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  • It had only taken a single instance of Anigrel wasting half the day cooling his heels in some officious little noble's hall instead of discharging his errand and returning to his duties before Lycaelon had ordered the change in wardrobe.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • It mostly meant bullying the noble's peasants, and Thorba had seen enough of that sort of thing under Captain Skarda to last him a lifetime.

    "New Management", part 5 Johnny Pez 2010

  • In return, such gentry clients often formed the back bone of a noble's affinity.

    From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

  • It mostly meant bullying the noble's peasants, and Thorba had seen enough of that sort of thing under Captain Skarda to last him a lifetime.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Johnny Pez 2010

  • The noble's daughter was set to do all the drudgery of the house, to attend the kitchen fire, and had naught to sleep on but the heap of cinder raked out in the scullery; and that is why they called her Cinder Maid.

    Archive 2009-04-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • The noble's daughter was set to do all the drudgery of the house, to attend the kitchen fire, and had naught to sleep on but the heap of cinder raked out in the scullery; and that is why they called her Cinder Maid.

    Cinderella elena maria vidal 2009

  • At least when gold and a Persian noble's beautiful daughter are involved.

    Special!! Online Story from the Clockwork Phoenix 2 Anthology, edited by Mike Allen: Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela by Saladin Ahmed Liviu 2009

  • Once I'd been tall and strong and golden, a new noble's soldier son, with a future full of promise.

    Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

  • In her death barge, the Lady of Shalott—also an otherworldly figure—is rather like the mythological warrior Scyld Scefing from Beowulf: There at the harbor stood the ring-carved prow, the noble's vessel, icy, sea-ready.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Carolingian 2007

  • In her death barge, the Lady of Shalott—also an otherworldly figure—is rather like the mythological warrior Scyld Scefing from Beowulf: There at the harbor stood the ring-carved prow, the noble's vessel, icy, sea-ready.

    Shalott Carolingian 2007

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