Word: courtier
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Gainsborough, said Mr. Ward, was in many respects the equal and in some the superior of Sir Joshua Reynolds; but only as an artist can he be compared to his great contemporary. Sir Joshua was a gentle courtier, the friend of all the prominent men of his time, and as president of the Royal Academy held the highest position an artist could hold. Gainsborough, on the other hand, was quick-tempered, rather illiterate, and chose his friends among a Bohemian set of actors and musicians...
...courtier bee had ceased to seek...
...claimed from the columns of an ordinary periodical, and I will reserve this discussion for a volume upon this subject, which I propose to publish at no remote period. I will pass over the armor of the knight and the tights of the mediaeval gallant, the trunks of the courtier of the great Elizabeth and the huge boots of the cavalier, the breeches of the last century, and even the incredible costume which succeeded the downfall of the French monarchy. I will proceed at once to the consideration of the advanced scope of American knemidology, in the year of grace...
...each courtier, fearful, cowers...
...would have obliged me much more had he desisted from a criticism of my view of what is at best an open question, and had he corrected a mistake which I must beg permission to do myself. I relied on an imperfect memory when I stated that "Calderon the courtier" was an attendant on Charles V. He was the power behind the throne during the reign of Philip III., and played much the same part in Spain that Richelieu did at the court of Louis XIII. of France. This little story of court intrigue would repay the perusal...