The burgomaster was a fine-looking man, pleasant-mannered and intelligent, and a lover of peace and quietness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference

He told me that the burgomaster was a Catholic, a worthy man, well to do, but rather thick-headed; in short, a fine subject for a joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference

He wants to tear up what you laid down and pave all the streets with "burgomaster" stones, so that all may be equally comfortable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucky Pehr] Reference

Switzerland, together with a letter from Meyer, the burgomaster of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Luther] Reference

Come, my dear neighbour, let us hasten at once to the burgomaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War] Reference

While they were in progress, a letter came from the burgomaster and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference

Badeni advised that his election as burgomaster should be confirmed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

"Sire," ventured the first burgomaster, in a timid and humble voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference

Werf, the burgomaster of Leyden; of Count Egmont and Count Horn, of de.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference

"Mr Katwingen," said the burgomaster, deliberately weighing every word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference

Luther now advanced a step towards the Swiss by writing to the burgomaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Luther] Reference

'If only Richzenhayn were not the acting burgomaster,' he said to himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War] Reference

Then I shall have the burgomaster on my side, and shall have nothing to fear!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference

Whilst the ambitious thoughts of the burgomaster rose to the regions inhabited by the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference

Fader Foigard a subject of England! de son of a burgomaster of Brussels, a subject of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beaux-Stratagem] Reference

In the cities where he stopped he would lodge with a burgomaster or some functionary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference

The procession started off, the burgomaster leading, the two sailors and ourselves coming next.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference

The grand duke then demanded the dismissal of the burgomaster, and the vetché assembled to hear both sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Russia] Reference

The burgomaster is obliged to walk away alone, after having vainly tried to persuade his daughter to accompany him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference

Melancthon to him, the Wittenberg magistrate sent the burgomaster, and the Elector his private physician Ratzeberger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Luther] Reference

And to More Erasmus wrote of his book, "A burgomaster of Antwerp is so pleased with it that he knows it all by heart.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Utopia] Reference

The burgomaster was delighted to gain so illustrious a son-in-law, and hurried forward the marriage with all his might.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference

"And you are also aware," pursued the burgomaster, "of the Stadtholder's wishes as far as you are personally concerned?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference

This excellent dish has received distinction also from its name, that of the heroic and ingenious burgomaster of Brussels.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference

A furious crowd assembled in front of the Rathaus; the burgomaster, fearing for his position, talked of reading the Riot Act.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference

After the ceremony, the burgomaster handed the contract to the bridegroom, to which the Stadtholder had affixed his signature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference

Stowe; -- though the half-length of a burgomaster whom few people ever heard of, it realized seven hundred guineas and upwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt.] Reference

Cuyp, is strikingly beautiful; and how I wish you could see a Fat Boy, the son of a burgomaster, by Bartholomew Helst, dated 1648.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference

He called together the burgomaster and Council of Stockholm, and instructed them to select delegates to act in behalf of Stockholm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference

They fled first to Wittenberg, and here Catharine stayed at the house of the town clerk and future burgomaster, Philip Reichenbach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Luther] Reference

A single coffee plant, however, was allowed to come to Europe as an ornament to the conservatory of a wealthy Amsterdam burgomaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference

The mayor or burgomaster is usually one who makes a profession of magistracy, and he need not be a citizen of the city that he serves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference

The influence of Lueger was very embarrassing; he had now a majority of two-thirds in the town council, and had been elected burgomaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

Two gentle taps at the door made him start; but the visitor was only one of the brewery boys, who gave him a letter from the burgomaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference

The burgomaster determine to receive the illustrious personage in proper style, and ordered the two rivals to hold themselves in readiness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference