All of a sudden, he's being asked to dinner by leading writers and noblemen. |
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There were elves, wizards, enchantresses, noblemen, and the esteemed king himself. |
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During the Middle Ages, the grammar school provided education for poor scholars intended for the church and for the sons of noblemen. |
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It's been said that golf is the sport of noblemen and gentlemen, which might explain why the game's in quite so much trouble. |
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Young Russian noblemen were encouraged to learn about the latest technology, economic theory and political science. |
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Soon, Margaret's eyes settled on her uncle, dressed in peacock blue, and speaking with a semi-circle of noblemen. |
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Because Arab invaders did not vanquish the Basques, the Spanish Crown considered them hidalgos, or noblemen. |
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Scottish monarchs rode through the town in glittering cavalcades, and turbulent priests rubbed shoulders with noblemen in furs. |
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These works were initially commissioned by members of the church, noblemen, and wealthy burghers. |
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Moving her body through the crowd of reeking villeins and fat noblemen, she looked up at Will, she being half a foot shorter than he. |
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The Duke of Rivenston led the small group of reporters, noblemen and ladies on a quick tour of the centre. |
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The beaver pelts were used to make felt hats for European noblemen and merchants alike. |
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They offered an outlet for the ambitions of land-hungry knights and noblemen. |
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A brazen fanfare erupted from the royal minstrels, and whole ranks of armor-clad young noblemen stepped forward. |
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I suppose they would have also called literacy or public schools an elitist agenda back before anyone but noblemen knew how to read. |
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Among his debtors were many Russian aristocrats and noblemen, both Russian and foreigners. |
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Part of French history meant that France had two noblemen titled the Admiral of the Channel and the Admiral of the Atlantic. |
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Many noblemen and noblewomen came with gifts but most people came with prayers for the princess. |
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How her beauty was known to all mankind and how knights and noblemen would plead King Julius for his daughter's hand. |
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Due to the town's charming environment, in ancient times many noblemen and distinguished families built their private gardens there. |
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He might overpower his opposites in the House of Peers, by nobilitating his natural children, or creating noblemen whom he pleased. |
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Turning himself towards the noblemen that sat on a form placed before the scaffold, he vailed his hat. |
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Subjects range from female nudes to noblemen and children to animals and landscapes. |
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Companies of cadets were first formed in France in 1682, to teach young noblemen the duties of an officer. |
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It was not, as Abler suggests, Hungarian peasant dress that provided the model for the hussar, but that of Magyar noblemen. |
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Funds were provided for the eight-strong party of noblemen and ladies, their twelve gentlemen attendants and seventy-five servants. |
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In effect he was an officer cadet in an army that doubled as military academy for young noblemen on the Continent. |
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We were all seated in the council, all the noblemen and all the aristocrats and councilors. |
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The effect on the city of Edo was a permanent presence of noblemen and samurai with a huge staff of retainers, attendants and servants. |
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We meet unassuming mendicants who may turn out to be rishis in disguise, pilgrims who may be exiled kings, or noblemen undertaking acts of penance. |
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England's wars, waged successfully by humble bowmen as well as knights and noblemen, created among all ranks a self-confidence that warmed English hearts. |
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A ferryman to whom they gave a silver 20-shilling piece decided they must be noblemen who were going to fight a duel abroad, and reported them to the authorities. |
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By the entrance are various commemorative plaques honouring the visits of recent British royalty and grandest noblemen of Norman roots, such as the Duke of Norfolk. |
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The noblemen then left and Elizabeth, attended by twenty ladies and their various attendants, entered the inner chamber where she would actually give birth. |
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Many of them were prosperous merchants and, possible, noblemen. |
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You're a noble, and noblemen have to look out for their families. |
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Her comedy, one of the most-produced new plays in North America, has a stage-struck bumpkin named Will Shakespeare claiming credit for the scribblings of noblemen. |
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It was designed to instil in young noblemen the qualities required to conquer new lands and subjugate their people on behalf of the king and the church. |
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The two noblemen fawn falsely over De Guiche, who ignores them. |
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Hosts of rebellious peasants traversed the country from end to end, furiously attacked castles, churches, and convents, and murdered noblemen and ecclesiastics. |
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Due to the diligence of the admiral and good support from the Royal Tribunal, all the gentlemen and noblemen, and all those who had a horse in the city followed him. |
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Her father had invited a couple hundred noblemen and gentlewomen to attend this grand feast, for that was where Sir Questing would propose to Desiree. |
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Each year at harvest, the prince hosts a feast for the noblemen of the countryside, while the peasants who farm his land grovel in abject poverty. |
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Attempts by Sri Lankan noblemen to undermine British power in 1818 during the Uva Rebellion were thwarted by Governor Robert Brownrigg. |
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Candidates had to be of royal blood, but the kingship was elected by a council of noblemen, rather than automatically passing to the eldest son. |
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Consisting of the disinherited noblemen and mercenaries, they were probably no more than a few hundred men strong. |
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In the chaos following the murder, Claudius witnessed the German guard cut down several uninvolved noblemen, including many of his friends. |
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Edward's court had been a martial one, based on the interdependence between the king and his most trusted noblemen as military captains. |
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Later, German and Scandinavian noblemen extended their power to also Finnic, Samic, Baltic and some Slavic peoples. |
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His election was confirmed on 23 May 1162 by a royal council of bishops and noblemen. |
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Ferdinand annexed Navarre first to the Crown of Aragon, but later, under the pressure of Castilian noblemen, to the Crown of Castile. |
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By 1031 Robert had gathered considerable support from noblemen, many of whom would become prominent during William's life. |
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The pipiltin were noblemen who were relatives of leaders and former leaders, and lived in the confines of the island. |
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On 26 July 1572, the horde crossed the River Oka near Serpukhov, destroyed the Russian vanguard of 200 noblemen and advanced towards Moscow. |
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The idea of a trust originated during the Crusades of the 12th century, when noblemen travelled abroad to fight in the Holy Land. |
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The Zhou dynasty was divided between the masses and the hereditary noblemen. |
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The military officer corps was largely composed of noblemen, who found it increasingly difficult to maintain order within the ranks. |
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Zheng He governed the city with three eunuchs for internal matters and two military noblemen for external matters. |
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Several thousand Alamanni noblemen were summarily arrested, tried, and executed for treason at a Council at Cannstatt. |
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The last king of the Roman Kingdom, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was overthrown in 509 BC by a group of noblemen led by Lucius Junius Brutus. |
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The first year of his reign was marked by the executions of a number of English noblemen whom he considered suspect. |
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Henry was now around 31 years old, but late marriages for noblemen were not unusual in the 11th century. |
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In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves. |
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She entered the nunhood after her husband's death and became a well-respected tutor of high-ranking noblemen and noblewomen. |
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While some Irishmen held the post, most of the lords deputy were English noblemen. |
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They played noblewomen on stage and became the mistresses of noblemen offstage. |
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In 1754, 22 noblemen, professors, and landowners founded the Society of St Andrews Golfers. |
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Certain noblemen such as the Earl of Kinnoull were given special permission to use the unicorn in their arms, as an augmentation of honour. |
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Balliol was chosen from among them as the new King of Scotland by a group of selected noblemen headed by King Edward I of England. |
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The Cod faction consisted of the more progressive cities, while the Hook faction consisted of the conservative noblemen. |
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The small Scottish electorate was dominated by two noblemen, the Conservative Duke of Buccleuch and the Liberal Earl of Rosebery. |
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Most patrons were noblemen or landed gentry who could use their local influence, prestige, and wealth to sway the voters. |
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They all resisted the efforts of noblemen and emperors to control them. |
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During the next century Galician noblemen took northern Portugal, conquering Coimbra in 871, thus freeing what were considered the southernmost city of ancient Galicia. |
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By the 13th century, earls had a social rank just below the king and princes, but were not necessarily more powerful or wealthier than other noblemen. |
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He executed 75 noblemen, and the rest of his opposition escaped to Russia. |
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When Orgetorix, one of their most prominent and ambitious noblemen, was making plans to establish himself as their king, he faced execution by burning if found guilty. |
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In keeping with traditional practice, the most able candidate among the high noblemen was chosen by vote of the highest noblemen, Cuauhtemoc assumed the rulership. |
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During the 12th century Frisian noblemen and the city of Groningen founded the Upstalsboom League under the slogan of 'Frisian freedom' to counter feudalizing tendencies. |
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James II continued his father's policies by subduing influential noblemen but he was killed in an accident at the age of thirty, and a council of regents again assumed power. |
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In April 1707, he travelled to London to attend celebrations at the royal court, and was greeted by groups of noblemen and gentry lined along the road. |
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Even though they eventually gave up booting around the decapitated heads of Scandiwegian noblemen, many of these old soccer games continued to be extremely violent. |
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As there was no physical space or urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes. |
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In this model, the Mercian kings are little more than leading noblemen. |
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The King resided at Greenwich Palace, and there is documentary evidence that some of these Scottish noblemen played golf on Blackheath, on the hill behind the palace. |
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