beadroll
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Fame's eternall beadroll, 302. eternal camping-ground, 181. proud temple shines afar, 670.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
Our readers will recall Spenser's eulogium on "Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled, On Fame's eternal beadroll worthie to be fyled."
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
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."
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
This roster of forty "Mesdames" was thereafter accepted as the authorized beadroll of the Carthage Four Hundred.
From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert
In fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be fil'd.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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