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Meanings of please the king in English

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Usage of please the king in English
1
I will be lovely this evening, in order to please the king.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
2
Some one else, thinking to please the king, abused the bishop roundly.
Henry the Second
3
A jester has one purpose only: to please the king.
The Lost Sisterhood
4
To please the king I had only to be myself.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry / With Minute Details of Her En...
5
I was bought to please the king. She was blue-eyed and fair, young and willowy.
A Dance with Dragons
6
John Welch, of Ayr, lay in prison fifteen months because his preaching did not please the king.
Sketches of the Covenanters
7
And whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
8
But if Beckford did not please the king, he gained great credit with the people for his conduct.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
9
They went down to the shore; to please the king Glooskap drew all the ships into the sea again.
Algonquin Legends of New England
10
To please the king, you need but be yourself; to please my husband, the duke, is even an easier task.
The Touchstone of Fortune / Being the Memoir of Baron Clyde, Who...
11
This much shall I offer you if it may please the king's good grace, and you my lord Sir Gawayn.
Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and li...
12
This answer did not seem to please the king, however, and poor on the table and cry, 'Flatterer, miserable flatterer!'
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 10
13
In order to please the king of Portogal, his Majesty ordered the captain and his people to leave that place immediately.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 / 1569-1576 ...
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Indeed Atossa seemed more anxious to please the king than formerly, in proportion as Darius seemed less easily pleased by her.
Marzio's Crucifix, and Zoroaster
15
And so Cromwell was executed, because Anne of Cleves did not please the king, and because Hans Holbein had flattered her picture.
Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
16
I couldn't do it even to please you, papa, so you may be quite sure I couldn't do it to please the king.
The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
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