Pharaoh replied , Certainly , and you shall also become my courtiers .

Pharaoh replied , Certainly , and you shall also become my courtiers .

to Pharaoh and his courtiers , but they behaved insolently , for they were an arrogant people .

O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees

I spoke of this wonder in the court, but your faithful courtiers laughed in my face,...

But he turned his back , he and his courtiers , and said , This is a sorcerer or a madman .

But he turned his back , he and his courtiers , and said , This is a sorcerer or a madman .

( One day ) the king said ( to his courtiers ) I saw seven fat cows in a dream being devoured by seven lean ones , and seven ears of corn that were green and seven others that were seared . O courtiers , tell me the significance of my dream , if you know how to interpret them .

He ( then ) said ( to his courtiers ) O you nobles , is there any one who can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission ?

He ( then ) said ( to his courtiers ) O you nobles , is there any one who can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission ?

Like a beneficent king, he would give them money, and promised to challenge the old elites in Bangkok the bankers, generals, judges, and even the courtiers surrounding the Thai king.

Decisions emerged from murky negotiations and hidden rivalries between bureaucrats, imperial courtiers, politicians, and military officials, often pushed this way or that by various domestic and foreign pressures, some of them violent.

The zenith of the old service economy was the court of Louis XIV, where specialist courtiers attended to the Sun King s every need, even the most intimate (there was a Groom of the King s Close Stool).

One day the king said , I saw in a dream seven fat cows being devoured by seven lean ones , and seven green ears and seven others that were dry . O courtiers , give me your opinion about my dream , if you can interpret dreams .

First came ten soldiers carrying clubs these were all shaped like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners next the ten courtiers these were ornamented all over with diamonds, and walked two and two, as the soldiers did.

lying round the rosetree for, you see, as they were lying on their faces, and the pattern on their backs was the same as the rest of the pack, she could not tell whether they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of her own children.

So I want you to use your imaginations, thinking of these wall high objects, some of them 10 meters wide, depicting lavish court scenes with courtiers and dandies who would look quite at home in the pages of the fashion press today, thick woods with hunters crashing through the undergrowth in pursuit of wild boars and deer, violent battles with scenes of fear and heroism.