Sentences with phrase «for noblemen»

Eventually, these adorable little pups moved up from vermin hunters and became popular companions for noblemen.

In the Charter of the Moscow Noble Guesthouse (school for noblemen) the following literary activities were spread among the students: «speeches about scientific and moral subjects, analyses of their own compositions, analyses of the best Russian writers» (Ibidem, p. 435).

He leads a peasant rebellion through the countryside in search for the nobleman who upended the system of law and order.

One highlight is an important set of Egyptian coffins made for the nobleman Pa - debehu - Aset.

Not exact matches

In the Synoptics, for example, faith is the precedent condition of Jesus» miracles while in the Fourth Gospel faith is the consequence of Jesus» miracles — «Believe me for the very works» sake»; (John 14:11) «Though ye believe not me, believe the works»; (John 10:38) he «manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him,» after his first miracle; (John 2:11) and, when a nobleman's son was healed, he «himself believed, and his whole house.»

So, too, the prophets all speak of the one God, not only as eternally enthroned above all temporal change, the invisible spirit above all earthly affairs, but as the One who has purposes for man, who does not leave man to his own devices like some great nobleman who says: I can get along without them; I can wait until they come to me.

Maybe the return of the nobleman is not some future event we are still waiting for, but was instead accomplished when Jesus came from heaven to earth in the incarnation.

So Jimmy and a Polish nobleman, a general named Dossievski, rounded up the horses and the people and set out for the Rumanian border.

Shunted to France via an undistinguished battle sequence, we meet our hero, and the film's one slight opportunity for interest: rather than a disenfranchised nobleman, Russell Crowe's Robin is a simple yeoman archer in the crusading army of the vainglorious Richard the Lionheart (Danny Huston, bellowing).

The Tudors, Season 4, Episode 9: Henry criticizes his clergy and noblemen for discord, malice and envy.

Gradually, Struensee also gains political clout, speaking for the king on major policy decisions, which leads to a power struggle with the more conservative noblemen who control the government.

A nobleman contends with an ancient curse, scouring his childhood homeland for his missing brother, while a bloodthirsty beast prowls the moors.

Three years later, he earned widespread acclaim for his leading role in Patrice Leconte's Ridicule, in which he starred as an 18th century nobleman who learns to play a delicate and deadly game of wit at the court of Versailles.Born on Tahiti in 1958, Berling studied acting at a Parisian drama school located on la rue Blanche and made his stage debut in 1982.

It hasn't been clear sailing all the way, mind: popular historian Stephen Marche recently took to the NEW YORK TIMES to debunk such «prophets of truthiness» — Emmerich and Orloff are but a new, high - profile strain of Oxfordians, a group who name nobleman Edward de Vere as the true author of Shakespeare's texts, even the ones dated after his death — for advancing a lunatic conspiracy theory based on little more than class snobbery.

Black Adder [4/1] Rowan Atkinson may be best known in the States as Mr. Bean (or other dumb - playing roles like Johnny English), but for my money, his absolute best series is Black Adder, where he plays a series of British noblemen (each season is set in a different century) with dry wit and an unfortunate lot of idiotic hangers - on.

Jack Huston is now starring in the title role of Ben - Hur, in this remake of the 1959 classic.The story follows a falsely accused Jewish nobleman (Huston) who questions his plans for vengeance after he meets Jesus Christ.

Stay tuned for the sequel, The Squad of Bodacious Noblemen, starring Paul Newman as Henry VIII.

There is an awkward, completely superfluous framing story, where a mysterious older woman (Jeanne Moreau) tells the story to the Grimm Brothers; and a subplot involving a sleazy nobleman (Richard O'Brien) with a jones for Danielle is poorly developed.

Leopold is then befriended by Kate (Ryan) and Charlie (Meyer), brother and sister who are neighbors of Stuart's, and who think Leopold is speaking and dressing like a 19th Century nobleman for a role he is method acting for.

Less a spoof of vampire flicks than a fish - out - of - water romantic comedy about a Victorian nobleman trying to negotiate the dating scene of Studio 54 - era Manhattan, this enjoyably silly film is no one's idea of great cinema, but writer Robert Kaufman's concept of a vampire being the standard bearer for old - style morality and romance is an inherently funny conceit helped immensely by a straight - faced lead performance by Hamilton.

The film follows the story of a nobleman falsely accused and imprisoned for years as a slave before he gets a chance to take revenge on the man who betrayed him.

And while the plot about kings and noblemen socking it to the middle class and poor with higher taxes resonates today — for tea party loyalists, this «Robin Hood» could become a rallying point like «Fahrenheit 9/11» was for Iraq war protesters — the screenplay never really knows what it wants to say about it.

When Education Next ran its Braveheart story on D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Beltway insiders scoffed, saying it was only a matter of time for her, just as it had been for the medieval Scottish nobleman.

Doomed to endure courtship by three grotesquely unappealing noblemen, she escapes her fate — for a week.

A fascinating insight into Tudor England and the life of Elizabeth I before she sets foot on the steps to the throne.The story unfolds in 16th Century Tudor EnglandRichard Fitzwarren is a Tudor nobleman with a dubious past who takes risks for a living.His close friendship with Princess Elizabeth leads to his banishment to France, bu...

How typical was Cora Cash's experience for an American marrying an English nobleman?

Young lawyer Jonathan Harker journeys to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula only to discover that his nobleman client is a vampire who is thirsty for new blood.

Going straight is a very difficult and dangerous endeavor that does not leave room for trading barbs and kisses with a tempting nobleman — no matter how much she may wish otherwise.

And whereas authors like Philipa Gregory play up the details of daily life, Mantel tackles the realm of noblemen, providing entire conversations between the men behind Henry VIII and the absolute open loathing some of them at court felt for the upstart Anne.

For example, how many romance books feature an innocent and bookish woman who manages to capture the eye of a notorious womanizing nobleman and causes him to reconsider his wicked ways all for the sake of his love for hFor example, how many romance books feature an innocent and bookish woman who manages to capture the eye of a notorious womanizing nobleman and causes him to reconsider his wicked ways all for the sake of his love for hfor the sake of his love for hfor her.

In Nobleman v. American Savings Bank the Supreme Court refused to apply this standard to a debtor's principal residence, hence the current push for bankruptcy reform.

A Castilian nobleman and ruler of Valencia, he was known for his military prowess and has been idealized and immortalized in folklore and film.

Most of us think of tweed as being worn by the upper classes and it began to be so during the first half of the 19th century when English noblemen acquired many country estates in Scotland for hunting and outdoor leisure activities.

Each served as bridal houses to a Javanese nobleman whose duty it was to provide a home for his new bride.

Mr Write is a parody of SimCity's Dr. Wright (a character in turn based on that series» famed creator, Will Wright), while frog - loving nobleman Richard is borrowed from forgotten Japanese Game Boy title, For the Frog the Bell Tolls.

Performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mozart's Don Giovanni shares the tale of a promiscuous nobleman and his eventual downfall to the throngs of Hell for his wrongdoings.

This idyll was encouraged by the marriages of American heiresses to impoverished English noblemen — usually a trade of money for title — by parents enchanted by a particular vision of British life.

With The World Stage, Wiley moves away from using models sourced from the streets of Brooklyn and Los Angeles to pose for his majestic paintings, which emulate the portraiture of Western European noblemen and kings.

London studio Two Create was asked to design the new identity and corporate stationery for House of the Nobleman, a leading art curation company based in London, New York and Moscow.

His wry, outsize portraits of young black men posing as 18th - century noblemen draw five to six figures through Deitch Projects, the SoHo gallery reserved for the art world's ascending glitterati.

This class of climate Lords is served in turn by a vast climate clergy, who promise us that the green noblemen are indeed virtuous, and not tainted by the devil's own oils... But their own demands for our austerity aren't matched by humble requests for green taxes, but demands for # billions and # billions, and rising every year.

Other coins were surmised to have been issued by employers, noblemen and merchants for their private uses.