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The next morning, by the breake of day, Dianora arose, and attiring her selfe in her very meanest garments, with two servingmen before her, and a waiting Woman following, she went to the lodging of Signior
The Decameron 2004
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Walking, with the Lady Vinta and two servingmen of the House of Bayle, my side still hurting from its encounter with a sword hilt, beneath a moonbright, starbright sky, through a sea mist, away from Death Alley.
Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986
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Unto this sort also may our great swarms of idle serving-men be referred, of whom there runneth a proverb, "Young servingmen, old beggars," because service is none heritage.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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He pointed out this man as the thief to his ready servingmen, who fell upon M. de la Feuillade, and, stripping him to find the watch, gave the Prince time to escape and reach his place of rendezvous.
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Unsuspecting travellers, and servingmen who had fallen asleep by the way, met a similar fate.
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Then a noise was distinctly heard as of a key turning in the hole, and out burst the two Jacks, shouting for joy, and a whole troop of knights and squires and servingmen came rushing wildly forth behind them.
Mopsa the Fairy 1910
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Unto this sort also may our great swarms of idle serving-men be referred, of whom there runneth a proverb, Young servingmen, old beggars, because service is none heritage.
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The governor's door was open, and in the hall servingmen were moving to and fro.
The Literary World Seventh Reader Hetty Sibyl Browne 1907
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Then all these servingmen stood up and shook themselves, and said -- 'To bed.'
The Fifth Queen Crowned Ford Madox Ford 1906
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The Governor's door was open, and in the hall servingmen were moving to and fro.
To Have and to Hold Mary Johnston 1903
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