With him, Norfolk, with the rod of marshalship, a coronet on his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of King Henry the Eighth] Reference
The police force from this city, amounting to about sixty men, are under the marshalship of. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
No later than the night before the vacancy in the marshalship had fallen; it would not do to allow the town to go unbridled for even another night. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
I had a deputy marshalship all lined up for you if that hadn't happened. From Wordnik.com. [Laramie Holds the Range] Reference
With him, the DUKE OF NORFOLK, with the rod of marshalship, a coronet on his head. From Wordnik.com. [Act IV. Scene I. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth] Reference
Lammon, a magnificent carriage and horses, promising him in return the marshalship of the district of. From Wordnik.com. [Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America] Reference
Norfolk was angry because, during the last Welsh campaign, Edward had suspended him from the exercise of the marshalship. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)] Reference
"As a candidate for the marshalship of the nobility of the province we call upon staff-captain Yevgeney Ivanovitch Apuhtin!". From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
She will be remembered as having successfully discharged the duties of the United States marshalship in the Eastern Missouri district after the death of her father, and quite recently she has received an appointment in the Census Bureau as special agent to report upon recorded indebtedness in St. Louis. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Stanton Departs] Reference
And believe me, boy, a deputy marshalship isn't lying around loose every day! ". From Wordnik.com. [Laramie Holds the Range] Reference
“As a candidate for the marshalship of the nobility of the province we call upon staff-captain Yevgeney Ivanovitch. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
I saw this opening in the West, and -- well, a marshalship isn't quite as high a position as that of ambassador, but -- ". From Wordnik.com. [Waifs and Strays Part 1] Reference
But, if it came to being compelled to quit one or the other of the occupations, I'd still be a cow-puncher, and let the marshalship go. ". From Wordnik.com. [Ted Strong's Motor Car] Reference
And heere surrender vp my marshalship. From Wordnik.com. [The Spanish Tragedie] Reference
Broadhurst went on to his air-marshalship. From Wordnik.com. [The HurricaneStory]
The distinction most sought for by ambitious students, the marshalship of the "commencement" ceremonies, -- i.e. the conferring of degrees, speech-making, etc., of the graduating class, -- was an elective office and voted for by all the members of the class, so that, for this position of a day, scholarship was only of secondary importance, the personal popularity of the candidates determining the election. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I] Reference
The distinction most sought for by ambitious students, the marshalship of the “commencement "ceremonies, ” i.e. the conferring of degrees, speech-making, etc., of the graduating class, ” was an elective office and voted for by all the members of the class, so that, for this position of a day, scholarship was only of secondary importance, the personal popularity of the candidates determining the election. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of a Journalist]
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