Asked for advice, initially ambassador quits offshoot of embassy department

Usage examples of consulted.

The Lambertini added that she wished to accommodate him, but had not liked to do so till she had consulted M.

If it had not been for her furious jealousy and her blind confidence in fortunetelling by cards, which she consulted every day, Zaira would have been a paragon among women, and I should never have left her.

After supper he told me that, as far as the young maiden was concerned, he thought he could recommend his daughter Javotte, as he had consulted his wife, and had found I could rely upon the girl being a virgin.

I refused because I knew the folly of such a proceeding, but by way of excuse I said that I only consulted it when I was in doubt.

Although Madame du Remain was not a proficient in the occult sciences, she had nevertheless consulted my oracle more frequently than Madame d'Urfe.

They had consulted several counsel, who agreed in saying that a parrot could not be indicted for libel, but that they could make me pay dearly for my jest if they could prove that I had been the bird's instructor.

On the 31st March, after having consulted with a Prussian doctor, Zaguri sent a box of medicines and he wrote frequently until the end.

Baffo consulted the celebrated Doctor Macop, of Padua, who sent him his opinion by writing.

I again consulted the oracle in order to ascertain who would be the husband of the young girl, and the answer was that M.

Nevertheless, though I could have escaped three days sooner, I thought my punishment too severe, all the more as I had put off my escape from motives of prudence, which seemed to me worthy of reward, for if I had only consulted my own impatience to be gone I should have risked everything.

I had consulted him before asking the Jesuits, and had sent my carriage for them.

The editor has consulted the various answers made to Gibbon on the first appearance of his work.

Should I ever complete the extensive design which has been sketched out in the Preface, I might perhaps conclude it with a critical account of the authors consulted during the progress of the whole work.

In the administration of their own powers, they frequently consulted the great national council, and seemed to refer to its decision the most important concerns of peace and war.

To illustrate and often to correct him, I have meditated Tacitus, examined Suetonius, and consulted the following moderns: the Abbe de la Bleterie, in the Memoires de l'Academie des Inscriptions, tom.