Princes
[prɪns]
Examples
- Ferdinand, the brother of Charles V, took over his abandoned work and met the German princes at the diet of Augsburg in 1555. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in spite of the comical red imps, sparkling elves, and the gorgeous princes and princesses, Jo's pleasure had a drop of bitterness in it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But, as princes seldom get their meat hot, my legs were not scalded, only my stockings and breeches in a sad condition. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- They did not want to be bothered with it; it was, they conceded, the affairs of kings and princes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was busy just then gathering support among the German princes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As for his shoulders and arms they continued as before; Frenchmen cannot work miracles like German princes! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was a suggestion that never afterwards left the imagination of the European princes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- BOOK VIII THE AGE OF THE GREAT POWERS XXXVI PRINCES, PARLIAMENTS, AND POWERS § 1. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There I saw the empress and the young princes, in their several lodgings, with their chief attendants about them. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- When the princes were themselves sufficiently clever they too were Machiavellian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I believe all moderate men will allow, that they have great force in all disputes concerning the rights of princes. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- No other princes had stopped there since, till Jack and I came. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The art of war was the trade of kings and princes, and princely was the reward to the subject who was the first to invent the most destructive weapon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Gradually the Ottoman princes consolidated an empire that reached from the Taurus mountains in the east to Hungary and Roumania in the west. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His ruling thought, his great contribution to political literature, was that the moral obligations upon ordinary men cannot bind princes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And what, think you, may have been the fate of the princess, Dejah Thoris? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Where is the Princess of Helium? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Napoleon, thwarted of a Russian princess, snubbed indeed by Alexander, turned to Austria, and married the arch-duchess Marie Louise. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But worst of all, the door leading to the pits where I had hidden my Princess was ajar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The long habit of rapid transitions made it easy for her to exclaim to the Duchess: Why, I thought you'd gone back to the Princess! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The Princess's guard fought nobly to the end, but they were soon overcome and slain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Now, near the Palace where this Princess lived, there was a cottage in which there was a poor little tiny woman, who lived all alone by herself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am here in the interest of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, to discover the whereabouts of Dejah Thoris, our princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- So the Princess said, I never will betray you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I am from Than Kosis, I replied, and wish to speak privately with Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Our son is there, and the soldiers of Helium, fighting for the Princess of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- No longer may you call me your princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But I am not dead, my princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I love only the Princess of Helium, I replied quietly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- To this awful fate the creature within my power had condemned my Princess. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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