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They have been schooled there to keep their bright eyes to look only on the prince and the duke,
The Newcomes 2006
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These testified that the enclosed consisted of two shares, conferred upon the Ning Kuo duke,
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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“Before discussing the daughter,” resumed the duke,
The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003
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"He would be wanting in wits, senora countess," said the duke,
Don Quixote 2002
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"Sire," said the prior, whose experience far surpassed that of the friar who had addressed the duke,
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Countries were again the most prosperous States of Europe, and the historian Philip de Commines was able to call them "a land of promise," while Gachard contrasts them with the southern domains of the duke,
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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In the battle of Rudau (1307) the Lithuanians were driven back, and they were converted only some years later, with their grand duke,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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St. Rupert, Bishop of Worms, baptized the Bavarian duke,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The hotel was all in a flutter; the manager was beside himself with joy; bell-boys danced jig steps in the corridors; chambermaids went about with a distracted air -- and all because the grand duke,
Cupid's Understudy Edward Salisbury Field 1907
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I ruin my life, I break the heart of the grand duke,
The Goose Girl Harold MacGrath 1901
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