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  • This had been the children's playground as long as any one could remember, but in the days of the blessed Frate Agnolo the Syndic was a grim, childless, irascible old man, terribly plagued with gout, which made him so choleric that he could not endure the joyous cries and clatter of the children at their play.

    A Child's Book of Saints William Canton 1909

  • The Syndic was a trifle discontented and inclined to intrigue; that was true, Grio knew it.

    The Long Night Stanley John Weyman 1891

  • She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that the young merchant, whose name was Aziz, continued to Taj al-Muluk: -- And when I entered the street called Syndic Street behold, I caught sight of an old woman walking with a lighted taper in one hand and in the other a folded letter and I drew near her and lo! she was weeping and repeating these couplets,

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • When the hour of night prayer came, I was minded to repair to my lover; but, being the worse for wine, I knew not when going to her whither I went, so my drunkenness turned me into a by street called Syndic Street; [FN#523] and the while I walked up that street behold, I caught sight of an old woman faring with a lighted taper in one hand, and in the other a folded letter.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • 'Hideous monster! let me go; My papa is a Syndic — he is M. Frankenstein — he will punish you.

    Chapter 16 2010

  • Sethne Naq, Speaker for the Great Syndic of the Global Moeity of Hranrar, lapsed into a troubled silence.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • “I am Sethne Naq, Speaker for the Great Syndic of the Global Moeity of Hranrar,” the creature said in tones rendered mellifluous by the universal translators.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Sethne Naq, Speaker for the Great Syndic of the Global Moeity of Hranrar, has given a provisional ‘yes’ to our three Gorn exiles.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Sethne Naq, Speaker for the Great Syndic of the Global Moeity of Hranrar, has given a provisional ‘yes’ to our three Gorn exiles.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Sethne Naq, Speaker for the Great Syndic of the Global Moeity of Hranrar, averted her eyes from the sky and focused her gaze upon Vale.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

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