layperson

Scalise never would have spoken to EURO had Duke been there in person.

A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.

The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.

But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.

At the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.