Dinis

But there was one of their leaders, his name Dinis, a man stricken in years, who, by long experience, acquainted with the power and clemency of the Romans, argued, "that they must lay down their arms, the same being the sole cure for their pressing calamities;" and was the first who submitted, with his wife and children to the conqueror.

The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus

District Attorney Dinis, who had attended the inquest and seen Judge Boyle's report, told the grand jury that there was not enough evidence to indict Senator Kennedy on charges of manslaughter, perjury, or driving to endanger.

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Dinis, who like many children spends his days washing cars or begging for change in downtown Luanda.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

Coming at the invitation of the local Anglican leader, Dinis

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

Amid exquisite combination of colour, a Vallambrosa strewed with ferns, lichens, mosses, rich green hollies and arbutus with many coloured berries, we tread our way by a passage of beauty round Dinis

The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Robert Lloyd Praeger 1909

Driving past the modern mansion in the demesne, along ~Torc Lake~, by the groves of Dinis, and through the arches of the Old Weir Bridge, the river glistens and sparkles in the sun, while the distant calmer water lies deep in sleepy shadows.

The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Robert Lloyd Praeger 1909

You must know he's not to be called Dinny or Dinis any more, but Dionnisis; he's to begin atin 'wid a knife an' fork to-morrow; we must get him beef and mutton, and a _tay_ breakfast.

Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

I looked about me, an 'seen ever so many priests dressed all like the Protestant clargy; our Dinis was at the head of them, wid a three-cocked hat, an'

Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

Father Dinis, for instance, is a master of disguise who might be Zeus or Zelig, so often does he materialize in expected places.

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In a school run by Father Dinis (Adriano Luz), an orphan named João learns that his real name is Pedro da Silva and his real mother the Countess Angela de Lima (Maria Joäo Bastos), who was forced to abandon the boy when she married the cruel Count de Santa Barbara (Albana Jerónimo).

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