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  • The Parvis was the place of conference, where suitors met with their counsel and legal advisers; and Chaucer merely intimates thereby the extent of the

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various

  • It took several weeks of exhaustive cabling to fix the identity of the "Parvis" to whom the fragmentary communication was addressed, but even after these inquiries had shown him to be a Waukesha lawyer, no new facts concerning the Elwell suit were elicited.

    Afterward 1910

  • It took several weeks of exhaustive cabling to fix the identity of the "Parvis" to whom the fragmentary communication was addressed, but even after these inquiries had shown him to be a Waukesha lawyer, no new facts concerning the

    The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2 Edith Wharton 1899

  • It took several weeks of exhaustive cabling to fix the identity of the "Parvis" to whom the fragmentary communication was addressed, but even after these inquiries had shown him to be a Waukesha lawyer, no new facts concerning the Elwell suit were elicited.

    Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton 1899

  • According to her family, Mrs. Firouzi's husband, Reza Firouzi, and their son Parvis were imprisoned for several months by the Iranian government in 1980 for refusing to give up their belief in the Baha'i Faith.

    Maryam S. Firouzi, Baha'i Faith follower 2011

  • Izak Parvis Nazarian, who established CECI to promote democracy and voting rights among Israeli citizens and youth, took a back seat at the glittering evening, as did his daughter, Dora Kadisha, the chief organizer of the program.

    proof the mossad still owns hollywood 2008

  • Izak Parvis Nazarian, who established CECI to promote democracy and voting rights among Israeli citizens and youth, took a back seat at the glittering evening, as did his daughter, Dora Kadisha, the chief organizer of the program.

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  • In London the Parvis was frequented by serjeants at law: see Chaucer,

    Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850 Various

  • Latin "Parvus;" the origin, according to Spelman and succeeding etymologists, is the French "Le Parvis," a church porch.

    Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850 Various

  • Place du Parvis pour choquer ces crétins de _Cook-tourists_, et pour distraire son mari.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 Various

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