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The name Gueux, first used in contempt, was borne in honor by the patriots in the ensuing war, which Philip conducted as a "war of extermination."
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Onno Zwier Van Haren (1713-1789) was also a writer of tragedy, and the author of a long poem in the epic style, called the Gueux (beggars), a name given in derision to the allied noblemen of the Netherlands in the time of Philip, and adopted by them.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853
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The log-cabin and hard-cider watchwords were born of a taunt, like the "Gueux" of the
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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Amsterdam, however, proved that the spirit of the "Gueux" was not yet utterly extinct in Holland.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Hence the origin of the name "Gueux," which was subsequently borne in the
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Inquisition were given the name of "Gueux," which had been bestowed upon them contemptuously by the Comte de Barlaimont ....
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Various 1885
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The Fleming or the Walloon has nothing of the Frenchman's courtesy; he is rough and rude; he remains a peasant even when town bred, and the surly insolence of the "Gueux" is in him still.
Bebee 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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"Gueux," which, taken up by the Flemish gentlemen, so long designated the patriot party.
The Forty-Five Guardsmen Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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Hence the origin of the name "Gueux," which was subsequently borne in the Netherlands by all who seceded from popery and took up arms against the king.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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The latter made an alteration in the "Gueux" penny, by introducing two travellers 'staffs, laid crosswise, to intimate that they stood prepared and ready at any instant to forsake house and hearth for the sake of religion.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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