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Eminence in sentence

67 examples of Eminence in a sentence

"Yes, your Eminence," said Athos, while the two Musketeers who had remained behind advanced hat in hand.
"A quarrel, and what for, gentlemen?" said the cardinal; "you know I don’t like quarrelers.""And that is the reason why I have the honor to inform your Eminence of what has happened; for you might learn it from others, and upon a false account believe us to be in fault."
"My friend, Aramis, here, has received a slight sword wound in the arm, but not enough to prevent him, as your Eminence may see, from mounting to the assault tomorrow, if your Eminence orders an escalade."
"I have had the honor of informing your Eminence that these men were drunk."
"I must beg your Eminence to observe," said Milady, "that since the affair of the diamond studs, about which the duke always suspected me, his Grace distrusts me.""Well, this time," said the cardinal, "it is not necessary to steal his confidence, but to present yourself frankly and loyally as a negotiator."
You recollect perfectly all I have told you, do you not?""Your Eminence will judge: the ball of Madame the Constable; the night at the Louvre; the evening at Amiens; the arrest of Montague; the letter of Madame de Chevreuse."
Why should not the king of France have the same chance as the emperor?""Your Eminence means, I presume, the knife stab in the Rue de la Feronnerie?""Precisely," said the cardinal.
"And now," said Milady, without appearing to remark the change of the duke’s tone toward her--"now that I have received the instructions of your Eminence as concerns your enemies, Monseigneur will permit me to say a few words to him of mine?""Have you enemies, then?" asked Richelieu.
"What is his name?""Oh, your Eminence knows him well," cried Milady, carried away by her anger.
If we are so fortunate as to have some particular duty to perform for your Eminence, we are ready to obey you.
"Your Eminence may believe," added d’Artagnan, "that we would have come to meet you, if we could have supposed it was Monseigneur coming toward us with so few attendants."
"Oh, as to that, Monseigneur, it is true," said Athos; "we do conspire, as your Eminence might have seen the other morning.
If it be so, we trust your Eminence will deign to explain yourself, and we should then at least be acquainted with our real position."
"Thus I have told your Eminence that you had but to question us, and we are ready to reply."
"That’s true; but is this little woman, then, to escape his Eminence?"
"Do you know why?""No, monseigneur, for the only thing for which I could be arrested is still unknown to your Eminence."
cried the cardinal, astonished; "and of what woman are you speaking thus?""Of Milady de Winter," replied d’Artagnan, "yes, of Milady de Winter, of whose crimes your Eminence is doubtless ignorant, since you have honored her with your confidence."
I willingly submit to any punishment your Eminence may please to inflict upon me.
"Another might reply to your Eminence that he had his pardon in his pocket.
"No, by your Eminence."
"Your Eminence may be certain of that."
They gradually ascended for half-a-mile, and then found themselves at the top of a considerable eminence, where the wood ceased, and the eye was instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of a valley, into which the road with some abruptness wound.
One large stone only had found its way to the bottom, and in stopping the course of a small brook, which glided smoothly round the foot of the eminence, gave, by its opposition, a feeble voice of murmur to the placid and elsewhere silent streamlet.
When they arrived on the open heath, where Gurth might have had some trouble in finding his road, the thieves guided him straight forward to the top of a little eminence, whence he could see, spread beneath him in the moonlight, the palisades of the lists, the glimmering pavilions pitched at either end, with the pennons which adorned them fluttering in the moonbeams, and from which could be heard the hum of the song with which the sentinels were beguiling their night-watch.
It occupied the brow of a soft and gentle eminence, was carefully palisaded around, and, as the Templars willingly invited spectators to be witnesses of their skill in feats of chivalry, was amply supplied with galleries and benches for their use.
This slow procession moved up the gentle eminence, on the summit of which was the tiltyard, and, entering the lists, marched once around them from right to left, and when they had completed the circle, made a halt.
Then take my word for it,--I am not a villain: you are not to suppose that--not to attribute to me any such bad eminence; but, owing, I verily believe, rather to circumstances than to my natural bent, I am a trite commonplace sinner, hackneyed in all the poor petty dissipations with which the rich and worthless try to put on life.
I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends and mount to lofty eminence.
His eminence is, at this moment, escorting the very honorable embassy of the Duke of Austria; which is detained, at present, listening to the harangue of monsieur the rector of the university, at the gate Baudets.
As soon as his illustrious eminence, the cardinal, arrives, we will begin."
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