| She expressed her hope that her gifted nephew would be an emissary of civilization to the wild colonies. |
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| As the last English galley sinks below the waves, an English emissary arrives at Bangalore under a white flag of truce. |
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| His status was important enough that he was even sent as an emissary to France to find a suitable mid-wife for the queen. |
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| In its place, he sent his emissary to negotiate a plan for greater autonomy. |
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| An emissary was sent to Suva, to relay first-hand that nothing could be done. |
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| Do not fear, he has sailed as far as the Eastern continent, where I sent him as an emissary to the Tardonian colonies. |
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| Lucy reseated herself, motioning for the emissary to take a seat on the upper deck, so as to better see what was going on. |
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| The British emissary finally performed three genuflections, without the prostrations required of tributary emissaries. |
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| Jamal tried to visit the al Qaeda master in Pakistan, he writes, but had to send an emissary instead. |
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| Now He would reclaim it through a son an emissary, the Father's vanguard, teacher, and deliverer. |
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| Blair becomes one of Wendi's first official social conquests, in her developing role both as Murdoch social emissary and social power player. |
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| After 1989 the generals let him carry goods to the Thai border unimpeded if he acted as an emissary to the Shan, Wa and Kokang rebel armies. |
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| The emissary of my word must be a disciple of mine whose simple presence makes people feel my peace in their hearts. |
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| Acting through an emissary made it possible to avoid direct confrontation between the parties. |
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| It was for that reason that it had sent an emissary to the region, Mr. Otto Reich, who had not had an easy time of it. |
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| We asked Mr. Parker, through his emissary, to bring forward a brief in advance of him coming on Tuesday. |
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| The Lithuanian and Romanian Presidents and a US emissary attended the meetings as observers. |
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| The same gratitude goes to the Prime Minister, Head of Government, who has been sending an emissary to all our workshops. |
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| From page he became confidential emissary to James, and in 1685 after playing a decisive part in defeating Monmouth's rebel army he became a major-general. |
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| When the emissary phoned him to say the fee had been refused, he said he had meetings and could not talk. |
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| At 22, the Brooklyn-based Lubavitchers sent him as a kind of emissary to Oxford. |
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| The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary. |
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| Bin Ladin endorsed Zarqawi as his official emissary in Iraq in December. |
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| And we were able to send to them, via a personal emissary, several gifts intended to communicate the love, support, and admiration of the worldwide family of faith. |
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| An emissary was sent to ask for an immediate end to the attack. |
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| Some of the early contemporary French accounts mention an emissary or emissaries sent by Harold to William, which is likely. |
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| New Zealand had noted that the Special Committee's emissary favoured such an approach and suggested that, while there would be no change of status for Tokelau in the immediate future, it should not be ruled out for all time. |
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| Henry Percy, Bolingbroke's emissary, went into the castle to conduct negotiations with the king. |
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| The FBI has described Mostafa as an emissary for Zawahiri in Somalia. |
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| No emperor has visited the shrine personally since 1975, but every year, during the two principal rites at the shrine in the spring and the autumn, an emissary from the emperor plays the central role. |
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| When the committee invited her emissary, Bernard Lord, he also declined. |
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| Benedict XV found his abilities and unique position as a religious emissary of peace ignored by the belligerent powers. |
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| In Catalan myth, Dip is an evil, black, hairy dog, an emissary of the Devil, who sucks people's blood. |
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| As Jain monks do not travel overseas, he recommended the bright young scholar Virchand Gandhi to be the emissary for the religion. |
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| Radio Metal and its armada of snoopers could not possibly miss such a good opportunity to glean a few pieces of information and sent an emissary to join a handful of colleagues. |
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| While he did not believe there was any conceivably meaningful agenda, he had told an emissary of Mr Maskhadov that he would be prepared to meet Mr Maskhadov. |
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| Whether the facilitator role is filled by department officials, a ministerial emissary or an independent consultant, it may well be of assistance to parties in negotiated processes. |
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| The CIPEL competence area, specified in the French-Swiss convention, extends over the whole watershed of the Geneva lake and its emissary, the Rhone, down to the Swiss border. |
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| The most spectacular Tory gain of all was Anglesey, formerly held by Mr Callaghan 's Rhodesian emissary, Mr Cledwyn Hughes, which Labour lost on a swing of 12 per cent. |
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| Because of that incident, Queen Elizabeth I of England decided to send an emissary to the Sultan of Aceh, asking permission to enter Malacca Strait. |
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| Backed by a papal emissary who had taken their side, they marched north. |
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| From Calicut, he was sent by Eununch Hong Bao as emissary to Mecca. |
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| The Goths were also watching the Romans, and on 8 August Fritigern sent an emissary to propose a peace and an alliance in exchange for some Roman territory. |
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