"Court favour" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... There! The Stawata and the Martinitz, On whom the Emperor heaps his gifts and graces, To the heart-burning of all good Bohemians— Those minions of court favour, those court harpies, 75 Who fatten on the wrecks of citizens Driven from their house and home—who reap no harvests Save in the general calamity— Who now, with kingly pomp, insult and mock The desolation of their country—these, 80 Let these, and such as these, support the ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol I and II • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
... Bourgoin from behind, "but the young gentleman has his fortune to make, and knows better than to look on the seamy side of Court favour." ...
— Unknown to History - A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland • Charlotte M. Yonge
... owned that the rise of Elizabeth's kindred introduced a far more intellectual, accomplished, and literary race into court favour than had for many generations flourished in so uncongenial a soil: and in this ante-chamber feud, the pride of education and mind retaliated with juster sarcasm the pride of birth ...
— The Last Of The Barons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
