Durchlaucht

Prince Lenoir than a fabulous old German Durchlaucht whose cavalry ride wicker horses with petticoats, and whose prime minister has a great pasteboard head.

The Kickleburys on the Rhine 2006

A young German Durchlaucht deigned to explain to his aide-de-camp how very handsome he thought

The Newcomes 2006

Durchlaucht, from which you could expect none but a pantomime procession to pass.

The Kickleburys on the Rhine 2006

All these officials are princes (_Fürst_) or counts (_Graf_), with the title Highness (_Durchlaucht_) or Excellency.

William of Germany Stanley Shaw

” Directly they say “Durchlaucht, ” I can’t hold out.

Chapter XXXV. Part II 1917

All these officials are princes (Fuerst) or counts (Graf), with the title Highness (Durchlaucht) or Excellency.

William of Germany Shaw, Stanley 1913

_Durchlaucht_, who, though far in the sear and yellow leaf, danced like a school-boy, standing for hours with his arm around my waist before venturing (he could only start when the tune commenced), counting one -- two -- three under his breath, which made me, his partner, feel like a perfect fool.

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

_Durchlaucht_, he was entitled to a seat in the front row, and I preferred prancing about with my _hochgeboren_ high-stepper to having to take a back seat in the third row with a minor _geboren_.

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

_ 'Directly they say' _Durchlaucht_, 'I can't hold out.

Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 1869

Durchlaucht deigned to explain to his aide-de-camp how very handsome he thought Miss Newcome.

The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837