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  • He had an old valet-de-chambre, called Termes, a bold thief, and a still more impudent liar: he used to send this man from London every week, on the commissions we have before mentioned; but after the disgrace of Mr.. Middleton, and the adventure of Miss Warmestre, Mr. Termes was only employed in bringing his master's clothes from Paris, and he did not always acquit himself with the greatest fidelity in that employment, as will appear hereafter.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • He had an old valet-de-chambre, called Termes, a bold thief, and a still more impudent liar: he used to send this man from London every week, on the commissions we have before mentioned; but after the disgrace of Mr.. Middleton, and the adventure of Miss Warmestre, Mr. Termes was only employed in bringing his master's clothes from Paris, and he did not always acquit himself with the greatest fidelity in that employment, as will appear hereafter.

    The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Complete Anthony Hamilton 1683

  • He had an old valet-de-chambre, called Termes, a bold thief, and a still more impudent liar: he used to send this man from London every week, on the commissions we have before mentioned; but after the disgrace of Mr.. Middleton, and the adventure of Miss Warmestre, Mr. Termes was only employed in bringing his master's clothes from Paris, and he did not always acquit himself with the greatest fidelity in that employment, as will appear hereafter.

    The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 03 Anthony Hamilton 1683

  • Vail Valley wines: 2006 Numanthia "Termes" from Toro, Spain

    The Vail Trail - All Sections 2009

  • Vail Valley wines: 2006 Numanthia "Termes" from Toro, Spain

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2009

  • Vail Valley wines: 2006 Numanthia "Termes" from Toro, Spain

    The Vail Trail - All Sections 2009

  • If in the next campaign season they could damage Sertorius so badly he visibly reeled, places like Septimanca and Termes anxious to submit would increase.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • The four legions Pompey kept were sent at once to Septimanca and Termes, while Pompey, lingering with Varro and the cavalry on the lower Iberus (thanks to the deluge grazing for horses was no longer a problem, so Pompey was sending his troopers to Emporiae to winter under the command of Varro), sat down to write to the Senate in Rome for the second time.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • So after a conference with his legates, interpreters and locals, he dispatched Lucius Titurius Sabinus and fifteen cohorts to winter at Termes, Celtiberian in populace but no longer keen to serve Sertorius.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

  • Leaving the people of Septimanca and Termes to plant their crops (with something extra in case the Romans came back next winter), the reunited four very under-strength legions set off up the Pisoraca to Pallantia, which had declared for Sertorius, apparently for no other reason than that the rival Septimanca had declared for Rome.

    Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

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