Use regent in a sentence
Sentences ending with regent
- The cunning woman would have perceived his purpose and betrayed it to the Regent. [10]
- While the company were filling and refilling the beakers, which raised their spirits to so wild a pitch, the prisoner Pentaur had been examined in the presence of the Regent. [10]
- In August she saw King Philip set out for Spain, and Margaret of Parma, her son's sister, assume the government of the Netherlands as regent. [10]
- You know I rejected the suit of the Regent. [10]
- His father had never failed to attend this entertainment when he was in Thebes, but he himself had to-day for the first time received the much-coveted honor of an invitation, which--Ameni told him when he gave it--he entirely owed to the Regent. [10]
- Sleep had also fled from the couches of the occupants of the Sebasteum, the royal palace where Iras lived during the absence of the Queen, and the practorium, facing its southern front, which contained the official residence of the Regent. [10]
- Great enterprises and daring deeds are not what he excels in; but he is very apt at carrying out a ready-made system, and therefore I choose him to be my Regent. [10]
- There may have been such irreverent persons, but if any one had so ventured at the "Saturday Club," it would have produced a sensation like Brummel's "George, ring the bell," to the Prince Regent. [6]
- Already there was a rumour that the daughter of the Emperor and that Johanna Van der Gheynst, who had been Charles's first love, Margaret of Parma, her own son's sister, had been chosen to rule the Netherlands as regent. [10]
Sentences containing regent two or more times
- I made money, and I plumped it all into my railways and the Regent Bank; and as you said a minute ago, the Regent Bank has closed down. [11]
More example sentences with the word regent in them
- Between ourselves, he would like to be appointed regent of Persia while the king is away at the Massagetan war, and would therefore give a great deal to connect himself by marriage in some way or other with the Archemenidae. [10]
- They had come with a message, whose importance would permit no delay, to the Regent Mardion, who stood between Zeno and Iras, gazing gloomily at the ground with a frowning brow. [10]
- When the Regent, who had been a friend of her late husband, removed into the palace of the Pharaohs, he made her advances, and the clever and decided woman knew how to make herself at first agreeable, and finally indispensable, to the vacillating man. [10]
- The wing in which the Regent resided, and which we have already visited, lay away from the river; while the part of the building which was used by the royal family commanded the Nile. [10]
- The next morning, when the market was crowded, the officer might commence his negotiations afresh, if the Regent insisted on his plan. [10]
- The Regent Ani was present, and sat on Ameni's right at the top of the centre high-table at which several places were unoccupied; for the prophets and the initiated of the temple of Amon had excused themselves from being present. [10]
- The dwarf Nemu was brought before the Regent and threw himself on the ground at his feet. [10]
- The strongest pressure was between the peninsula of the Choma and the Sebasteum; for this afforded a view of the sea, and the first tidings must reach the residence of the Regent, which was connected with the palace. [10]
- On the side toward the room the curtains were drawn back far enough to allow those who were permitted to approach the regent to see her head and the upper portion of her body, which was wrapped in an ermine cape. [10]
- As an artist, too, he did not approve Mardion's plan; for though, on Didymus's land, the statues would have faced the sea, which the Regent and the Keeper of the Seal regarded as very important, no fitting background could have been obtained. [10]
- They could see too the seats of the grandees, and the barriers which kept the people at a distance from the Regent, the priests, and the nobles. [10]
- The dwarf pointed to the Regent, and said: "If he there wielded the sceptre, there would be fewer orphans and beggars by the Nile. [10]
- The Regent desires to take nothing from you. [10]
- The Regent went to meet him, bowed before him, and then withdrew to the back of the hall with him alone. [10]
- The regent desired to know whether she had any special wishes concerning the Prebrunn house. [10]
- She had reason to believe so when she recalled how the Regent and the Keeper of the Seal had received the terrible news. [10]
- Malbrouck had announced their coming by a blast from his horn, and Margaret was standing in the doorway wrapped in furs, which may have come originally from Hudson's Bay, but which had been deftly re-manufactured in Regent Street. [11]
- The Regent at the same time, with every appearance of regret, advised her to avoid an open quarrel, and not to defy Ameni's lofty severity, but to remain absent from the festival. [10]
- Who had given the regent, to whom nothing attracted her, the right to dispose of her as though she were a chattel or her captive? [10]
- The animal knew the regent, and did not let her disturb its repose. [10]
- Apollonius might remind the Regent that it would be advisable at this time to avoid a public scandal, to remember Didymus's age, and the validity of his claim. [10]
- In the evening the pioneer, after he had had an interview with the Regent, went to the temple of Seti to receive Ameni's blessing on all his undertakings. [10]
- She hoped that the Pharoah would refuse, and personally offend the Regent, and so make him more inclined to tread the dangerous road which she was endeavoring to smooth for him. [10]
- As he had the most cordial reception from the Regent Philetaerus, he seemed inclined to settle permanently there. [10]
- Angry and uneasy, the indignant mother hastened to Ani, and implored him to keep Nefert at home by force; but the Regent wished to avoid attracting attention, and to let Bent-Anat set out with a feeling of complete security. [10]
- It came from the heir and regent, Don Philip, in Valladolid. [10]
- At Wolf's entrance the baron greeted him with merry banter, and then whispered to him that the regent was expecting him in her private room, where the leaders of the newly arrived musicians had already gone. [10]
- The regent knew that on this memorable day he would not be seen even by her. [10]
- Lastly he said that he, Joshua, would be placed in command of the Hebrew forces and, as regent, mediate and settle disputes between them and the Egyptians whenever it seemed necessary. [10]
- Then the Regent spoke to him, and turning to the other guests mentioned that Paaker was on the point of starting next day for Syria, and resuming his arduous labors as Mohar. [10]
- He wore his sleeves tight and his stock high, as in the days when William the Sailor was king in England, and his long gold-topped Prince Regent cane was the very acme of dignity. [11]
- The king was sitting in an arm-chair, and looked thoughtfully at the ground; before him stood the Regent, and Mena stood by his couch, holding in his hand the king's sleeping-robe. [10]
- She expected to see the Regent, the Keeper of the Seal, and the whole brilliantly adorned train of attendants who always surrounded the Queen on formal occasions, enter the magnificent hall. [10]
- While these gathered round the scribes, the Regent Ani sat with quiet dignity on the throne, surrounded by his suite and his secretaries, and held audiences. [10]
- The Regent was returning to Thebes, and with him went Ameni, who desired to ascertain by his own eyes what mischief the whirlwind had done to his garden in the city. [10]
- After he had retired with his companions, the Queen again turned to the Regent, saying: "We did wisely to make the people happy at first with tidings of victory. [10]
- The Regent Ani resided in a building adjoining the king's palace. [10]
- My office merely requires me to induce the worthy owner of this house and garden to submit to-day to the Queen's command, which the Regent and my own heart bid me clothe in the form of a request. [10]
- When the regent reproached him for having taken Sir Wolf Hartschwert from her without a word of consultation, although she was unwilling to spare him, he had instantly placed Wolf at her disposal again. [10]
- Queen Mary, the regent, rode at his side, and the Brabant nobles, the heads of the Brussels citizens, and his Spanish courtiers formed his retinue. [10]
- If he were regent, every service which she rendered the party would benefit him personally. [10]
- Katuti met the Regent half way down the garden. [10]
- Then she said--"The Regent certainly likes very well to pass his hours of leisure with me gossiping or playing draughts, but I do not know that I should dare to speak to him of so grave a matter. [10]
- Before they could reach it, a messenger came up with them, from the Regent, who desired to be informed as to what happened. [10]
- If anything could place the Prince Regent in a more ridiculous light, it is Bonaparte suing for his magnanimous protection. [4]
- With the lucidity peculiar to him, he explained his reasons for hoping that their errand would be vain, and Apollonius replied that no one would rejoice more than he himself if the Regent should authorize him, on the morrow, to countermand his mission. [10]
- It seemed to Paaker that the Regent was excusing himself for having given him so high a place of honor. [10]
- Yesterday I had orders from the Regent to send half the guard to Pelusium. [10]
- Spite of Bai's opposition, Moses had been named regent of the new territory, while he, Hosea, himself was to command the soldiers who would defend the frontiers, and marshal fresh troops from the Israelite mercenaries, who had already borne themselves valiantly in many a fray. [10]
- The Regent was of opinion, while he tried to soothe her, that there was no real love-potion in the case; but the widow exclaimed: "Now I understand, now for the first time I comprehend my daughter. [10]
- It did not occur to the Regent to punish the witch for her crimes; he thought rather of his older friends' rapture when they talked of the singer Beki's songs and beauty. [10]
- If the Regent now renders you all an important service, he will regard you as amply paid when our efforts have succeeded, and he sits on the throne. [10]
- The regent had noticed it, and attributed his appearance to grief for her departure. [10]
- The Regent knows nothing, absolutely nothing, and my uncle, of course, no more. [10]
- Zeus can accomplish much, but when Iras and your sister Charmian, who unfortunately is now with the Queen, wish to effect anything, he, like the Regent Mardion, must give way. [10]
- The consequences which might ensue, should the populace discover that he was taking sides against the Regent, would be incalculable. [10]
- If you find messengers from the Regent, raise objections to the unprecedented decree. [10]
- The pioneer bowed low before the Regent, who returned the greeting with a half-haughty, half-familiar wave of the hand, and when he had seated himself in an arm-chair politely addressed Paaker as the son of a friend, and a relation of his family. [10]
- Motives of self-interest led the ambitious high-priest, Oropastes, whom Cambyses had appointed regent in his absence, to place himself at the head of this movement. [10]
- A few minutes later the Regent stood before her. [10]
- When the throne is clear, the weak legs of the Regent may succeed in clambering up to it with the help of the priests. [10]
- Before he got into his chariot he commanded the guard to return to their posts, and took it upon himself to inform the Regent that his guest would remain in his tent till the festival was over; the soldiers unhesitatingly obeyed him. [10]
- He was particularly inseparable from Alessandro, the son of the woman now ruling as regent in Brussels, who was John's sister. [10]
- If he succeeded in fulfilling her wishes, she could not fail to be grateful; and then-- He pondered over the person to whom he should apply--Mardion, the Regent, or the Keeper of the Seal? [10]
- She was dressed in a gown almost as simple in make as that of the nurse, but of exquisite material--the soft green velvet which she had worn when she met Ian in the sweetshop in Regent Street. [11]
- She had been ill for a week before nearing Kingston, and when the Regent reached the harbour she was in a bad way. [11]
- Myrtilus was awaiting his return in a city prospering under a rich and wise regent, and sent whole cargoes of affectionate remembrances. [10]
- He came from his Majesty to inform Blomberg that the regent could not spare Sir Wolf Hartschwert, and the captain might choose another companion for his ride. [10]
- The Regent signed her to a corner of the room, and she squatted down on the pavement. [10]
- Appenzelder could not help admitting this, and then dejectedly promised Barbara to make amends as soon as possible for the wrong which the regent, much against his will, had committed. [10]
- The man whom he appointed to be his Regent, whom he designated as the worthiest in the land, he will most unwillingly condemn. [10]
- There is my hand-take it; and all Egypt shall know that Rameses trusts no man more implicitly than his Regent Ani. [10]
- The little princesses had scarcely recovered from the horror of this night attack when our minister presented his credentials to the Queen through the Regent, thus breaking a diplomatic deadlock, in which he was followed by all the other embassies except the French. [4]
- The Regent Mardion had received the procession in the Queen's name, for Cleopatra had driven into the city, no one knew where. [10]
- Not until she had quitted the room with Gorgias did the officials discuss the matter together, and soon after Apollonius went away with his companions, to hold another conference with the Regent about this unpleasant business. [10]
- The Regent, Mardion, had ordered it. [10]
- But before Nemu had left Mena's grounds he saw the out-runners of the Regent, his chariot, and the troop of guards following him. [10]
- Here Ameni himself had announced to the multitude the miracle of the sacred heart, and had proclaimed that a new Apis had been found among the herds of the Regent Ani. [10]
- The Regent Ani grants us a rich contribution, and--" "And," interrupted Septah, "our thaumaturgists understand things very differently from those of the house of Anion, who feast while we practise. [10]
- The regent is graciously disposed toward you, and you praise her liberality, but do you yourself know the name of the office which you fill? [10]
- The Regent was gazing mutely at the ground; Iras, pale and absent-minded, was listening to Zeno's statements; and Archibius had gone out of doors, and, unheeding the storm, was looking across the tossing waves of the harbour for the expected ships. [10]
- He had called for her again, and on the way home learned that neither his Majesty nor the regent had been among the listeners, and he had gone to rest like a knight who has been hurled upon the sand. [10]
- The very harsh execrations which the regent bestowed upon pleasant Ratisbon when she learned what had befallen Sir Wolf Hartschwert were better suited to the huntress than to the queen and sister of a mighty emperor. [10]
- The Regent was doing everything in his power to ascertain the truth; but he (Archibius) was aware of the distrust of the government, and everything connected with it, felt by the sailors and all the seafaring folk at the harbour. [10]
- Scarcely had he disappeared when the Regent exclaimed: "A dangerous man! [10]
- But the regent did not impose this choice; she did not grudge him his late happiness, and gratefully appreciated the transformation which Barbara's rare gifts had wrought. [10]
- But the understanding did not come, and on that ominous, prophetic day before they went to Glencader, the day when Ian Stafford had dined with Jasmine alone after their meeting in Regent Street, there had been a wild, aching protest against it all. [11]
- If the regent did not arbitrarily detain him, he would show himself in Villagarcia to be worthy of his confidence. [10]
- But they soon curled, as if what she heard aroused her disgust, for the speaker now turned to Dion and accused him of preventing the kindly disposed Regent from increasing the renown of the great Queen and affording her noble heart a pleasure. [10]
- Any one else could summon the knight to the regent in his place. [10]
- But in the chase, and as regent of a restless nation, one's sight becomes keen--" "And now," cried Quijada, "comes the 'but. [10]
- There stood the canopy under which the king and his family were used to listen to the festal discourse, and under its shade sat to-day the Regent Ani. [10]
- The officers sent by the Regent to inform Didymus that his garden would be converted into a public square had just arrived. [10]
- I was received by the regent like a friend. [10]
- The Regent gazed blankly and uneasily into his wine cup, and the high-priest rose to fetch Pentaur himself into the presence of the king. [10]
- Splendid preparations had been made for his reception, and the man who took the lead in the festive arrangements with a zeal that was doubly effective from his composed demeanor was no less a person than the Regent Ani. [10]
- The key had been given to her the evening before by the regent herself, and when Barbara opened it she discovered so many shining zecchins and ducats that a long time was occupied when she obeyed Fran Lerch's request to count them. [10]
- Are the Regent and the citizens to lose this opportunity of expressing the gratitude of years, and the rejoicing over the greatest of victories, of which we shall soon hear, because an evil-disposed person--the word must be uttered--a foe to his country, opposes it? [10]
- He found her and Nefert in unusual excitement, for the faithful chamberlain had learned--through some friends of the king in Ani's suite--that the Regent had kept back all the letters intended for Syria, and among them those of the royal family. [10]
- Oropastes, who had already entered on his duties as regent of the kingdom, and had clearly proved his non-participation in the crime of which his brother had been proved guilty, bestowed the vacant places exclusively on the Magi. [10]
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