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  • The book is a unique study of Medieval Times using children to portray members of society such as Otho, the miller's son, and Lowdy, the varlet's child.

    Bookworm Award and Meme ____Maggie 2008

  • The book is a unique study of Medieval Times using children to portray members of society such as Otho, the miller's son, and Lowdy, the varlet's child.

    Archive 2008-11-01 ____Maggie 2008

  • After a day or two it will percolate through to the varlet's intelligence that you are a desperate dog in urgent need of something, and he will bestir himself, and mayhap in a further two or three days 'time he will wind a crank, pull some strings, and announce that you are "on," and you will find yourself in animated conversation with an inspector of cemeteries, a jam expert at the Base, or the

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 Various

  • There was one, indeed, Sir Peter, who smote out like a true man; but, unless he is belied, he did but clip a varlet's ear, which was no very knightly deed.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • There was one, indeed, Sir Peter, who smote out like a true man; but, unless he is belied, he did but clip a varlet's ear, which was no very knightly deed.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • Now, therefore, in both these matters I will well to do thy pleasure, and in one way it may be; and thou mayst then go forth from Greenharbour as free as a bird, and thy varlet's life may be given unto him, and mickle honour therewith.

    Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair 1895

  • It was M. d'Agen's breastpiece saved my life by warding off the point of the varlet's sword, so that the worst injury I got was the loss of my breath for five minutes, with a swimming in the head and a kind of syncope.

    A Gentleman of France Stanley John Weyman 1891

  • There was one, indeed, Sir Peter, who smote out like a true man; but, unless he is belied, he did but clip a varlet's ear, which was no very knightly deed.

    The White Company 1890

  • As for yon varlet's providing, while I would not too much criticize a man whose waistcoats I wear even under protest, it is but fair to say that these oranges and all the fresh things taken on at

    The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Emerson Hough 1890

  • See whether I do not dust that varlet's jacket for him in the next number of the

    Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 George Otto Trevelyan 1883

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