...act 1 . The part of the Genera! was played by Ustinov himself in the first production of the play. 13 our life oí" his country. SIR HENRY WOTTON (1 568-1 639), English diploma!, poet. Written in the album of Christopher...

...very realm of lies'. We should not forget Sir Henry Wotton's punning definition of an ambassador as 'an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country' (Smith 1907:49; Walton 1951:92- 93). In this respect the world of diplomacy is scarcely distinguishable...

...Prince, chs 15, 18-19, quoting 93; see also Whigham, Ambition and Privilege, 98-102. ambassador as "an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country."156 The poet Edmund Spenser said that the courtier "doth soonest rise that best can handle...

...Vindeliorum XVI. Augusti Mensis Anno Christiane MD CIIII". Wotton wollte dies wie folgt übersetzt wissen: „An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country". Schoppe nutzt dies - er scheint während eines seiner häufigen Aufenthalte in Augsburg oder gar durch...

...in an album and conveyed by some busybodies to the Court in London. "An Ambassador," wrote Wotton, "is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country." The saying did more honour to his veracity than to his diplomacy, with the result that when he was...

...government that sends him out, he exemplifies Sir Henry Wotton's famous definition of an ambassador as "an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country."1 His messages home are confidential; his communications abroad are duplicitous. If, on the...

...at Venice and served on various other diplomatic missions from 1604 to 1624. His famous definition, "An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country", characterizes his political activities in Venice and Italy which aimed at encouraging Venetian independence...

...post, he had inscribed a witty text in a visitors' book in Germany to the effect that 'An Embassadour is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his Country.' This is a good pun, with the virtue that the text remains open to an innocent construction. Unfortunately,...

...to be familiar with codes, ciphers, and invisible ink. 'An ambassador', quipped Sir Henry Wootton, 'is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.' None the less, the growth of permanent diplomacy marked an important stage in the formation of a community...

...written to his superiors on the MacDonalds' behalf. A diplomat has been defined, with nice ambiguity, as an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country; and I daresay that a little lying abroad was morally tolerable in a civilian governor. But it would...