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Which of Joan's five chief deeds shall we call the chiefest?

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2 Mark Twain 1872

After he had thus lovingly received them, and perceiving that his mother Volumnia would begin to speak to him, he called the chiefest of the council of the Volsces to hear what she would say.

Characters of Shakespeare's Plays William Hazlitt 1804

The chiefest was his maiesties crowne, being close vnder the top very faire wrought: in mine opinion, the workmanship of so much gold few men can amend.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Of all days in which that emphasis should be remembered, the chiefest is the day when men are thinking about social reformation.

Christianity and Progress Harry Emerson Fosdick

For when we come to God, then we believe no more, but rather see with our eyes face to face how He is; yet for all that love remains still; so that love may be called the chiefest, because she endureth forever.

The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin Grenville Kleiser 1910

Of this the chiefest is his books, and as the Society as such had no part in them, anything more than a reference to them is outside the scope of this volume.

The History of the Fabian Society Edward R. Pease 1906

(How often thus we miscall our chiefest mercies -- not only thinking them distant when they are near, but thinking the best the worst!) 20.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Such was the Roof under which dwelt the kindred of the Wolfings; and the other kindreds of the Mid-mark had roofs like to it; and of these the chiefest were the Elkings, the Vallings, the Alftings, the Beamings, the

The House of the Wolfings William Morris 1865

The famous Mr. John Eliot, having business with my uncle, spent the last night with us, a truly worthy man, who, by reason of his great labors among the heathen Indians, may be called the chiefest of our apostles.

Tales and Sketches, Complete Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

The famous Mr. John Eliot, having business with my uncle, spent the last night with us, a truly worthy man, who, by reason of his great labors among the heathen Indians, may be called the chiefest of our apostles.

Margaret Smith's Journal Part 1, from Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849