duke

• A Scots peer with whom both the duke, and the duchess lived in great intimacy in Italy, happening to come to Paris, when the duke was there, they renewed their acquaintance and friendship, and for some time continued with mutual freedom, till the duke had reason to believe from what he heard from others, that the peer had boasted favours from the duchess of Wharton. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)
• Zurita, the historian of Aragon, is correct when he says: "Cćsar's escape caused the Pope great anxiety, for the duke was a man who would not have hesitated to throw all Italy in turmoil for the purpose of carrying out his own plans; he was greatly beloved, not only by the men of war, but also by many people in Ferrara and in the States of the Church--something which seldom falls to the lot of a tyrant Cćsar's messenger ventured to Bologna in spite of the presence of the Pope, and there the latter had him seized. —  Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
• As long as the duke is at Fürstenstein, Prince Adelsberg will not be apt to desert his hunting lodge. —  The Northern Light
• The population of Aquitaine hated the Franks; and the war, which for their duke was a question of independent sovereignty, was for themselves a question of passionate national feeling Pépin, who was naturally more humane and even more generous, it may be said, in war than his predecessors had usually been, was nevertheless induced, in his struggle against the Duke of Aquitaine, to ravage without mercy the countries he scoured, and to treat the vanquished with great harshness. —  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
• The English flag-ship, the Royal James_, was burnt; and the duke was afterwards three times compelled to shift his flag. —  History of Holland

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