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  • It could boast of Heaven knows how many titled Patrons and

    Somehow Good William Frend De Morgan 1878

  • When Fabius was come out, he placed his standards in the ground before him, and himself addressed him as father in a loud voice, while his soldiers greeted those of Fabius by the name of their Patrons, which is the name by which freed men address those who have set them free.

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • "Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks 'Patrons" -- headline,

    Kerry: 'Finish Them Off' 2008

  • Friends, at the Mulher de Um Homem Só book launch in São Paulo, some of them "Patrons"

    Global Voices in English » Alex Castro: A liberal, libertarian and libertine Brazilian blogger 2009

  • When we have carried the standards to his tent where I shall salute him as 'Father,' a title which the service he has done us and the greatness of his office alike deserve, you soldiers will salute as 'Patrons' those whose arms and right hands protected you a little while ago.

    The History of Rome, Vol. III 1905

  • The official title of the Grange is "Patrons of Husbandry," of the members, "Patrons," and of the various divisions, "Granges."

    Chapters in Rural Progress 1901

  • A mutual source, shared by Mr. Dan Smith, CIA's Dr. Ron Pandolfi, and some of the contributors to STARstream Research -- a former intelligence official -- was in the loop in 2006 when the issue of 'Patrons' and weird animal mutilations first came to our attention.

    American Chronicle American Chronicle 2010

  • They have a "Patrons" charge of $3.20 which I think is for the Chinese tea.

    BC Bloggers 2008

  • 'Patrons' of the Ionian Academy ''), Αντίδωρον Πνευματικόν (volume in honor of G.

    orrologion 2009

  • Patrons on benches nearby stopped whatever it was they were doing.

    Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011

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