How To Use Duke In A Sentence
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Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
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Calis, and so on the mondaie following, [Sidenote: Iohn Hall executed.] he was drawne from the Tower to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled, headed, and quartered: his head being sent to Calis there to be set vp, where the duke was murthered.
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV
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The duke bowed to the Queen.
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And when they espied the dukes daughter, that was a full fair woman, then by their false covin they made debate betwixt themself, and the duke of his goodness would have departed them, and there they slew him and his eldest son.
Chapter XV. The Thirteenth Book. How Sir Galahad Fought with the Knights of the Castle, and Destroyed the Wicked Custom
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They tell me that his father was made what they call a baronet because he set a broken arm for one of those twenty royal dukes that England has to pay for.
The Fixed Period
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The dinner has highlighted the difficulty for the duke and duchess of how careful they should be about where their charitable donations come from.
Times, Sunday Times
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That was an independent province until Duke Francis died, leaving his daughter Anne as his only heir.
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The duke and duchess were caught up in a minor earthquake in Assam last night.
Times, Sunday Times
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Duke also points out that freshwater black bass, the familiar largemouth and smallmouth, are found in 49 of the 50 states.
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For it is hard not to agree with Lucio that the Duke is a ‘seemer’ manipulating the other characters for the perpetuation and exaltation of his own power.
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The couple met on the show last autumn when the former equerry to the Duke of York ended up choosing presenter Jonsson over the contestants.
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The hunt was held on land owned by the Duke of Marlborough.
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The Duke shakily got to his feet, and he hurried out of the room, just as a servant and two guards entered.
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Back on the waterfront, the most senior man among Reservists, Major General His Grace the Duke of Westminster, paid a visit to the Royal Naval and Royal Marines Reservists at the Royal Naval HQ Merseyside in Liverpool.
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He is dean of the chapel and professor of Christian ministry at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
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She was also introduced to several lords, dukes and soon to be counts and barons, who were her age.
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2141: It will be thought I, which he calls the pandar, did kil the Duke,
The Revenger's Tragedy
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Despite the skill with which Jellicoe and Beatty had enmeshed the High Seas Fleet, Iron Duke had fired only nine salvos when Scheer turned his ships around and vanished into the mist.
Castles of Steel
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On this occasion, Campobasso gave his opinion, couched in the apologue of the Traveller, the Adder, and the Fox; and reminded the Duke of the advice which Reynard gave to the man, that he should crush his mortal enemy, now that chance had placed his fate at his disposal.
Quentin Durward
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The Duke's foray into the world of contemporary art yielded equally predictable results.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Duke has also opened up the rooftops, offering glorious views of church spires and domes.
Times, Sunday Times
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One fun aspect of the ‘comments’ feature is watching my readers duke it out about various things.
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His efforts, the Duke recollected many years later,(Sentence dictionary) were distinctly half-hearted.
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In March 1525, the king recalled Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, from his role as justiciar of North Wales and, in south Wales, the long-time crown agent, Sir Rhys ap Thomas, had died in the spring. 66 This household was to have a profound effect on Mary's political status and composition of future households. 67
From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
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The story was inspired by a chance meeting with an old Russian duke.
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I also love the story of Dave Sime, a medical student at Duke who lost a photo-finish in the
David Maraniss discusses Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World.
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“Is she a pretty girl?” said the Duke; “her sister does not get beyond a good comely sonsy lass.”
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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He was more miserly with titles than any sovereign since Elizabeth I - ensuring, for example, that dukedoms were reserved for the royal family alone.
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Next comes the protracted peroration on the rank of Duke versus the rank of Prince.
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His father had inherited the Acton family baronetcy and his mother was the heiress of a German nobleman, the Duke of Dalberg.
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There must be some one for the duke to punish," heroically; "otherwise he will refuse.
The Goose Girl
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In this fituation, during the feveral great changes which happened in the courie of nine or ten weeks, particularly the refignation of the Duke of Grafton, and the appointment of Lord North in his room, he remained inflexible, though often in the interim prefTed
Characters. Containing an Impartial Review of the Public Conduct and Abilities of the Most ...
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The Duke regained his senses just in time to see another haymaker about to be launched in his direction.
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Jas Duke was the artist who turned the infliction of a stammer into some of the greatest performance poetry ever.
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The Dukes are coming off a 73-69 loss to La Salle Monday, their fifth consecutive defeat.
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The list also includes Her Majesty The Queen, eight more Dukes, five Marquesses, thirteen Earls, five Viscounts, twenty-three Lords, seven Baronets, fifty-four Knights, two Dames and six Ladies.
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Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock.
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We're all expected to be there, and all the nobles will be there - lords, ladies, counts, viscounts, dukes, duchesses, barons, baronesses, and marquises; all of them.
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The duke was characteristically droll about his political career.
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The Duke and Duchess were so wealthy that they seemed to have money coming out of their ears.
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I'm not surprised," said Drumcarro; "one of the old Douglas family before the attainder was as good as any one of their new-fangled dukes.
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago
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An earl is beneath a duke.
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Pop stars, TV soap actors, footballers and celebrity chefs have taken the places of dukes and earls in our modern social pantheon, for better or worse.
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The grand dukes became the tsars of Muscovy, who in turn became emperors of the Russian Empire.
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The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness respectively.
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The duke is understandably proud of Lady Helen and her achievements.
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You will lose the dukedom if you marry this girl.
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They were formally greeted by Dr. Henry A. Murray, director of the Harvard Psychological Clinic, and Dr. Richard S. Lyman, a professor of neuropsychiatry at Duke University.
A Covert Affair
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But the new duke and duchess were determined to keep Woburn in the family and to make it a paying proposition.
Times, Sunday Times
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The rebel Duke had suffered five strokes of the axe.
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The Duke was revelling in the occasion, his toothless mouth curved up in a great leer like the mask of comedy.
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Another boy across the room read the line of the Duke, ‘Ay; prithee, sing.‘
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a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords
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Suddenly, the door was flung open and the Duke of Rivenston strode inside.
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His horse got to be prime minister, and he apparently sold a chart-topping number of dukedoms, earldoms and baronetcies.
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New College moved wholesale into an £11 million building, and the Duke of Edinburgh took a genuine interest in the students and their studies.
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The duke and duchess have talked in the past about their competitive nature.
Times, Sunday Times
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They all had expensive appointments and untold luxuries for the knights, lords, dukes and princes who served the king.
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The grand duke, who spoke English and whose mother was a British princess, showed deep interest in YMCA work and arranged for his adjutant to take them on a tour of Hessian prison camps.
Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
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Website visitors might be surprised to learn that in addition to the Duke's penchant for collecting items like penknives, the queen's husband also enjoys painting landscapes in oils.
Queen Elizabeth II's husband to mark birthday
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He entered with the trained dignity of a nobleman and met the duke's steely gaze.
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_ Now it comes into my head, the duke of Mantua makes an entertainment to night in masquerade: If you love extravagancy so well, madam, I'll put you into the head of one; lay by your nunship for an hour or two, and come amongst us in disguise.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04
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The Duke tried to appear unconcerned, but both he and his wife were so evidently embarrassed that they won the sympathy of their fellow passengers.
Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age
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Duke Senior, unoffended, invited Orlando to sit down and join them.
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True to High Fidelity rules, Lullaby of Birdland opens with a corker: an on-air medley of Take the A Train and Caravan by Duke Ellington.
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From the late 18th century, successive dukes commissioned images of members of their households, particularly the keepers and huntsmen.
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The Duke of York --- like Logue, we'll take the liberty of calling him "Bertie" --- became a patient in 1926, not in the mid-'30s, when he was about to be king.
Jesse Kornbluth: A Book About 'The King's Speech' Is An Eloquent Addition To The Film
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Francis, the fifth Duke of Bedford had extensive estates in Bedfordshire and, in 1792, he appointed Farey as the land steward for his Woburn estates.
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As already noted, the king sent two countesses, two knights, four ladies and Sir Marmaduke Darell, as paymaster, to meet the royal family as they entered England, and to bring them south.
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The duke and duchess were staying in Norfolk.
The Sun
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Craig Janek and Dr. Sean Funston "ribboned" the royal path for Duchesses Meg Walker and Jennifer Dominguez and Dukes Keith McFatridge and Dr. James Grant.
The Daily News - News
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In the night came "a terrible tempest," which scattered the duke's ships "one from another, so that two of them were not in compagnie together in one place;" and when the tempest had done its work, it passed away; and the gales were fair, and the heaven was clear, when, the next day, the earl "halsed up the sayles," and came in sight of Dartmouth.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 10
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The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness respectively.
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Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom delayed Light's arraignment briefly to allow time for what he called a mandatory conference.
The Charleston Gazette -
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The next year the death of the emperor Joseph brought the archduke Charles to the imperial throne.
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But, generally speaking, I'd rather my skipper took their cues from the Little Corporal than the Iron Duke.
The Most Influential Innings of the Decade
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The minuter corrections, in the Duke de la Valliere's catalogue, furnish a most enlivening article in the dryness of bibliography.
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He was born on 18 May 1872 into a famous family, a cadet branch of the Dukes of Bedford.
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The duke and duchess have form on the subject.
Times, Sunday Times
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Quoks-Forget the Daisy Dukes, JB is buying us all Chanel for this gold win.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Ladies Lounge
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Joe would hang out in the many shebeens (unlicensed drinking venues) in the area, and one of his early influences was the sound of Duke Vin, a local resident who introduced the first reggae sound system to Britain.
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In the early 19th century the dapper first Duke of Wellington commissioned a low-heeled calf boot of soft leather.
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DUKE: Demi then reposted that to what she calls the Twitterverse, so the 300,000 or more people who could be reading her tweets would see it.
CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2009
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Besides, the duke and the duchess still had much to discuss with each other.
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Everyone in the dukedom heard of her well-aimed book but not all cheered.
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I am appalled he would sanction the introduction of legislation such as this which, as Deputy Dukes said, will fetter the members of the House now and in the future.
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To save his dynasty from extinction, Grand Duke Karl needed to find a way to preserve the Z?hringen line. Granting succession rights to his half-uncles seemed the ideal solution.
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At the funeral of Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1792, his body was borne to its resting place in St Paul's Cathedral by no less than three dukes, two marquesses, three earls, a viscount and a baron.
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I took my half-day on Wednesday, and naturally on that day the king and his bosom friend, the known rakehell George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham, attended the early performance.
Exit the Actress
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In July 1702 he was offered the post of organist at Sangerhausen but was thwarted by the reigning duke, who preferred a candidate of his own choice; for several months thereafter he occupied his time as a lackey and violinist at Weimar.
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Working with the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Duke University researchers report that 22% of men and 9% of women ages 50 to 64 engaged in binge drinking — five or more drinks at a time — within the past month of the survey.
Older people, too, knock back 5 drinks at a time
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Presumably, that and the rest of Duke's so-so publicity over recent months has put something of a damper on his efforts to unload the mansion.
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RICHARD II. to THOMAS MOWBRAY, Earl Marshal, and now borne by the Duke of NORFOLK, is _a lion statant guardant, his tail extended or, and ducally gorged arg. _: the PERCY lion is _statant, his tail extended or_: each lion stands upon a chapeau.
The Handbook to English Heraldry
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The Duke of Kent had his label charged with a cross gules between two fleurs-de-lis azure.
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I would the Duke we talk of were returned again: this ungenitured agent will unpeople the province with continency; sparrows must not build in his house-eaves, because 165 they are lecherous.
Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
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But even this melted away: first, under the reflection that if the mysterious fur-merchant wished to remain incognito, he must be extremely provoked with Margaret; (and she rather liked the idea of any body being provoked with Margaret;) and secondly, a further thaw took place on more amiable grounds, when the Duke, laying his hand gently on her arm as she passed from the dining-room, said fondly:
Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times
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It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments.
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Sited on a sandstone outcrop, Nottingham Castle was rebuilt as a duke's mansion in the 1670s after the original structure had been destroyed during the English Civil War.
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Subsequently, the duke joins in on the masquerade, play-acting the threat of sexual violence against Zidler - a rehearsal for his actions later in the film.
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Perhaps it was telepathy or telekinesis or one of those strange things they investigated at Duke University in 1946.
COFFIN ON THE WATER
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Then he began to push me about, so I said I would not go at all if he put his dukes on me.
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The walls, plastered with painted murals of epic battles and heroic deeds, were additionally decorated with the colorful banners and standards of several dukedoms.
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Some observers think that Dukes has not been entirely purged of ambition to regain the leadership of the party he lost over 10 years ago.
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Nathaniel is a Duke and can either be called Your Grace or the Duke or the Duke of Hartford.
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Reuters Mike Krzyzewski Duke's Krzyzewski Nets Record 903rd Victory It was a matchup of blueblood programs that turned into a gala celebration honoring Mike Krzyzewski and his 903 career wins.
Eight Terrapin Teams Could Soon Get the Ax
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I believe there is nothing more to be said or done to-night, "responded the duke, in a desponding tone -- for it _cannot_ be an exhilarating anticipation to have to get up in the morning and stand up to murder, or be murdered, even where the duellist is the bravest of men, backed by the serenest of seconds.
The Lost Lady of Lone
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Mrs Marx was a Campbell on her mother's side and was a cousin of the then Duke of Argyll.
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France, as the old Duke once said with great truth, has been already _under water several times, what could be spoiled has been spoiled_, what remains _is pretty solid_.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861
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It's a safe bet that the yob putting his dukes up has been soberly simmering all week, but in loosening his inhibitions, it has all come flooding out.
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St. Vincent reported to Iron Duke that she was picking up strong, nearby wireless signals from ships on the wavelength used by the High Seas Fleet.
Castles of Steel
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Now Timur Kuran, a Turkish-American economist based at Duke University, has written an equally brave book on "how Islamic law held back the Middle East".
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Paragraph 159 - [1056] - And Humphrey died, and his brother Robert [Guiscard] became duke [of the Normans].
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » The Career of Robert Guiscard, according to the Annales Lupi Protospatharii
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A research study out of Duke University has found that a dangerous mutated form of an airborne fungus called Cryptococcus gattii is spreading across the Northwest United States and some parts of Western Canada.
Republic Broadcasting Network
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You need to remap how commands from the brain get to the rest of the body, says Miguel Nicolelis, a neurobiologist and leader of the so-called brain-machine-interface research program at Duke University's school of medicine.
Wiring The Brain to Aid People With Paralysis
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Alongside her on the top deck of the Antarctic survey ship HMS Endurance, stood the Duke of Edinburgh in the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, encrusted with gold braid.
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The Duke of Argyll may not be aware of the fact, but it is nevertheless true, that when a man's arm is raised, in sequence to that state of consciousness we call a volition, the volition is not the immediate cause of the elevation of the arm.
Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays
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Other common, and commonly overused, over-the-counter drugs that concern experts include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS) such as naproxen (Aleve) and ibuprofen (Advil and Motrin), says Winston Parris, professor of anaesthesiology and division chief for Pain Management at Duke University Medical Center.
Read the drug labels, avoid dangerous side effects
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He waved to them and they waved back, but they didn't know they were waving to their old playmate Marmaduke, he was so mixed up with all the children of the woman who lived on the canalboat that looked just like a shoe.
Half-Past Seven Stories
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They lazed the morning away and that afternoon, they walked down Duke of Gloucester Street.
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The Duke spares Shylock's life and offers to waive the state's claim to half Shylock's wealth, requiring only a fine.
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Your liege William the Conqueror, the duke of Normandy, is ready to invade England.
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Country, preferred from Earl to Duke of _New-Castle_; was a Person equally addicted both to Arms and Arts, which will eternize his Name to all Posterity, so long as Learning, Loyalty, and Valour shall be in
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687)
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It encouraged the adherents of this house to attribute to it an almost regal dignity, and to intimate more and more plainly its claim upon the throne of France, as descended through the Dukes of Lorraine from Charlemagne -- a title superior to that of the Valois, who could trace their origin to no higher source than the usurper Hugh Capet.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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In a speech, the duke said that mental health should not be a taboo subject.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Duke also spoke to gym members before he opened the building in front of local dignitaries and pool users.
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The duke and duchess were there to highlight the threat of poaching and how animals and people can co-exist in such remote rural areas.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Dukes Playhouse is presenting Grimm Tales as its annual open-air theatre event - an adaption by Carol Ann Duffy of folk stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
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That's why those who want the griff on the Duke of X and Waity Katie are really better off here.
Hugh Muir's Diary
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In one of my favourite scenes, the Duke catches an embarrassed Valentine attempting to elope with Silvia and banishes him.
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Bishop Fenelon, a contemporary of Louis XIV, was an eminent and great philosopher, a critic of government, and tutor to the Duke of Burgoyne, heir to the French throne.
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Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Duke University, 1956, p. 274; and Carter Papers: An Inventory .... ") [7] The word" reave "meant to rob or strip at Carter's time.
Letter from Robert Carter to [Robert Jones, October 18, 1728]
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Early in the morning Isabel came to the prison, and the duke, who there awaited her coming, for secret reasons thought it good to tell her that Claudio was beheaded; therefore when Isabel inquired if Angelo had sent the pardon for her brother, he said, Angelo has released Claudio from this world.
Measure for Measure
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Topics Geraldine Ferraro Ms. Ferraro proved a game campaigner, and duked it out with Vice President George Bush in a debate remembered most strongly for a remark Mr. Bush's wife, Barbara, made in the days leading up to it.
Geraldine Ferraro, Political Groundbreaker, Dies at 75
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That minister had himself gone the length of petitioning the Scotch Privy Council for a birth-brieve, or certificate, to attest his descent from the Castlehill family, and the petition was refused through the influence of the Duke of Lauderdale.
Life of Adam Smith
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Duke also points out that freshwater black bass, the familiar largemouth and smallmouth, are found in 49 of the 50 states.
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The Duke's public pronouncements on marriage have been scarce.
Times, Sunday Times
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You are not allowed to enroll full-time in another university while on a leave of absence from Duke.
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His horse got to be prime minister, and he apparently sold a chart-topping number of dukedoms, earldoms and baronetcies.
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Every other titled lord from Duke to Squire in the area was at that table.
SHARDS OF A BROKEN CROWN
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It covers less than thirty pages folio, and is chiefly occupied, as the title imports, with the military events of the conquest by the duke of Alva.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3
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Photo credit: AP | This undated photo provided by Bonhams & Butterfields shows a 1960s signed photolithograph named "Aloha - Duke.
WN.com - Articles related to Surf's up! Hawaiian sea turtles take to the waves
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It is five months since the Duke of York visited Thrall as he began his new role as a special ambassador for trade and industry.
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The duke slashed out with a sound of fury, backhanding Edith across the face.
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The Duke de Montellano, president of the Council of Castille, counterbalanced the authority, until then unlimited, of Porto-Carrero; the auditorship of finance, which had always appertained to the prime minister, being taken from him.
Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2)
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The duke gave these back out to those loyal to him, transforming his barons into an aristocracy that was loyal to him.
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He then went on for his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at the Duke University Medical C.nter in Durham, N.C. Pippas spent some time in Lakeland, Fla., before coming to the C.lumbus cancer center seven years ago.
Ledger-Enquirer.com: Breaking News
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She encouraged the Duke in his gallantries towards the fair stranger, and seemed to regard them as complimentary to herself.
Quentin Durward
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I mean then to state what, according to my notion are bad ingredients in composition and first, Inversion of Sentences, which may be instanced by recurring to a line in the Rehearsal, by the Duke of Buckingham, 'And me her dear parthenope she calls' now when this is rendered into plain English it is — 'And she calls me her dear Parthenope'.
Letter 94
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The Duke of York emerges from a restored buffet car at Leeming Bar station on the Wensleydale Railway to be met by schoolchildren.
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Thus much adoo there was in this parlement, speciallie about them that were thought to be guiltie of the duke of Glocesters death, and of the condemning of the other lords that were adiudged traitors in the forsaid late parlement holden in the said one and twentith yeare of king
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV
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He argued that Camilla should not become queen, and instead take the title Duchess of Lancaster - the king is always the Duke of Lancaster.
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Duke, you old son of a gun, how are you?
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But or he came so far forward, Arnold bishop of Liege had been with the king and had greatly entreated for the duke of Juliers, that the king should not be miscontent with him, though he were father to the duke of Gueldres; for he excused him of the defiance that his son had made, affirming how it was not by his knowledge nor consent, wherefore, he said, it were pity that the father should bear the default of the son.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
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Bourne has dcme the fodishest thing that ever a sensible man was guilty of; he made solimtationa tQ the Duke of Devonshire for a Chaplsinship to a Man of War, and is now sailed in the Ruby, in Boscawen*s squadnm, for the £ast Indies: this he dkl uakaowtt to most of hitr friends, and without any view of other inlepest than the heim
Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century; comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A.
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The persons chosen by the Chamber of Representatives were Carnot, Fouche, and Grenier, those nominated by the Peers were the Duke of Vicenza (Caulaincourt) and Baron Quinette.
The Memoirs of Napoleon
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Whether forced or voluntary, Roman emperors, kings and queens, hereditary princes and grand dukes and, yes, even popes have abdicated.
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And the very first person she saw — of course! — was the Duke of Bewcastle, looking dark and elegant and toplofty as he stood at the opposite side of the room conversing with a handsome raven-haired lady who was seated and sipping from a glass of wine.
Slightly Dangerous
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While at the reception the duke approached them and inquired about the school they were representing, before asking how many governors the school had.
Times, Sunday Times
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The duke governs through a minister of state, who is the praeses of all the departments -- finance, home affairs, education, public worship and statistics.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
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His name was often appended to the titles of foreign corps that fought for Britain in the Napoleonic period: amongst them was the Duke of York's Greek Light Infantry which wore the kilt-like fustanella now sported by the evzones.
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One must see people undressed to judge truly of their shape; when they are dressed to go abroad, their clothes are contrived to conceal, or at least palliate the defects of it: as full-bottomed wigs were contrived for the Duke of Burgundy, to conceal his hump back.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
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Nephew Emanuell, with Troopes of faire and towardly force, who were honoutably welcommed and entertained by the Duke, but much more by the Dutchesse, because shee was their sister in Law.
The Decameron
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He made great play of the fact that his uncle was a duke.
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During the regency of Duke of Orleans, regent for the minor heir Louis XV, the formalities of the court gave way to a more casual and intimate atmosphere.
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But Shakespeare makes him live with himself and the consequences of his human weakness (not hypocrisy -- the Duke is hypocritical when he plays bawd to Mariana, but Angelo knows exactly what he's doing).
Measure For Measure
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A professor in the departments of ethnomusicology and music at UCLA, he is a recognized authority on the music of Duke Ellington.
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The exalted status of peers such as the Duke of Norfolk is a faint echo of this power in the land.
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The duke and duchess have talked in the past about their competitive nature.
Times, Sunday Times
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There was a hushed twitter among the other Dukes, then silence.
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We must waken, Muske-Dukes admonishes, to our need to empathize, to overcome our great human tendency to forget, to distance, to protect ourselves from the conditions of others, to things happening elsewhere, something that is perhaps most dangerously possible in language.
Carol Muske-Dukes: "To a Soldier" Poem
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Antipholus appeals to the Duke for justice against his wife, who he claims has locked him out of his house and conspired to have him falsely imprisoned as a madman.
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Duke hunted along the dashboard for a pen and jotted a few things in the borders of a curling menu.
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Current convention would make him a prince and a duke.
The Sun
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The Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII, is famous for abdicating the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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Confidence in regards to what, the Duke wanted to ask, but decided it would be impolitic.
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In light of the recent PowerPoint compiled by a Duke student, chronicling her sexual exploits in excruciating detail, I realized that she left out one contender: Duke lacrosse player Sam Mallard.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The Duke Duck List
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The dukes and earls have been sent packing from the House of Lords.
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Nothing survives which was painted by van Eyck for the Duke, but other works by him indicate that wealthy middle-class and ecclesiastic patrons followed the lead of the Burgundian Duke.
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Elizabeth, the duke of Saxe, the landgrave of Hesse, the princes of Orange, the Condés and Colignys, have done all, and books nothing.
A Philosophical Dictionary
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It worked because the very essence of it was that it changed from the leader to the lord, from the duke to the lord, and the lord is the loaf-ward who must feed his people.
Canada's Relations With China
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Indeed, Esmond’s general, who was known as a grumbler, and to have a hearty mistrust of the great Duke, and hundreds more officers besides, did not scruple to say that these private reasons came to the Duke in the shape of crown-pieces from the French King, by whom the
The History of Henry Esmond
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The degree of that title would depend upon the titles available to the family -- it would not necessarily be the degree immediately beneath the rank of Duke.
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The German battle fleet, London advised, was ten miles southwest of Iron Duke.
Castles of Steel
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A variant of duke was the medieval title doge, for the ruler of independent cities such as Genoa and
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Truculent and self-confident as he was, he never acted against the royal authority in such a manner as to oblige the king to strike him down in secret; and it is difficult to believe that Louis XIV, peaceably seated on his throne, with all the enemies of his minority under his feet, should have revenged himself on the duke as an old Frondeur.
Celebrated Crimes (Complete)
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One might an archduke kill, another a handsome president.
The Morality of Physics 101 - an elective
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The grand duke or duchess, the ceremonial head of state, appoints the prime minister, who is responsible to a sixty-member Chamber of Deputies that is popularly elected every five years.
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The presence of the rude mechanicals who put on a play for their duke gives the audience a comical but telling image of theatre as a vital form of social exchange.
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Italy there were so many forms of government, dukedoms, baronies, marquisates, signories, city republics, each with its own custom regulations, not to speak of each having its own coinage and language, that travelers encountered obstacles almost at every step.
Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920
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The Australian government's lack of consensus on taxation and environmental issues has threatened several oil and gas projects, including the North West Shelf expansion, Gorgon gasfield development, Bayu Undan, PNG Gas Pipeline, Methanex's Syngas facility in Darwin and Duke Energy's Bass Strait Pipeline.
Energy profile of Australia
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He must promise to betroth her to Giovanni Sforza, duke of Pesaro.
THE FAMILY
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[Pageheading: LORD DALHOUSIE] [Pageheading: INDIA AND THE DUKE] _The Marquis of Dalhousie to Queen Victoria.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861
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The redshirt sophomore suffered a season-ending knee injury five seconds into Duke's exhibition opener.
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The castles of the rebellious barons were razed and the nobles never challenged the duke's power again.
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The monument of Francis the Second, Duke of Bretagne, and father to Anne of Bretagne, the Queen of France, is one of the most magnificent of the kind in France, and from this circumstance, I suppose, has been suffered to survive the Revolution undefaced.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
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Sure enough, the flags waving high in the streets of the city bore the crest of Northwind, where Jessie's husband, Ben, was Duke.
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The duke first went into tails at only fifteen.
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Notwithstanding this weak invention, Italy was still afflicted, Rome was again besieged, and the suburb of Classe, only three miles from Ravenna, was pillaged and occupied by the troops of a simple duke of Spoleto.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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But, for the staff and patients who had the chance of a lifetime to speak to Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh, it was a moment that will be etched on their memories forever.
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Rine decided these were not the friendly, sympathetic guards she and the duke had encountered earlier.
