultation and jabber, when I am told that I can have both for a franc.
I may be told that it is easy to criticize--any one can do that; but that a political adviser is expected to offer some practical proposal to meet the existing situation.
Again, I am told that he will express himself to some such effect as this-- that he cannot think why he is accused by Demosthenes, and not by any of the Phocians.
On receiving that degree, the candidate is told that he is to become acquainted with the true pronunciation of the ineffable name of God, as it was revealed to Enoch.
He must be without a sword, and is told that he must find the door of the Sanctuary, and when found, to knock on it six times with an open hand.
He, who is told that, "to do justice is to conduce with all his power to the well being of the whole," has a simple intelligible rule for his conduct.
I know not if it will give him pleasure to be told that, could I have delighted in revenge, I might have satiated myself with that unworthy and destructive passion.
I had already for miles been driven through streets, over stones, and never out of sight of houses, and was astonished to be told that I was now only as it were at the entrance of London.
At any time when he was ill, he was very much pleased to be told that he looked better.
Were he the best reader in the world, I would not have it told that he was taught.
I no sooner lose sight of dear Allen, than I am told that I shall see him no more.
It would amaze a large number of ambitious young ladies to be told that it was not proper that young men should call on them and be received by them alone.
No one wishes to betold that which he already understands better, perhaps, than we do.
A guest who is told that he may drop in at half-past one o'clock every day will be forgiven if he comes as late as two.
If this be a ghost, we do not need be told that she is a woman still.
Whoever has studied mediaeval art in any of its branches need not be told that Dante's age was one that demanded very palpable and even revolting types.
I told that man up the road I needed a little help 'cause I was lookin' for me family from whom I had been separated fur years.
The financier listened for an hour, and when they departed they were told that Mr. Sage's decision would be mailed to them in a few days.
It is of this station that the story is told that an old farmer was expecting a chicken-house to arrive there, and he sent one of his hands, a new-comer, to fetch it.
So, when anyone ventures to question the veracity of Trochu, one is told that he has adopted his brother's children.
I am told that the "proud young porter," who now the sheep is dead, represents alone the Majesty of England at the British Embassy is indignant at not having been invited to add his signature to the protest.
But of Hermod it is to be told that he rode nine nights through deep and dark valleys, and did not see light until he came to the Gjallar-river and rode on the Gjallar-bridge, which is thatched with shining gold.
No one is so wise that he can tell all his great works; but I can tell you so many tidings of him that it will grow late before all is told that I know.
Har answered: Yes, indeed, there are tidings to be told that seemed of far greater importance to the asas.
Even the theatre--I am told that some of the plays produced in London are disgraceful, simply disgraceful!
Why, I amtold that scarcely a day passed without Mrs. Wade calling at the house.
It is sad to be told that a man once so resolute and masterful should later have been the victim of shattered nerves; it is sadder still to learn that he was a mark for accusations of cowardice.
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