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Some of the arms have been identified: there's six times Sayn and eight times Geldern, pointing to the Middle or Lower Rhine region.
Archive 2009-02-01 a stitch in time 2009
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Some of the arms have been identified: there's six times Sayn and eight times Geldern, pointing to the Middle or Lower Rhine region.
Hairnets, part I a stitch in time 2009
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Harbison-Walker filed for bankruptcy in early 2002, and is now owned by RHI AG of Vienna, Austria, whose board includes Stanislaus, Prince zu Sayn Wittgenstein-Berleberg.
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And here was quiet and greenery, and one mucked about as the desire took one, without a soul to see, and here was no wailing of “Sayn,” no folding of remnants, no voice to shout, “Hoopdriver, forward!”
The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006
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He would have danced about behind the counter, have neatly refolded the goods he had shown you, have put on one side those you selected, extracted a little book with a carbon leaf and a tinfoil sheet from a fixture, made you out a little bill in that weak flourishing hand peculiar to drapers, and have bawled “Sayn!”
The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll Herbert George 2006
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Kuno of Sayn, he said, do you desire to outwit the Lord of
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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The knight of Sayn related his adventure with the earth-spirit, upon which the Lord of Falkenstein told him how a terrible thunderstorm mingled with unearthly noises had raged throughout the night.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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With a passionate glance at the blushing maid, the knight of Sayn declared that he had come to ask the noble lord for his daughters hand in marriage.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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Both the bishops and the influential nobles were generally ill-disposed towards Conrad, who was present at the synod, and it was found impossible to prove the charge of heresy against the Count of Sayn.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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In western Germany a general panic followed the appearance of this severe judge of heretics, who did not fear to summon before his tribunal powerful nobles, suspected of heresy, among such the Count of Sayn.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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