Macedonia, was founded at Ochrida by Shishman, a boyar from Trnovo. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
All fire — simply explosive as gunpowder — and stately as a boyar!. From Wordnik.com. [A Sportsman's Sketches] Reference
A prince or boyar, ending his father's name not in "ev" but in "vitch"?. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
The new tsar acted against the jealousy of other boyar families with intrigue and persecution. From Wordnik.com. [1582] Reference
The Russians then deposed Basil, and a boyar faction offered the throne to Wladyslaw, son of Sigismund. From Wordnik.com. [1582] Reference
No matter how much money there is to be made in Russia these days, it ultimately doesn't count for much the day a boyar or simple chinovnik decides to take it away. From Wordnik.com. [Russia's Crony Statism] Reference
This he afterwards explained by saying that to a boyar the pride of his house and name is his own pride, that their glory is his glory, that their fate is his fate. From Wordnik.com. [The Deadlocked City] Reference
The prosecutor appeared at a window, motioned Arkady to wait and, five minutes later, emerged as the very picture of a boyar in a coat and boots trimmed with wolf fur. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
Upon the tale the boyar had brought him he offered now no comment. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series] Reference
Here I am noble; I am boyar; the common people know me, and I am master. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
Yes, my friends, the very same boyar apparatchiks who got us into this mess - the Hon. From Wordnik.com. [National Review Online] Reference
They attach themselves as a rule to some great noble or boyar, and call themselves by his name. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
"Is this the dish you recommended so highly?" said Peter, fixing a terrible look on the shrinking boyar. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
"I should like your majesty to try that dish," said the boyar: "I fancy that you will find it very good.". From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
In the second half of the seventeenth century, the family of the boyar Artamon Matveieff was one of the most cultivated in. From Wordnik.com. [Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893] Reference
Even the most haughty boyar may have to genuflect to official orthodoxy on everything from social equity to sanctioned science. From Wordnik.com. [Snowflakes in Hell] Reference
His Excellency was a bluff but elegant bureaucrat, who had succeeded Count Witte, a man of refinement, belonging to a very old boyar family. From Wordnik.com. [The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia] Reference
But when the boyar had gone, Boris Godunov heaved himself to his feet, and strode over to the fire, his great head sunk between his massive shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series] Reference
What motivates a man who is living on a scale unknown to a Czarist boyar to risk his position, even his life! in a stupidly impossible revolt against the country's government?. From Wordnik.com. [manybooks.net] Reference
Eurofighter Typhoon J-11B Su-30MKI MKM Su-35 F-22 korean history korea corea coree arirang huns boyar mago flood asia mongoloid altaic tungus tengri tenger khan stan The Second. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
“The Berlin edition contains no mention of Sukhotin, but in that edition Nilus said, ‘Pray for the soul of the boyar Alexis.’. From Wordnik.com. [The History of a Lie 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion'] Reference
Peter himself fell a victim to his boyar rivals. From Wordnik.com. [g. The Second Bulgarian Empire] Reference
"I was in the kitchen while it was being prepared, and saw the boyar, when the cook's back was turned, drop a powder into the dish. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
The ancient boyar looked down at her. From Wordnik.com. [The Drums of Jeopardy] Reference
The boyar was taken aback by the question. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series] Reference
Bulgaria under the boyar Shishman Mokar (963). From Wordnik.com. [Bulgaria] Reference
Romanov, Nikita, boyar leader. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 65] Reference
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