The Stricker,—extract from his satirical poem, “Amis the Priest.
The oldest Jacobin Club formed in February, 1790, was entitled "(Club des vrais amisde la Constitution.
On the other hand the sacrifice of the children for the faithful servant has its closest parallel in the old French romance of Amis and Amilun, where Amis smears Amilun with the blood of his child to cure him of leprosy.
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The end of the Grimms' tale of Faithful John is clearly the same as that of Amis and Amile.
And the King received them much joyously, and made of Amis his treasurer, and of Amile his server.
And whenas Amile drew nigh to Paris he found a pilgrim and asked if he had seen Amis whom men had chased out of his land; and that one said nay, he had not.
But Amis abode with his wife, and he became mesel by the will of our Lord, in such wise that he might not move from his bed; for God chastiseth him that He loveth.
Trouble not thine heart," said Amis, "I am not he whom thou deemest; but I am Amis who seeketh Amile.
And when they saw Amis coming with his fellows all armed, they rose up and armed them, and so went forth before them; and Amis said to his fellows: "I see French knights who come against us in arms.
But Amile did off his coat and gave it to the pilgrim and said: "Pray thou to our Lord and his Hallows that they give me to find Amis my fellow.
And Amis fell to blaming Amile, and said: "Change we our garments and our horses, and get thee to my house, and I will do the battle for thee against the traitor.
After these things Amis betook him to the Castle of Bericain and laid siege before it; and abode there before so long, that they of the castle rendered themselves to him.
She introduced them with a gay inclusive little: "Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis"; then turned away to bid a guest good-bye.
The last attempt to reorganize them was the foundation of the Reunion d'amis de l'egalite et de la liberte, in July 1799, which had its headquarters in the Salle du Manege of the Tuileries, and was thus known as the Club du Manege.
He bethinks him that he has a companion, Amis (the Friend), who has always been faithful; and he will go to him in his trouble.
Bot for so moche as he blind is, Fulofte time he goth amis 350 And takth the badde for the goode, Which hindreth many a mannes fode Withoute cause, and forthreth eke.
Forthi, my fader, as of this, That my wenynge hath gon amis 1970 Touchende to Surquiderie, Yif me my penance er I die.
Of Pite forto speke plein, Which is with mercy wel besein, Fulofte he wole himselve peine To kepe an other fro the peine: For Charite the moder is Of Pite, which nothing amis Can soffre, if he it mai amende.
It was one of the Amis Reunis, which had now rid itself of all the insignificant mysticism of the sect.
The Amis Reunis were little behind the Illuminati in every thing that was irreligious and anarchical, and had no inclination for any of the formalities of ritual, &c.
Yet I am certain that such doctrines were habitually preached in the Lodges of Philalethes, and Amis Reunis de la Verite.
The sects of Philalethes, and Amis Reunis were refinements engrafted on the system of the Chevaliers Bienfaisants at Lyons.
They were received with open arms by the Philalethes, the Amis de la Verite, the Social Contract, &c.
But it was healed, and the Fraternity took the name of Misa du Renis, which is an anagram of des Amis Reunis.
These schisms were continued with some heat, but were in a great measure repaired in Lodges which took the name of Amis reunis de la Verité.
He was member of a Lodge of the Amis Reunis at Paris, called the Contract Social, and of the Lodge of Chevaliers Bienfaisants at Lyons.
Such was the case for Amisand Amile, Floire and Blanchefleur, and many others.
Amis and Amile, that is to say Amicus and Amelius, are two young knights who at the beginning of their career become profoundly attached to each other.
And Amis said to him, "Let not this thing be, that my comrade should become a murderer for my sake.
Amis declares that it was really an angel, and Amile never thinks of doubting his friend's word.
On that day it is the duty of Amis to fight in a trial by battle.
Amis and Amile," which otherwise ought to seem more foreign to us, is strangely close in its glorification of friendship; for chivalry left with us at least this one great ethical feeling, that to keep faith in friendship is a holy thing.
For thy children whom I had slain by the commandment of the angel, are alive, and by their blood is Amis healed.
And the best of all is said to be "Amis and Amile," which the English rendered as "Amicus and Amelius.
Amis and Amile were of the host, and very near to the person of the King.
But Amis sent messages to him that he should return in all surety, since he had avenged him upon Arderay, and thus, by proxy, was he married to the daughter of the King.
So Amis rejoiced greatly in his bride; and returned as quickly as he might to the castle where he had hidden Amile, his companion.
So when they were near at hand Amis cried aloud-- "Who are you, knights, that are so eager to slay Amisthe Banished and his companions?
Moreover the King caused to be brought the two coffins of stone wherein were buried Amis and Amile, and Amile was carried to the church of St. Peter, and Amis to the church of St. Eusebius.
So he saluted the pilgrim, and went his way to Paris, seeking in every place for news of Amis his friend, and finding none.
Then Amis said to his companions-- "Behold these French knights who seek to do us a mischief.
Now for the space of nearly two years Amile had sought for Amis without pause or rest.
And Amis made reply-- "So truly as the angel hath held converse with me this night, so may God make me clean of my infirmity.
Yet this is what Amile did for Amis in the great epic of friendship of the Middle Ages.
After the death of his father divers evil persons wrought Amis much mischief, because of the envy they felt towards him; but nevertheless he bore them no ill will, and patiently suffered all the wrong and malice that they did.
He comments regretfully upon the fact that Bertrand des Amis should have died by ill-chance on the very eve of so profitable a vogue of sword-play.
On Sundays the academy made half-holiday; but on this Sunday such had been the state of suspense and ferment in the city that no one having appeared by eleven o'clock both des Amis and Andre-Louis had gone out.
Amis had meanwhile become of the friendliest, and he was now beginning to receive from him other pupils than mere beginners.
Amis burst into laughter; and having laughed his fill, confessed himself charmed by his applicant's fundamental honesty.
The death of des Amis left him with so profound a sense of loneliness and desolation that he had no thought or care for the sudden access of fortune which it automatically procured him.
Amis frowned, looking up sharply as if to see whether his applicant was taking the liberty of amusing himself.
Amis called Andre-Louis to one of the occasional lessons which he still received.
Amis that his assistant had developed into a fencer of very considerable force, a man in a bout with whom it became necessary to exert himself if he were to escape defeat.
The committee of the section of the "Amis de la Patrie," "considering that citizen Girard.
In the section of 'Les Amisde la Patrie,' one half have no bread.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
