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Argument, as Bounty and Magnificence is, which precious Jewell, even as the Sunne is the beauty, or ornament and bright glory of al heaven; so is bounty and magnificence the Crowne of all vertues.
The Decameron 2004
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Sea, our voyages by land, and traffiques of merchandise by both: and hauing (so much as in me lieth) restored ech particular member, being before displaced, to their true ioynts and ligaments; I meane, by the helpe of Geographie and Chronologie (which I may call the Sunne and the Moone, the right eye and the left of all history) referred ech particular relation to the due time and place: I do this second time (friendly Reader, if not to satisfie, yet at least for the present to allay and hold in suspense thine expectation) presume to offer vnto thy view this first part of my threefold discourse.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In the year 1500 Wynkyn de Worde moved from Westminster to the 'Sunne' in Fleet Street.
A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer 1901
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"This series launch will delight fans of Jean Plaidy and Sharon Kay Penman's The Sunne in Splendour as well as readers of sweeping historical sagas, especially those fascinated by the War of the Roses and the mystery of the princes in the Tower."
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The chapter in question didn't exactly answer any of his questions, although Ye Boke of Sunne, Ye Boke of Moone, and Ye Boke of Starres were named as the "prime texts of the heinous practitioners of those who seek anarchy and chaos."
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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So it was that I tracked down her best-known work, The Sunne in Splendour, a vast saga covering the Wars of the Roses from 1459 to the Battle of Bosworth a quarter of a century later.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009
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Any thoughts I might have had of writing a Shakespearan wide-screen epic on the Wars of Roses are effectively scuppered, since The Sunne in Splendour does it so well.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009
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I think you'll find Here be Dragons more to your taste, Tim - easily as good, in my opinion, as the Sunne in Splendour.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009
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The wonderful Sharon kay Penman in her "The Sunne in Splendour" arrives to similar conclusions about Richard she places the murder on Buckingham.
Daughter of Time elena maria vidal 2009
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Nonetheless The Sunne in Splendour does show that the period lends itself to the epic tale.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009
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