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Bevis Tower, science declares, was named probably after another Bevis--there was one at the Battle of Lewes, who took prisoner Richard, King of the Romans, and was knighted for it--while Arundel is a corruption of "hirondelle," a swallow.— Highways ; Byways in Sussex
'Guifette,' Rene gave the word, 'or in Provence, Rondinel della mar -- hirondelle de la mer!'— Two Penniless Princesses
_ "'Mon grand père était rossignol; Ma grand mère était hirondelle!"— Peter Ibbetson
Je suis une hirondelle étrange, car j'émigre— Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc From Swinburne's Poems Volume V.
Bevis Tower, science declares, was named probably after another Bevis -- there was one at the Battle of Lewes, who took prisoner Richard, King of the Romans, and was knighted for it -- while Arundel is a corruption of "hirondelle," a swallow.— Highways & Byways in Sussex
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