 Emperor that he might throw himself at his feet ? His supplications were in vain : the Emperor's commands were precise and peremptory ; and if ever there was an absolute monarch who allowed his mandate to be trifled with, certainly it was not the Emperor...  Calcutta Magazine and Monthly Register - Page 7781830Full view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1830 - 504 pages
...hours only — merely, then, till he could see the Emperor that he might throw himself at his feet 1 His supplications were in vain : the Emperor's commands...was his friend, was just sufficient delay to enable him to throw a small quantity of clothes and linen into a trunk ; and having done this, he was led... | |
 | 1830 - 436 pages
...obtain a short delay ? Of a day — a few hours only — merely, then, till he could see the emperor that he might throw himself at his feet? His supplications...obtain from the officer, who was his friend, was just sufficieut delay to enable him to throw a small quantity of clothes and linen into a trunk ; and having... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - English literature - 1835 - 470 pages
...obtain a short delay ? Of a day — a few hours only — merely, then, till he could see the emperor, that he might throw himself at his feet ? His supplications...was his friend, was just sufficient delay to enable him to throw a small quantity of clothes and linen into a trunk ; and having done this, he was led... | |
 | John Poole - English fiction - 1835 - 242 pages
...hours only —merely, then, till he could see the Emperor, that he might throw himself at his Majesty's feet? His supplications were in vain : the Emperor's...was his friend, was just sufficient delay to enable him to throw a small quantity of clothes and linen into a trunk; and, having done this, he was led... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1830 - 624 pages
...not obtain a short delay? Of a day—a few hours only—merely, then, till he could see the Emperor that he might throw himself at his feet ? His supplications...All that the unfortunate man could obtain from the otliccr, who was his friend, was just sufficient delay to enable him to throw a email quantity of clothes... | |
 | John Poole - English wit and humor - 1843 - 344 pages
...only — merely, then, till he could see the Emperor, that he might throw himself at his Majesty's feet ? His supplications were in vain : the Emperor's...was his friend, was just sufficient delay to enable him to throw a small quantity of clothes and linen into a trunk ; and, having done this, he was led... | |
 | 564 pages
...obtain a short delay? Of ft day— a few hours only— merely, then, till he could see the emperor that he might throw himself at his feet His supplications...the emperor's commands were precise and peremptory. AU that the unfortunate man could obtain from the officer, who was his friend, was just sufficient... | |
 | John Poole - 1859 - 434 pages
...see the Emperor, that he might throw himself at his Majesty's feet ? His supplications were in Tain : the Emperor's commands were precise and peremptory...unfortunate man could obtain from the officer, who wag his friend, was just sufficient delay to enable him to throw a small quantity of clothes and linen... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1830 - 604 pages
...hours only — merely, then, till he could see the Emperor that he might throw himself at his feat ? His supplications were in vain : the Emperor's commands...was his friend, was just sufficient delay to enable him to throw a small quantity of clothes and linen into a trunk ; and having done this, he was led... | |
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