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Examples
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"If his princeship is a little worse splintered than the others, why, so much the better.
Patsy 1887
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He sold out his own siblings for some Turkish Delight and a promise of princeship.
Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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He sold out his own siblings for some Turkish Delight and a promise of princeship.
Thoughts on Narnia Hal Duncan 2009
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Not being able to evaluate the relative importance of Turkish Delight versus princeship … being more concerned with sugary treatness than with political traction … surely Edmund could be quite literally described as in-nocent here — as “not-knowing”.
Thoughts on Narnia Hal Duncan 2009
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Not being able to evaluate the relative importance of Turkish Delight versus princeship … being more concerned with sugary treatness than with political traction … surely Edmund could be quite literally described as in-nocent here — as “not-knowing”.
Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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It was for them the sign of princeship, as a tiara was the sign of godhead.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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To me the Prince of Wales will be no more than a shearer, unless when I meet him he displays some personality apart from his princeship -- otherwise he can go hang.
My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916
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'O dreamer, sit still in thy chamber, thou art a prince: air thy princeship, men will teach thee thou art an ass!'
The Valley of the Kings Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905
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"May the leprosy seize him and his princeship!" shouted the banker.
The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879
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The butler made up his mind to claim the crown princeship and the hand of the Lady Molinda; because, as he justly remarked to William, here was such a chance to better himself as might not soon come in his way again.
Prince Prigio Andrew Lang 1878
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