diplomatist's

Hajjaj didn't care, not about that; part of the diplomatist's art was knowing when not to be diplomatic.

Rulers of the Darkness Turtledove, Harry 2002

A very important part of a diplomatist's job is his dealings with the host government.

Do We Need Diplomacy? 1982

By-and-by the young gentleman came back again and tugged at the skirt of the diplomatist's frock coat.

Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile David Christie Murray

The pinch of snuff, taken at the right instant, secures an important reprieve, during which the unpleasant question may be evaded, the hasty reply reconsidered, or an angry _repartee_ thought better of, while the same time gained serves to improve the diplomatist's _equivoque_, to point the orator's satire, and polish the wit's _mot_.

Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings

Then, to his surprise and only half-concealed mortification, a reference made by Laurence Vanderlyn to an incident which had taken place the year before -- that is, to the disappearance of an American citizen -- followed by the production of the diplomatist's card, brought about a magic change.

The Uttermost Farthing Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907

Maddison turned her head and threw a glance inside, and to devise some adequate explanation against the inevitable discovery at the end of their drive, provided him with employment worthy of a diplomatist's steel.

Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large 1907

The world, especially that corner of Vanity Fair which takes a frankly materialistic view of life and of life's responsibilities, is shrewder than we generally credit, and the diplomatist's intimacy with the

The Uttermost Farthing Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907

As a diplomatist's wife, when she had settled down, she would be quite in her element.

December Love Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Again the speaker's eyes took a discreet journey round the plain, now shadow-filled room; his glance rested on the book-shelves which formed so important a part of its decorations, lingered doubtingly on a carved walnut chest set between two of the windows, peered through these same unshuttered windows on to the dark stone balconies, then, baffled, his eyes came back and fixed themselves on the American diplomatist's face.

The Uttermost Farthing Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907

First came the American diplomatist's Christian name and surname, his place of birth, his probable age -- right within two years, -- a short epitome of his diplomatic career, a guess at his income, this item considerably under the right figure, and evidently based on his quiet way of living.

The Uttermost Farthing Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907