By the mid-seventeenth century the patronage of classical music had become central to the notion of what it meant to be a mirza or nobleman.
At this juncture the king was evincing interest in this particular issue not as the greatest among grand noblemen but as the absolute monarch.
Because of her moral character traits and perspicacity, the girl outsmarts the nobleman and escapes.
Large landowners - such as sovereign lords, noblemen, monasteries and chapters - were almost entirely absent there : they held less than a fifth of the land.
From the narrator's perspective, either the notification of a mournful event or a detailed description of the nobleman's death are beside the point.
Even before the 1789 fire leading noblemen were exploring the possibility of establishing a new and better company in another theatre.
Something in this young nobleman's noble act - it has since been not without a parallel among our aristocracy - silenced the tongue of gossip itself.
His solution was therefore a court of honour which would solve all the disputes of honour between noblemen and gentlemen.
