Duke

Examples

• Then Prussia declared war in support of Austria, and the allied forces, under the Duke of Brunswick, prepared to invade France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For ten days after this repulse the Duke of Brunswick hesitated, and then he began to fall back towards the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He begged of high and low--of the shoeless cottage brat and the coroneted duke. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Of course, my fair readers would not have me guilty of such extreme ill-breeding as to differ in opinion from a noble duke! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The Duke of St. Austrey, who sat at his hostess's right, was naturally the chief figure of the evening. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• A cadet of the house was an officer of the great Duke and distinguished in the famous Saint Bartholomew conspiracy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As a result he was soon after made First Mathematician of the University of Pisa, and also Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke’s Court of Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It was undeniably exciting to meet a lady who found the van der Luydens' Duke dull, and dared to utter the opinion. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Chamberlain, take these people over to my brother, the Grand Duke's, and give them a square meal. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Duke is here, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The Duke of Leinster tells me that it is not severe, nor does it, he says, contain any libel. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The duke being of gentlemanly manners, to give everybody their due, sought to appease matters a little. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The Duke, then? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He stepped swiftly forward and touched the Duke upon the shoulder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The most noble, I ought to say the most gracious, the Duke of Devonshire once sent me two presents! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The Grand Dukes go to that little place at the Condamine. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Who knows; we are but mortal, even marquises and dukes are but mortal. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• By the way, that last letter of the Dukes--was it found in the boy's room after he was gone? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• An Italian family ruled as Dukes of Naxos, another line governed Seriphos, but those potentates were somewhere about the fifteenth century. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• They were rather on the level of the great land-owning dukes and peers of France and England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What was happening to the dukes, princes, and kings of the old dispensation during this age of change? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Others were parts of kingdoms, or even the capitals of dukes or kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At last we arrived and were received at the first entrance-room by the Dukes of Devonshire and Leinster, dressed in light blue dominos. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It had no dukes, princes, counts, nor any sort of title-bearers claiming to ascendancy or respect as a right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Oh, what a fine thing is the patronage of mighty dukes! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But as to counts, marquises, dukes, earls, and the like, I was not so scrupulous. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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