Sublime Porte
Britishnoun
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"It Ill Becomes�" President Harding's foreign policy, often the target of political tongues, has seldom been more vigorously excoriated than it was by Henry Morgenthau, former United States Ambassador to the Sublime Porte.
From Time Magazine Archive
Congressmen before whose names the people have written "ex" instead of "X" become ambassadors to the Sublime Porte or Commissioners of This and That.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will be remembered that Commodore Porter was the first envoy ever sent by the United States' government to the Sublime Porte.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd
This opportunity was afforded me by an embassy from the land of the Franks to the Sublime Porte.
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
On the other hand, there was the incident of the bey of Tunis having furnished to Turkey a contingent during the Crimean War, which suggested a recognition of its vassalage to the Sublime Porte.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
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