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  • I envy thee, old man, aye, and every man who leads a life secure, unknown and unrenowned; but little I envy those in office.

    Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

  • I envy thee, old man, aye, and every man who leads a life secure, unknown and unrenowned; but little I envy those in office.

    Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

  • He comes from an unrenowned region, has no powerful family connections, and by a somewhat bitter tongue and rasping wit has isolated himself.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • He comes from an unrenowned region, has no powerful family connections, and by a somewhat bitter tongue and rasping wit has isolated himself.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • He comes from an unrenowned region, has no powerful family connections, and by a somewhat bitter tongue and rasping wit has isolated himself.

    Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971

  • He comes from an unrenowned region, has no powerful family connections, and by a somewhat bitter tongue and rasping wit has isolated himself.

    Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971

  • He comes from an unrenowned region, has no powerful family connections, and by a somewhat bitter tongue and rasping wit has isolated himself.

    Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971

  • Three Trees of Rembrandt, black in shadow against the blaze of sunlight; and thou Rosy Cottager of Sir Joshua, -- thy roses hinted by the peppery burin of Bartolozzi; ye, too, of lower grades in nature, yet not unlovely nor unrenowned, Young Bull of Paulus Potter, and Sleeping Cat of Cornelius Visscher; welcome once more to my eyes!

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

  • Know that I am lolaus, once the companion of Hercules; for this body is not unrenowned.

    The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides

  • "'Better to die in the flower of youth on the chance of winning a noble name than to live at ease like the sheep and die unloved and unrenowned.'"

    Halcyone Elinor Glyn 1903

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