When he was leaving the presence chamber, flattered with the assurance of the king's esteem, Fouquet was arrested by a captain of musketeers named d ' Artagnan.

At first flattered by Arnswaldt's attentions, she gave some indications she was in love with him, before telling him she really loved Straube.

Titania seemed truly flattered by the love and attention of the king, but this was short-lived: Obrey was killed in battle by the rightful King of Faerie, Lord Auberon.

Prowse later admitted, " I was as much flattered as I was in love.

She realizes that she loves and has always loved him, that " she belonged to him and he to her ", and recognizes at last that she mistook her " bond " to Gilbert for strong friendship instead of true love, while her relationship with Roy was merely " flattered fancy.

Chrononhotonthologos, therefore, is not innocent in its depiction of a queen who never makes love with her husband, a husband who has no idea about politics but only wishes to be flattered, and, most particularly, of a queen who falls in love with contrariness and takes two minor ministers as her competing gigolos.

Former Our Gang members Jackie Cooper and George " Spanky " McFarland made the presentation to a flattered Roach, with McFarland thanking the producer for hiring him 53 years prior.

From the very outset, however, Muir made it abundantly clear to his benefactors that, flattered though he was by their attentions towards him, it was their intentions on behalf of his suffering countrymen which were now to be his chief concern.

Li Jiao was accused of having flattered Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong and was demoted out of the capital, to serve as the prefect of Yu Prefecture ( 豫州, roughly modern Zhumadian, Henan ), but before he departed for Yu Prefecture was made the prefect of Tong Prefecture ( 通州, in modern Beijing ).

Vegio flattered his way into the papal court, and was made canon of St. Peter's Basilica in 1443 ; it was an office he held until his death in 1458.

" While I ’ m flattered that you are fond of my song, I ’ m shocked that you would use it and the name Boston to promote yourself without my consent.

When in her presence, he did everything he could to convince her of his faithfulness to the Han Dynasty and also flattered her, but at the same time continued to purge the government of potential enemies and getting his associates to use propaganda to create an aura of holiness about him.

In several episodes, she is flattered at being perceived as an object of desire, especially when she becomes " Hot Donna " at a radio station.

Maria Eleonora's brother George William was flattered by the offer of the British Crown Prince and proposed their younger sister Catherine ( 1602 – 1644 ) as a more suitable wife for the Swedish king.

In the first event at those Games, the 60 m, Hahn benefited from his quick start and won, making him a favourite for the remaining events he was entered in, the 100 m and 200 m. His run in the 200 m final delivered him the gold and a good time, although the latter was flattered, because the race was run on a straight course.

Albright was reportedly flattered by suggestions that she should run for office, but denied ever seriously considering it.

They were adopted as a fashion which flattered plump calves and also expressed rebellious deviation from Japan's strict dress code for school uniforms.

Prior to this literary assault Barnes had written a sonnet for Harvey's anti-Nashe pamphlet Pierces Supererogation ( 1593 ), in which he labelled Nashe a confidence trickster, a liar, a viper, a laughing stock and mere " worthless matter " who should be flattered that Harvey even deigned to insult him.

Bruton was widely discussed as a candidate for the 2011 presidential election and was approached by Fine Gael with the opportunity to become their candidate ; on 28 May 2011, however, Bruton issued a statement that he was " flattered " to be asked, but would not be a candidate for the presidency.

Matthias Corvinus ' court historian Antonio Bonfini flattered his king by tracing the family's ancestry to the Roman gens Corvina, or Valeriana, while adding: " for this man was indeed born of a Romanian father and a Hungarian mother " A contemporary Hungarian historian Johannes de Thurocz, similarly flattering his king, wrote in the Chronicle of the Hungarians ( Chronica Hungarorum ) that the Hunyadi family was of Hunnic origin, even calling Matthias Corvinus the " Second Attila ".

Selfish employers of labor have flattered the Church by calling it the great conservative force, and then called upon it to act as a police force while they paid but a pittance of wage to those who work for them.

The dictator Caesar frequently alluded to the divine origin of his race, as, for instance, in the funeral oration which he pronounced when quaestor over his aunt Julia, and in giving Venus Genetrix as the word to his soldiers at the battles of Pharsalus and Munda ; and subsequent writers and poets were ready enough to fall in with a belief which flattered the pride and exalted the origin of the imperial family.

She is flattered that he inquires as to whether she is " available for dating ", but she is seeing someone.

Producer Steven Spielberg sent Hart a copy of the script with an invitation for a screen test-a flattered Hart declined, preferring to focus on music instead of acting.

Plutarch's Lives has this line: " The first messenger that gave notice of Lucullus's coming was so far from pleasing Tigranes that he had his head cut off for his pains ; and no man daring to bring further information, without any intelligence at all, Tigranes sat while war was already blazing around him, giving ear only to those who flattered him ...".

He becomes one of her favorites and is flattered by her interest as well as promoted for it.

In interviews during the 2006 FIFA World Cup he has said that he is flattered to get mentioned as a potential candidate for the job and that he would think carefully about any offer from the Swedish Football Association.

He flattered the emperor and did what others could not have done in exchange for wealth and honor.

His date is actually happy when she hears this, flattered that Moe would go to all that trouble for her.

For instance, Margot Kidder was flattered when he arranged lighting for her shots and insisted on concentration by saying, " Quiet, I'm lighting the Lady.

Because of the great favor Emperor Wu showed him, all of the other officials at court flattered him, except for Ji An ( 汲黯 ), who treated him as an equal.

On January 8, 2003, Oxendine told the Atlanta Business Chronicle, " We've had countless people across the state asking us to run for the Senate, and I told people I was flattered by their faith in me and that I would consider it.

Bromley lost the match 4 – 1, but the scoreline flattered the hosts, who led by just one goal until the final few minutes, with Nic McDonnell having scored for Bromley in the 70th minute.

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.

It has been said despite all of his brilliant marriages, nothing flattered John more than this particular marriage between his natural son and a legitimized daughter of the King.

The task of redesigning Falkenstein was then given to Max Schultze, the Prince Thurn und Taxis ' architect, who was flattered by the royal commission.

Never was Man more flattered nor more abused, and his long power, was probably the chief cause of both ".

There is also a suggestion that the king was flattered and amused by Blood's revelation that he had previously intended to kill the king while Charles was bathing in the Thames but had been swayed otherwise, having found himself in " awe of majesty ".

On 22 May, Richthofen had the chance to meet with Hitler, who once again flattered the Luftwaffe commander and his abilities, referring to him as " his specialist ".

But Lee wasn't flattered by the phrase because he thought the term punk meant " being somebody's bitch or something like that ".

The artist stated that he " was upset but flattered " at what had happened and that the theft " raises questions about value and worth ".

McKenzie has stated that the Figwit obsession is " weird ", though he is " flattered ".

Later, in the May 1996 issue of Lingua Franca, in the article " A Physicist Experiments With Cultural Studies ", Prof. Sokal exposed his parody-article, " Transgressing the Boundaries " as an experiment testing the intellectual rigor of an academic journal that would " publish an article liberally salted with nonsense if ( a ) it sounded good and ( b ) it flattered the editors ’ ideological preconceptions ".

" The Guinnesses were subsequently ennobled in the 1890s ; Duveen had successfully flattered Mrs Guinness by addressing her as " Lady Guinness ".

Bateman commented about Randall, " he was always available, always loyal, and his Test average in no way flattered him ".

Fellows claims he became involved with Smith because he was " young and impressionable " and flattered that he " was liked by a man most people were terrified of ".