Everybody bowed when the seignor entered. From LearnThat.org.
"But what must they do then, seignior?" said the Spaniard. From Wordnik.com. [The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe]
“As you will, my good seignior,” replied the Bohemian. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
"Why, seignior," says the Spaniard, "by the same rule, we must be your servants, too.". From Wordnik.com. [The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe]
Here the influential men were the curé, the seignior, and the captain of the militia. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
We seemed turning from an impressive text as we left the tomb; left the old grand seignior in his little six feet of earth -- six feet out of. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
Thus the vizier, or prime minister, who remained in the capital, became, by degrees, a more influential personage than 'the grand seignior' himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
This advice was good: but Will Atkins replied merrily, "That is true, seignior, and so shall I too; and that is the reason I would go on while I am warm.". From Wordnik.com. [The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe]
He was cruel beyond measure -- if the grand seignior can ever be so called, who is taught that he may lop off a score of heads each day 'for divine inspiration.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
When they reached the rapids near the lovely basin of Chambly -- named after a French officer and seignior in later times -- the French boat could not be taken any. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
The seignior on his accession to his estate was required to pay homage to the King, or to his feudal superior in case the lands were granted by another than the King. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
The seignior was obliged to cultivate his estate at a risk of forfeiture, consequently it was absolutely necessary that he should exert himself to bring settlers upon his lands. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
"As you will, my good seignior," replied the Bohemian. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
"That seignior is very skilful in managing great affairs.". From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
What kind of a seignior is he who studies the price of things?. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
Instead of a prodigal and negligent grand-seignior, here at last is. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Regime, Volume 1] Reference
Separated from his equals, the seignior, again, is further away from his inferiors. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
Of this Francis Carrara, seignior of Padua, and the King of Hungary were the leaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07] Reference
Sometimes the seignior, to economize, confers the title on one of his own dependents. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
He may kill a wife gradually, and be no more questioned than the Grand seignior who drowns. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne] Reference
He was a "sage seignior," a prudent governor, one on whom his Majesty could entirely repose. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
It is confounded with the seignior and his family; in this relation people are proud of him. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
And observe that we are at the residence of a grand seignior, in a circle of enlightened men. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
Thus, when in the morning the seignior of the castle of Azay desired to salute the daughter of King. From Wordnik.com. [Droll Stories — Volume 2] Reference
We were dining with one of our fellow members of the Academy, a grand seignior and a man of intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
The seignior appoints a bailly, warden and road overseer, one M. Theurault (at Sagonne), a fiscal attorney. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
He bad been made seignior of a large tract outside of the town, which was destined one day to be a part of it. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old Quebec] Reference
After 1800, he pays nothing out of 100 francs of income to the seignior or to the clergy; he pays but little to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Regime, Volume 1] Reference
The first is that of the justice which your Majesty, as natural seignior, ought to furnish and administer to those vassals. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
They are almost delegated kings, and for life; for they not only receive all that the king would receive as seignior, but again. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
The seignior deducts a portion of all their crops in provisions or in cattle, and, at their deaths, a portion of their inheritances. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
The seignior, sovereign and proprietor, maintains for himself under this double title, the moors, the river, the forest, all the game. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
Before 1789, he paid, on 100 francs net income, 14 to the seignior, 14 to the clergy, 53 to the State, and kept only 18 or 19 for himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Regime, Volume 1] Reference
In the hall or great room of the manor house was usually an enormous table used both as court of justice by the seignior and festive board. From Wordnik.com. [Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom] Reference
Spain, -- as suggested, they pronounced it very dangerous for any seignior to absent himself, in the condition of affairs which then existed. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
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