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-- The Marquis of Clanricarde moved for correspondence relating to the removal of British Consuls from the Confederate States of America, urged the inconvenience of there being no accredited agents of this country in those States, and that it was quite possible to keep up the system of Consuls without recognising the Southern States.
Imperial Parliament 1864
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The Consuls were the head of the senate; they commanded the armies of the republic, and judged all the differences between the citizens: they held their office for the space of a year; at the end of which time, new ones were elected.
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These officials were afterwards called Consuls, and were given ruling power in Rome.
Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877
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[FN#26] The Persians still call their Consuls "Shah-bander," lit. king of the Bandar or port.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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26 The Persians still call their Consuls “Shah-bander,” lit. king of the Bandar or port.
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Besides the survivors, the gathering will draw a lengthy list of leaders, such as Consuls General Ofer Bavly of Israel and Klaus H.D. Ranner of Germany.
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Besides the survivors, the gathering will draw a lengthy list of leaders, such as Consuls General Ofer Bavly of Israel and Klaus H.D. Ranner of Germany.
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Besides the survivors, the gathering will draw a lengthy list of leaders, such as Consuls General Ofer Bavly of Israel and Klaus H.D. Ranner of Germany.
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* Control of the treasury was removed from the Consuls.
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And on both of these two things, the testimony of the Roman people will suffice for me, who, in so many hundreds of years, in so many elections of Consuls and Tribunes, they did not make four elections of which they had to repent.
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