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"I do not understand thy vassalship," the Lady Eloisà said with hesitation -- yet eager to know more of her companion's attitude toward the Queen; they had wandered far down the terrace to the basin where the swans were floating, opalescent in the sunset light.
The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull
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God is the father of spirits, and the constitution of the eternal kingdom rests on the vassalship of love.
Amiel's Journal Henri Fr��d��ric Amiel 1885
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Tacitus, and in which may be discovered the germs of chivalry, are the remarkable deference paid to women, attendance of the aspiring youth on a military superior, -- out of which vassalship arose, -- and the formal receiving of arms on reaching manhood.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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China was still obstinate, insisted upon the vassalship of the Western nation, and was confident in her power to repress the opium trade.
Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859
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