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He gart ilk juge redres the skaithis that come to the party be his wrang sentence; throw quhilk, he decorit his realm with mony nobil actis, and ejeckit the vennomus custome of riotus cheir, quhilk wes inducit afore be

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

In nobil sangue vita umile e queta, Ed in alto intelletto on puro core; Frutto senile in sul giovenil fiore, E in aspetto pensoso anima lieta.

The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

By the 1960s, of course, there were no more counts in Mexico, such titles having lapsed after the death of Maximilian, but in Toledo they were still thought of as nobil - ity and they behaved as such.

Mexico Michener, James 1992

In Spanish sixteenth - and seventeenth - century authors the term acquired an ironic twist, as in the expression hacerse de los godos (“to claim nobil - ity, to put on airs”).

CONCEPT OF GOTHIC WAYNE DYNES 1968

This is what happened in the seventeenth century, when the rising bourgeoisie challenged the supremacy of the old nobil - ity, especially in England.

LIBERALISM JOHN PLAMENATZ 1968

'Tis not a white bar-racks: 'tis the Palazzo di Vaskmenton, a nobil gen-e-ral woo lives there, and was for-mer-ly king of the A-mer-i-cain nations.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

FALCONCINI, Vita del nobil uomo e gran servo di Dio, Raffaello Maffei

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Valsecca represented her escape from this bondage -- the dash of romance and folly in a life of elegant formalities; and the Countess, who would not have sacrificed to him one of her rights as a court-lady or a nobil donna of the Golden Book, regarded him as the reward which Providence accords to a well-regulated conduct.

The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899

We may cite in particular the canzone to Leonora at her uncle's villa, beginning "_Al nobil colle ove in antichi marmi_":

Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) 1886

_Signore_, or master of my soul, _madonna, anima mia, dolce mio ben, nobil persona, _ are the terms of adoration with which he approaches his mistress.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866