Sewis

The first Capuchin superior of the mission was St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, who, on his way from Sewis to Grüsch, a little north of Chur, was slain (24 April, 1622) by peasants whom the sermons of the Protestant preachers had wrought up to a fury.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Nevertheless I resolved to have one gaze at Riversley, my aunt Dorothy, and Sewis, the old grey-brown butler, and the lamb that had grown a sheep; wonderful contrasts to my grand kings of England career.

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

Servants were warned off out of hearing; none but Sewis stood by.

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

'Hand me my breeches,' he called to Sewis; 'I can't think brisk out of my breeches.'

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

An illness of old Sewis, the butler, -- amazingly resembling a sick monkey in his bed, -- kept me from paying a visit to Temple and seeing my father for several weeks, during which time Janet loyally accustomed the squire to hear of the German princess, and she did it with a decent and agreeable cheerfulness that I quite approved of.

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

A sore spirit on my father's behalf kept me alive to any insult of him; and feeling that we were immeasurably superior to the Beltham blood, I merely said, apart to old Sewis, shrugging my shoulders, 'The squire expects me to recollect where I was born.

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

He accorded me his permission to select my side in politics, merely insisting that I was never to change it, and this he requested me to swear to, for (he called the ghost of old Sewis to witness) he abhorred

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

Sillabin, our impassive new butler, who had succeeded Sewis, the squire told him, like a Whig Ministry the Tory; proof that things were not improving.

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

'Why, old Sewis,' says he, 'you're acquainted with old Sewis?

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

She handed him to Sewis on the stairs, keeping his fingers for an instant to kiss them: after which, old Sewis, the lord of the pantry, where all sweet things were stored, deposited him on the floor of the hall, and he found himself facing the man of the night.

The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868