plenipotentiary

• The determination of the Great Powers to send ambassadors to the Court of the Quirinal instead of ministers plenipotentiary, as previously, came as a great boon to Mr. Marsh. For as the United States send no ambassadors, his position as longest in office of all the diplomatic body no longer placed him at the head of it. —  What I Remember, Volume 2
• While these discussions of the Cabinet of Washington were held, the minister plenipotentiary from the French republic arrived in this country. —  Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2
• Or he may disguise the whole by saying, that the plenipotentiary should be firm, virtuous_, and able The rest of this uncommon work is composed of passages extracted from celebrated writers, which are turned into the new manner of the plagiarist; their beauties, however, are never improved by their dress. —  Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
• I beg you to receive him as my confidant and plenipotentiary, and not to let your attorney know of his coming. —  Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania
• "An obedience to it would be" (says he) "dishonorable to us, and exhibit us to the present age and to posterity as submitting to the law prescribed to us by our enemy Here I recognize the voice of a British plenipotentiary: I begin to feel proud of my country. —  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12)

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