Sentences with phrase «of wealthy merchants»

Muhammed was the son of a wealthy merchant.

In 79 A.D., Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator.

Along the way, Milo catches the eye of a wealthy merchant's daughter named Cassia (Emily Browning), who's betrothed to the smarmy Senator Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland), the very man responsible for slaughtering his people.

He's not only a corrupt schemer but lascivious as they come, which spells bad news for Cassia (Emily Browning), the pouty - lipped daughter of wealthy merchant Lucretius (Jared Harris) and his wife Aurelia (Carrie - Anne Moss).

The story begins as 18 - year - old Nella Oortman arrives at the home of her wealthy merchant husband, Johannes Brandt.

7) Sam Kee's revenge: The world's shallowest commercial building is located in Vancouver, B.C. Between 1903 and 1913, city planners expropriated 24 feet of land from the Sam Kee Company (one of the wealthiest merchant's in Chinatown in the early 1900s), so the firm decided to make the most out of the space.

Interested in learning about the time of the Vikings (late 8th century to the mid-11th century) and the German Hanseatic League of wealthy merchant traders during the 13th to 15th centuries, we visited picturesque towns in Scandinavia, like Copenhagen, Denmark; Tallinn, Estonia; and Bergen, Norway and experienced firsthand the gilded grandeur of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Not exact matches

Best business hotel: Built in the first decade of the 20th century, Ryan Mansion occupies the former home of James Ryan, one of Newfoundland's wealthiest merchants.

I Glasgow here in Scotland in the 1860's the minister of Cambridge Street United Presbyterian Church in Glasgow led wealthy merchants and manufacturers to a more palatial church in the west end, a scribe chalked on the door of the new building on the opening day:

The Waldensians were proto - Protestants, followers of Peter Valdes, a wealthy, twelfth - century merchant who gave his goods to the poor and, over the protests of his bishop, began to preach the gospel.

The collecting of precious pearls, jade, antiques, calligraphy, and paintings is a highly specialized business which caters to royalty and wealthy merchants and requires great skill and experience.

Six years later they sold it to wealthy Dutch - American merchant Adolphus Philipse, who obtained a Royal sanction for a «Highland Patent» (later to be known as the Philipse Patent) that encompassed most of today's Putnam County.

Chettinad is a district of southern Tamil Nadu region of India and home to a social caste of wealthy businessmen and merchants called the chettiars.

John Cleese, who's in danger of becoming as big a sell - out merchant as any of them, plays a wealthy casino owner eager to give his filthy - rich clients some exciting new events to throw their dirty great wads of cash at.

Goodman dives in with the standard 4 A.M. wake up call that almost all Tudor denizens answered, and moves on through the day, touching on the lives of everyone from the lowliest peasant to the wealthiest merchants and royals.

In a simple marriage of convenience, debt - ridden Duke of Cheviot weds Sarah, granddaughter of the wealthy, bumptious merchant William Patterson.

Eighteen - year - old Petronella «Nella» Oortman is the shy new bride of an enigmatic and wealthy merchant, Johannes Brandt, but too often she finds herself alone in her new, unfriendly household.

Set in the rigid society of 17th - century Amsterdam, this jewel box of a debut follows a young wife after her marriage to a wealthy merchant.

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Hundreds of actors in period clothing animate the streets during summer, playing the roles of 18th century wealthy merchants, destitute soldiers, and shopkeepers.

Antica Dimora Suites was originally the personal residence of a wealthy Turkish dignitary until the downfall of the Ottoman Empire when merchant Chobitis Iosif purchased the estate for 110 golden pounds.

The Wentworth Mansion, built in 1886 as a private residence for the wealthy cotton merchant Francis Silas Rodgers, invites guests to enjoy the preserved opulence of America's Gilded Age.

The first Monterey - style adobe in California was built on State Street of Santa Barbara by the wealthy merchant Alpheus Thompson.

She is the daughter of a wealthy French merchant and an African woman.

The collection of Gianni Mattioli, a wealthy Milanese cotton merchant — 25 paintings and one drawing, including works by Italian futurists — was on long - term loan at the palazzo from 1997 until last year, when it was returned to Mattioli's daughter.

Historically speaking, royal families, religious oligarchs as well as wealthy merchants and traders have been the main source of patronage for the past few hundred years.

In 1839, the Mexican governor of California granted the ranch to Tiburcio Tapia, who was a wealthy merchant from Los Angeles.