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Qué me diría su majestad si yo le contara que el primer ministro inglés, lord Clarendom (? ), y el marqués de Carpio, valido de nuestro rey, tratan ciertos asuntos a vuestras espaldas?
What would his Majesty say if I were to tell him... that the English Lord Chancellor, Lord Clarendon,... and the Marquis of Carpio, a favorite of our king,... deal with certain matters behind your back?
El rey también viajaría con ellos, junto con Eumenes y su valido y amante Hefestión.
The King himself was to make the journey, along with Eumenes and his favorite and lover, Hephaistion.
Por ejemplo, una prueba válida de la existencia de Alfa era la que se denominó Argumento del Diseño.
“For example—a favorite proof of Alpha’s existence was what’s called the Argument from Design.
Isabel no podía casarse con un valido inglés sin provocar el enfurecimiento de los demás.
Elizabeth preferred eye-pleasing men, but couldn’t marry an English favorite without enraging others.
Transportar cadáveres de criminales no era tarea de un valido en ascenso, arbitro del gusto artístico. —¿Y la familia? —replicó—.
Transporting criminals’ bodies was not the work for a rising favorite of an arbiter of artistic taste. “Her family?”
Buen número de concesionarios, amigos y validos del monarca belga hicieron en poco tiempo grandes fortunas, sobre todo él.
A good number of concessionaires, friends and favorites of the Belgian monarch, himself above all, made great fortunes in a very short time.
El conde-duque de Olivares, valido de Su Católica Majestad, asintió casi imperceptiblemente, sin dejar de observarme.
The count-duke, His Catholic Majesty’s favorite and adviser, nodded almost imperceptibly, without taking his eyes off me.
—Empleada, valida, amiga, protegida o lo que sea, no pretendo ofender —siguió Fito Cebolla, imantado, a la joven que se alejaba—.
“Employee, favorite, friend, protégée, whatever, I mean no disrespect,” Fito Cebolla went on, not taking his eyes off the young woman as she moved away.
Validos del kan, los Polo se habían sentido presos, no con cadenas, sino con la inmensa y abrumadora amistad de Kublai, incapaces de partir sin ofender a su benefactor.
As favorites of the court, the three Polos had found themselves trapped—not by chains, but by the Khan’s immense and smothering friendship, unable to leave without in-sulting their benefactor.
En lo que a mi se refiere, tampoco el capitán Alatriste se me iba de la cabeza y menos tras la entrevista que había mantenido, bien a mi, pesar, con el valido del rey.
For my part, I could not stop thinking about Captain Alatriste either, still less after my interview, given most reluctantly, with the king’s favorite.
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