It must be confessed, that flattery comes mighty easily to one's mouth in the presence of royalty. --Letters of Stephen Montague.
'Tis he.--How came he thence--what doth he here? --Lara.
I had received for that evening (my last at Paris) an invitation from the Duchesse de B--. I knew that the party was to be small, and that very few besides the royal family would compose it. I had owed the honour of this invitation to my intimacy with the _____s, the great friends of the duchesse, and I promised myself some pleasure in the engagement.