FRERE Once upon a time there were a Rajah and Ranee who had no children.
FRERE A Blind Man and a Deaf Man once entered into partnership.
And thanne loutede I adoun, Add he me leve grauntede; And so I parted hym fro, And the frere lefte.
Than toted I into a taverne, And there I aspyede Two frere Carmes With a ful coppe.
For love lafte thei lordshipe, Bothe lond and scole, Frere Fraunceys and Domynyk, For love to be holye.
I may wel suffre," seide Conscience, "Syn ye desiren That frere Flaterere be fet And phisike yow sike.
John Hookham Frere said, as quoted in a letter by Ellis, "I consider Sir Tristrem as by far the most interesting work that has as yet been published on the subject of our earliest poets.
Scott particularly admired a Middle-English version of The Battle of Brunanburgh which Frere wrote in his school-boy days, and considered him an authoritative critic of mediaeval English poetry.
The passage in the Poema del Cid which tells of the combat that followed has perhaps a better right than any other in the epic to the title 'Homeric' The translation which I furnish of it may not be so exact as those of Frere or Ormsby.
And some had black spots, as it appeared in our frere (?
Fortunately Pantagruel was too strong for the forces of Panurge and Frere Jean combined, and so they have been able to do little harm to the book.
The bridge of Croix d’Orade, previously secured by a bold attack of the 18th hussars, enabled Beresford and Frereto move up the left bank of the Garonne, and occupy ground in front of the heights preparatory to the grand attack.
Frere vainly endeavoured to rally his broken troops and lead them on again; they were driven back confusedly on the Ers, and their déroute appeared inevitable.
The bridge across the Ers was saved; Frerereformed his battalions, and the fugitives rejoined their colours.
The small party in Natal of which the Bishop of Colenso may be regarded as the leader, argued that Sir Bartle Frere had not only commenced an unjust war, but had commenced it with inadequate resources.
Sir Bartle Frereencouraged the completion of the great trunk lines of railways, and with the funds obtained by the demolition of the town walls (1862) he began the magnificent series of public buildings that now adorn Bombay.
In a concluding note to his Lives of the Saints he is described as "a Suffolke man, frere Austyn of Stoke Clare.
Secular asking and a Frere answerynge at the grave of Dame Johan of Acres shewith the lyneal descent of the lordis of the honoure of Clare fro .
The Colonial Office will by this mail have informed Sir Bartle Frereof this decision, and of its effects so far as he himself is concerned.
Sir Bartle Frere was specially charged, under his commission, with the protection of our own territory from native inroads, and was bound, in a great emergency, to make use of his immense delegated power in a prompt manner.
Sir Bartle Frere found it desirable to proceed to Natal early in 1879, and remained there during the crisis which resulted from the Isandhlwana disaster.
With perfect firmness and straightforwardness, accompanied by admirable tact and patience, Sir Bartle Frere pointed out the real position of affairs.
But surely if the world had been searched no more reliable man than Sir Bartle Frere could have been chosen.
Sir Bartle Frere concurred in that representation, and suggested that the officer selected should be fitted to succeed him in the position of High Commissioner.
And now we must be thankful to God, who sent such a man as Sir Bartle Frere to save the colonists from such a blow as Cetywayo intended to have aimed at them.
Sir Bartle Frere is to be converted into Sir Benjamin D'Urban!
The policy of Sir Bartle Frere received the hearty and most earnest support of those people who were best qualified to judge of it, the colonists of Natal and the Cape Colony.
They parted with mutual good feeling, and the Boers did eventually disperse--on the very day upon which Frere received the telegram announcing the government's censure.
He was buried in St Paul's, and in 1888 a statue ofFrere upon the Thames embankment was unveiled by the prince of Wales.
Young Frere was sent to Eton in 1785, and there began an intimacy with Canning which greatly affected his after life.
Frere emerged successfully from a year of crisis, but the advantage was more than counterbalanced by the resignation of Lord Carnarvon early in 1878, at a time when Frererequired the steadiest and most unflinching support.
Frere reiterated these views to the colonial office, where they found a general acceptance.
On the condition that the Boers dispersed, Frere undertook to present their complaints to the British government, and to urge the fulfilment of the promises that had been made to them.
The constitutional difficulty was solved by Frere dismissing his obstructive cabinet and entrusting the formation of a ministry to Mr (afterwards Sir) Gordon Sprigg.
But the greatest service that Frere undertook on behalf of his country was to be attempted not in Asia, but in Africa.
It appeared that he had had some convulsion, some febrile movement, and that he had fallen; that the fall had accelerated his end, according to the prognostic ofFrere Sylvain.
And after, he and his wyfe, the frere beynge a slepe, came and laye in the same bedde; and in the mornynge after the poore man rose and went to the market, leauyng the frere in the bedde with his wyfe.
Than called the man with an hye voyce to the frere and sayd: syr, he sayeth he wyll not.
Among the whyche audyence there was a wyfe at that tyme lytell disposed to contemplacyon, [who] talked wyth a gossype of hers of other femenyne tales so loude that the frereharde and somwhat was perturbed therwith.
Of the gentylman that asked the frere for his beuer.
Of thefrere in the pulpet that bad the woman leve her babelynge.
This woman therwith sodenly abasshed, because the frere spake to her so openly, that all the people her behelde, answered shortly and said: I beshrowe his harte that babeleth more of us two.
But the frere brake his faste in a secrete place in the same house.
Of the frere that prechyd what mennys sowles were.
The frere that perceyuyng said thus: Maysters, I pray you, harke; I shall tell you a narracyon.
Of the frerethat tolde the thre chyldres fortunes.
But ye frere fared upon his journey, for that he had had a successful issue from this grevious temptation, with thanksgiving and prayse.
And ye frere plucked ye cloake from ye Divell and saw ye cloven feet and ye poyson taile, and straightway ye Divell ran roaring away.
This frere came, as he were in a rage, Whereas this lord sat eating at his board.
And when this frere had said all his intent, With qui cum patre[31] forth his way he went; When folk in church had given him what they lest He went his way, no longer would he rest.
After marching about three miles we reached the point where the track from Frere joined the track from Chieveley, and here two streams of waggons flowed into one another like the confluence of rivers.
We started at half-past five and, observing all the usual precautions, reached Frere Station in about an hour.
Sir Charles Warren's Division marches to Frere to-day.
We proceeded to obey, and were about a mile and three-quarters from Frere when on rounding a corner we saw that a hill which commanded the line at a distance of 600 yards was occupied by the enemy.
But that was all the taunting we received during the whole journey from Frere Station to Pretoria, and when one remembers that the Burghers are only common men with hardly any real discipline, the fact seems very remarkable.
Accordingly I was scarcely surprised when, chancing to ride from Chieveley to Frere on the afternoon of the 10th, I discovered the whole of Sir Charles Warren's division added to the already extensive camp.
Yet, as we climbed the low hills that surrounded the place of combat I looked back and saw the engine steaming swiftly away beyond Frere Station.
Frere appears to have insinuated that the business was finished.
Frere said that His Majesty had only to make Belgium feel convinced that her independence was safe, in order to ensure her sympathy with France.
Frere appears to have been much pleased with the audience on the whole, though he would rather the Emperor had said distinctly that he did not expect any result from the Commission, and looked upon the whole question as at an end.
An honest girl to lead astray, With subtle saw and promised meed, Requires no cunning crone and grey, - Le Frere Lubin's the man you need!
Some ten or twenty times a day, To bustle to the town with speed, To dabble in what dirt he may, - Le Frere Lubin's the man you need!
ENVOY In good to fail, in ill succeed, Le Frere Lubin's the man you need!
But any sober life to lead Upon an exemplary plan, Requires a Christian indeed, - Le Frere Lubin is NOT the man!
In honest works to lead the van, Le Frere Lubin is NOT the man!
He remained a firm friend to the British till Sir Bartle Frere declared war on him in 1879.
Sir Bartle Freremade war upon the Zulus because he was afraid of their power, and the Zulus accepted the challenge because we annexed the Transvaal and would not allow them to fight the Boers or the Swazis.
Sir Bartle Frere was to Zanzibar, with the view of negotiating a treaty with the Sultan, to render illegal all traffic in slaves by sea.
Livingstone's eldest daughter, Sir Bartle Frere (after saying that he was first introduced to Dr.
But Sir Bartle Frere encourages me to write to you.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "frere" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
