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  • Georgios it was, sure enough, wrapped in a great sheepskin cloak such as Cypriotes wear in winter, and seated on the head of one of his own barrels.

    The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • He gave him an army; and the Cilicians and Cypriotes were very ready to serve under him.

    Cyropaedia 2007

  • Cypriotes are not strangers to this kind of situation, Daryn.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006 2006

  • The Cypriotes feel a little bit sorry for the people of Lebanon for what they're going through and, also, they feel sorry for all those tourists.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006 2006

  • Cypriotes drew breath in an atmosphere of myth and poetry and felt the recital of the feats of their heroes to be no less a duty than a delight.

    The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

  • Government should be righted by Cyprian wisdom; we must fill the vacancies with Cypriotes.

    The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

  • The Cypriotes no longer knew whether Cinyras were god, or man, or myth; whether he were the son of Apollo, or of Pygmalion and the bewitching ivory image of the sculptor's dead wife; or, in very truth, that splendid prince of Agamemnon's time, as sung by Homer in the Iliad, winning laurels at the siege of Troy.

    The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

  • But this was the Cypriotes 'story of stories, and her unconscious action had bound them to her.

    The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

  • No wonder that the Cypriotes gnashed their teeth in their powerlessness to dispute this insolent assertion, while their indignation effervesced in petty intrigues!

    The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

  • Queen, a Cypriote of the Cypriotes, but loyal to her heart's core.

    The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

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