Sentence examples for nobleman for from inspiring English sources

William of Palerne, condescendingly commissioned by a nobleman for the benefit of "them that know no French," is a homely paraphrase of a courtly Continental romance, the only poem in the group to take love as its central theme.

It is said that Solange, the 9th-century Frankish martyr, was beheaded by a local nobleman for rejecting his advances, but still managed to carry her own head to the local church, whereupon she collapsed and died.

Once the makeover was complete, and the frugal Empress had stoically ponied up four hundred thousand livres (the yearly income of a great nobleman) for a trousseau worthy of her new in-laws, the Dauphine and her entourage set off for France.

She surely would realize that, because she's not a virgin, she wouldn't be considered a fit match for any nobleman, for any man of her own station except for Benedick, the one who caused her fall, her seducer, who is, however, the one man she wouldn't have, taking him as a villain or, at least, holding him in contempt.

Not only is his year of birth disputed (either 1460 or 1469), but there are also two places in the city's Old Town claiming to be his birthplace, the most plausible being the castle where his father lived as a 15th-century nobleman for the military Order of Santiago.

A plenary indulgence cost 25 pieces of gold for a king, 10 for a nobleman, 3 for a merchant.

It's been eaten by Japanese noblemen for centuries; it contains phytins, which are thought to prevent cancer; and it's said to be impervious to the Heimlich maneuver.

Also, his inspiration, the religious order of the Mercedarians, officially known as the Glorious, Royal & Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy or Ransom, founded early in the 13th century by a group of Spanish noblemen for the express purpose of seeking the release of Christians who were being held captive by the Moors.

A new approach in 1217 and 1220 was to secure the consent of leading noblemen for the tax to be levied.

Pierre Josh Grobann, in a collaborative and assured Broadway debut), the dissolute son of a nobleman, searches for meaning in the bottom of a bottle.

At his death, Boeldieu says to his captor and fellow nobleman Von Rauffenstein Erich von Stroheimm): "For a common man it's terrible to die in war.