He omitted no opportunity of showing marked civility to Tallard.

The Ambassador informed his Court that his place at table was next to the royal arm chair, and that his health had been most graciously drunk by the King.
All this time, both at Kensington and Newmarket, the Spanish question was the subject of constant and earnest discussion.

To trace all the windings of the negotiation would be tedious.

The general course which it took may easily be described.

The object of William was to place the Electoral Prince of Bavaria on the Spanish throne.