Sentence examples for with noblemen from inspiring English sources

He argues that the figure can't be Velázquez because it would have violated court etiquette for an artist, at that early stage of his career, to include himself in a historical scene with noblemen.

Fresh from his triumphs in Munich, where he had mixed freely with noblemen, Mozart now found himself placed, at table in the lodgings for the archbishop's entourage, below the valets if above the cooks.

And then, in the same gallery, we suddenly reach Akbar's court, with a delicately realistic image of the young soon-to-be emperor out hawking with noblemen, crossing a vertiginous slope face of dust-colored rock; bright color is allotted only to the hunters' clothing and steeds.

Initially a powerless consort with no substantial influence, Elizabeth then started surrounding herself with noblemen loyal to her, led by her favourite, Nicholas I Garay.

But she points out that it was actually an amazing time for music, art and architecture and "with noblemen so often involved in war and politics, their ladies often had to be strong and independent".

After a lawsuit with a moneylender, and quarrels with prominent noblemen, he started a controversy with Maupertuis (the president of Frederick's academy of science, the Berlin Academy) on scientific matters.

A beautiful and spirited woman, Wazir mingles with the noblemen of the Mughal court of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, the English officers of the East India Company, the poets of the age and a whole panorama of other unforgettable characters.

Anne, "having both a very good wit and also an inward desire to be revenged on the cardinal", joined forces with the noblemen who had hated Wolsey for years because he "kept them low".

Still later in his exile, while in the tiny state of Cai, Confucius is supposed to have encountered the disreputable Shen Zhuliang, better known by his title "duke of She," who along with other noblemen from the great southern state of Chu were occupying Cai and herding about its population.

The voivodes or their vice-voivodes always heard disputes together with local noblemen who knew local customs.

Take the 15-minute ferry ride to the island that becomes the fictional city of Qarth with its noblemen and merchants.