beadroll
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To Jock himself it gave a keen momentary pang to see his own name only third in that beadroll of honour; but so it was.
From Sir Tom by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Yet the works of those great writers, those immortals 'On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled' are stable in our affections as is the sun in the firmament.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.
Zounds, here's a beadroll of bills at the gate indeed; back, ye base!
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
"Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled, On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled."
From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Turpin, Edna Henry Lee
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