beadroll
Britishnoun
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On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field.
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It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line.
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XL "God you reward, Sir Siegfried!" said the noble child, "For all your high deservings in honor's beadroll fil'd, The which I know from all men have won you fame and grace."
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In fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be fil'd.
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It is said that men have stolen the livery of heaven in which to serve the devil; but it seems hardly consistent with the pretensions of the church that she should be compelled to appropriate the beadroll of Infidelity in order to make her appear respectable.
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