Council of Ten
Americannoun
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Under the Inspector General Act, anonymous denunciations thrive in Washington as they have rarely done since the Council of Ten in the Venice of the doges.
From Time Magazine Archive
You can't keep Erikson out, and the Council of Ten has left us on our own.
From Turning Point by Coppel, Alfred
Fear the Council of Ten if you are not good citizens.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
We come now to the papers of the Council of Ten; all of these were committed to the custody of the Secret Chancellery.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
He was nominated a member of the Council of Ten in 1399, and, after holding various offices of state, elected Doge in 1423.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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