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  • So after the winter had passed off quietly, the two emperors in perfect harmony, one having been formally elected, and the other having been admitted to share that honour, though chiefly in appearance, having traversed Thrace, arrived at Nissa, where in the suburb which is known as Mediana, and is three miles from the city, they divided the counts between them as if they were going to separate.

    The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851

  • Octava mediana, it being the eighth day after Laetare Sunday, called sometimes Mediana, or Middle of Lent; Repus, an abbreviation of repositus, i.e. absconditus, or hidden from the veiling of the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • Baldassari, S.J. (De Rosa Mediana, p. 190) says that the rose conferred about the year 1650 cost five hundred dollars.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • With regard to Tiburcio Arellanos, we need hardly state what the reader has no doubt already divined -- that this young man was in reality no other than Fabian, the last descendant of the Counts of Mediana.

    Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850

  • The crown will be placed on the head of another, and I shall not even have a son or any descendant bearing the name of Mediana, who one day might bow before my portrait and say, ` This man could be tempted neither by gold nor by a throne. '

    Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850

  • This mansion belonged to the noble family of Mediana, and formed part of the grand estates of this ancient house.

    Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850

  • For a long period, the Counts of Mediana had not inhabited the chateau of Elanchovi, and it had fallen into a state of neglect and partial decay, presenting a somewhat wild and desolate aspect.

    Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850

  • Mediana kept silence and preserved his haughty air.

    Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850

  • "My lord of Mediana," added Fabian, "I ask you once again, by the name we bear, by your honour, and the salvation of your soul, are you innocent of my mother's murder?"

    Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850

  • "Who are you then?" continued Fabian, in a mingled tone of astonishment and regret, for he repudiated the idea that a Mediana would have recourse to a cowardly subterfuge.

    Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Mayne Reid 1850

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